December 29, 2024

Easter Vacation: 4/17-27

Future Repertoire

1. Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 1

   1. Finish movement III, IV

2. Schubert Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664

3. Schumann

Current Assignments

1. 🖤Recording Project: Early February

   1. Debussy Etude, Chopin Scherzo, Liszt Etude

2. 🖤Beethoven Sonata movements III and IV

3. 🖤Scriabin: 8 Etudes Op. 42, No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

4. 💜Prokofiev, Op. 65 (memorized and ready to perform by April 27)

   1. No. 1: Morning

      1. M. 1 - start to clear your pedal on the D

      2. Memorize - work out sections 10-14, 18-23.

      3. Performance class Jan 12th

   2. No. 2: Promenade

      1. Articulation of first LH note?

      2. Don’t disconnect melodic lines.

      3. M. 32 - LH B - voice.

      4. Section starting m. 21 - pedal.

      5. M. 52 - RH sneak back into the first theme.

      6. Tenutos not accent.

      7. Performance class Jan 12th

   1. No. 3: A Little Story

      1. m. 9 and 14 - thicker texture, each note tenuto.

   2. No. 4: Tarantella

      1. M.m. 168

      2. Third portion of each beat softer / less important.

      3. Think about the 6/8

      4. Mm. 61-64 and 13-16 dynamics?

   3. No. 5: Regrets

      1. Learn and listen to playlist.

      2. Imagery

      3. Voicing

   4. No. 6: Waltz

   5. No. 7: March of the Grasshoppers

      1. Learn

5. 💚Debussy: for class

6. 💚Chopin: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10 No. 10

   1. By January 4, page 2 polished.

   2. Revise Practice: (start with 2 measures then expand chunks as you progress).

      1. Whatever you choose to do: three times in-a-row correctly

      2. Add LH bass only into the mix.

      3. Initially much more slow practice

7. 💚Rachmaninoff, Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18. I. Moderato

   1. For Class: up to m. 161 with Dustin

      1. M. 266 - 301: LH technical work

      2. Mm. 39-43: pedaling has gaps. - sometimes the pedal comes up too soon

      3. Pp. 2-5: ends of phrases need more expressive attention.

      4. Mm. 146 and 148 change fingering.

      5. Mm. 153-158:

         1. Start by blocking the first note in each beat, leaving the rest out.

         2. accent practice on each portion of the beat.

8. 💚Review Pieces: 10 min per day. Get to a decent state. ROTATE the items below.

   1. ENGAGED SLOW-MO PRACTICE.

      1. Debussy: Etudes, Book II, No. 11, pour les Arpèges composés

      2. Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor Op. 31

      3. Liszt: 2 Études de Concert, S. 145 No. 1: Waldesrauschen (4:30)

      4. Bach, Prelude and Fugue in F Major BWV 856, Book 1

      5. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1. I, II

      6. Debussy, Image

      7. Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

Cleveland International Jr.

Van Cliburn International Jr

GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR &

YOUNG ARTISTS PIANO COMPETITIONShttps://crescendocompetition.org/international-competition/

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

1. Virtual 2024

2. https://www.pacificstars.org/professionalwinners

3. Won first place

Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey

1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Bravura 2023 Young Artists Concerto Competition

1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Hill Concerto Competition

Lyra (NYC DiMenna Center)

Portugal

Music Teachers National Association (Senior)

1. 2024

Nazareth University Competition

1. 2024

The Claudette Sorel Piano Competition & Piano Fellows Program

1. 2024

New York International Piano Competition (June 2026)

1. https://thenyipc.org/competition/

Interlochen Summer: June 17-23 (confirmed

1. All five 2023 recital pieces

NOPI: July 15th

1. Mendelssohn

2023 Radda Rise International Piano Competitio

1. Participated

Bohemians Young Artists Piano Competition

1. Received Honorable Mention

2021 Radda Rise International Piano Competition

1. 2nd Place in Division 2: October 5, 2021

New Orleans Virtual International Competition

1. Submitted. Results announced.

CONCERTI

1. Haydn

   1. Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob:XVIII:11

      • Movement 3: Rondo all’Ungarese: Allegro assai

2. Mendelssohn:

   1. Concert No. 2 in D Minor, (Movement 3)

BAROQUE

1. Händel

   1. Chaconne in G Major, HVB 435

2. Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

   1. Prelude and Fugue No. ? In C Minor

   2. Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856 (L. 10, A)

   3. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815 (L. 7, A)

      1. Allemande (L. 7, A)

      2. Gigue (L. 7, A)

   4. Invention No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 775

   5. Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779

   6. Invention No. 12 in A Major, BWV 783 (L. 8, A)

   7. Invention No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 786 (L. 8, A)

   8. Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794 (L. 9, A)

3. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

   1. Sonata in E Major, K 531 (L. 8, A)

   2. Sonata in G Major L 487, Domenico Scarlatti (L. 9, A)

CLASSICAL

1. L. V. Beethoven (1770-1827)

   1. Sonata Op. 10 No. 1 in C Minor (No. 5)

      1. Complete

   2. Sonata Op. 10 No. 2 in F Major (No. 6) (L. 10, B)

      1. I. Allegro

   3. Sonata in G Minor, op. 49, no. 1 (L. 8, B)

   4. Sonata in G Major Op 49 No. 2 (L. 8, B)

2. Muzio Clementi ()

   1. Six Sonatinas, Op. 36

      1. Complete

3. Haydn

   1. Piano Sonata, No. 53 in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34 (L. 9-B)

      1. III: Presto

   2. Piano Sonata, No. 59 in E-flat Major Hob. XVI:49:

      1. I: Allegro

4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

   1. Sonata in C Major, K 545, Allegro (L. 8, B)

      1. One movement

ROMANTIC

1. Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806-1874)

   1. The Storm Op. 109 No. 13 (L. 8, Etude)

2. Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

   1. Valse Op 69 No. 1 (L. 8, C)

   2. Waltz Op. 69 No. 2 in B minor (L. 8, C)

   3. Waltz in F Major Op. 34 No. 3

   4. Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1

   5. Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 & 10

3. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

   1. Humoreske in C Major Op. 6 No. 3 (L. 8, C)

   2. Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4

4. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

   1. Gondellied (Barcarole) in A Major (L. 8, C)

5. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

   1. Etude Tableaux, Op. 33 No. 7 in G Minor

   2. Prelude op. 23 no. 4 in D Major

   3. Prelude op. 23 no. 5 in G Minor

6. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

   1. Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 No. 12 Knecht Rubrecht (L. 8, C)

IMPRESSIONISTIC / POST-ROMANTIC

1. Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

   1. Images: Livre I

      1. Reflets dans l’eau

   2. Children’s Corner:

      1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (L. 10, D)

      2. The Little Shepherd (L. 8, D)

   3. Page d’Album (L. 8, D)

   4. Préludes, Book 2, L. 123

      1. 5, Bruyères

      2. 6. “General Lavine” - eccentric

2. Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

   1. Improvisation in C-sharp minor Op. 84 No. 5 from Huit Pièces Brèves (L. 9 Etude)

   2. Barcarolle Op. 26 No. 1 in A Minor

3. Maurice Ravel (1875-1737)

   1. Prelude in A Minor (L. 8, D)

4. Alexander Scriabin ()

   1. Twenty-Four Preludes, Op. 11 No. 22 by (L. 8, D)

5. Sergei Prokofiev ()

   1. Op. 65

      1. No. 6 Waltz (L. 7: C)

      2. No. 12

MODERN / 21st CENTURY

“Sightreading Pieces” in you Newzik. DAIL

1. 💚Great American Songbook: left off on page 32

1. Listen to each song you read on Spotify and become familiar with the tune so you can play it better for the solo piano version.

2. Ella Fitzgerald is a good reference for jazz standards

1. 🖤Beethoven Piano Sonatas (paused at op. 27 no. 1)

2. 🖤Brahms Piano Works (Paused at p. 12)

3. Bach, 15 Inventions (completed 2023)

4. Shostakovich, Children’s and Easy Pieces, Op. 69 (finished March, 2023)

5. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, op. 39 (finished November 3, 2022)

6. Grieg Lyric Pieces in Newzik (op. 54) (finished August 2022)

2024 Final Recital8

2023 Final Recital

1. 1:00 pm

   1. Gershwin

   2. Debussy, Reflets dans l’eau

   3. Handel (5:50)

2. 3:00 pm

   1. Haydn (6:00)

   2. Rachmaninoff (4:23