2019-2020 Lesson 29 of 32

2019-2020 Young Artist Enrollment: Full Year

Royal Conservatory of Music Certificate Program:

  • Katie Moore

  • 15W01769614165641

  • Level 7 Theory

  • New York: Manhattan

  • May 9, 2020 9:30 AM

No Level 8 Practical - move through Level 8-9 requirements and test at level 10

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  1. SUMMARY

    1. Where are you at with Level 7 theory?

    2. Make sure you’re repeating technical practice at least three times in a week. So C Major Arp. for example, three times in-a-row correctly, three times a week.

    3. To “pass off” something means to have it memorized and performance ready.

  2. READING

    1. Happy Birthday

      1. Practice in C, G, D, A, E

    2. Rhythmic Training

      1. Wait for Dustin to get the book ordered on Amazon.

      2. Start with Dustin after May.

    3. Sightreading: 5-10 min a day.

      1. Level 6 Repertoire

  3. TECHNIQUE

    1. Arpeggios

      1. PREPARE: 1st and 2nd inversion.

      2. REDO: Tonic minors

        1. Sprints

          1. Don’t let go of the long note before you move on to the fast notes.

          2. Expand the sprint one octave at a time until you can do the entire thing.

        2. Make sure body is relaxed when you’re practicing these.

  4. THEORY

    1. Level 7:

      1. First test 76/100

      2. Second test 92/100

  5. REPERTOIRE

    1. BAROQUE

    2. CLASSICAL

      1. Sonata in G Major Op 49 No. 2 by L. V. Beethoven (1770-1827) (L. 8, B)

        1. Doesn’t have music for this. Don’t start yet.

        2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqUZ0IjRkvM Daniel Barenboim

        3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb2HkTfC93c Emil Gilels

        4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNBleTklPRY Radu Lupu

      2. Sonata in G Minor, op. 49, no. 1 Movement 2 by L. V. Beethoven (1770-1827) (L. 8, B)

        1. Fix all below and send me a video once fixed!

          1. See your own pen markings

      3. Sonata in G Minor, op. 49, no. 1 Movement 1 by L. V. Beethoven (1770-1827) (L. 8, B)

        1. On review.

    3. ROMANTIC

      1. Improvisation in C-sharp minor Op. 84 No. 5 from Huit Pièces Brèves by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) (L. 9 Etude)

        1. Learn with the PDF Dustin sent. Only learn as much as the PDF instructs and send a video to Dustin when ready.

        2. Link to Germaine Thyssens-Valentin: https://youtu.be/1eSbHWHel9Y?t=14420

      2. Waltz Op. 69 No. 2 by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) (L. 8, C)

        1. Fix all below and send me a video once fixed!

          1. mm. 70-73, 78-81, 86-89, 94-97

          2. Practice these sections individually and then back to back.

          3. Part Practice (harmonic and melodic)

            1. Isolate each part (voice) in combinations of two.

            2. Practice them harmonically and melodically.

            3. Continue to isolate parts until all parts are combined.

      3. Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableau

        1. Review

    4. CONTEMPORARY

      1. Page d’Album by Claude Debussy (1862-1918) (L. 8, D)

        1. Has not started yet. Wait.

        2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmQULNbz4ZE Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano

        3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIp-HrFd_rI Roger Woodward, Piano

      2. Children’s Corner: The Little Shepherd by Claude Debussy (1862-1918) (L. 8, D)

        1. Review


Repertoire for Review

BAROQUE

  1. Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

    1. Invention No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 775

    2. Invention No. 4 in F Major, BWV 779

    3. Invention No. 12 in A Major, BWV 783 (L. 8, A)

    4. Invention No. 15 in B Minor, BWV 786 (L. 8, A)

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  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. Kabalevsky Etude in A Minor

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

  20. Bach Invention No. 8

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

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

  23. Foggy Bottom Blues (level 4)

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

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

  26. Dragon Fly (Etude L. 4)

  27. Clementi, Six Sonatinas Op. 36

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

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

  32. Faure Dolly Suite

  33. Kuhlau, movement 2

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

  35. Sonatina in G Major by Beethoven

  36. **Adieu by Bergmuller

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

  38. 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: