2019-2020 Lesson 31 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. READING

    1. Happy Birthday PART 1

      1. Functional Chords

        1. I, V 4/3, V 7, I.

        2. I-6, V-4/2, V-7,

    2. Happy Birthday PART 2

      1. Functional Chords: D, A, E, B, F-sharp

        1. I 6, IV, ii7dim, I 6/4, V7, I,

    3. Rhythmic Training

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

      2. Start with Dustin after May.

    4. Sightreading: 5-10 min a day.

      1. Level 6 Repertoire

  2. TECHNIQUE

    1. CLOSE LOUD

    2. HIGH LOUD

    3. MEDIUM TEMPO WITH A FOCUS OF POSITION

  3. REPERTOIRE

    1. BAROQUE

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

        1. Record for the recital and send to Dustin before June 4th

          1. Wear recital clothing and camera needs to see entire body.

      2. Handel - Level 8

        1. Choose with Dustin

      3. Scarlatti - Level 8

        1. Choose with Dustin

    2. CLASSICAL

      1. Sonata in C Major, K 545 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (L. 8, B)

        1. Link to music: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KvCY4z8QK8d2LuVWLdHLorO-mGPeA0U3

        2. Start after Beethoven Op. 49 No. 2

          1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vDxlnJVvW8 Daniel Barenboim

          2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD59nWEi4GI Mitsuko Uchida

          3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUnYGUwatpo Maria João Pires

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

        1. Start after Op. 49 No. 1

        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

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

        1. Record for the recital and send to Dustin before June 4th

          1. Wear recital clothing and camera needs to see entire body.

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

        1. Record for the recital and send to Dustin before Jun 4th

          1. Wear recital clothing and camera needs to see entire body.

    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. Prepare Assignment No. 1

        2. Assignment 6

          1. Think about the phrasing in your Chopin here - the dolce

        3. Assignment 7

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

      2. Grieg - Level 8

        1. Choose with Dustin

      3. Mendelssohn - Level 8

        1. Choose with Dustin

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

        1. Video Comments:

          1. Fix the items below and record a video: send to Dustin

          2. High energy in mm. 70-73. What is the story here?

          3. Review after you send me another video.

      5. Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableau

        1. Review

    4. CONTEMPORARY

      1. Twenty-Four Preludes, Op. 11 No. 22 by Alexander Scriabin (L. 8, D)

        1. Start soon!

      2. Prelude in A Minor by Maurice Ravel (L. 8, D)

        1. Start soon!

      3. 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

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

        1. Record for the recital and send to Dustin before June 4th.

          1. Wear recital clothing and camera needs to see entire body.



Repertoire for Review

BAROQUE

  1. Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

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

    2. Invention No. 8 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: