Mar 29, 2025 (60 min) & Apr. 11 (

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. Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor

4. Scriabin Etude

Current Assignments

1. 💚Recording Project: May

2. Blurb:

   1. This is one of Debussy’s 12 Études — his final major works for solo piano. These aren’t just technical drills — they’re miniature tone poems. No. 11, “Pour les arpèges composés,” focuses on flowing arpeggios that weave like water. Debussy once called these études “a warning to pianists not to take up music unless they have remarkable hands” — but the result is as beautiful as it is demanding.

      1. Debussy: Douze Etudes, Livre II: No. 11 - Pour les Arpèges composés

         1. M. 3 - don’t be a drag

         2. M. 7 - a whole new world! Ariel.

         3. M. 5 - feel beat three.

         4. M. 9 - push forward a bit on the melody notes at the end - sense of intention / purpose.

         5. M. 11 - more-less dynamics in melody.

         6. M. 12-13 - technical work, don’t be a drag, and PC end of 13.

         7. M. 16-17 - think French horn solo espressif

         8. M. 25 - more energy and faster

         9. Mm. 26-27 - expression and technical work.

         10. M. 30 - dry LH chords and take the upper note of the LH chord with the RH.

         11. M. 33 - dry first chord

         12. Mm. 34-35 - technical work

         13. Mm. 39 and 41 - see green pen

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

      3. Blurb:

         1. The word “scherzo” means “joke” in Italian, but Chopin’s second Scherzo is anything but light. It begins with a question — literally — and storms through drama, intensity, and beauty. This piece is a dramatic monologue, full of contrast and color, showing Chopin at his most virtuosic and poetic.

            1. P. 37 - two moments of T.T. See green pen.

            2. P. 38 - two different arpeggios. One majestic and one distressed!

            3. P. 39 - FEEEEEL

            4. Page 41 - think you have more time at the ends of the triplets, just before the chords.

            5. Measures 716 to 780 - werrrrrrrrk

3. 💚Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

   1. Continue to learn and see green pen.

4. 💜Recording Project: Summer

   1. Prokofiev, Op. 65

      1. Liner / Program Notes: A summary of the historical background, style / structure of each piece (or highlighted pieces - either your favorite or important movements).

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

   1. Listen to IDAGIO playlist of Romeo and Juliette

   2. 🎹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

   3. 🎹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. See pencil

      2. Memorize

      3. Voicing

   4. No. 6: Waltz

      1. See pencil and “get more in fingers”

      2. Listen to playlist.

   5. No. 7: March of the Grasshoppers

      1. Get in a place to work expressively.

   6. No. 8: The Rain and the Rainbow

      1. Explore color changes the chromaticism

   7. No. 9: Playing Tag

   8. No. 10: March

      1. Are most marches in 2/4?

      2. Why is this in 4/4?

      3. Do we feel it in cut time or not?

   9. 🎹No. 11: Evening

   10. 🎹No. 12: Moon Stroll in the Meadows

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

   1. GOAL: March 9th group class. Play through with Dustorchestrin next lesson

7. 💚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

8. 🖤Beethoven Sonata movements III and IV

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

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

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

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

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

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

   6. 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