2018-2019 Lesson 26: Katie Moore

Lesson Assignments:

1. RCM

   1. List A: Bach Prelude

   2. List B: Clementi Sonatina No. 4 Mvt. 3?

   3. List C: Schumann?

   4. Etude: Toccatina

   5. Etude: Dancing Scales or Etude in C Major

2. *TECHNIQUE

   1. RCM Technique:

      1. Think before you start these: what are you going to think about?

      2. C-charp minor RH leading tone dim 7th arp. = 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1

      3. D-flat Major dom 7th arp RH - practice

      4. C-sharp min tonic arp LH - fingering

      5. Do everything twice in each week. Scales one day, then Chords, then Arpeggios.

3. READING

   1. FOUR STAR: Sightreading and Ear Tests

      1. Sightread at least three example

      2. Think about the composer and what this could sound like

      3. Sightreading

         1. Leger lines

         2. A-flat / A-sharp

4. THEORY

   1. Level 6 Celebrate Theory: Start to work through this book.

5. REPERTOIRE

   1. BAROQUE

      1. Little Prelude in E Minor BWV 941 by Johann Sebastian Bach (L. 6)

         1. no slower than m.m. 84

   2. ROMANTIC

      1. Robert Schumann Op. 68 No. 35 Mignon

         1. Where is your melody?!

         2. Don’t wait too long before beat two comes in

         3. m. 21 too slow at the end - have it lead into 22

         4. m. 28 clean pedal

         5. m. 25-26 - lead into the rest - don’t make it seem like the end is m. 25

   3. *CONTEMPORARY

      1. *Sergei Prokofiev, Op. 65 No. 6 Waltz

         1. Pedal and stretch-prepare

      2. *Sergei Prokofiev, Op. 65 No. 4

         1. Rushing!

   4. SONATINAS

      1. Muzio Clementi

         1. ms. 37-38 high loud, close loud, accent practice

         2. m. 9 - scurrying away and use una corda

         3. ms. 1 and 3 chords needs more weight

         4. m. 12 scurry away and make it ppp

         5. m. 36 do no. 4

   5. ETUDES.

      1. Kabalevsky toccatina

         1. RH consistency in piano texture

         2. ms. 23-24 - don’t decrescendo too much

         3. ms. 38-42 don’t slow down!

         4. ms. 43-44 - dynamics.

         5. New pencil markings

      2. Dancing Scales by John Burge

         1. LH balance

   6. *COUNTERPOINT

      1. *French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815: Gigue

         1. Blue pen

On Hold: 

1. Etude in C Major Op. 37 No. 11 by Henry Lemoine

   1. Practice the LH to find the balance in order to achieve balance in sound.

   2. RH - block your chords.

2. Hanon

   1. Nos. 4-6 - Speed build, pushing the limits of your speed. 30 second rest, then repeat two more times.

3. Czerny Op. 823

   1. No. 50: Transpose to C, D and A

      1. Don't use your ear! Use your eyes and understanding of the chords!

      2. Use your theory skilils

4. Solos 3 & 4 

   1. PREPARE: page 32

5. Solfege

   1. Chapter 8

      1. Prepare Nos. 35-36 at m.m. 100.

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REVIEW

1. Mignon Op. 68 No. 36 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 6 List C)

2. Allegro in F Major by Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) (L. 6 Etude)

3. Diabelli, Sonatina in F Major Op. 168 No. 1, movement III (L. 6 List B)

4. Kabalevsky, Toccatina Op. 27 No. 12 (L. 6) (1904-1987)

5. Haydn Hob.XVI No. 8

6. Prokofiev OP. 65 No. 12

7. Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 7 Berceuse

8. Clementi Sonatina No. 4 Op. 36

9. Kabalevsky Etude in A Minor

10. Beethoven Sonatina in F Major Anh 5 No. 2

11. Bach Invention No. 8

12. Etude In C Major by Concone (Level 6)

13. The Happy Farmer Op. 68 No. 10 by Robert Schumann (level 4)

14. Sweet Sorrow Op. 100 No. 16 by J. F. Burgmuller (level 5 etude)

15. Cradle Song (level 4 etude)

16. Kabalevsky - A Slow Waltz Op. 39 no. 23

17. Foggy Bottom Blues (level 4

18. Bartok Sonatina Sz. 55: 1. Bagpipers (recital

19. Scarlatti Sonata in C Major K 159 (recital)

20. Masquerade by Linda Niamath (Etude L.4

21. Allegro in G Major (L. 4)

22. Dragon Fly (Etude L. 4)

23. Bartok, Dance in E Minor

24. Clementi Op. 36 No. 2 Movement 3 

25. Etude in D Major Op. 37 No. 17 by Henry Lemoine (Etude L.3)

26. Etude in C Major by Carl Czerny Op. 261 No. 81 (Etude L.3)

27. Folk Dance by Kabalevsky (Etude L.4)

28. Arabesque Op. 100 No. 2 by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (L. 3 Etude)

29. Musette in D Major by J.S. Bach (L. 3 List A)

30. Clowns Op. 39 No. 20 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (L. 3 List C)

31. Sonatina in A Minor Op. 94 No. 4 by Albert Biehl (L. 3 List B)

32. Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1 in C Major

33. Faure Dolly Suite

34.  Bazaar by Mark Mrozinski (L.2, List B)

35. Kuhlau, movement 2

36. *"Allegro in B-flat" by W. A. Mozart

37. "Angelfish" by Anne Crosby (

38. "Celebration" by Anne Crosby

39. Sonatina in G Major by Beethoven

40. **Adieu by Bergmuller

41. **Chanson Italienne Op.39 No. 15 Tchaikovsky

42. Pastorale by Bergmuller

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Repertoire Goals

1. Counterpoint

   1. Bach Invention No. 8

   2. Bach Gigue from French Suite…

   3. Scarlatti Sonata K…

   4. Handel Movement from Suite…

   5. Bach Invention No…

2. Etudes

   1. Kabalevsky Etude in A Minor Op. 27 No.8

      1. Due November 8th

   2. *Burgmuller Op. 100 No. 23 Le Retour

      1. (repeated chords)

   3. *Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 1 Confidence

   4. *Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 8 Agitato

      1. Rotating balance

   5. *Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 10 La Vélocité

      1. 16th note Passage work

   6. *Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 14 Refrain du Gondolier

   7. *Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 18 La Fileuse

   8. Mendelssohn Op. 140

   9. Clementi…

   10. Czerny Op. 740

   11. Moszkowski Op. 72 No. 1…

3. Sonatinas

   1. Clementi Op. 36 No. 4

      1. Performance Ready on November 8th

   2. Diabelli Op. 151 or 168

   3. Clementi Op. 36 No. 5

   4. Haydn Hob.XVI No. 8 or No. 7

   5. Kuhlau Op. 20 No. 1, Op. 55 No. 3, 4 or Op. 88 No. 4

   6. Clementi Op. 36 No. 6

4. Contemporary / Modern - Late 19th & 20th Century

   1. Kabalevsky

   2. Prokofiev

   3. Debussy

5. ROMANTIC

   1. Paderewski: Humoresque de Concert “Minuet”

6. Contemporary / Modern - Post 1950

1. Mendelssohn Op. 30 No. 6 "Venetian Boat-Song No. 2"

2. Moszkowski, Vingt Petites Etudes Op. 91 No. 10, 11

2018-2019 Goals

1. Jr. High applications - which schools?

2. Kaufman Competition

   1. 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.

   2. All application materials must be postmarked by March 1, 2019 and submitted by mail and/or email to: