Lucy Moses Competition
Info comes out in November.
Radda Rise International Piano Competition
2nd Place in Division 2: October 5, 2021
Music Teacher’s National Association
Compete in 2023
New Orleans Virtual International Competition
Submitted. Results announced
Compete in 2023
Prepare Hanon no. 1
TWO OCTAVES: C major through B major without stopping.
More legato, closer to the keys, no sliding.
Start at 132 after some accent or close loud.
I need to hear TICKY fingers.
Piano Technique Book 2008 Edition Royal Conservatory Music Development Program BOOK
E Major, E minor (Chords and arpeggios)
No sliding
Correct on the first try.
2-4 octaves.
Write down your maximum tempi.
Czerny op. 299 no. 39
Make your practice time PRODUCTIVE:
Force yourself to play faster than you think you can. But “position-prepare” as much as possible. If it doesn’t work after several tries, re-position, or do technical work.
No. 3, 12, 19, 30, 32 WE WILL LEARN LATER
“Sightreading Pieces” in you Newzik. DAILY
Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, op. 39
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Pass: Gabrielfaure1924!
DON’T FISH FOR NOTES:
TAP rhythm on fall board
PLAY rhythm on fall board with contour and approx. spacing of notes.
PLAY rhythm on keyboard same as above
PLAY same as above with dynamics
PLAY trying to read notes but accessing the above techniques when they might not be correct
Beethoven Piano Sonatas (paused at op. 27 no. 1)
Brahms Piano Works (Paused at p. 12)
Grieg Lyric Pieces in Newzik (op. 54) (finished August 2022)
Transcriptions
BAROQUE
Handel Chaconne
Start to do a harmonic analysis of the theme.
CLASSICAL
ROMANTIC
Rachmaninoff, Prelude op. 23 no. 4 in D Major
Triplet section mm. 19-35
Delicate / smooth texture in soprano triplets
Rich singing sound in alto melody which follows through the phrase with clear direction.
CONTEMPORARY / POST-ROMANTIC
Debussy: Image, Book I: Reflets dans l’eau
Mm. 1-2 - pedal down more.
Establish the tonality with the first 5th. Sonorous!
No pausing after beat 2 of m. 1 (first melody note)
System 3: Top voices from the first notes of the chords. Then more sound on the last two of m. 10.
M. 16 - top / bottom voices. Texture becomes thicker in m. 17.
Look at tenutos and voicings in these systems. Pedaling in m. 19.
Mm. 32, 33 and 34 - experiment with how many different sounds you can use with these descending passages. Fingers stretched lout, close to the keys (play from the key) using your wrists to play the notes.
Mm. 31-32 - don’t rush the chords.
M. 30 - see pencil.
Finish getting the rest of the piece in your
CONCERTI
Kabalevsky, Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 50, I, Allegro
UP NEXT
Muczynski, Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 7, I, Maestoso
AFTER KABALEVSKY
CONCERTI
Haydn
Concerto in D Major, Hob. XVIII:11, III, Rondo
BAROQUE
Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856 (L. 10, A)
prelude
French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815 (L.
Allemande (L. 7, A)
Gigue (L. 7, A)
Invention No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 775
Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779
Invention No. 12 in A Major, BWV 783 (L. 8, A)
Invention No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 786 (L. 8, A)
Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794 (L. 9, A)
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Sonata in E Major, K 531 (L. 8, A)
Sonata in G Major L 487, Domenico Scarlatti (L. 9, A)
Sonata in E Major K380, Domenico Scarlatti (L. 9, A)
CLASSICAL
L. V. Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata Op. 10 No. 1 in C Minor (No. 5)
Movement II
Movement III
Sonata in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 2 (No. 6) (L. 10, B)
I. Allegro
Sonata in G Minor, op. 49, no. 1 (L. 8, B)
Sonata in G Major Op 49 No. 2 (L. 8, B)
Muzio Clementi ()
Six Sonatinas, Op. 36
No. 1 in C Major
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4
No. 5
No. 6
Haydn
Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob:XVIII:11
Movement 3: Rondo all’Ungarese: Allegro assai
Piano Sonata, No. 53 in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34 (L. 9-B)
Movement III: Presto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Sonata in C Major, K 545, Allegro (L. 8, B)
ROMANTIC
Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806-1874)
The Storm Op. 109 No. 13 (L. 8, Etude)
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Valse Op 69 No. 1 (L. 8, C)
Waltz Op. 69 No. 2 in B minor (L. 8, C)
Chopin Waltz in F Major Op. 34 No. 3
Chopin, Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Humoreske in C Major Op. 6 No. 3 (L. 8, C)
Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Gondellied (Barcarole) in A Major (L. 8, C)
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 No. 12 Knecht Rubrecht (L. 8, C)
CONTEMPORARY / POST-ROMANTIC
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Children’s Corner:
Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (L. 10, D)
The Little Shepherd (L. 8, D)
Page d’Album (L. 8, D)
Préludes, Book 2, L. 123
5, Bruyères
6. “General Lavine” - eccentric
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Improvisation in C-sharp minor Op. 84 No. 5 from Huit Pièces Brèves (L. 9 Etude)
Barcarolle Op. 26 No. 1 in A Minor
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Etude Tableaux, Op. 33 No. 7 in G Minor
Maurice Ravel (1875-1737)
Prelude in A Minor (L. 8, D)
Alexander Scriabin ()
Twenty-Four Preludes, Op. 11 No. 22 by (L. 8, D)
Sergei Prokofiev ()
Op. 65
No. 6 Waltz (L. 7: C)
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