October 13, 2022 (3 of 5)

Lucy Moses Competition

1. Info comes out in November.

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

Prepare Hanon no. 1

1. TWO OCTAVES: C major through B major without stopping.

   1. More legato, closer to the keys, no sliding.

   2. Start at 132 after some accent or close loud.

   3. I need to hear TICKY fingers.

Piano Technique Book 2008 Edition Royal Conservatory Music Development Program BOOK

1. E Major, E minor (Chords and arpeggios)

   1. No sliding

   2. Correct on the first try.

   3. 2-4 octaves.

   4. Write down your maximum tempi.

Czerny op. 299 no. 39

1. Make your practice time PRODUCTIVE:

   1. 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.

2. No. 3, 12, 19, 30, 32 WE WILL LEARN LATER

“Sightreading Pieces” in you Newzik. DAILY

1. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, op. 39

   1. Login: info@gledhillartscollective.com

   2. Pass: Gabrielfaure1924!

2. DON’T FISH FOR NOTES:

   1. TAP rhythm on fall board

   2. PLAY rhythm on fall board with contour and approx. spacing of notes.

   3. PLAY rhythm on keyboard same as above

   4. PLAY same as above with dynamics

   5. PLAY trying to read notes but accessing the above techniques when they might not be correct

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

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

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

Transcriptions

CHECK NEWZIK FOR MARKINGS AS WELL

BAROQUE

1. 💚Handel Chaconne

   1. Start to do a harmonic analysis of the theme.

CLASSICAL

ROMANTIC

1. 💚Rachmaninoff, Prelude op. 23 no. 4 in D Major

   1. Work on memorization by starting at any point of the piece.

   2. Practice hands alone in sections.

   3. Top voices in your chords need to be more prominent

   4. Don’t slow down so much at the end.

   5. Pedaling: careful that your rolled chords are not too fast and clunky. How graceful and well-placed can you space your rolled chords. Don’t forget top voicings here as well.

CONTEMPORARY / POST-ROMANTIC

1. 💚Gershwin: Prelude No. 1

   1. Observe your position / how you retract from chords. It appears that you’re using too much energy coming away from chords.

   2. Clean up any spots in the last page that need technical work.

   3. We need clean, crisp, sparkly fingers. No mush. ;)

2. 💚Debussy: Image, Book I: Reflets dans l’eau

   1. Don’t loose the melody in the LH in the first phrase

   2. RH chords in the beginning need to be soft but not surfacy.

   3. High loud, close loud, staccato, accent practice - mm. 30-32

   4. M. 37 and 41 - fix RH fingering and do technical work.

   5. Pages 6-8 do technical work

   6. M. 55-56 - let go of the RH chords after the attacks!

CONCERTI

1. Kabalevsky, Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 50, I, Allegro

   1. UP NEXT

2. Muczynski, Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 7, I, Maestoso

   1. AFTER KABALEVSKY

CONCERTI

1. Haydn

   1. Concerto in D Major, Hob. XVIII:11, III, Rondo

BAROQUE

1. 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)

2. 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)

   3. Sonata in E Major K380, Domenico Scarlatti (L. 9, A)

CLASSICAL

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

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

      1. Movement II

      2. Movement III

   2. Sonata in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 2 (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 Concerto in D Major, Hob:XVIII:11

      1. Movement 3: Rondo all’Ungarese: Allegro assai

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

      1. Movement III: Presto

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)

CONTEMPORARY / POST-ROMANTIC

1. Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

   1. Children’s Corner:

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

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

   2. Page d’Album (L. 8, D)

   3. 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

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