2019-2020 Lesson 14 of 32

2019-2020 Young Artist Enrollment: Full Year

Royal Conservatory of Music Certificate Program:

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

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  1. TECHNIQUE

    1. Hanon Nos. 20

      1. No. 20 - Work up to m.m. 152 per half note.

    2. RCM Technique Level 8

      1. Keep working through the scale section of your technique.

    1. Sightreading: 5-10 min a day.

      1. Sightread from Level 6 repertoire

  2. THEORY

    1. Level 7:

      1. Pick up from page 9 next time with Dustin

  3. REPERTOIRE

    1. BAROQUE

    2. CLASSICAL

    3. ROMANTIC

      1. The Storm Op. 109 No. 13 Burgmuller (1806-1874)

        1. Rumbling 16ths

        2. Pedal - blurry but not too blurry. Can you finger pedal too?

        3. m. 1, 3 - make one texture, not two.

        4. Dilute 16ths in B section.

        5. Section B - optimistic mood?

        6. m. 13-14 - rip off the sound like a bandaid.

        7. Un poco piu lento.

          1. gradually slower, not right away.

        8. m. 24 - cello solo here!

        9. LH heart-beat at the end, pulsating to the downbeat.

        10. Sticky staccato. RH penultimate note.

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

      3. Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableau

        1. m. 1-4

          1. RH melody come out - DEEEEEEEEEP!

        2. m. 1-2

          1. Feel a breath at the beginning of measure 2

        3. m. 9-10

          1. Ritardando in beat two of m 9

          2. TV in m. 9 beats 3 and 4

          3. beats 1-2 - afterthought (softer) DILUTE!

        4. m. 11-12

          1. LH bass notes

          2. Dilute 16ths in LH

          3. Bring out top voices and duet melody in RH.

        5. m. 19 (and through 23)

          1. SLOW-MO:

          2. First notes need to be softer

          3. Swell to beat two

          4. Slight rit to beat three.

          5. After the LH attack in beat three, make the rest of the 16th notes softer.

          6. RH top voices the entire time in your 6/4 triads.

        6. m. 22-23

          1. Emphasize the A’s in the LH on beats 2 and 3. (horns in the orchestra?)

        7. m. 30

          1. Rip the sound off like a bandaid, holding the sound until at least beat 4 or slightly after.

          2. Technical practice

        8. m. 31-32

          1. Careful of your rhythm in m. 31 going into the downbeat of 32

          2. m. 32 technical work so we can talk about expression next week.

        9. m. 36 -through 41

          1. This can all be related to previous material

    4. CONTEMPORARY

      1. Level 8 Etude


On Hold: 

  1. **TECHNIQUE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  15. Haydn Hob.XVI No. 8

  16. Prokofiev OP. 65 No. 12

  17. Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 7 Berceuse

  18. Clementi Sonatina No. 4 Op. 36

  19. Kabalevsky Etude in A Minor

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

  21. Bach Invention No. 8

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

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

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

  25. Cradle Song (level 4 etude)

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

  27. Foggy Bottom Blues (level 4

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

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

  30. Masquerade by Linda Niamath (Etude L.4

  31. Allegro in G Major (L. 4)

  32. Dragon Fly (Etude L. 4)

  33. Bartok, Dance in E Minor

  34. Clementi Op. 36 No. 2 Movement 3 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  43. Faure Dolly Suite

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

  45. Kuhlau, movement 2

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

  47. "Angelfish" by Anne Crosby (

  48. "Celebration" by Anne Crosby

  49. Sonatina in G Major by Beethoven

  50. **Adieu by Bergmuller

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

  52. Pastorale by Bergmuller

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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.

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: