October 3, 2023

1. 💚Hanon No. 51: (5 min)

   1. Play through the entire exercise (minus the instruction of 8 mm.).

   2. Don’t stop when you get tired, just slow down.

   3. Think about a smoother movement

2. 💚Scales & Arpeggios (5-7 min)

   1. 💚D Major

      1. Arpeggios

      2. Scales

   2. D minor

      1. Arpeggios

      2. Scales

      3. Remember to do at least 3 times correctly for each item, each practice session.

💜“Sightreading Pieces” in you Newzik. DAILY

1. Bach: Well Tempered Clavier: Read the preface

   1. Sight-read through. Repeat the Fugues or any one that’s difficult.

      1. Keep a record or note of which ones you like.

         1. Book I: D Minor

2. Bach, 15 Inventions (completed)

   1. Finished

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

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

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

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

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

25-30 Min Competition Program:

1. Option One:

   1. Rameau: Govotte et Six Doubles (7:00)

   2. Fauré: Nocturne No. 5

   3. 💚Dutilleux: Sonata: Choral et Variations (11:00)

2. Option Two:

   1. Classical Sonata:

   2. Bach: Prelude and Fugue:

   3. Romantic work:

Current Solo Program:

1. Handel: Chaconne In G Major, HVB 435 (5:50 min)

1. Haydn: Piano Sonata, No. 59 in E-flat Major Hob. XVI:49: (6:00 min)

   1. I: Allegro

2. Rachmaninov: Preludes, Op. 23 Nos. 4 and 5

3. Debussy: Images

4. Gershwin: Prelude No. 1

5. ❤️Modern:

6. ❤️Etudes:

LISTENING ASSIGNMENTS:

1. CHOPIN: (listen with music)

   1. Nocturnes ✅

   2. Ballades, 1 - 4

   3. Polonaise

   4. Sonatas

   5. Valses

   6. Mazurkas

   7. Impromptus

   8. Concerti

   9. Etudes

   10. Preludes

BAROQUE

CLASSICAL

1. Beethoven Op. 31 no. 3 in E-flat Major

ROMANTIC

1. Rachmaninoff

   1. Etudes-tableaux op. 39 no. 1 and 5

2. Liszt

   1. 2 concert etudes, No. 1

3. Chopin

   1. 24 Préludes, Op. 28

      1. 💚(REVIEW) No. 10 in C-sharp minor: Molto allegro

         1. RH runs: sparkling tops notes - be aware of RH shoulder position. More articulate / crisp.

         2. LH chords: further in the background. Less pedal - shorter pedal. Consistency with pedal.

         3. Two-measure melodic sections: melody should always be present.

      2. 💚(REVIEW) No. 8 in F-sharp minor: Molto agitato

         1. Medium tempo practice.

      3. No. 13 in F-sharp major: Lento

      4. No. 16 in B-flat minor: Preso con fuoco

      5. No. 19 in E-flat major: Vivace

      6. No. 22 in G minor: Molto agitato

   2. Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

      1. Study the form

      2. Harmony

   3. 12 Etudes Op. 10

      1. No. 1 in C Major

   4. 12 Études Op. 25:

      1. No. 2 in F minor

      2. 💜No. 12 in C minor

      3. No. 11 in A minor

      4. No. 10 in B minor

   5. Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 36

IMPRESSIONISTIC / POST-ROMANTIC

1. .

MODERN / 21st Century

1. 💚Dutilleux: Sonata: Choral et Variations (11:00)

   1. Start learning Variation 2. See new fingering.

CONCERTI

1. 💚Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

   1. Mm. 131-134 - wrist movement in octaves.

   2. Mm. 128-131 - two short, one longer phrase. Lighten up two lower notes of chords. Dont’ get stuck with your 2nd and 4th beats.

   3. Letter F section: bring out bass notes

   4. Learn past letter G

Prospective Repertoire:

1. Bach: Partita No. 4

2. Rameau: Gavotte et Six Doubles

3. Beethoven: Sonata

4. Romantic Option:

   1. Brahms: Rhapsody

   2. Fauré:

      1. Nocturnes: 5, 6, 13,

      2. Valse-Caprice No. 2

   3. Chopin:

      1. Scherzo No. 2 or 3

5. Chopin:

   1. Etudes

   2. Scherzo No. 2 or 3

6. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor

7. Ravel:

8. Rachmaninov: Prelude Op. 32 No. 12, Op. 23 No. 4 and 5

9. Modern:

   1. Bartok Piano Sonata

   2. Dutilleux: Sonata: Choral et variations / Prelude

   3. Messiaen: Prelude / Vingt Regards sur l’enfent Jesus

   4. Berg Piano Sonata

   5. Ligeti:

Cleveland International

Van Cliburn International

GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR &

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

🛑New York International Piano Competition (June 2026)

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

💚Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

1. Virtual 2024

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

💚Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey

1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

💚Bravura 2023 Young Artists Concerto Competition

1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

💚Hill Concerto Competition

1. Dec 1st deadline

2. Recording of Mendelssohn

3. ❤️Dustin: Edit video

💚Lyra (NYC DiMenna Center)

1. 6 min min: two contrasting piece.

2. Due end of January

Portugal

1. 2024

2. Schumann

Music Teachers National Association (Senior)

1. 2024

Nazareth University Competition

1. 2024

Kaufmann

1. June 2024

The Claudette Sorel Piano Competition & Piano Fellows Program

1. 2024

GAC Mentorship Program

1. Technique

2. Musicianship

3. Theory

4. Repertoire

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

Music Teacher’s National Association

1. Compete in 2023?

New Orleans Virtual International Competition

1. Submitted. Results announced

2. Compete in 2023

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. 11 in F Major, BWV 856 (L. 10, A)

      1. prelude

   2. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815 (L.

      1. Allemande (L. 7, A)

      2. Gigue (L. 7, A)

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

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

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

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

   7. 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. No. 1 in C Major

      2. No. 2

      3. No. 3

      4. No. 4

      5. No. 5

      6. No. 6

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)

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

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

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. 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. 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

4. Maurice Ravel (1875-1737)

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

5. Alexander Scriabin ()

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

6. Sergei Prokofiev ()

   1. Op. 65

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

      2. No. 12

MODERN / 21st CENTURY

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