Lesson Assignments:
RCM
List A: Bach Prelude
List B: Clementi Sonata No. 4 Mvt. 3?
List C: Schumann?
Etude: Toccatina
Etude: Dancing Scales or Etude in C Major
**TECHNIQUE
Have all RCM technique prepared, WITH THE BOOK!
Hanon
Nos. 2-4 - Speed build, pushing the limits of your speed. 30 second rest, then repeat two more times.
READING
FOUR STAR: Sightreading and Ear Tests
Finish set 7
Also choose two systems from any pieces in the Solos 3 & 4 book.
THEORY
Level 6 Celebrate Theory: Start to work through this book.
REPERTOIRE
BAROQUE
Little Prelude in E Minor BWV 941 by Johann Sebastian Bach (L. 6)
No rubato at m.m. 69
Cantabile
Rall. at the end
M. 11, contrast to 1
See blue pen
ROMANTIC
CONTEMPORARY
Sergei Prokofiev, Op. 65 No. 6
Blue pen!
Sergei Prokofiev, Op. 65 No. 4
SONATINAS
ETUDES.
Dancing Scales by John Burge
Learn
Etude in C Major Op. 37 No. 11 by Henry Lemoine
Learn
COUNTERPOINT
French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815: Gigue
Blue pen
On Hold:
Czerny Op. 823
No. 50: Transpose to C, D and A
Don't use your ear! Use your eyes and understanding of the chords!
Use your theory skilils
Solos 3 & 4
PREPARE: page 32
Solfege
Chapter 8
Prepare Nos. 35-36 at m.m. 100.
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REVIEW
Mignon Op. 68 No. 36 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 6 List C)
Allegro in F Major by Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) (L. 6 Etude)
Diabelli, Sonatina in F Major Op. 168 No. 1, movement III (L. 6 List B)
Kabalevsky, Toccatina Op. 27 No. 12 (L. 6) (1904-1987)
Haydn Hob.XVI No. 8
Prokofiev OP. 65 No. 12
Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 7 Berceuse
Clementi Sonatina No. 4 Op. 36
Kabalevsky Etude in A Minor
Beethoven Sonatina in F Major Anh 5 No. 2
Bach Invention No. 8
Etude In C Major by Concone (Level 6)
The Happy Farmer Op. 68 No. 10 by Robert Schumann (level 4)
Sweet Sorrow Op. 100 No. 16 by J. F. Burgmuller (level 5 etude)
Cradle Song (level 4 etude)
Kabalevsky - A Slow Waltz Op. 39 no. 23
Foggy Bottom Blues (level 4
Bartok Sonatina Sz. 55: 1. Bagpipers (recital
Scarlatti Sonata in C Major K 159 (recital)
Masquerade by Linda Niamath (Etude L.4
Allegro in G Major (L. 4)
Dragon Fly (Etude L. 4)
Bartok, Dance in E Minor
Clementi Op. 36 No. 2 Movement 3
Etude in D Major Op. 37 No. 17 by Henry Lemoine (Etude L.3)
Etude in C Major by Carl Czerny Op. 261 No. 81 (Etude L.3)
Folk Dance by Kabalevsky (Etude L.4)
Arabesque Op. 100 No. 2 by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (L. 3 Etude)
Musette in D Major by J.S. Bach (L. 3 List A)
Clowns Op. 39 No. 20 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (L. 3 List C)
Sonatina in A Minor Op. 94 No. 4 by Albert Biehl (L. 3 List B)
Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1 in C Major
Faure Dolly Suite
Bazaar by Mark Mrozinski (L.2, List B)
Kuhlau, movement 2
*"Allegro in B-flat" by W. A. Mozart
"Angelfish" by Anne Crosby (
"Celebration" by Anne Crosby
Sonatina in G Major by Beethoven
**Adieu by Bergmuller
**Chanson Italienne Op.39 No. 15 Tchaikovsky
Pastorale by Bergmuller
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Repertoire Goals
Counterpoint
Bach Invention No. 8
Bach Gigue from French Suite…
Scarlatti Sonata K…
Handel Movement from Suite…
Bach Invention No…
Etudes
Kabalevsky Etude in A Minor Op. 27 No.8
Due November 8th
*Burgmuller Op. 100 No. 23 Le Retour
(repeated chords)
*Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 1 Confidence
*Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 8 Agitato
Rotating balance
*Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 10 La Vélocité
16th note Passage work
*Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 14 Refrain du Gondolier
*Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 18 La Fileuse
Mendelssohn Op. 140
Clementi…
Czerny Op. 740
Moszkowski Op. 72 No. 1…
Sonatinas
Clementi Op. 36 No. 4
Performance Ready on November 8th
Diabelli Op. 151 or 168
Clementi Op. 36 No. 5
Haydn Hob.XVI No. 8 or No. 7
Kuhlau Op. 20 No. 1, Op. 55 No. 3, 4 or Op. 88 No. 4
Clementi Op. 36 No. 6
Contemporary / Modern - Late 19th & 20th Century
Kabalevsky
Prokofiev
Debussy
ROMANTIC
Paderewski: Humoresque de Concert “Minuet”
Contemporary / Modern - Post 1950
Mendelssohn Op. 30 No. 6 "Venetian Boat-Song No. 2"
Moszkowski, Vingt Petites Etudes Op. 91 No. 10, 11
2018-2019 Goals
Jr. High applications - which schools?
Kaufman Competition
JUNIOR DIVISION 2: AGES 11-14
Preliminary YouTube Round: Up to 15 minutes of music,
Contestant's choice. (Needs to include at least one fast-paced work.)
Semi-Final Round: Up to 20 minutes
1. One Baroque polyphonic work
2. One virtuoso etude by Czerny, Clementi, Moszkowski, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, etc.
3. One or more pieces at the participant's discretion
Finals: Up to 25 minutes
1. A Classical sonata (or first or last movement)
2. One or more compositions from the Romantic era
3. One or more Contemporary pieces, written after 1950
One work from semi-final round may be repeated.
Works from preliminary round can be performed at the semifinal or the final rounds.All application materials must be postmarked by March 1, 2019 and submitted by mail and/or email to:
