2019-2020 Summer Lesson 2.5 of 5

2019-2020 Young Artist Enrollment: Full Year

Royal Conservatory of Music Certificate Program:

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

SHORT TERM FOCUS: Lessons 1-5

  1. Legato / singing melodic fingers: you are using your pedal as a mechanism for playing legato. Practice passages without pedal to see where you’re doing this.

  2. Singing tone: you’re playing is still surface oriented.

TECHNIQUE

  1. staccato Speed Building Tool

    1. 5 min a day with practice video

    2. LEVEL 9 AFTER RECITAL

  2. READING

    1. Happy Birthday PART 1 (AFTER RECITAL)

      1. Functional Chords

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

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

    2. Happy Birthday PART 2 (AFTER RECITAL)

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

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

    3. Rhythmic Training (AFTER RECITAL)

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

      2. Start with Dustin after May.

    4. Sightreading: 5-10 min a day (NO ASSIGNMENT)

      1. Look at the bass first. Why do we do this? It outlines the harmony. We also read intervals from the bass.

      2. CONFIDENCE! Play each note with confidence, even if you know there’s going to be a mistake.

  3. REPERTOIRE

    1. BAROQUE

      1. Handel - Level 8

        1. Allemande from Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437

      2. Sonata in E Major, K 531 by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-

        1. FINGERING:

        2. PLEASE PRACTICE WITH METRONOME

        3. WHAT DID WE TALK ABOUT REGARDING PRACTICE AND SECTION WORK?

    2. CLASSICAL

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

        1. mm. 5-7 LH articulation. First chord is shorter.

        2. Sing the very first note of the piece

        3. mm. 31-41 you’re not doing your rests!

        4. mm. 46-53 - you’re holding through your rests and the articulation is the same as mm. 5-7

      ROMANTIC

      1. Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 No. 12 Knecht Rubrecht (L. 8, C)

        1. Pedal is blurry.

        2. pg. 2: careful that your RH melody notes are connected if they are 8th notes with up-stems.

        3. Speed building with slow motion practice, focusing on EXPRESSION. Careful not to distort your pulse when you add this new expression. See all your pencil markings.

          1. f f f at the end of each sequence. How are you going to play them?

          2. Beginning of 2nd section. SING SING SING melody .

          3. mm. 33-34 LH sing

          4. m. 40 arpeggio no pedal

          5. m. 47 remember articulation

          6. mm. 2-4, 6-7, 18-19, 22-23, leave room to build / grow.

          7. Last sequence of the main theme - more intense than all the others.

      2. Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 No. 23 Reiterstück (L. 8, C)

      3. Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 No. 28 Erinnerung (L. 8, C)

      4. Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 No. 29 Fremder Mann (L. 8, C)

      5. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Humoreske in C Major Op. 6 No. 3 (L. 8, C)

        1. Start with Dustin

      6. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 3 No. 1, Allegro, ma non troppo (L. 8, C)

      7. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 3 No. 2, Allegro cantabile (L. 8, C)

      8. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 3 No. 4, Andante con sentimento (L. 8, C)

      9. Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. posth., B 5 (L. 8, C)

      10. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Gondellied (Barcarole) in A Major (L. 8, C)

      11. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Song without Words, Op. 62 No. 4 (L. 8, C)

      12. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) Song without Words, Op. 19 No. 2 (L. 8, C)

      13. Vladimir Rebikov (1866-1920), Valse mélancolique, Op. 3 No. 3 (L. 8, C)

      14. Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Zwei Scherzi No. 1 in B-flat Major, D 593 (L. 8, C)

      15. Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableau

        1. Review

    3. CONTEMPORARY

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

        1. On review

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

        1. FIX EXPRESSIVE MARKINGS IN PAGE 1

        2. FINISH LEARNING

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)

CLASSICAL

  1. L. V. Beethoven (1770-1827)

    1. Sonata in G Minor, op. 49, no. 1 (L. 8, B)

    2. Sonata in G Major Op 49 No. 2 (L. 8, B)

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)

    2. Waltz Op. 69 No. 2 in B minor (L. 8, C)

CONTEMPORARY

  1. Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

    1. Children’s Corner: The Little Shepherd (L. 8, D)

    2. Page d’Album (L. 8, D)

  1. Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

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

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

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

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

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

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

  7. J. S. Bach: Little Prelude in C Major, BWV 933 (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. Diabelli, Sonatina in F Major Op. 168 No. 1, movement III (L. 6 List B)

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

  14. Haydn Hob.XVI No. 8

  15. Prokofiev OP. 65 No. 12

  16. Burgmuller Op. 109 No. 7 Berceuse

  17. Kabalevsky Etude in A Minor

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

  19. Bach Invention No. 8

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

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

  22. Foggy Bottom Blues (level 4)

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

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

  25. Dragon Fly (Etude L. 4)

  26. Clementi, Six Sonatinas Op. 36

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

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

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

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

  31. Faure Dolly Suite

  32. Kuhlau, movement 2

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

  34. Sonatina in G Major by Beethoven

  35. **Adieu by Bergmuller

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

  37. 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: