2019-2020 Lesson 8 of 32

2019-2020 Young Artist Enrollment: Full Year

Royal Conservatory of Music Certificate Program:

  1. #15W0176961 Level 7 Piano, New York: Manhattan, Dec 7, 2019 9:16 AM

List A: Bach, Allemande
List B: Kuhlau: op 88 no. 1, I

List C: Prokofiev: Waltz Op. 65

Etude 1: Schytte: Jumping Competition

Etude 2: Caramia, Mixed-up Rag

Kaufman Piano Competition: applications by March 1st

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.

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  1. TECHNIQUE

    1. Loose Tongue Practice:

      1. Set timer for 5 min

      2. Relax your jaw, tongue and face.

      3. Play!

      4. Stop as soon as you feel tense in any way

      5. Restart

    2. RCM Technique Level 7

      1. Practice Chart - USE

      2. DOUBLE CHECK YOUR FINGERINGS PLEASE!

      3. Set a timer for 15 min

  2. READING

    1. Sightreading:

      1. Use books Level 4 Repertoire and Etudes Czerny and Bartok Mikrokosmos 2

        1. Set a timer for 10 min.

        2. Remember to let go of the notes that you can’t play! If you’re starting to mess up, let it go and move forward to the next section

    2. FOUR STAR: Sightreading and Ear Tests 7

      1. COMPLETE: Set 8

        1. Zoom out look at the rhythm first.

  3. THEORY

    1. Level 7:

      1. Pick up from page 7 next time with Dustin

  4. REPERTOIRE

    1. ETUDES

      1. Ludvig Schytte (1848-1909) (L. 7 Etude)

        1. Jumping Competition Op. 107 No. 10

          1. Review

      2. Tony Caramia, Mixed-up Rag (L. 7 Etude)

        1. Performance ready to the end.

        2. Create your story (don’t make it complicated - keep it simple) by finding patterns and phrases that are similar.

        3. No faster than m.m. 72

    2. BAROQUE

      1. J.S. Bach: French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815: Allemande (L. 7: A)

        1. Choose five awkward spots in the middle of measures to start, each day.

        2. Measures 1-5

          1. Duet between sop and bass

          2. Crescendo to high point in measure 3 beat 2

          3. Decrescendo to the end of the phrase in measure 5

        3. Measures 5 - 8

          1. Soprano - keep her alive

          2. Gradual decrescendo of the other voices and keep Soprano in focus.

        4. Measures 8-10

          1. Crescendo to new high point in measure 9

          2. Decrescendo to end of measure ten.

          3. At repeat, connect to the beginning as if one.

        5. Measures 10 - 14

          1. Start softly

          2. Second system, bring out soprano - remembering measures 5-8

        6. Measures 15-16

          1. Duet between sop and bass

          2. Decrescendo to piano at the end of the phrase.

        7. Measures 17-18

          1. Start soft in measure 17

          2. Built to measure 19-20

        8. Measures 19-20

          1. Remembering measures 10

          2. Bring out sop voice and emphasize the funky rhythm.

    3. CLASSICAL

      1. Kuhlau Sonatina in C Major Op. 88 No. 1 (L. 7: B)

        1. See purple and orange pen.

        2. Measures 9-13 cymbols and crashes.

    4. ROMANTIC

      1. Chopin Etude: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm7VtX1kfbs

      2. Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableau https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i_tYDkUvlU

        1. Mano Sinistra: M.S. - Left Hand

        2. Mano Destra: M.D. - Right Hand

    5. CONTEMPORARY

      1. *Sergei Prokofiev, Op. 65 No. 6 Waltz (L. 7: C)

        1. 8th notes in a trio - make sure you make these a bit softer.

        2. Measures 6-9, 21-24, 51-55

          1. Practice playing the downbeat of the bass and the soprano with the correct finger numbers. Practice this with and without your music.

        3. Measures 25-36

          1. Find the melody and shape it according to the “up and over”



On Hold: 

  1. **TECHNIQUE

    1. **Hanon

      1. No. 20, 13, 5

      2. Speed build to mm112

        1. Play through at final tempo

        2. Identify dirty spots

        3. All transitions:

          1. HL

          2. CL

          3. Staccato

          4. Accents

          5. MT

          6. Repeat as necessary

        4. Entire thing through, three times correctly.

  2. Bartok Mikrokosmos 2

    1. PREPARE: Nos. 37 - 41

  3. Czerny Op. 823 (no assignment)

    1. Left off at no. 42

  4. Solfege

    1. Chapter 8

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

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REVIEW

  1. J. S. Bach: Little Prelude in C Major, BWV 933 (L. 7)

  2. Clementi, Sonatina No. 6, Movement 1 (L. 7)

  3. Sergei Prokofiev, Op. 65 No. 6 Waltz (L. 7)

  4. Granados, Cuentos de la juventud Op. 1 No. 9: La huerfana (L. 7)

  5. J.S. Bach: French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815: Gigue (L. 7)

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

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

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

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

  10. Haydn Hob.XVI No. 8

  11. Prokofiev OP. 65 No. 12

  12. Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 7 Berceuse

  13. Clementi Sonatina No. 4 Op. 36

  14. Kabalevsky Etude in A Minor

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

  16. Bach Invention No. 8

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

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

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

  20. Cradle Song (level 4 etude)

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

  22. Foggy Bottom Blues (level 4

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

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

  25. Masquerade by Linda Niamath (Etude L.4

  26. Allegro in G Major (L. 4)

  27. Dragon Fly (Etude L. 4)

  28. Bartok, Dance in E Minor

  29. Clementi Op. 36 No. 2 Movement 3 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  38. Faure Dolly Suite

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

  40. Kuhlau, movement 2

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

  42. "Angelfish" by Anne Crosby (

  43. "Celebration" by Anne Crosby

  44. Sonatina in G Major by Beethoven

  45. **Adieu by Bergmuller

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

  47. 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: