August 29, 2024 (11:40- 1:10)

Future Repertoire

  1. Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 1

    1. Finish movement IV

  2. Chopin: Etudes Op. 10, No. 10

  3. Schubert Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664

Current Assignments

  1. 💜Debussy: Etudes, Book II, No. 11, pour les Arpèges composés

  2. Rachmaninoff, Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18. I. Moderato

    1. Fix all fingerings

  3. Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor Op. 31

    1. Recording project: Fall / Winter

    2. Currently reviewing

  4. Liszt: 2 Études de Concert, S. 145 No. 1: Waldesrauschen (4:30)

    1. Recording project?

    2. Currently reviewing

  5. Bach, Prelude and Fugue in F Major BWV 856, Book 1

    1. Review one time each week with the music.

  6. Dutilleux: Sonata: Choral et Variations (11:00)

    1. Start relearning / reviewing the 4th variation. Do this is small chunks until you can play the chunk at a medium tempo.

  7. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1. I, II, III (need to learn IV)

    1. Review once a week.

  8. Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

    1. Review once a month.

Cleveland International Jr.

Van Cliburn International Jr

GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR &

YOUNG ARTISTS PIANO COMPETITIONShttps://crescendocompetition.org/international-competition/

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

  2. https://www.pacificstars.org/professionalwinners

Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Bravura 2023 Young Artists Concerto Competition

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Hill Concerto Competition

Lyra (NYC DiMenna Center)

Portugal

Music Teachers National Association (Senior)

  1. 2024

Nazareth University Competition

  1. 2024

The Claudette Sorel Piano Competition & Piano Fellows Program

  1. 2024

New York International Piano Competition (June 2026)

  1. https://thenyipc.org/competition/

Interlochen Summer: June 17-23 (confirmed

  1. All five 2023 recital pieces

NOPI: July 15th

  1. Mendelssohn

2023 Radda Rise International Piano Competitio

  1. Participated

Bohemians Young Artists Piano Competition

  1. Received Honorable Mention

2021 Radda Rise International Piano Competition

  1. 2nd Place in Division 2: October 5, 2021

New Orleans Virtual International Competition

  1. Submitted. Results announced.

CONCERTI

  1. Haydn

    1. Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob:XVIII:11

      • Movement 3: Rondo all’Ungarese: Allegro assai

  2. Mendelssohn:

    1. Concert No. 2 in D Minor, (Movement 3)

BAROQUE

  1. Händel

    1. Chaconne in G Major, HVB 435

  2. Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

    1. Prelude and Fugue No. ? In C Minor

    2. Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856 (L. 10, A)

    3. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815 (L. 7, A)

      1. Allemande (L. 7, A)

      2. Gigue (L. 7, A)

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

    5. Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779

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

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

    8. Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794 (L. 9, A)

  3. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

    1. Sonata in E Major, K 531 (L. 8, A)

    2. Sonata in G Major L 487, Domenico Scarlatti (L. 9, A)

CLASSICAL

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

    1. Sonata Op. 10 No. 1 in C Minor (No. 5)

      1. Complete

    2. Sonata Op. 10 No. 2 in F Major (No. 6) (L. 10, B)

      1. I. Allegro

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

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

  2. Muzio Clementi ()

    1. Six Sonatinas, Op. 36

      1. Complete

  3. Haydn

    1. Piano Sonata, No. 53 in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34 (L. 9-B)

      1. III: Presto

    2. Piano Sonata, No. 59 in E-flat Major Hob. XVI:49:

      1. I: Allegro

  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

    1. Sonata in C Major, K 545, Allegro (L. 8, B)

      1. One movement

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)

    3. Waltz in F Major Op. 34 No. 3

    4. Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1

    5. Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 & 10

  3. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

    1. Humoreske in C Major Op. 6 No. 3 (L. 8, C)

    2. Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4

  4. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

    1. Gondellied (Barcarole) in A Major (L. 8, C)

  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

    1. Etude Tableaux, Op. 33 No. 7 in G Minor

    2. Prelude op. 23 no. 4 in D Major

    3. Prelude op. 23 no. 5 in G Minor

  6. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

    1. Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 No. 12 Knecht Rubrecht (L. 8, C)

IMPRESSIONISTIC / POST-ROMANTIC

  1. Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

    1. Images: Livre I

      1. Reflets dans l’eau

    2. Children’s Corner:

      1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (L. 10, D)

      2. The Little Shepherd (L. 8, D)

    3. Page d’Album (L. 8, D)

    4. Préludes, Book 2, L. 123

      1. 5, Bruyères

      2. 6. “General Lavine” - eccentric

  2. Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

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

    2. Barcarolle Op. 26 No. 1 in A Minor

  3. Maurice Ravel (1875-1737)

    1. Prelude in A Minor (L. 8, D)

  4. Alexander Scriabin ()

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

  5. Sergei Prokofiev ()

    1. Op. 65

      1. No. 6 Waltz (L. 7: C)

      2. No. 12

MODERN / 21st CENTURY

“Sightreading Pieces” in you Newzik. DAIL

  1. 💚Great American Songbook: left off on page 32

    1. Listen to each song you read on Spotify and become familiar with the tune so you can play it better for the solo piano version.

    2. Ella Fitzgerald is a good reference for jazz standards

  1. 🖤Beethoven Piano Sonatas (paused at op. 27 no. 1)

  2. 🖤Brahms Piano Works (Paused at p. 12)

  3. Bach, 15 Inventions (completed 2023)

  4. Shostakovich, Children’s and Easy Pieces, Op. 69 (finished March, 2023)

  5. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, op. 39 (finished November 3, 2022)

  6. Grieg Lyric Pieces in Newzik (op. 54) (finished August 2022)

2024 Final Recital8

2023 Final Recital

  1. 1:00 pm

    1. Gershwin

    2. Debussy, Reflets dans l’eau

    3. Handel (5:50)

  2. 3:00 pm

    1. Haydn (6:00)

    2. Rachmaninoff (4:23

August 22, 2024 (2:10-3:48)

Recording Project

  1. Prokofiev, Op. 65, Music for Children

    1. Pros

      1. More interested in the music

      2. Less number of pieces to record

    2. Cons

      1. Copyright (Just takes several hours to do)

      2. Music is technically more difficult

  2. Clementi, Six Sonatinas

    1. Pros

      1. No recording has the interpretation you like - you could should your personality

      2. You have already learned the music.

    2. Cons

      1. Not as interested in the Classical style

      2. Don’t know much about Clementi

  3. Ask yourself:

    1. How would you feel about pitching and immersing yourself into the content and music of either choice? Can you do both convincingly?

Future Repertoire

  1. Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 1

    1. Finish movement IV

  2. Chopin: Etudes Op. 10, No. 10

  3. Schubert Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664

Current Assignments

  1. 💜Debussy: Etudes, Book II, No. 11, pour les Arpèges composés

  2. Rachmaninoff, Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18. I. Moderato

    1. Fix all fingerings

  3. Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor Op. 31

    1. Recording project: Fall / Winter

    2. Currently reviewing

  4. Liszt: 2 Études de Concert, S. 145 No. 1: Waldesrauschen (4:30)

    1. Recording project?

    2. Currently reviewing

  5. Bach, Prelude and Fugue in F Major BWV 856, Book 1

    1. Review one time each week with the music.

  6. Dutilleux: Sonata: Choral et Variations (11:00)

    1. Start relearning / reviewing the 4th variation. Do this is small chunks until you can play the chunk at a medium tempo.

  7. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1. I, II, III (need to learn IV)

    1. Review once a week.

  8. Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

    1. Review once a month.

Cleveland International Jr.

Van Cliburn International Jr

GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR &

YOUNG ARTISTS PIANO COMPETITIONShttps://crescendocompetition.org/international-competition/

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

  2. https://www.pacificstars.org/professionalwinners

Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Bravura 2023 Young Artists Concerto Competition

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Hill Concerto Competition

Lyra (NYC DiMenna Center)

Portugal

Music Teachers National Association (Senior)

  1. 2024

Nazareth University Competition

  1. 2024

The Claudette Sorel Piano Competition & Piano Fellows Program

  1. 2024

New York International Piano Competition (June 2026)

  1. https://thenyipc.org/competition/

Interlochen Summer: June 17-23 (confirmed

  1. All five 2023 recital pieces

NOPI: July 15th

  1. Mendelssohn

2023 Radda Rise International Piano Competitio

  1. Participated

Bohemians Young Artists Piano Competition

  1. Received Honorable Mention

2021 Radda Rise International Piano Competition

  1. 2nd Place in Division 2: October 5, 2021

New Orleans Virtual International Competition

  1. Submitted. Results announced.

CONCERTI

  1. Haydn

    1. Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob:XVIII:11

      • Movement 3: Rondo all’Ungarese: Allegro assai

  2. Mendelssohn:

    1. Concert No. 2 in D Minor, (Movement 3)

BAROQUE

  1. Händel

    1. Chaconne in G Major, HVB 435

  2. Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

    1. Prelude and Fugue No. ? In C Minor

    2. Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856 (L. 10, A)

    3. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815 (L. 7, A)

      1. Allemande (L. 7, A)

      2. Gigue (L. 7, A)

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

    5. Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779

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

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

    8. Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794 (L. 9, A)

  3. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

    1. Sonata in E Major, K 531 (L. 8, A)

    2. Sonata in G Major L 487, Domenico Scarlatti (L. 9, A)

CLASSICAL

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

    1. Sonata Op. 10 No. 1 in C Minor (No. 5)

      1. Complete

    2. Sonata Op. 10 No. 2 in F Major (No. 6) (L. 10, B)

      1. I. Allegro

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

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

  2. Muzio Clementi ()

    1. Six Sonatinas, Op. 36

      1. Complete

  3. Haydn

    1. Piano Sonata, No. 53 in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34 (L. 9-B)

      1. III: Presto

    2. Piano Sonata, No. 59 in E-flat Major Hob. XVI:49:

      1. I: Allegro

  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

    1. Sonata in C Major, K 545, Allegro (L. 8, B)

      1. One movement

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)

    3. Waltz in F Major Op. 34 No. 3

    4. Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1

    5. Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 & 10

  3. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

    1. Humoreske in C Major Op. 6 No. 3 (L. 8, C)

    2. Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4

  4. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

    1. Gondellied (Barcarole) in A Major (L. 8, C)

  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

    1. Etude Tableaux, Op. 33 No. 7 in G Minor

    2. Prelude op. 23 no. 4 in D Major

    3. Prelude op. 23 no. 5 in G Minor

  6. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

    1. Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 No. 12 Knecht Rubrecht (L. 8, C)

IMPRESSIONISTIC / POST-ROMANTIC

  1. Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

    1. Images: Livre I

      1. Reflets dans l’eau

    2. Children’s Corner:

      1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (L. 10, D)

      2. The Little Shepherd (L. 8, D)

    3. Page d’Album (L. 8, D)

    4. Préludes, Book 2, L. 123

      1. 5, Bruyères

      2. 6. “General Lavine” - eccentric

  2. Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

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

    2. Barcarolle Op. 26 No. 1 in A Minor

  3. Maurice Ravel (1875-1737)

    1. Prelude in A Minor (L. 8, D)

  4. Alexander Scriabin ()

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

  5. Sergei Prokofiev ()

    1. Op. 65

      1. No. 6 Waltz (L. 7: C)

      2. No. 12

MODERN / 21st CENTURY

“Sightreading Pieces” in you Newzik. DAIL

  1. 💚Great American Songbook: left off on page 32

    1. Listen to each song you read on Spotify and become familiar with the tune so you can play it better for the solo piano version.

    2. Ella Fitzgerald is a good reference for jazz standards

  1. 🖤Beethoven Piano Sonatas (paused at op. 27 no. 1)

  2. 🖤Brahms Piano Works (Paused at p. 12)

  3. Bach, 15 Inventions (completed 2023)

  4. Shostakovich, Children’s and Easy Pieces, Op. 69 (finished March, 2023)

  5. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, op. 39 (finished November 3, 2022)

  6. Grieg Lyric Pieces in Newzik (op. 54) (finished August 2022)

2024 Final Recital8

2023 Final Recital

  1. 1:00 pm

    1. Gershwin

    2. Debussy, Reflets dans l’eau

    3. Handel (5:50)

  2. 3:00 pm

    1. Haydn (6:00)

    2. Rachmaninoff (4:23

August 16, 2024 (11:30-12:50)

Recording Project

  1. Burgmuller, Op. 100 or 109

  2. Tchaikovsky, Op. 39, Album for the Young

  3. Schumann, Op. 68, Album for the Young

  4. Shostakovich, 7 Doll’s Dances

  5. Prokofiev, Op. 65, Music for Children

  6. Clementi, Six Sonatinas

Future Repertoire

  1. 💜Rachmaninoff

  2. 💜Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 1

    1. Finish

  3. 💜Debussy: Etudes, Book II, No. 11

  4. 💜Chopin: Etudes Op. 10, No. 10

  5. Schubert Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664

Current Assignments

Liszt, Beethoven, Bach, Chopin

  1. ❤️“Sightreading Pieces” in you Newzik. DAIL

    1. 💚Great American Songbook: left off on page 32

      1. Listen to each song you read on Spotify and become familiar with the tune so you can play it better for the solo piano version.

      2. Ella Fitzgerald is a good reference for jazz standards

    1. 🖤Beethoven Piano Sonatas (paused at op. 27 no. 1)

    2. 🖤Brahms Piano Works (Paused at p. 12)

    3. Bach, 15 Inventions (completed 2023)

    4. Shostakovich, Children’s and Easy Pieces, Op. 69 (finished March, 2023)

    5. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, op. 39 (finished November 3, 2022)

    6. Grieg Lyric Pieces in Newzik (op. 54) (finished August 2022)

  2. 💜Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor Op. 31

    1. mm. 334-365 - learn RH in A to B and speed-build in chunks

    2. Add LH bass notes only.

    3. Dovetail sections.

  3. 💜(4:30) Liszt: 2 Études de Concert, S. 145 No. 1: Waldesrauschen

    1. Tremolo: mm. 79-82: One focus at a time, then two

      1. Focus is relaxation in each position. Do this softly and speed up and down. Slow down when it becomes uneven until you find relaxation again.

      2. Add the focus of dynamic increase and decrease.

  4. 💚Bach, Prelude and Fugue in F Major BWV 856, Book 1

    1. PRELUDE:

      1. PLAY TO YOUR STORY. OUTWARD PHYSICAL EMOTIONS.

      2. Hands apart medium tempo practice listening to each part for it’s unique qualities

      3. Trill sections, close-loud and staccato on the 16ths with fast trill work.

      4. No accents at the beginning of each 16th passage after the trills.

    2. FUGUE:

      1. See red pen

      2. Pass first lesson in April

  5. 💜Dutilleux: Sonata: Choral et Variations (11:00)

    1. Theme:

      1. EXPRESSION EXPERIMENT BODY LANGUAGE MAD SCIENTIST SHOOTING ROCKETS CRAZY EYES GIANTS SMASHING VILLAGE.

      2. M. 18-20: Sedation - waking up crazy.

      3. M. 27 - feel the articulation - be like a snare drum. Sempre forte. Someone’s world is falling apart.

    2. Variation 1:

      1. M. 103-106 - don’t change tempo. Do technical work.

      2. M. 136 - take time on the accent.

    3. Variation 2:

      1. Continue to focus on P.C., more aggressive dynamics changes. Listen to Anne Queffélec with recording and listen to textures and which notes are brought out.

    4. Variation 3:

      1. Examine all the voices and start to come up with an expressive plan to feature melodic motives so we don’t overwhelm the listener with too much overlapping.

    5. Variation 4:

      1. Mm. 553-576:

        1. 2-4 mm. At a time. Hands apart, then together, all of NFPER.

        2. Memorize as you go along.

        3. If you make mistakes, you’ll likely going too fast. Start very slowly.

        4. Approach the movement as if you playing at full tempo. Activate your wrist!

        5. Speed-build gradually from a very slow tempo.

      2. Mm. 595-605:

        1. Next section.

  6. 💜Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

    1. Mm. 131-134 - wrist movement in octaves.

    2. Mm. 128-131 - two short, one longer phrase. Lighten up two lower notes of chords. Dont’ get stuck with your 2nd and 4th beats.

    3. Letter F section: bring out bass notes

    4. Learn past letter G

Cleveland International Jr.

Van Cliburn International Jr

GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR &

YOUNG ARTISTS PIANO COMPETITIONShttps://crescendocompetition.org/international-competition/

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

  2. https://www.pacificstars.org/professionalwinners

Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Bravura 2023 Young Artists Concerto Competition

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Hill Concerto Competition

Lyra (NYC DiMenna Center)

Portugal

Music Teachers National Association (Senior)

  1. 2024

Nazareth University Competition

  1. 2024

The Claudette Sorel Piano Competition & Piano Fellows Program

  1. 2024

New York International Piano Competition (June 2026)

  1. https://thenyipc.org/competition/

Interlochen Summer: June 17-23 (confirmed

  1. All five 2023 recital pieces

NOPI: July 15th

  1. Mendelssohn

2023 Radda Rise International Piano Competitio

  1. Participated

Bohemians Young Artists Piano Competition

  1. Received Honorable Mention

2021 Radda Rise International Piano Competition

  1. 2nd Place in Division 2: October 5, 2021

New Orleans Virtual International Competition

  1. Submitted. Results announced.

CONCERTI

  1. Haydn

    1. Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob:XVIII:11

      • Movement 3: Rondo all’Ungarese: Allegro assai

  2. Mendelssohn:

    1. Concert No. 2 in D Minor, (Movement 3)

BAROQUE

  1. Händel

    1. Chaconne in G Major, HVB 435

  2. Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

    1. Prelude and Fugue No. ? In C Minor

    2. Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856 (L. 10, A)

    3. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815 (L. 7, A)

      1. Allemande (L. 7, A)

      2. Gigue (L. 7, A)

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

    5. Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779

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

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

    8. Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794 (L. 9, A)

  3. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

    1. Sonata in E Major, K 531 (L. 8, A)

    2. Sonata in G Major L 487, Domenico Scarlatti (L. 9, A)

CLASSICAL

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

    1. Sonata Op. 10 No. 1 in C Minor (No. 5)

      1. Complete

    2. Sonata Op. 10 No. 2 in F Major (No. 6) (L. 10, B)

      1. I. Allegro

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

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

  2. Muzio Clementi ()

    1. Six Sonatinas, Op. 36

      1. Complete

  3. Haydn

    1. Piano Sonata, No. 53 in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34 (L. 9-B)

      1. III: Presto

    2. Piano Sonata, No. 59 in E-flat Major Hob. XVI:49:

      1. I: Allegro

  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

    1. Sonata in C Major, K 545, Allegro (L. 8, B)

      1. One movement

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)

    3. Waltz in F Major Op. 34 No. 3

    4. Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1

    5. Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 & 10

  3. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

    1. Humoreske in C Major Op. 6 No. 3 (L. 8, C)

    2. Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4

  4. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

    1. Gondellied (Barcarole) in A Major (L. 8, C)

  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

    1. Etude Tableaux, Op. 33 No. 7 in G Minor

    2. Prelude op. 23 no. 4 in D Major

    3. Prelude op. 23 no. 5 in G Minor

  6. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

    1. Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 No. 12 Knecht Rubrecht (L. 8, C)

IMPRESSIONISTIC / POST-ROMANTIC

  1. Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

    1. Images: Livre I

      1. Reflets dans l’eau

    2. Children’s Corner:

      1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (L. 10, D)

      2. The Little Shepherd (L. 8, D)

    3. Page d’Album (L. 8, D)

    4. Préludes, Book 2, L. 123

      1. 5, Bruyères

      2. 6. “General Lavine” - eccentric

  2. Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

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

    2. Barcarolle Op. 26 No. 1 in A Minor

  3. Maurice Ravel (1875-1737)

    1. Prelude in A Minor (L. 8, D)

  4. Alexander Scriabin ()

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

  5. Sergei Prokofiev ()

    1. Op. 65

      1. No. 6 Waltz (L. 7: C)

      2. No. 12

MODERN / 21st CENTURY

2024 Final Recital8

2023 Final Recital

  1. 1:00 pm

    1. Gershwin

    2. Debussy, Reflets dans l’eau

    3. Handel (5:50)

  2. 3:00 pm

    1. Haydn (6:00)

    2. Rachmaninoff (4:23

August 2, 2024 (2:25-3:40)

Recording Project

  1. Burgmuller, Op. 100 or 109

  2. Tchaikovsky, Op. 39, Album for the Young

  3. Schumann, Op. 68, Album for the Young

  4. Shostakovich, 7 Doll’s Dances

  5. Prokofiev, Op. 65, Music for Children

  6. Clementi, Six Sonatinas

Future Repertoire

  1. 💜Rachmaninoff:

  2. 💜Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 1

    1. Finish

  3. 💜Debussy: Etudes, Book II, No. 11

  4. 💜Chopin: Etudes Op. 10, No. 10

  5. Schubert Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664

Current Assignments

Liszt, Beethoven, Bach, Chopin

  1. ❤️“Sightreading Pieces” in you Newzik. DAIL

    1. 💚Great American Songbook: left off on page 32

      1. Listen to each song you read on Spotify and become familiar with the tune so you can play it better for the solo piano version.

      2. Ella Fitzgerald is a good reference for jazz standards

    1. 🖤Beethoven Piano Sonatas (paused at op. 27 no. 1)

    2. 🖤Brahms Piano Works (Paused at p. 12)

    3. Bach, 15 Inventions (completed 2023)

    4. Shostakovich, Children’s and Easy Pieces, Op. 69 (finished March, 2023)

    5. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, op. 39 (finished November 3, 2022)

    6. Grieg Lyric Pieces in Newzik (op. 54) (finished August 2022)

  2. 💜Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor Op. 31

    1. mm. 334-365 - learn RH in A to B and speed-build in chunks

    2. Add LH bass notes only.

    3. Dovetail sections.

  3. 💜(4:30) Liszt: 2 Études de Concert, S. 145 No. 1: Waldesrauschen

    1. Tremolo: mm. 79-82: One focus at a time, then two

      1. Focus is relaxation in each position. Do this softly and speed up and down. Slow down when it becomes uneven until you find relaxation again.

      2. Add the focus of dynamic increase and decrease.

  4. 💚Bach, Prelude and Fugue in F Major BWV 856, Book 1

    1. PRELUDE:

      1. PLAY TO YOUR STORY. OUTWARD PHYSICAL EMOTIONS.

      2. Hands apart medium tempo practice listening to each part for it’s unique qualities

      3. Trill sections, close-loud and staccato on the 16ths with fast trill work.

      4. No accents at the beginning of each 16th passage after the trills.

    2. FUGUE:

      1. See red pen

      2. Pass first lesson in April

  5. 💜Dutilleux: Sonata: Choral et Variations (11:00)

    1. Theme:

      1. EXPRESSION EXPERIMENT BODY LANGUAGE MAD SCIENTIST SHOOTING ROCKETS CRAZY EYES GIANTS SMASHING VILLAGE.

      2. M. 18-20: Sedation - waking up crazy.

      3. M. 27 - feel the articulation - be like a snare drum. Sempre forte. Someone’s world is falling apart.

    2. Variation 1:

      1. M. 103-106 - don’t change tempo. Do technical work.

      2. M. 136 - take time on the accent.

    3. Variation 2:

      1. Continue to focus on P.C., more aggressive dynamics changes. Listen to Anne Queffélec with recording and listen to textures and which notes are brought out.

    4. Variation 3:

      1. Examine all the voices and start to come up with an expressive plan to feature melodic motives so we don’t overwhelm the listener with too much overlapping.

    5. Variation 4:

      1. Mm. 553-576:

        1. 2-4 mm. At a time. Hands apart, then together, all of NFPER.

        2. Memorize as you go along.

        3. If you make mistakes, you’ll likely going too fast. Start very slowly.

        4. Approach the movement as if you playing at full tempo. Activate your wrist!

        5. Speed-build gradually from a very slow tempo.

      2. Mm. 595-605:

        1. Next section.

  6. 💜Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

    1. Mm. 131-134 - wrist movement in octaves.

    2. Mm. 128-131 - two short, one longer phrase. Lighten up two lower notes of chords. Dont’ get stuck with your 2nd and 4th beats.

    3. Letter F section: bring out bass notes

    4. Learn past letter G

Cleveland International Jr.

Van Cliburn International Jr

GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR &

YOUNG ARTISTS PIANO COMPETITIONShttps://crescendocompetition.org/international-competition/

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

  2. https://www.pacificstars.org/professionalwinners

Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Bravura 2023 Young Artists Concerto Competition

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Hill Concerto Competition

Lyra (NYC DiMenna Center)

Portugal

Music Teachers National Association (Senior)

  1. 2024

Nazareth University Competition

  1. 2024

The Claudette Sorel Piano Competition & Piano Fellows Program

  1. 2024

New York International Piano Competition (June 2026)

  1. https://thenyipc.org/competition/

Interlochen Summer: June 17-23 (confirmed

  1. All five 2023 recital pieces

NOPI: July 15th

  1. Mendelssohn

2023 Radda Rise International Piano Competitio

  1. Participated

Bohemians Young Artists Piano Competition

  1. Received Honorable Mention

2021 Radda Rise International Piano Competition

  1. 2nd Place in Division 2: October 5, 2021

New Orleans Virtual International Competition

  1. Submitted. Results announced.

CONCERTI

  1. Haydn

    1. Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob:XVIII:11

      • Movement 3: Rondo all’Ungarese: Allegro assai

  2. Mendelssohn:

    1. Concert No. 2 in D Minor, (Movement 3)

BAROQUE

  1. Händel

    1. Chaconne in G Major, HVB 435

  2. Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

    1. Prelude and Fugue No. ? In C Minor

    2. Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856 (L. 10, A)

    3. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815 (L. 7, A)

      1. Allemande (L. 7, A)

      2. Gigue (L. 7, A)

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

    5. Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779

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

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

    8. Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794 (L. 9, A)

  3. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

    1. Sonata in E Major, K 531 (L. 8, A)

    2. Sonata in G Major L 487, Domenico Scarlatti (L. 9, A)

CLASSICAL

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

    1. Sonata Op. 10 No. 1 in C Minor (No. 5)

      1. Complete

    2. Sonata Op. 10 No. 2 in F Major (No. 6) (L. 10, B)

      1. I. Allegro

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

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

  2. Muzio Clementi ()

    1. Six Sonatinas, Op. 36

      1. Complete

  3. Haydn

    1. Piano Sonata, No. 53 in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34 (L. 9-B)

      1. III: Presto

    2. Piano Sonata, No. 59 in E-flat Major Hob. XVI:49:

      1. I: Allegro

  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

    1. Sonata in C Major, K 545, Allegro (L. 8, B)

      1. One movement

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)

    3. Waltz in F Major Op. 34 No. 3

    4. Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1

    5. Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 & 10

  3. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

    1. Humoreske in C Major Op. 6 No. 3 (L. 8, C)

    2. Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4

  4. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

    1. Gondellied (Barcarole) in A Major (L. 8, C)

  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

    1. Etude Tableaux, Op. 33 No. 7 in G Minor

    2. Prelude op. 23 no. 4 in D Major

    3. Prelude op. 23 no. 5 in G Minor

  6. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

    1. Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 No. 12 Knecht Rubrecht (L. 8, C)

IMPRESSIONISTIC / POST-ROMANTIC

  1. Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

    1. Images: Livre I

      1. Reflets dans l’eau

    2. Children’s Corner:

      1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (L. 10, D)

      2. The Little Shepherd (L. 8, D)

    3. Page d’Album (L. 8, D)

    4. Préludes, Book 2, L. 123

      1. 5, Bruyères

      2. 6. “General Lavine” - eccentric

  2. Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

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

    2. Barcarolle Op. 26 No. 1 in A Minor

  3. Maurice Ravel (1875-1737)

    1. Prelude in A Minor (L. 8, D)

  4. Alexander Scriabin ()

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

  5. Sergei Prokofiev ()

    1. Op. 65

      1. No. 6 Waltz (L. 7: C)

      2. No. 12

MODERN / 21st CENTURY

2024 Final Recital8

2023 Final Recital

  1. 1:00 pm

    1. Gershwin

    2. Debussy, Reflets dans l’eau

    3. Handel (5:50)

  2. 3:00 pm

    1. Haydn (6:00)

    2. Rachmaninoff (4:23

July 11, 2024 (60 min)

May 18th Recording in BK

  1. Bach Prelude & Fugu

Future Repertoire

  1. 💜Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 1

  2. 💜Schumann:

  3. 💜Debussy: Etudes, Book II, Nos. 7 and 11

  4. 💜Chopin: Etudes Op. 25 No. 1 & 11 and Op. 10 No. 4

  5. 💜Rameau: Gavotte et Six Doubles

  6. 💜Fauré: Nocturnes: 5, 6, 13,

  7. 💜Fauré: Valse-Caprice No. 2

  8. Modern

  9. Schubert Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664

  10. Rachmaninoff: Prelude op. 32 no. 12

  11. Bach: Suite

  12. Ravel Concert in G Major

Current Assignments

Liszt, Beethoven, Bach, Chopin

  1. ❤️“Sightreading Pieces” in you Newzik. DAIL

    1. 💚Great American Songbook: left off on page 32

      1. Listen to each song you read on Spotify and become familiar with the tune so you can play it better for the solo piano version.

      2. Ella Fitzgerald is a good reference for jazz standards

    1. 🖤Beethoven Piano Sonatas (paused at op. 27 no. 1)

    2. 🖤Brahms Piano Works (Paused at p. 12)

    3. Bach, 15 Inventions (completed 2023)

    4. Shostakovich, Children’s and Easy Pieces, Op. 69 (finished March, 2023)

    5. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, op. 39 (finished November 3, 2022)

    6. Grieg Lyric Pieces in Newzik (op. 54) (finished August 2022)

  2. 💜Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor Op. 31

    1. mm. 334-365 - learn RH in A to B and speed-build in chunks

    2. Add LH bass notes only.

    3. Dovetail sections.

  3. 💜(4:30) Liszt: 2 Études de Concert, S. 145 No. 1: Waldesrauschen

    1. Tremolo: mm. 79-82: One focus at a time, then two

      1. Focus is relaxation in each position. Do this softly and speed up and down. Slow down when it becomes uneven until you find relaxation again.

      2. Add the focus of dynamic increase and decrease.

  4. 💚Bach, Prelude and Fugue in F Major BWV 856, Book 1

    1. PRELUDE:

      1. PLAY TO YOUR STORY. OUTWARD PHYSICAL EMOTIONS.

      2. Hands apart medium tempo practice listening to each part for it’s unique qualities

      3. Trill sections, close-loud and staccato on the 16ths with fast trill work.

      4. No accents at the beginning of each 16th passage after the trills.

    2. FUGUE:

      1. See red pen

      2. Pass first lesson in April

  5. 💜Dutilleux: Sonata: Choral et Variations (11:00)

    1. Theme:

      1. EXPRESSION EXPERIMENT BODY LANGUAGE MAD SCIENTIST SHOOTING ROCKETS CRAZY EYES GIANTS SMASHING VILLAGE.

      2. M. 18-20: Sedation - waking up crazy.

      3. M. 27 - feel the articulation - be like a snare drum. Sempre forte. Someone’s world is falling apart.

    2. Variation 1:

      1. M. 103-106 - don’t change tempo. Do technical work.

      2. M. 136 - take time on the accent.

    3. Variation 2:

      1. Continue to focus on P.C., more aggressive dynamics changes. Listen to Anne Queffélec with recording and listen to textures and which notes are brought out.

    4. Variation 3:

      1. Examine all the voices and start to come up with an expressive plan to feature melodic motives so we don’t overwhelm the listener with too much overlapping.

    5. Variation 4:

      1. Mm. 553-576:

        1. 2-4 mm. At a time. Hands apart, then together, all of NFPER.

        2. Memorize as you go along.

        3. If you make mistakes, you’ll likely going too fast. Start very slowly.

        4. Approach the movement as if you playing at full tempo. Activate your wrist!

        5. Speed-build gradually from a very slow tempo.

      2. Mm. 595-605:

        1. Next section.

  6. 💜Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

    1. Mm. 131-134 - wrist movement in octaves.

    2. Mm. 128-131 - two short, one longer phrase. Lighten up two lower notes of chords. Dont’ get stuck with your 2nd and 4th beats.

    3. Letter F section: bring out bass notes

    4. Learn past letter G

Cleveland International Jr.

Van Cliburn International Jr

GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR &

YOUNG ARTISTS PIANO COMPETITIONShttps://crescendocompetition.org/international-competition/

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

  2. https://www.pacificstars.org/professionalwinners

Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Bravura 2023 Young Artists Concerto Competition

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Hill Concerto Competition

Lyra (NYC DiMenna Center)

Portugal

Music Teachers National Association (Senior)

  1. 2024

Nazareth University Competition

  1. 2024

The Claudette Sorel Piano Competition & Piano Fellows Program

  1. 2024

New York International Piano Competition (June 2026)

  1. https://thenyipc.org/competition/

Interlochen Summer: June 17-23 (confirmed

  1. All five 2023 recital pieces

NOPI: July 15th

  1. Mendelssohn

2023 Radda Rise International Piano Competitio

  1. Participated

Bohemians Young Artists Piano Competition

  1. Received Honorable Mention

2021 Radda Rise International Piano Competition

  1. 2nd Place in Division 2: October 5, 2021

New Orleans Virtual International Competition

  1. Submitted. Results announced.

CONCERTI

  1. Haydn

    1. Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob:XVIII:11

      • Movement 3: Rondo all’Ungarese: Allegro assai

  2. Mendelssohn:

    1. Concert No. 2 in D Minor, (Movement 3)

BAROQUE

  1. Händel

    1. Chaconne in G Major, HVB 435

  2. Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

    1. Prelude and Fugue No. ? In C Minor

    2. Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856 (L. 10, A)

    3. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815 (L. 7, A)

      1. Allemande (L. 7, A)

      2. Gigue (L. 7, A)

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

    5. Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779

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

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

    8. Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794 (L. 9, A)

  3. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

    1. Sonata in E Major, K 531 (L. 8, A)

    2. Sonata in G Major L 487, Domenico Scarlatti (L. 9, A)

CLASSICAL

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

    1. Sonata Op. 10 No. 1 in C Minor (No. 5)

      1. Complete

    2. Sonata Op. 10 No. 2 in F Major (No. 6) (L. 10, B)

      1. I. Allegro

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

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

  2. Muzio Clementi ()

    1. Six Sonatinas, Op. 36

      1. Complete

  3. Haydn

    1. Piano Sonata, No. 53 in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34 (L. 9-B)

      1. III: Presto

    2. Piano Sonata, No. 59 in E-flat Major Hob. XVI:49:

      1. I: Allegro

  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

    1. Sonata in C Major, K 545, Allegro (L. 8, B)

      1. One movement

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)

    3. Waltz in F Major Op. 34 No. 3

    4. Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1

    5. Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 & 10

  3. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

    1. Humoreske in C Major Op. 6 No. 3 (L. 8, C)

    2. Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4

  4. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

    1. Gondellied (Barcarole) in A Major (L. 8, C)

  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

    1. Etude Tableaux, Op. 33 No. 7 in G Minor

    2. Prelude op. 23 no. 4 in D Major

    3. Prelude op. 23 no. 5 in G Minor

  6. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

    1. Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 No. 12 Knecht Rubrecht (L. 8, C)

IMPRESSIONISTIC / POST-ROMANTIC

  1. Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

    1. Images: Livre I

      1. Reflets dans l’eau

    2. Children’s Corner:

      1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (L. 10, D)

      2. The Little Shepherd (L. 8, D)

    3. Page d’Album (L. 8, D)

    4. Préludes, Book 2, L. 123

      1. 5, Bruyères

      2. 6. “General Lavine” - eccentric

  2. Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

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

    2. Barcarolle Op. 26 No. 1 in A Minor

  3. Maurice Ravel (1875-1737)

    1. Prelude in A Minor (L. 8, D)

  4. Alexander Scriabin ()

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

  5. Sergei Prokofiev ()

    1. Op. 65

      1. No. 6 Waltz (L. 7: C)

      2. No. 12

MODERN / 21st CENTURY

2024 Final Recital8

2023 Final Recital

  1. 1:00 pm

    1. Gershwin

    2. Debussy, Reflets dans l’eau

    3. Handel (5:50)

  2. 3:00 pm

    1. Haydn (6:00)

    2. Rachmaninoff (4:23

July 1, 2024

May 18th Recording in BK

  1. Bach Prelude & Fugu

Future Repertoire

  1. 💜Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 1

  2. 💜Schumann:

  3. 💜Debussy: Etudes, Book II, Nos. 7 and 11

  4. 💜Chopin: Etudes Op. 25 No. 1 & 11 and Op. 10 No. 4

  5. 💜Rameau: Gavotte et Six Doubles

  6. 💜Fauré: Nocturnes: 5, 6, 13,

  7. 💜Fauré: Valse-Caprice No. 2

  8. Modern

  9. Schubert Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664

  10. Rachmaninoff: Prelude op. 32 no. 12

  11. Bach: Suite

  12. Ravel Concert in G Major

Current Assignments

  1. ❤️“Sightreading Pieces” in you Newzik. DAIL

    1. 💚Great American Songbook: left off on page 32

      1. Listen to each song you read on Spotify and become familiar with the tune so you can play it better for the solo piano version.

      2. Ella Fitzgerald is a good reference for jazz standards

    1. 🖤Beethoven Piano Sonatas (paused at op. 27 no. 1)

    2. 🖤Brahms Piano Works (Paused at p. 12)

    3. Bach, 15 Inventions (completed 2023)

    4. Shostakovich, Children’s and Easy Pieces, Op. 69 (finished March, 2023)

    5. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, op. 39 (finished November 3, 2022)

    6. Grieg Lyric Pieces in Newzik (op. 54) (finished August 2022)

  2. 💜Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor Op. 31

    1. mm. 334-365 - learn RH in A to B and speed-build in chunks

    2. Add LH bass notes only.

    3. Dovetail sections.

  3. 💜(4:30) Liszt: 2 Études de Concert, S. 145 No. 1: Waldesrauschen

    1. Tremolo: mm. 79-82: One focus at a time, then two

      1. Focus is relaxation in each position. Do this softly and speed up and down. Slow down when it becomes uneven until you find relaxation again.

      2. Add the focus of dynamic increase and decrease.

  4. 💚Bach, Prelude and Fugue in F Major BWV 856, Book 1

    1. PRELUDE:

      1. PLAY TO YOUR STORY. OUTWARD PHYSICAL EMOTIONS.

      2. Hands apart medium tempo practice listening to each part for it’s unique qualities

      3. Trill sections, close-loud and staccato on the 16ths with fast trill work.

      4. No accents at the beginning of each 16th passage after the trills.

    2. FUGUE:

      1. See red pen

      2. Pass first lesson in April

  5. 💜Dutilleux: Sonata: Choral et Variations (11:00)

    1. Theme:

      1. EXPRESSION EXPERIMENT BODY LANGUAGE MAD SCIENTIST SHOOTING ROCKETS CRAZY EYES GIANTS SMASHING VILLAGE.

      2. M. 18-20: Sedation - waking up crazy.

      3. M. 27 - feel the articulation - be like a snare drum. Sempre forte. Someone’s world is falling apart.

    2. Variation 1:

      1. M. 103-106 - don’t change tempo. Do technical work.

      2. M. 136 - take time on the accent.

    3. Variation 2:

      1. Continue to focus on P.C., more aggressive dynamics changes. Listen to Anne Queffélec with recording and listen to textures and which notes are brought out.

    4. Variation 3:

      1. Examine all the voices and start to come up with an expressive plan to feature melodic motives so we don’t overwhelm the listener with too much overlapping.

    5. Variation 4:

      1. Mm. 553-576:

        1. 2-4 mm. At a time. Hands apart, then together, all of NFPER.

        2. Memorize as you go along.

        3. If you make mistakes, you’ll likely going too fast. Start very slowly.

        4. Approach the movement as if you playing at full tempo. Activate your wrist!

        5. Speed-build gradually from a very slow tempo.

      2. Mm. 595-605:

        1. Next section.

  6. 💜Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

    1. Mm. 131-134 - wrist movement in octaves.

    2. Mm. 128-131 - two short, one longer phrase. Lighten up two lower notes of chords. Dont’ get stuck with your 2nd and 4th beats.

    3. Letter F section: bring out bass notes

    4. Learn past letter G

Cleveland International Jr.

Van Cliburn International Jr

GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR &

YOUNG ARTISTS PIANO COMPETITIONShttps://crescendocompetition.org/international-competition/

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

  2. https://www.pacificstars.org/professionalwinners

Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Bravura 2023 Young Artists Concerto Competition

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Hill Concerto Competition

Lyra (NYC DiMenna Center)

Portugal

Music Teachers National Association (Senior)

  1. 2024

Nazareth University Competition

  1. 2024

The Claudette Sorel Piano Competition & Piano Fellows Program

  1. 2024

New York International Piano Competition (June 2026)

  1. https://thenyipc.org/competition/

Interlochen Summer: June 17-23 (confirmed

  1. All five 2023 recital pieces

NOPI: July 15th

  1. Mendelssohn

2023 Radda Rise International Piano Competitio

  1. Participated

Bohemians Young Artists Piano Competition

  1. Received Honorable Mention

2021 Radda Rise International Piano Competition

  1. 2nd Place in Division 2: October 5, 2021

New Orleans Virtual International Competition

  1. Submitted. Results announced.

CONCERTI

  1. Haydn

    1. Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob:XVIII:11

      • Movement 3: Rondo all’Ungarese: Allegro assai

  2. Mendelssohn:

    1. Concert No. 2 in D Minor, (Movement 3)

BAROQUE

  1. Händel

    1. Chaconne in G Major, HVB 435

  2. Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

    1. Prelude and Fugue No. ? In C Minor

    2. Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856 (L. 10, A)

    3. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815 (L. 7, A)

      1. Allemande (L. 7, A)

      2. Gigue (L. 7, A)

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

    5. Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779

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

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

    8. Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794 (L. 9, A)

  3. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

    1. Sonata in E Major, K 531 (L. 8, A)

    2. Sonata in G Major L 487, Domenico Scarlatti (L. 9, A)

CLASSICAL

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

    1. Sonata Op. 10 No. 1 in C Minor (No. 5)

      1. Complete

    2. Sonata Op. 10 No. 2 in F Major (No. 6) (L. 10, B)

      1. I. Allegro

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

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

  2. Muzio Clementi ()

    1. Six Sonatinas, Op. 36

      1. Complete

  3. Haydn

    1. Piano Sonata, No. 53 in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34 (L. 9-B)

      1. III: Presto

    2. Piano Sonata, No. 59 in E-flat Major Hob. XVI:49:

      1. I: Allegro

  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

    1. Sonata in C Major, K 545, Allegro (L. 8, B)

      1. One movement

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)

    3. Waltz in F Major Op. 34 No. 3

    4. Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1

    5. Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 & 10

  3. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

    1. Humoreske in C Major Op. 6 No. 3 (L. 8, C)

    2. Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4

  4. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

    1. Gondellied (Barcarole) in A Major (L. 8, C)

  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

    1. Etude Tableaux, Op. 33 No. 7 in G Minor

    2. Prelude op. 23 no. 4 in D Major

    3. Prelude op. 23 no. 5 in G Minor

  6. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

    1. Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 No. 12 Knecht Rubrecht (L. 8, C)

IMPRESSIONISTIC / POST-ROMANTIC

  1. Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

    1. Images: Livre I

      1. Reflets dans l’eau

    2. Children’s Corner:

      1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (L. 10, D)

      2. The Little Shepherd (L. 8, D)

    3. Page d’Album (L. 8, D)

    4. Préludes, Book 2, L. 123

      1. 5, Bruyères

      2. 6. “General Lavine” - eccentric

  2. Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

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

    2. Barcarolle Op. 26 No. 1 in A Minor

  3. Maurice Ravel (1875-1737)

    1. Prelude in A Minor (L. 8, D)

  4. Alexander Scriabin ()

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

  5. Sergei Prokofiev ()

    1. Op. 65

      1. No. 6 Waltz (L. 7: C)

      2. No. 12

MODERN / 21st CENTURY

2024 Final Recital8

2023 Final Recital

  1. 1:00 pm

    1. Gershwin

    2. Debussy, Reflets dans l’eau

    3. Handel (5:50)

  2. 3:00 pm

    1. Haydn (6:00)

    2. Rachmaninoff (4:23

June 27, 2024

May 18th Recording in BK

  1. Bach Prelude & Fugu

Future Repertoire

  1. 💜Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 1

  2. 💜Schumann:

  3. 💜Debussy: Etudes, Book II, Nos. 7 and 11

  4. 💜Chopin: Etudes Op. 25 No. 1 & 11 and Op. 10 No. 4

  5. 💜Rameau: Gavotte et Six Doubles

  6. 💜Fauré: Nocturnes: 5, 6, 13,

  7. 💜Fauré: Valse-Caprice No. 2

  8. Modern

  9. Schubert Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664

  10. Rachmaninoff: Prelude op. 32 no. 12

  11. Bach: Suite

  12. Ravel Concert in G Major

Current Assignments

  1. ❤️“Sightreading Pieces” in you Newzik. DAIL

    1. 💚Great American Songbook: left off on page 32

      1. Listen to each song you read on Spotify and become familiar with the tune so you can play it better for the solo piano version.

      2. Ella Fitzgerald is a good reference for jazz standards.

    1. 🖤Beethoven Piano Sonatas (paused at op. 27 no. 1)

    2. 🖤Brahms Piano Works (Paused at p. 12)

    3. Bach, 15 Inventions (completed 2023)

    4. Shostakovich, Children’s and Easy Pieces, Op. 69 (finished March, 2023)

    5. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, op. 39 (finished November 3, 2022)

    6. Grieg Lyric Pieces in Newzik (op. 54) (finished August 2022)

  2. 💜Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor Op. 31

    1. mm. 334-365 - learn RH in A to B and speed-build in chunks

    2. Add LH bass notes only.

    3. Dovetail sections.

  3. 💜(4:30) Liszt: 2 Études de Concert, S. 145 No. 1: Waldesrauschen

    1. Tremolo: mm. 79-82: One focus at a time, then two

      1. Focus is relaxation in each position. Do this softly and speed up and down. Slow down when it becomes uneven until you find relaxation again.

      2. Add the focus of dynamic increase and decrease.

  4. 💚Bach, Prelude and Fugue in F Major BWV 856, Book 1

    1. PRELUDE:

      1. PLAY TO YOUR STORY. OUTWARD PHYSICAL EMOTIONS.

      2. Hands apart medium tempo practice listening to each part for it’s unique qualities

      3. Trill sections, close-loud and staccato on the 16ths with fast trill work.

      4. No accents at the beginning of each 16th passage after the trills.

    2. FUGUE:

      1. See red pen

      2. Pass first lesson in April

  5. 💜Dutilleux: Sonata: Choral et Variations (11:00)

    1. Theme:

      1. EXPRESSION EXPERIMENT BODY LANGUAGE MAD SCIENTIST SHOOTING ROCKETS CRAZY EYES GIANTS SMASHING VILLAGE.

      2. M. 18-20: Sedation - waking up crazy.

      3. M. 27 - feel the articulation - be like a snare drum. Sempre forte. Someone’s world is falling apart.

    2. Variation 1:

      1. M. 103-106 - don’t change tempo. Do technical work.

      2. M. 136 - take time on the accent.

    3. Variation 2:

      1. Continue to focus on P.C., more aggressive dynamics changes. Listen to Anne Queffélec with recording and listen to textures and which notes are brought out.

    4. Variation 3:

      1. Examine all the voices and start to come up with an expressive plan to feature melodic motives so we don’t overwhelm the listener with too much overlapping.

    5. Variation 4:

      1. Mm. 553-576:

        1. 2-4 mm. At a time. Hands apart, then together, all of NFPER.

        2. Memorize as you go along.

        3. If you make mistakes, you’ll likely going too fast. Start very slowly.

        4. Approach the movement as if you playing at full tempo. Activate your wrist!

        5. Speed-build gradually from a very slow tempo.

      2. Mm. 595-605:

        1. Next section.

  6. 💜Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

    1. Mm. 131-134 - wrist movement in octaves.

    2. Mm. 128-131 - two short, one longer phrase. Lighten up two lower notes of chords. Dont’ get stuck with your 2nd and 4th beats.

    3. Letter F section: bring out bass notes

    4. Learn past letter G

Cleveland International Jr.

Van Cliburn International Jr

GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR &

YOUNG ARTISTS PIANO COMPETITIONShttps://crescendocompetition.org/international-competition/

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

  2. https://www.pacificstars.org/professionalwinners

Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Bravura 2023 Young Artists Concerto Competition

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Hill Concerto Competition

Lyra (NYC DiMenna Center)

Portugal

Music Teachers National Association (Senior)

  1. 2024

Nazareth University Competition

  1. 2024

The Claudette Sorel Piano Competition & Piano Fellows Program

  1. 2024

New York International Piano Competition (June 2026)

  1. https://thenyipc.org/competition/

Interlochen Summer: June 17-23 (confirmed

  1. All five 2023 recital pieces

NOPI: July 15th

  1. Mendelssohn

2023 Radda Rise International Piano Competitio

  1. Participated

Bohemians Young Artists Piano Competition

  1. Received Honorable Mention

2021 Radda Rise International Piano Competition

  1. 2nd Place in Division 2: October 5, 2021

New Orleans Virtual International Competition

  1. Submitted. Results announced.

CONCERTI

  1. Haydn

    1. Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob:XVIII:11

      • Movement 3: Rondo all’Ungarese: Allegro assai

  2. Mendelssohn:

    1. Concert No. 2 in D Minor, (Movement 3)

BAROQUE

  1. Händel

    1. Chaconne in G Major, HVB 435

  2. Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

    1. Prelude and Fugue No. ? In C Minor

    2. Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856 (L. 10, A)

    3. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815 (L. 7, A)

      1. Allemande (L. 7, A)

      2. Gigue (L. 7, A)

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

    5. Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779

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

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

    8. Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794 (L. 9, A)

  3. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

    1. Sonata in E Major, K 531 (L. 8, A)

    2. Sonata in G Major L 487, Domenico Scarlatti (L. 9, A)

CLASSICAL

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

    1. Sonata Op. 10 No. 1 in C Minor (No. 5)

      1. Complete

    2. Sonata Op. 10 No. 2 in F Major (No. 6) (L. 10, B)

      1. I. Allegro

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

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

  2. Muzio Clementi ()

    1. Six Sonatinas, Op. 36

      1. Complete

  3. Haydn

    1. Piano Sonata, No. 53 in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34 (L. 9-B)

      1. III: Presto

    2. Piano Sonata, No. 59 in E-flat Major Hob. XVI:49:

      1. I: Allegro

  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

    1. Sonata in C Major, K 545, Allegro (L. 8, B)

      1. One movement

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)

    3. Waltz in F Major Op. 34 No. 3

    4. Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1

    5. Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 & 10

  3. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

    1. Humoreske in C Major Op. 6 No. 3 (L. 8, C)

    2. Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4

  4. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

    1. Gondellied (Barcarole) in A Major (L. 8, C)

  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

    1. Etude Tableaux, Op. 33 No. 7 in G Minor

    2. Prelude op. 23 no. 4 in D Major

    3. Prelude op. 23 no. 5 in G Minor

  6. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

    1. Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 No. 12 Knecht Rubrecht (L. 8, C)

IMPRESSIONISTIC / POST-ROMANTIC

  1. Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

    1. Images: Livre I

      1. Reflets dans l’eau

    2. Children’s Corner:

      1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (L. 10, D)

      2. The Little Shepherd (L. 8, D)

    3. Page d’Album (L. 8, D)

    4. Préludes, Book 2, L. 123

      1. 5, Bruyères

      2. 6. “General Lavine” - eccentric

  2. Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

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

    2. Barcarolle Op. 26 No. 1 in A Minor

  3. Maurice Ravel (1875-1737)

    1. Prelude in A Minor (L. 8, D)

  4. Alexander Scriabin ()

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

  5. Sergei Prokofiev ()

    1. Op. 65

      1. No. 6 Waltz (L. 7: C)

      2. No. 12

MODERN / 21st CENTURY

2024 Final Recital8

2023 Final Recital

  1. 1:00 pm

    1. Gershwin

    2. Debussy, Reflets dans l’eau

    3. Handel (5:50)

  2. 3:00 pm

    1. Haydn (6:00)

    2. Rachmaninoff (4:23

June 25, 2024 (75 MIN)

May 18th Recording in BK

  1. Bach Prelude & Fugue

  2. Liszt Concert Etude

Future Repertoire

  1. 💜Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 1

  2. 💜Schumann:

  3. 💜Debussy: Etudes, Book II, Nos. 7 and 11

  4. 💜Chopin: Etudes Op. 25 No. 1 & 11 and Op. 10 No. 4

  5. 💜Rameau: Gavotte et Six Doubles

  6. 💜Fauré: Nocturnes: 5, 6, 13,

  7. 💜Fauré: Valse-Caprice No. 2

  8. Modern

  9. Schubert Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664

  10. Rachmaninoff: Prelude op. 32 no. 12

  11. Bach: Suite

  12. Ravel Concert in G Major

Current Assignments

  1. ❤️“Sightreading Pieces” in you Newzik. DAIL

    1. 💚Great American Songbook: left off on page 32

      1. Listen to each song you read on Spotify and become familiar with the tune so you can play it better for the solo piano version.

      2. Ella Fitzgerald is a good reference for jazz standards.

    1. 🖤Beethoven Piano Sonatas (paused at op. 27 no. 1)

    2. 🖤Brahms Piano Works (Paused at p. 12)

    3. Bach, 15 Inventions (completed 2023)

    4. Shostakovich, Children’s and Easy Pieces, Op. 69 (finished March, 2023)

    5. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, op. 39 (finished November 3, 2022)

    6. Grieg Lyric Pieces in Newzik (op. 54) (finished August 2022)

  2. 💜Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor Op. 31

    1. mm. 334-365 - learn RH in A to B and speed-build in chunks

    2. Add LH bass notes only.

    3. Dovetail sections.

  3. 💜(4:30) Liszt: 2 Études de Concert, S. 145 No. 1: Waldesrauschen

    1. Tremolo: mm. 79-82: One focus at a time, then two

      1. Focus is relaxation in each position. Do this softly and speed up and down. Slow down when it becomes uneven until you find relaxation again.

      2. Add the focus of dynamic increase and decrease.

  4. 💚Bach, Prelude and Fugue in F Major BWV 856, Book 1

    1. PRELUDE:

      1. PLAY TO YOUR STORY. OUTWARD PHYSICAL EMOTIONS.

      2. Hands apart medium tempo practice listening to each part for it’s unique qualities

      3. Trill sections, close-loud and staccato on the 16ths with fast trill work.

      4. No accents at the beginning of each 16th passage after the trills.

    2. FUGUE:

      1. See red pen

      2. Pass first lesson in April

  5. 💜Dutilleux: Sonata: Choral et Variations (11:00)

    1. Theme:

      1. EXPRESSION EXPERIMENT BODY LANGUAGE MAD SCIENTIST SHOOTING ROCKETS CRAZY EYES GIANTS SMASHING VILLAGE.

      2. M. 18-20: Sedation - waking up crazy.

      3. M. 27 - feel the articulation - be like a snare drum. Sempre forte. Someone’s world is falling apart.

    2. Variation 1:

      1. M. 103-106 - don’t change tempo. Do technical work.

      2. M. 136 - take time on the accent.

    3. Variation 2:

      1. Continue to focus on P.C., more aggressive dynamics changes. Listen to Anne Queffélec with recording and listen to textures and which notes are brought out.

    4. Variation 3:

      1. Examine all the voices and start to come up with an expressive plan to feature melodic motives so we don’t overwhelm the listener with too much overlapping.

    5. Variation 4:

      1. Mm. 553-576:

        1. 2-4 mm. At a time. Hands apart, then together, all of NFPER.

        2. Memorize as you go along.

        3. If you make mistakes, you’ll likely going too fast. Start very slowly.

        4. Approach the movement as if you playing at full tempo. Activate your wrist!

        5. Speed-build gradually from a very slow tempo.

      2. Mm. 595-605:

        1. Next section.

  6. 💜Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

    1. Mm. 131-134 - wrist movement in octaves.

    2. Mm. 128-131 - two short, one longer phrase. Lighten up two lower notes of chords. Dont’ get stuck with your 2nd and 4th beats.

    3. Letter F section: bring out bass notes

    4. Learn past letter G

Cleveland International Jr.

Van Cliburn International Jr

GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR &

YOUNG ARTISTS PIANO COMPETITIONShttps://crescendocompetition.org/international-competition/

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

  2. https://www.pacificstars.org/professionalwinners

Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Bravura 2023 Young Artists Concerto Competition

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Hill Concerto Competition

Lyra (NYC DiMenna Center)

Portugal

Music Teachers National Association (Senior)

  1. 2024

Nazareth University Competition

  1. 2024

The Claudette Sorel Piano Competition & Piano Fellows Program

  1. 2024

New York International Piano Competition (June 2026)

  1. https://thenyipc.org/competition/

Interlochen Summer: June 17-23 (confirmed

  1. All five 2023 recital pieces

NOPI: July 15th

  1. Mendelssohn

2023 Radda Rise International Piano Competitio

  1. Participated

Bohemians Young Artists Piano Competition

  1. Received Honorable Mention

2021 Radda Rise International Piano Competition

  1. 2nd Place in Division 2: October 5, 2021

New Orleans Virtual International Competition

  1. Submitted. Results announced.

CONCERTI

  1. Haydn

    1. Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob:XVIII:11

      • Movement 3: Rondo all’Ungarese: Allegro assai

  2. Mendelssohn:

    1. Concert No. 2 in D Minor, (Movement 3)

BAROQUE

  1. Händel

    1. Chaconne in G Major, HVB 435

  2. Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

    1. Prelude and Fugue No. ? In C Minor

    2. Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856 (L. 10, A)

    3. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815 (L. 7, A)

      1. Allemande (L. 7, A)

      2. Gigue (L. 7, A)

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

    5. Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779

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

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

    8. Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794 (L. 9, A)

  3. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

    1. Sonata in E Major, K 531 (L. 8, A)

    2. Sonata in G Major L 487, Domenico Scarlatti (L. 9, A)

CLASSICAL

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

    1. Sonata Op. 10 No. 1 in C Minor (No. 5)

      1. Complete

    2. Sonata Op. 10 No. 2 in F Major (No. 6) (L. 10, B)

      1. I. Allegro

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

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

  2. Muzio Clementi ()

    1. Six Sonatinas, Op. 36

      1. Complete

  3. Haydn

    1. Piano Sonata, No. 53 in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34 (L. 9-B)

      1. III: Presto

    2. Piano Sonata, No. 59 in E-flat Major Hob. XVI:49:

      1. I: Allegro

  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

    1. Sonata in C Major, K 545, Allegro (L. 8, B)

      1. One movement

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)

    3. Waltz in F Major Op. 34 No. 3

    4. Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1

    5. Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 & 10

  3. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

    1. Humoreske in C Major Op. 6 No. 3 (L. 8, C)

    2. Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4

  4. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

    1. Gondellied (Barcarole) in A Major (L. 8, C)

  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

    1. Etude Tableaux, Op. 33 No. 7 in G Minor

    2. Prelude op. 23 no. 4 in D Major

    3. Prelude op. 23 no. 5 in G Minor

  6. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

    1. Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 No. 12 Knecht Rubrecht (L. 8, C)

IMPRESSIONISTIC / POST-ROMANTIC

  1. Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

    1. Images: Livre I

      1. Reflets dans l’eau

    2. Children’s Corner:

      1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (L. 10, D)

      2. The Little Shepherd (L. 8, D)

    3. Page d’Album (L. 8, D)

    4. Préludes, Book 2, L. 123

      1. 5, Bruyères

      2. 6. “General Lavine” - eccentric

  2. Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

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

    2. Barcarolle Op. 26 No. 1 in A Minor

  3. Maurice Ravel (1875-1737)

    1. Prelude in A Minor (L. 8, D)

  4. Alexander Scriabin ()

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

  5. Sergei Prokofiev ()

    1. Op. 65

      1. No. 6 Waltz (L. 7: C)

      2. No. 12

MODERN / 21st CENTURY

2024 Final Recital8

2023 Final Recital

  1. 1:00 pm

    1. Gershwin

    2. Debussy, Reflets dans l’eau

    3. Handel (5:50)

  2. 3:00 pm

    1. Haydn (6:00)

    2. Rachmaninoff (4:23

June 9, 2024

May 18th Recording in BK

  1. Bach Prelude & Fugue

  2. Liszt Concert Etude

Future Repertoire

  1. 💜Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 1

  2. 💜Schumann:

  3. 💜Debussy: Etudes, Book II, Nos. 7 and 11

  4. 💜Chopin: Etudes Op. 25 No. 1 & 11 and Op. 10 No. 4

  5. 💜Rameau: Gavotte et Six Doubles

  6. 💜Fauré: Nocturnes: 5, 6, 13,

  7. 💜Fauré: Valse-Caprice No. 2

  8. Modern

  9. Schubert Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664

  10. Rachmaninoff: Prelude op. 32 no. 12

  11. Bach: Suite

  12. Ravel Concert in G Major

Current Assignments

  1. ❤️“Sightreading Pieces” in you Newzik. DAIL

    1. 💚Great American Songbook: left off on page 32

      1. Listen to each song you read on Spotify and become familiar with the tune so you can play it better for the solo piano version.

      2. Ella Fitzgerald is a good reference for jazz standards.

    1. 🖤Beethoven Piano Sonatas (paused at op. 27 no. 1)

    2. 🖤Brahms Piano Works (Paused at p. 12)

    3. Bach, 15 Inventions (completed 2023)

    4. Shostakovich, Children’s and Easy Pieces, Op. 69 (finished March, 2023)

    5. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, op. 39 (finished November 3, 2022)

    6. Grieg Lyric Pieces in Newzik (op. 54) (finished August 2022)

  2. 💜Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor Op. 31

    1. mm. 334-365 - learn RH in A to B and speed-build in chunks

    2. Add LH bass notes only.

    3. Dovetail sections.

  3. 💜(4:30) Liszt: 2 Études de Concert, S. 145 No. 1: Waldesrauschen

    1. Tremolo: mm. 79-82: One focus at a time, then two

      1. Focus is relaxation in each position. Do this softly and speed up and down. Slow down when it becomes uneven until you find relaxation again.

      2. Add the focus of dynamic increase and decrease.

  4. 💜Bach, Prelude and Fugue in F Major BWV 856, Book 1

    1. PRELUDE:

      1. Careful to stay in-tempo at the beginning of the 16th note motives.

      2. No accents at the beginning of each trill

      3. Don’t speed up in the second half of m. 6

    2. FUGUE:

      1. See red pen

      2. Pass first lesson in April

  5. 💜Dutilleux: Sonata: Choral et Variations (11:00)

    1. Theme:

      1. EXPRESSION EXPERIMENT BODY LANGUAGE MAD SCIENTIST SHOOTING ROCKETS CRAZY EYES GIANTS SMASHING VILLAGE.

      2. M. 18-20: Sedation - waking up crazy.

      3. M. 27 - feel the articulation - be like a snare drum. Sempre forte. Someone’s world is falling apart.

    2. Variation 1:

      1. M. 103-106 - don’t change tempo. Do technical work.

      2. M. 136 - take time on the accent.

    3. Variation 2:

      1. Continue to focus on P.C., more aggressive dynamics changes. Listen to Anne Queffélec with recording and listen to textures and which notes are brought out.

    4. Variation 3:

      1. Examine all the voices and start to come up with an expressive plan to feature melodic motives so we don’t overwhelm the listener with too much overlapping.

    5. Variation 4:

      1. Mm. 553-576:

        1. 2-4 mm. At a time. Hands apart, then together, all of NFPER.

        2. Memorize as you go along.

        3. If you make mistakes, you’ll likely going too fast. Start very slowly.

        4. Approach the movement as if you playing at full tempo. Activate your wrist!

        5. Speed-build gradually from a very slow tempo.

      2. Mm. 595-605:

        1. Next section.

  6. 💜Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

    1. Mm. 131-134 - wrist movement in octaves.

    2. Mm. 128-131 - two short, one longer phrase. Lighten up two lower notes of chords. Dont’ get stuck with your 2nd and 4th beats.

    3. Letter F section: bring out bass notes

    4. Learn past letter G

Cleveland International Jr.

Van Cliburn International Jr

GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR &

YOUNG ARTISTS PIANO COMPETITIONShttps://crescendocompetition.org/international-competition/

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

  2. https://www.pacificstars.org/professionalwinners

Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Bravura 2023 Young Artists Concerto Competition

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Hill Concerto Competition

Lyra (NYC DiMenna Center)

Portugal

Music Teachers National Association (Senior)

  1. 2024

Nazareth University Competition

  1. 2024

The Claudette Sorel Piano Competition & Piano Fellows Program

  1. 2024

New York International Piano Competition (June 2026)

  1. https://thenyipc.org/competition/

Interlochen Summer: June 17-23 (confirmed

  1. All five 2023 recital pieces

NOPI: July 15th

  1. Mendelssohn

2023 Radda Rise International Piano Competitio

  1. Participated

Bohemians Young Artists Piano Competition

  1. Received Honorable Mention

2021 Radda Rise International Piano Competition

  1. 2nd Place in Division 2: October 5, 2021

New Orleans Virtual International Competition

  1. Submitted. Results announced.

CONCERTI

  1. Haydn

    1. Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob:XVIII:11

      • Movement 3: Rondo all’Ungarese: Allegro assai

  2. Mendelssohn:

    1. Concert No. 2 in D Minor, (Movement 3)

BAROQUE

  1. Händel

    1. Chaconne in G Major, HVB 435

  2. Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

    1. Prelude and Fugue No. ? In C Minor

    2. Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856 (L. 10, A)

    3. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815 (L. 7, A)

      1. Allemande (L. 7, A)

      2. Gigue (L. 7, A)

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

    5. Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779

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

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

    8. Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794 (L. 9, A)

  3. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

    1. Sonata in E Major, K 531 (L. 8, A)

    2. Sonata in G Major L 487, Domenico Scarlatti (L. 9, A)

CLASSICAL

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

    1. Sonata Op. 10 No. 1 in C Minor (No. 5)

      1. Complete

    2. Sonata Op. 10 No. 2 in F Major (No. 6) (L. 10, B)

      1. I. Allegro

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

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

  2. Muzio Clementi ()

    1. Six Sonatinas, Op. 36

      1. Complete

  3. Haydn

    1. Piano Sonata, No. 53 in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34 (L. 9-B)

      1. III: Presto

    2. Piano Sonata, No. 59 in E-flat Major Hob. XVI:49:

      1. I: Allegro

  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

    1. Sonata in C Major, K 545, Allegro (L. 8, B)

      1. One movement

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)

    3. Waltz in F Major Op. 34 No. 3

    4. Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1

    5. Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 & 10

  3. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

    1. Humoreske in C Major Op. 6 No. 3 (L. 8, C)

    2. Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4

  4. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

    1. Gondellied (Barcarole) in A Major (L. 8, C)

  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

    1. Etude Tableaux, Op. 33 No. 7 in G Minor

    2. Prelude op. 23 no. 4 in D Major

    3. Prelude op. 23 no. 5 in G Minor

  6. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

    1. Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 No. 12 Knecht Rubrecht (L. 8, C)

IMPRESSIONISTIC / POST-ROMANTIC

  1. Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

    1. Images: Livre I

      1. Reflets dans l’eau

    2. Children’s Corner:

      1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (L. 10, D)

      2. The Little Shepherd (L. 8, D)

    3. Page d’Album (L. 8, D)

    4. Préludes, Book 2, L. 123

      1. 5, Bruyères

      2. 6. “General Lavine” - eccentric

  2. Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

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

    2. Barcarolle Op. 26 No. 1 in A Minor

  3. Maurice Ravel (1875-1737)

    1. Prelude in A Minor (L. 8, D)

  4. Alexander Scriabin ()

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

  5. Sergei Prokofiev ()

    1. Op. 65

      1. No. 6 Waltz (L. 7: C)

      2. No. 12

MODERN / 21st CENTURY

2024 Final Recital8

2023 Final Recital

  1. 1:00 pm

    1. Gershwin

    2. Debussy, Reflets dans l’eau

    3. Handel (5:50)

  2. 3:00 pm

    1. Haydn (6:00)

    2. Rachmaninoff (4:23

June 7, 2024

Oxford: applied

  1. Liszt Etude

  2. Bach Pr & Fu

  3. Chopin Scherzo

  4. Beethoven 1st movement

  5. Dutilleux

Do Ré Mi Competition

  1. Grand Prize!

May 18th Recording in BK

  1. Bach Prelude & Fugue

  2. Liszt Concert Etude

Final Recital May 19th

  1. Bach Prelude & Fugue

  2. Liszt Concert Etude

  3. Dutilleux: Sonata, III: Choral et variations

  4. Schumann Concerto

Future Repertoire

  1. 💜Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 1

  2. 💜Schumann:

  3. 💜Debussy: Etudes, Book II, Nos. 7 and 11

  4. 💜Chopin: Etudes Op. 25 No. 1 & 11 and Op. 10 No. 4

  5. 💜Rameau: Gavotte et Six Doubles

  6. 💜Fauré: Nocturnes: 5, 6, 13,

  7. 💜Fauré: Valse-Caprice No. 2

  8. Modern

  9. Schubert Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664

  10. Rachmaninoff: Prelude op. 32 no. 12

  11. Bach: Suite

  12. Ravel Concert in G Major

Current Assignments

  1. 💚Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor Op. 31

    1. mm. 334-365 - learn RH in A to B and speed-build in chunks

    2. Add LH bass notes only.

    3. Dovetail sections.

  2. 💚(4:30) Liszt: 2 Études de Concert, S. 145 No. 1: Waldesrauschen

    1. Tremolo: mm. 79-82: One focus at a time, then two

      1. Focus is relaxation in each position. Do this softly and speed up and down. Slow down when it becomes uneven until you find relaxation again.

      2. Add the focus of dynamic increase and decrease.

  3. 💜Bach, Prelude and Fugue in F Major BWV 856, Book 1

    1. PRELUDE:

      1. Careful to stay in-tempo at the beginning of the 16th note motives.

      2. No accents at the beginning of each trill

      3. Don’t speed up in the second half of m. 6

    2. FUGUE:

      1. See red pen

      2. Pass first lesson in April

  4. 💚Dutilleux: Sonata: Choral et Variations (11:00)

    1. Theme:

      1. EXPRESSION EXPERIMENT BODY LANGUAGE MAD SCIENTIST SHOOTING ROCKETS CRAZY EYES GIANTS SMASHING VILLAGE.

      2. M. 18-20: Sedation - waking up crazy.

      3. M. 27 - feel the articulation - be like a snare drum. Sempre forte. Someone’s world is falling apart.

    2. Variation 1:

      1. M. 103-106 - don’t change tempo. Do technical work.

      2. M. 136 - take time on the accent.

    3. Variation 2:

      1. Continue to focus on P.C., more aggressive dynamics changes. Listen to Anne Queffélec with recording and listen to textures and which notes are brought out.

    4. Variation 3:

      1. Examine all the voices and start to come up with an expressive plan to feature melodic motives so we don’t overwhelm the listener with too much overlapping.

    5. Variation 4:

      1. Mm. 553-576:

        1. 2-4 mm. At a time. Hands apart, then together, all of NFPER.

        2. Memorize as you go along.

        3. If you make mistakes, you’ll likely going too fast. Start very slowly.

        4. Approach the movement as if you playing at full tempo. Activate your wrist!

        5. Speed-build gradually from a very slow tempo.

      2. Mm. 595-605:

        1. Next section.

  5. 💜Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

    1. Mm. 131-134 - wrist movement in octaves.

    2. Mm. 128-131 - two short, one longer phrase. Lighten up two lower notes of chords. Dont’ get stuck with your 2nd and 4th beats.

    3. Letter F section: bring out bass notes

    4. Learn past letter G

  6. 💚“Sightreading Pieces” in you Newzik. DAIL

    1. 💚Great American Songbook: left off on page 32

      1. Listen to each song you read on Spotify and become familiar with the tune so you can play it better for the solo piano version.

      2. Ella Fitzgerald is a good reference for jazz standards.

    1. 🖤Beethoven Piano Sonatas (paused at op. 27 no. 1)

    2. 🖤Brahms Piano Works (Paused at p. 12)

    3. Bach, 15 Inventions (completed 2023)

    4. Shostakovich, Children’s and Easy Pieces, Op. 69 (finished March, 2023)

    5. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, op. 39 (finished November 3, 2022)

    6. Grieg Lyric Pieces in Newzik (op. 54) (finished August 2022)

Cleveland International Jr.

Van Cliburn International Jr

GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR &

YOUNG ARTISTS PIANO COMPETITIONShttps://crescendocompetition.org/international-competition/

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

  2. https://www.pacificstars.org/professionalwinners

Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Bravura 2023 Young Artists Concerto Competition

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Hill Concerto Competition

Lyra (NYC DiMenna Center)

Portugal

Music Teachers National Association (Senior)

  1. 2024

Nazareth University Competition

  1. 2024

The Claudette Sorel Piano Competition & Piano Fellows Program

  1. 2024

New York International Piano Competition (June 2026)

  1. https://thenyipc.org/competition/

Interlochen Summer: June 17-23 (confirmed

  1. All five 2023 recital pieces

NOPI: July 15th

  1. Mendelssohn

2023 Radda Rise International Piano Competitio

  1. Participated

Bohemians Young Artists Piano Competition

  1. Received Honorable Mention

2021 Radda Rise International Piano Competition

  1. 2nd Place in Division 2: October 5, 2021

New Orleans Virtual International Competition

  1. Submitted. Results announced.

CONCERTI

  1. Haydn

    1. Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob:XVIII:11

      • Movement 3: Rondo all’Ungarese: Allegro assai

  2. Mendelssohn:

    1. Concert No. 2 in D Minor, (Movement 3)

BAROQUE

  1. Händel

    1. Chaconne in G Major, HVB 435

  2. Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

    1. Prelude and Fugue No. ? In C Minor

    2. Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856 (L. 10, A)

    3. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815 (L. 7, A)

      1. Allemande (L. 7, A)

      2. Gigue (L. 7, A)

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

    5. Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779

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

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

    8. Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794 (L. 9, A)

  3. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

    1. Sonata in E Major, K 531 (L. 8, A)

    2. Sonata in G Major L 487, Domenico Scarlatti (L. 9, A)

CLASSICAL

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

    1. Sonata Op. 10 No. 1 in C Minor (No. 5)

      1. Complete

    2. Sonata Op. 10 No. 2 in F Major (No. 6) (L. 10, B)

      1. I. Allegro

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

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

  2. Muzio Clementi ()

    1. Six Sonatinas, Op. 36

      1. Complete

  3. Haydn

    1. Piano Sonata, No. 53 in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34 (L. 9-B)

      1. III: Presto

    2. Piano Sonata, No. 59 in E-flat Major Hob. XVI:49:

      1. I: Allegro

  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

    1. Sonata in C Major, K 545, Allegro (L. 8, B)

      1. One movement

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)

    3. Waltz in F Major Op. 34 No. 3

    4. Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1

    5. Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 & 10

  3. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

    1. Humoreske in C Major Op. 6 No. 3 (L. 8, C)

    2. Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4

  4. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

    1. Gondellied (Barcarole) in A Major (L. 8, C)

  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

    1. Etude Tableaux, Op. 33 No. 7 in G Minor

    2. Prelude op. 23 no. 4 in D Major

    3. Prelude op. 23 no. 5 in G Minor

  6. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

    1. Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 No. 12 Knecht Rubrecht (L. 8, C)

IMPRESSIONISTIC / POST-ROMANTIC

  1. Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

    1. Images: Livre I

      1. Reflets dans l’eau

    2. Children’s Corner:

      1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (L. 10, D)

      2. The Little Shepherd (L. 8, D)

    3. Page d’Album (L. 8, D)

    4. Préludes, Book 2, L. 123

      1. 5, Bruyères

      2. 6. “General Lavine” - eccentric

  2. Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

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

    2. Barcarolle Op. 26 No. 1 in A Minor

  3. Maurice Ravel (1875-1737)

    1. Prelude in A Minor (L. 8, D)

  4. Alexander Scriabin ()

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

  5. Sergei Prokofiev ()

    1. Op. 65

      1. No. 6 Waltz (L. 7: C)

      2. No. 12

MODERN / 21st CENTURY

2024 Final Recital8

2023 Final Recital

  1. 1:00 pm

    1. Gershwin

    2. Debussy, Reflets dans l’eau

    3. Handel (5:50)

  2. 3:00 pm

    1. Haydn (6:00)

    2. Rachmaninoff (4:23

May 11, 14, 18 & 24, 2024

Oxford: applied

  1. Liszt Etude

  2. Bach Pr & Fu

  3. Chopin Scherzo

  4. Beethoven 1st movement

  5. Dutilleux

Do Ré Mi Competition

  1. Grand Prize!

May 18th Recording in BK

  1. Bach Prelude & Fugue

  2. Liszt Concert Etude

Final Recital May 19th

  1. Bach Prelude & Fugue

  2. Liszt Concert Etude

  3. Dutilleux: Sonata, III: Choral et variations

  4. Schumann Concerto

Future Repertoire

  1. 💜Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 1

  2. 💜Schumann:

  3. 💜Debussy: Etudes, Book II, Nos. 7 and 11

  4. 💜Chopin: Etudes Op. 25 No. 1 & 11 and Op. 10 No. 4

  5. 💜Rameau: Gavotte et Six Doubles

  6. 💜Fauré: Nocturnes: 5, 6, 13,

  7. 💜Fauré: Valse-Caprice No. 2

  8. Modern

  9. Schubert Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664

  10. Rachmaninoff: Prelude op. 32 no. 12

  11. Bach: Suite

  12. Ravel Concert in G Major

Current Assignments

  1. 💚Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor Op. 31

    1. mm. 334-365 - learn RH in A to B and speed-build in chunks

    2. Add LH bass notes only.

    3. Dovetail sections.

  2. 💚(4:30) Liszt: 2 Études de Concert, S. 145 No. 1: Waldesrauschen

    1. Tremolo: mm. 79-82: One focus at a time, then two

      1. Focus is relaxation in each position. Do this softly and speed up and down. Slow down when it becomes uneven until you find relaxation again.

      2. Add the focus of dynamic increase and decrease.

  3. 💜Bach, Prelude and Fugue in F Major BWV 856, Book 1

    1. PRELUDE:

      1. Careful to stay in-tempo at the beginning of the 16th note motives.

      2. No accents at the beginning of each trill

      3. Don’t speed up in the second half of m. 6

    2. FUGUE:

      1. See red pen

      2. Pass first lesson in April

  4. 💚Dutilleux: Sonata: Choral et Variations (11:00)

    1. Theme:

      1. EXPRESSION EXPERIMENT BODY LANGUAGE MAD SCIENTIST SHOOTING ROCKETS CRAZY EYES GIANTS SMASHING VILLAGE.

      2. M. 18-20: Sedation - waking up crazy.

      3. M. 27 - feel the articulation - be like a snare drum. Sempre forte. Someone’s world is falling apart.

    2. Variation 1:

      1. M. 103-106 - don’t change tempo. Do technical work.

      2. M. 136 - take time on the accent.

    3. Variation 2:

      1. Continue to focus on P.C., more aggressive dynamics changes. Listen to Anne Queffélec with recording and listen to textures and which notes are brought out.

    4. Variation 3:

      1. Examine all the voices and start to come up with an expressive plan to feature melodic motives so we don’t overwhelm the listener with too much overlapping.

    5. Variation 4:

      1. Mm. 553-576:

        1. 2-4 mm. At a time. Hands apart, then together, all of NFPER.

        2. Memorize as you go along.

        3. If you make mistakes, you’ll likely going too fast. Start very slowly.

        4. Approach the movement as if you playing at full tempo. Activate your wrist!

        5. Speed-build gradually from a very slow tempo.

      2. Mm. 595-605:

        1. Next section.

  5. 💜Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

    1. Mm. 131-134 - wrist movement in octaves.

    2. Mm. 128-131 - two short, one longer phrase. Lighten up two lower notes of chords. Dont’ get stuck with your 2nd and 4th beats.

    3. Letter F section: bring out bass notes

    4. Learn past letter G

  6. 💚“Sightreading Pieces” in you Newzik. DAIL

    1. 💚Great American Songbook: left off on page 32

      1. Listen to each song you read on Spotify and become familiar with the tune so you can play it better for the solo piano version.

      2. Ella Fitzgerald is a good reference for jazz standards.

    1. 🖤Beethoven Piano Sonatas (paused at op. 27 no. 1)

    2. 🖤Brahms Piano Works (Paused at p. 12)

    3. Bach, 15 Inventions (completed 2023)

    4. Shostakovich, Children’s and Easy Pieces, Op. 69 (finished March, 2023)

    5. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, op. 39 (finished November 3, 2022)

    6. Grieg Lyric Pieces in Newzik (op. 54) (finished August 2022)

Cleveland International Jr.

Van Cliburn International Jr

GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR &

YOUNG ARTISTS PIANO COMPETITIONShttps://crescendocompetition.org/international-competition/

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

  2. https://www.pacificstars.org/professionalwinners

Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Bravura 2023 Young Artists Concerto Competition

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Hill Concerto Competition

Lyra (NYC DiMenna Center)

Portugal

Music Teachers National Association (Senior)

  1. 2024

Nazareth University Competition

  1. 2024

The Claudette Sorel Piano Competition & Piano Fellows Program

  1. 2024

New York International Piano Competition (June 2026)

  1. https://thenyipc.org/competition/

Interlochen Summer: June 17-23 (confirmed

  1. All five 2023 recital pieces

NOPI: July 15th

  1. Mendelssohn

2023 Radda Rise International Piano Competitio

  1. Participated

Bohemians Young Artists Piano Competition

  1. Received Honorable Mention

2021 Radda Rise International Piano Competition

  1. 2nd Place in Division 2: October 5, 2021

New Orleans Virtual International Competition

  1. Submitted. Results announced.

CONCERTI

  1. Haydn

    1. Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob:XVIII:11

      • Movement 3: Rondo all’Ungarese: Allegro assai

  2. Mendelssohn:

    1. Concert No. 2 in D Minor, (Movement 3)

BAROQUE

  1. Händel

    1. Chaconne in G Major, HVB 435

  2. Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

    1. Prelude and Fugue No. ? In C Minor

    2. Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856 (L. 10, A)

    3. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815 (L. 7, A)

      1. Allemande (L. 7, A)

      2. Gigue (L. 7, A)

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

    5. Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779

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

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

    8. Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794 (L. 9, A)

  3. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

    1. Sonata in E Major, K 531 (L. 8, A)

    2. Sonata in G Major L 487, Domenico Scarlatti (L. 9, A)

CLASSICAL

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

    1. Sonata Op. 10 No. 1 in C Minor (No. 5)

      1. Complete

    2. Sonata Op. 10 No. 2 in F Major (No. 6) (L. 10, B)

      1. I. Allegro

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

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

  2. Muzio Clementi ()

    1. Six Sonatinas, Op. 36

      1. Complete

  3. Haydn

    1. Piano Sonata, No. 53 in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34 (L. 9-B)

      1. III: Presto

    2. Piano Sonata, No. 59 in E-flat Major Hob. XVI:49:

      1. I: Allegro

  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

    1. Sonata in C Major, K 545, Allegro (L. 8, B)

      1. One movement

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)

    3. Waltz in F Major Op. 34 No. 3

    4. Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1

    5. Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 & 10

  3. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

    1. Humoreske in C Major Op. 6 No. 3 (L. 8, C)

    2. Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4

  4. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

    1. Gondellied (Barcarole) in A Major (L. 8, C)

  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

    1. Etude Tableaux, Op. 33 No. 7 in G Minor

    2. Prelude op. 23 no. 4 in D Major

    3. Prelude op. 23 no. 5 in G Minor

  6. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

    1. Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 No. 12 Knecht Rubrecht (L. 8, C)

IMPRESSIONISTIC / POST-ROMANTIC

  1. Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

    1. Images: Livre I

      1. Reflets dans l’eau

    2. Children’s Corner:

      1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (L. 10, D)

      2. The Little Shepherd (L. 8, D)

    3. Page d’Album (L. 8, D)

    4. Préludes, Book 2, L. 123

      1. 5, Bruyères

      2. 6. “General Lavine” - eccentric

  2. Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

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

    2. Barcarolle Op. 26 No. 1 in A Minor

  3. Maurice Ravel (1875-1737)

    1. Prelude in A Minor (L. 8, D)

  4. Alexander Scriabin ()

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

  5. Sergei Prokofiev ()

    1. Op. 65

      1. No. 6 Waltz (L. 7: C)

      2. No. 12

MODERN / 21st CENTURY

2024 Final Recital8

2023 Final Recital

  1. 1:00 pm

    1. Gershwin

    2. Debussy, Reflets dans l’eau

    3. Handel (5:50)

  2. 3:00 pm

    1. Haydn (6:00)

    2. Rachmaninoff (4:23

April 30, 2024

Oxford: applied

  1. Liszt Etude

  2. Bach Pr & Fu

  3. Chopin Scherzo

  4. Beethoven 1st movement

  5. Dutilleux

Do Ré Mi Competition

  1. Grand Prize!

May 18th Recording in BK

  1. Bach Prelude & Fugue

  2. Liszt Concert Etude

Final Recital May 19th

  1. Bach Prelude & Fugue

  2. Liszt Concert Etude

  3. Dutilleux: Sonata, III: Choral et variations

  4. Schumann Concerto

Future Repertoire

  1. 💜Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 1

  2. 💜Schumann:

  3. 💜Debussy: Etudes, Book II, Nos. 7 and 11

  4. 💜Chopin: Etudes Op. 25 No. 1 & 11 and Op. 10 No. 4

  5. 💜Rameau: Gavotte et Six Doubles

  6. 💜Fauré: Nocturnes: 5, 6, 13,

  7. 💜Fauré: Valse-Caprice No. 2

  8. Modern

  9. Schubert Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664

  10. Rachmaninoff: Prelude op. 32 no. 12

  11. Bach: Suite

  12. Ravel Concert in G Major

Current Assignments

  1. 💚Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor Op. 31

    1. mm. 334-365 - learn RH in A to B and speed-build in chunks

    2. Add LH bass notes only.

    3. Dovetail sections.

  2. 💚(4:30) Liszt: 2 Études de Concert, S. 145 No. 1: Waldesrauschen

    1. Mm. 83-85 - High Loud / Close Loud / Staccato hands together. Rhythms, accent practice RH alone. Explore sprints if needed.

  3. 💜Bach, Prelude and Fugue in F Major BWV 856, Book 1

    1. PRELUDE:

      1. See red pen

      2. Pass first lesson in April

    2. FUGUE:

      1. See red pen

      2. Pass first lesson in April

  4. 💚Dutilleux: Sonata: Choral et Variations (11:00)

    1. Theme:

      1. EXPRESSION EXPERIMENT BODY LANGUAGE MAD SCIENTIST SHOOTING ROCKETS CRAZY EYES GIANTS SMASHING VILLAGE.

      2. M. 18-20: Sedation - waking up crazy.

      3. M. 27 - feel the articulation - be like a snare drum. Sempre forte. Someone’s world is falling apart.

    2. Variation 1:

      1. M. 103-106 - don’t change tempo. Do technical work.

      2. M. 136 - take time on the accent.

    3. Variation 2:

      1. Continue to focus on P.C., more aggressive dynamics changes. Listen to Anne Queffélec with recording and listen to textures and which notes are brought out.

    4. Variation 3:

      1. Examine all the voices and start to come up with an expressive plan to feature melodic motives so we don’t overwhelm the listener with too much overlapping.

    5. Variation 4:

      1. Mm. 553-576:

        1. 2-4 mm. At a time. Hands apart, then together, all of NFPER.

        2. Memorize as you go along.

        3. If you make mistakes, you’ll likely going too fast. Start very slowly.

        4. Approach the movement as if you playing at full tempo. Activate your wrist!

        5. Speed-build gradually from a very slow tempo.

      2. Mm. 595-605:

        1. Next section.

  5. 💜Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

    1. Mm. 131-134 - wrist movement in octaves.

    2. Mm. 128-131 - two short, one longer phrase. Lighten up two lower notes of chords. Dont’ get stuck with your 2nd and 4th beats.

    3. Letter F section: bring out bass notes

    4. Learn past letter G

  6. 💚“Sightreading Pieces” in you Newzik. DAIL

    1. 💚Great American Songbook: left off on page 32

      1. Listen to each song you read on Spotify and become familiar with the tune so you can play it better for the solo piano version.

      2. Ella Fitzgerald is a good reference for jazz standards.

    1. 🖤Beethoven Piano Sonatas (paused at op. 27 no. 1)

    2. 🖤Brahms Piano Works (Paused at p. 12)

    3. Bach, 15 Inventions (completed 2023)

    4. Shostakovich, Children’s and Easy Pieces, Op. 69 (finished March, 2023)

    5. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, op. 39 (finished November 3, 2022)

    6. Grieg Lyric Pieces in Newzik (op. 54) (finished August 2022)

Cleveland International Jr.

Van Cliburn International Jr

GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR &

YOUNG ARTISTS PIANO COMPETITIONShttps://crescendocompetition.org/international-competition/

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

  2. https://www.pacificstars.org/professionalwinners

Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Bravura 2023 Young Artists Concerto Competition

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Hill Concerto Competition

Lyra (NYC DiMenna Center)

Portugal

Music Teachers National Association (Senior)

  1. 2024

Nazareth University Competition

  1. 2024

The Claudette Sorel Piano Competition & Piano Fellows Program

  1. 2024

New York International Piano Competition (June 2026)

  1. https://thenyipc.org/competition/

Interlochen Summer: June 17-23 (confirmed

  1. All five 2023 recital pieces

NOPI: July 15th

  1. Mendelssohn

2023 Radda Rise International Piano Competitio

  1. Participated

Bohemians Young Artists Piano Competition

  1. Received Honorable Mention

2021 Radda Rise International Piano Competition

  1. 2nd Place in Division 2: October 5, 2021

New Orleans Virtual International Competition

  1. Submitted. Results announced.

CONCERTI

  1. Haydn

    1. Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob:XVIII:11

      • Movement 3: Rondo all’Ungarese: Allegro assai

  2. Mendelssohn:

    1. Concert No. 2 in D Minor, (Movement 3)

BAROQUE

  1. Händel

    1. Chaconne in G Major, HVB 435

  2. Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

    1. Prelude and Fugue No. ? In C Minor

    2. Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856 (L. 10, A)

    3. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815 (L. 7, A)

      1. Allemande (L. 7, A)

      2. Gigue (L. 7, A)

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

    5. Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779

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

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

    8. Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794 (L. 9, A)

  3. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

    1. Sonata in E Major, K 531 (L. 8, A)

    2. Sonata in G Major L 487, Domenico Scarlatti (L. 9, A)

CLASSICAL

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

    1. Sonata Op. 10 No. 1 in C Minor (No. 5)

      1. Complete

    2. Sonata Op. 10 No. 2 in F Major (No. 6) (L. 10, B)

      1. I. Allegro

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

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

  2. Muzio Clementi ()

    1. Six Sonatinas, Op. 36

      1. Complete

  3. Haydn

    1. Piano Sonata, No. 53 in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34 (L. 9-B)

      1. III: Presto

    2. Piano Sonata, No. 59 in E-flat Major Hob. XVI:49:

      1. I: Allegro

  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

    1. Sonata in C Major, K 545, Allegro (L. 8, B)

      1. One movement

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)

    3. Waltz in F Major Op. 34 No. 3

    4. Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1

    5. Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 & 10

  3. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

    1. Humoreske in C Major Op. 6 No. 3 (L. 8, C)

    2. Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4

  4. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

    1. Gondellied (Barcarole) in A Major (L. 8, C)

  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

    1. Etude Tableaux, Op. 33 No. 7 in G Minor

    2. Prelude op. 23 no. 4 in D Major

    3. Prelude op. 23 no. 5 in G Minor

  6. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

    1. Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 No. 12 Knecht Rubrecht (L. 8, C)

IMPRESSIONISTIC / POST-ROMANTIC

  1. Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

    1. Images: Livre I

      1. Reflets dans l’eau

    2. Children’s Corner:

      1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (L. 10, D)

      2. The Little Shepherd (L. 8, D)

    3. Page d’Album (L. 8, D)

    4. Préludes, Book 2, L. 123

      1. 5, Bruyères

      2. 6. “General Lavine” - eccentric

  2. Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

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

    2. Barcarolle Op. 26 No. 1 in A Minor

  3. Maurice Ravel (1875-1737)

    1. Prelude in A Minor (L. 8, D)

  4. Alexander Scriabin ()

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

  5. Sergei Prokofiev ()

    1. Op. 65

      1. No. 6 Waltz (L. 7: C)

      2. No. 12

MODERN / 21st CENTURY

2024 Final Recital8

2023 Final Recital

  1. 1:00 pm

    1. Gershwin

    2. Debussy, Reflets dans l’eau

    3. Handel (5:50)

  2. 3:00 pm

    1. Haydn (6:00)

    2. Rachmaninoff (4:23

April 22, 2024

Oxford

  1. Liszt Etude

  2. Bach Pr & Fu

  3. Chopin Scherzo

  4. Beethoven 1st movement

  5. Dutilleux

Do Ré Mi Competition

Competition: IGMC Competition

May 18th Recording in BK

  1. Bach Prelude & Fugue

  2. Liszt Concert Etude

Final Recital May 19th

  1. Bach Prelude & Fugue

  2. Liszt Concert Etude

  3. Dutilleux: Sonata, III: Choral et variations

  4. Schumann Concerto

Future Repertoire

  1. 💜Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 1

  2. 💜Schumann:

  3. 💜Debussy: Etudes, Book II, Nos. 7 and 11

  4. 💜Chopin: Etudes Op. 25 No. 1 & 11 and Op. 10 No. 4

  5. 💜Rameau: Gavotte et Six Doubles

  6. 💜Fauré: Nocturnes: 5, 6, 13,

  7. 💜Fauré: Valse-Caprice No. 2

  8. Modern

  9. Schubert Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664

  10. Rachmaninoff: Prelude op. 32 no. 12

  11. Bach: Suite

  12. Ravel Concert in G Major

Current Assignments

  1. 💚Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor Op. 31

    1. Learn pp. 46-47 by Friday.

    2. Mm. 137-139 - raise LH wrist and tap from a raised position. Don’t prepare the last chord - tap it.

    3. See all red and pink pen pp. 1-15

  2. 💚(4:30) Liszt: 2 Études de Concert, S. 145 No. 1: Waldesrauschen

    1. Mm. 83-85 - High Loud / Close Loud / Staccato hands together. Rhythms, accent practice RH alone. Explore sprints if needed.

  3. 💜Bach, Prelude and Fugue in F Major BWV 856, Book 1

    1. PRELUDE:

      1. See red pen

      2. Pass first lesson in April

    2. FUGUE:

      1. See red pen

      2. Pass first lesson in April

  4. 💚Dutilleux: Sonata: Choral et Variations (11:00)

    1. Theme:

      1. EXPRESSION EXPERIMENT BODY LANGUAGE MAD SCIENTIST SHOOTING ROCKETS CRAZY EYES GIANTS SMASHING VILLAGE.

      2. M. 18-20: Sedation - waking up crazy.

      3. M. 27 - feel the articulation - be like a snare drum. Sempre forte. Someone’s world is falling apart.

    2. Variation 1:

      1. M. 103-106 - don’t change tempo. Do technical work.

      2. M. 136 - take time on the accent.

    3. Variation 2:

      1. Continue to focus on P.C., more aggressive dynamics changes. Listen to Anne Queffélec with recording and listen to textures and which notes are brought out.

    4. Variation 3:

      1. Examine all the voices and start to come up with an expressive plan to feature melodic motives so we don’t overwhelm the listener with too much overlapping.

    5. Variation 4:

      1. Mm. 553-576:

        1. 2-4 mm. At a time. Hands apart, then together, all of NFPER.

        2. Memorize as you go along.

        3. If you make mistakes, you’ll likely going too fast. Start very slowly.

        4. Approach the movement as if you playing at full tempo. Activate your wrist!

        5. Speed-build gradually from a very slow tempo.

      2. Mm. 595-605:

        1. Next section.

  5. 💜Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

    1. Mm. 131-134 - wrist movement in octaves.

    2. Mm. 128-131 - two short, one longer phrase. Lighten up two lower notes of chords. Dont’ get stuck with your 2nd and 4th beats.

    3. Letter F section: bring out bass notes

    4. Learn past letter G

  6. 💚“Sightreading Pieces” in you Newzik. DAIL

    1. 💚Great American Songbook: left off on page 32

      1. Listen to each song you read on Spotify and become familiar with the tune so you can play it better for the solo piano version.

      2. Ella Fitzgerald is a good reference for jazz standards.

    1. 🖤Beethoven Piano Sonatas (paused at op. 27 no. 1)

    2. 🖤Brahms Piano Works (Paused at p. 12)

    3. Bach, 15 Inventions (completed 2023)

    4. Shostakovich, Children’s and Easy Pieces, Op. 69 (finished March, 2023)

    5. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, op. 39 (finished November 3, 2022)

    6. Grieg Lyric Pieces in Newzik (op. 54) (finished August 2022)

Cleveland International Jr.

Van Cliburn International Jr

GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR &

YOUNG ARTISTS PIANO COMPETITIONShttps://crescendocompetition.org/international-competition/

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

  2. https://www.pacificstars.org/professionalwinners

Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Bravura 2023 Young Artists Concerto Competition

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Hill Concerto Competition

Lyra (NYC DiMenna Center)

Portugal

Music Teachers National Association (Senior)

  1. 2024

Nazareth University Competition

  1. 2024

The Claudette Sorel Piano Competition & Piano Fellows Program

  1. 2024

New York International Piano Competition (June 2026)

  1. https://thenyipc.org/competition/

Interlochen Summer: June 17-23 (confirmed

  1. All five 2023 recital pieces

NOPI: July 15th

  1. Mendelssohn

2023 Radda Rise International Piano Competitio

  1. Participated

Bohemians Young Artists Piano Competition

  1. Received Honorable Mention

2021 Radda Rise International Piano Competition

  1. 2nd Place in Division 2: October 5, 2021

New Orleans Virtual International Competition

  1. Submitted. Results announced.

CONCERTI

  1. Haydn

    1. Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob:XVIII:11

      • Movement 3: Rondo all’Ungarese: Allegro assai

  2. Mendelssohn:

    1. Concert No. 2 in D Minor, (Movement 3)

BAROQUE

  1. Händel

    1. Chaconne in G Major, HVB 435

  2. Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

    1. Prelude and Fugue No. ? In C Minor

    2. Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856 (L. 10, A)

    3. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815 (L. 7, A)

      1. Allemande (L. 7, A)

      2. Gigue (L. 7, A)

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

    5. Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779

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

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

    8. Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794 (L. 9, A)

  3. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

    1. Sonata in E Major, K 531 (L. 8, A)

    2. Sonata in G Major L 487, Domenico Scarlatti (L. 9, A)

CLASSICAL

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

    1. Sonata Op. 10 No. 1 in C Minor (No. 5)

      1. Complete

    2. Sonata Op. 10 No. 2 in F Major (No. 6) (L. 10, B)

      1. I. Allegro

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

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

  2. Muzio Clementi ()

    1. Six Sonatinas, Op. 36

      1. Complete

  3. Haydn

    1. Piano Sonata, No. 53 in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34 (L. 9-B)

      1. III: Presto

    2. Piano Sonata, No. 59 in E-flat Major Hob. XVI:49:

      1. I: Allegro

  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

    1. Sonata in C Major, K 545, Allegro (L. 8, B)

      1. One movement

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)

    3. Waltz in F Major Op. 34 No. 3

    4. Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1

    5. Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 & 10

  3. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

    1. Humoreske in C Major Op. 6 No. 3 (L. 8, C)

    2. Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4

  4. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

    1. Gondellied (Barcarole) in A Major (L. 8, C)

  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

    1. Etude Tableaux, Op. 33 No. 7 in G Minor

    2. Prelude op. 23 no. 4 in D Major

    3. Prelude op. 23 no. 5 in G Minor

  6. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

    1. Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 No. 12 Knecht Rubrecht (L. 8, C)

IMPRESSIONISTIC / POST-ROMANTIC

  1. Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

    1. Images: Livre I

      1. Reflets dans l’eau

    2. Children’s Corner:

      1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (L. 10, D)

      2. The Little Shepherd (L. 8, D)

    3. Page d’Album (L. 8, D)

    4. Préludes, Book 2, L. 123

      1. 5, Bruyères

      2. 6. “General Lavine” - eccentric

  2. Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

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

    2. Barcarolle Op. 26 No. 1 in A Minor

  3. Maurice Ravel (1875-1737)

    1. Prelude in A Minor (L. 8, D)

  4. Alexander Scriabin ()

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

  5. Sergei Prokofiev ()

    1. Op. 65

      1. No. 6 Waltz (L. 7: C)

      2. No. 12

MODERN / 21st CENTURY

2024 Final Recital8

2023 Final Recital

  1. 1:00 pm

    1. Gershwin

    2. Debussy, Reflets dans l’eau

    3. Handel (5:50)

  2. 3:00 pm

    1. Haydn (6:00)

    2. Rachmaninoff (4:23

April 19, 2024 (2.0)

Do Ré Mi Competition

Competition: IGMC Competition

May 18th Recording in BK

  1. Bach Prelude & Fugue

  2. Liszt Concert Etude

Final Recital May 19th

  1. Dutilleux: Sonata, III: Choral et variations

  2. Schumann Concerto

Future Repertoire

  1. 💜Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 1

  2. 💜Debussy: Etudes, Book II, Nos. 7 and 11

  3. 💜Chopin: Etudes Op. 25 No. 1 & 11 and Op. 10 No. 4

  4. 💜Rameau: Gavotte et Six Doubles

  5. 💜Fauré: Nocturnes: 5, 6, 13,

  6. 💜Fauré: Valse-Caprice No. 2

  7. Modern

  8. Schubert Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664

  9. Rachmaninoff: Prelude op. 32 no. 12

  10. Bach: Suite

  11. Ravel Concert in G Major

Current Assignments

  1. 💜Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor Op. 31

    1. See all red and pink pen

    2. Learn as much as possible

  2. 💜(4:30) Liszt: 2 Études de Concert, S. 145 No. 1: Waldesrauschen

    1. High Loud Note:

      1. Make sure you relax all fingers down before bringing them up again.

    2. Pacing from m. 46

    3. From m. 61 - shaping of octave melody line

    4. From m. 83 - pedaling

  3. 💜Bach, Prelude and Fugue in F Major BWV 856, Book 1

    1. PRELUDE:

      1. See red pen

      2. Pass first lesson in April

    2. FUGUE:

      1. See red pen

      2. Pass first lesson in April

  4. 💚Dutilleux: Sonata: Choral et Variations (11:00)

    1. Theme:

      1. EXPRESSION EXPERIMENT BODY LANGUAGE MAD SCIENTIST SHOOTING ROCKETS CRAZY EYES GIANTS SMASHING VILLAGE.

      2. M. 18-20: Sedation - waking up crazy.

      3. M. 27 - feel the articulation - be like a snare drum. Sempre forte. Someone’s world is falling apart.

    2. Variation 1:

      1. M. 103-106 - don’t change tempo. Do technical work.

      2. M. 136 - take time on the accent.

    3. Variation 2:

      1. Continue to focus on P.C., more aggressive dynamics changes. Listen to Anne Queffélec with recording and listen to textures and which notes are brought out.

    4. Variation 3:

      1. Examine all the voices and start to come up with an expressive plan to feature melodic motives so we don’t overwhelm the listener with too much overlapping.

    5. Variation 4:

      1. Mm. 553-576:

        1. 2-4 mm. At a time. Hands apart, then together, all of NFPER.

        2. Memorize as you go along.

        3. If you make mistakes, you’ll likely going too fast. Start very slowly.

        4. Approach the movement as if you playing at full tempo. Activate your wrist!

        5. Speed-build gradually from a very slow tempo.

      2. Mm. 595-605:

        1. Next section.

  5. 💜Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

    1. Mm. 131-134 - wrist movement in octaves.

    2. Mm. 128-131 - two short, one longer phrase. Lighten up two lower notes of chords. Dont’ get stuck with your 2nd and 4th beats.

    3. Letter F section: bring out bass notes

    4. Learn past letter G

  6. 💚“Sightreading Pieces” in you Newzik. DAIL

    1. 💚Great American Songbook: left off on page 32

      1. Listen to each song you read on Spotify and become familiar with the tune so you can play it better for the solo piano version.

      2. Ella Fitzgerald is a good reference for jazz standards.

    1. 🖤Beethoven Piano Sonatas (paused at op. 27 no. 1)

    2. 🖤Brahms Piano Works (Paused at p. 12)

    3. Bach, 15 Inventions (completed 2023)

    4. Shostakovich, Children’s and Easy Pieces, Op. 69 (finished March, 2023)

    5. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, op. 39 (finished November 3, 2022)

    6. Grieg Lyric Pieces in Newzik (op. 54) (finished August 2022)

Cleveland International Jr.

Van Cliburn International Jr

GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR &

YOUNG ARTISTS PIANO COMPETITIONShttps://crescendocompetition.org/international-competition/

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

  2. https://www.pacificstars.org/professionalwinners

Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Bravura 2023 Young Artists Concerto Competition

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Hill Concerto Competition

Lyra (NYC DiMenna Center)

Portugal

Music Teachers National Association (Senior)

  1. 2024

Nazareth University Competition

  1. 2024

The Claudette Sorel Piano Competition & Piano Fellows Program

  1. 2024

New York International Piano Competition (June 2026)

  1. https://thenyipc.org/competition/

Interlochen Summer: June 17-23 (confirmed

  1. All five 2023 recital pieces

NOPI: July 15th

  1. Mendelssohn

2023 Radda Rise International Piano Competitio

  1. Participated

Bohemians Young Artists Piano Competition

  1. Received Honorable Mention

2021 Radda Rise International Piano Competition

  1. 2nd Place in Division 2: October 5, 2021

New Orleans Virtual International Competition

  1. Submitted. Results announced.

CONCERTI

  1. Haydn

    1. Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob:XVIII:11

      • Movement 3: Rondo all’Ungarese: Allegro assai

  2. Mendelssohn:

    1. Concert No. 2 in D Minor, (Movement 3)

BAROQUE

  1. Händel

    1. Chaconne in G Major, HVB 435

  2. Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

    1. Prelude and Fugue No. ? In C Minor

    2. Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856 (L. 10, A)

    3. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815 (L. 7, A)

      1. Allemande (L. 7, A)

      2. Gigue (L. 7, A)

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

    5. Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779

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

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

    8. Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794 (L. 9, A)

  3. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

    1. Sonata in E Major, K 531 (L. 8, A)

    2. Sonata in G Major L 487, Domenico Scarlatti (L. 9, A)

CLASSICAL

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

    1. Sonata Op. 10 No. 1 in C Minor (No. 5)

      1. Complete

    2. Sonata Op. 10 No. 2 in F Major (No. 6) (L. 10, B)

      1. I. Allegro

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

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

  2. Muzio Clementi ()

    1. Six Sonatinas, Op. 36

      1. Complete

  3. Haydn

    1. Piano Sonata, No. 53 in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34 (L. 9-B)

      1. III: Presto

    2. Piano Sonata, No. 59 in E-flat Major Hob. XVI:49:

      1. I: Allegro

  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

    1. Sonata in C Major, K 545, Allegro (L. 8, B)

      1. One movement

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)

    3. Waltz in F Major Op. 34 No. 3

    4. Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1

    5. Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 & 10

  3. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

    1. Humoreske in C Major Op. 6 No. 3 (L. 8, C)

    2. Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4

  4. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

    1. Gondellied (Barcarole) in A Major (L. 8, C)

  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

    1. Etude Tableaux, Op. 33 No. 7 in G Minor

    2. Prelude op. 23 no. 4 in D Major

    3. Prelude op. 23 no. 5 in G Minor

  6. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

    1. Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 No. 12 Knecht Rubrecht (L. 8, C)

IMPRESSIONISTIC / POST-ROMANTIC

  1. Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

    1. Images: Livre I

      1. Reflets dans l’eau

    2. Children’s Corner:

      1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (L. 10, D)

      2. The Little Shepherd (L. 8, D)

    3. Page d’Album (L. 8, D)

    4. Préludes, Book 2, L. 123

      1. 5, Bruyères

      2. 6. “General Lavine” - eccentric

  2. Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

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

    2. Barcarolle Op. 26 No. 1 in A Minor

  3. Maurice Ravel (1875-1737)

    1. Prelude in A Minor (L. 8, D)

  4. Alexander Scriabin ()

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

  5. Sergei Prokofiev ()

    1. Op. 65

      1. No. 6 Waltz (L. 7: C)

      2. No. 12

MODERN / 21st CENTURY

2024 Final Recital8

2023 Final Recital

  1. 1:00 pm

    1. Gershwin

    2. Debussy, Reflets dans l’eau

    3. Handel (5:50)

  2. 3:00 pm

    1. Haydn (6:00)

    2. Rachmaninoff (4:23

April 13, 2024 (2.5)

Do Ré Mi Competition

Competition: IGMC Competition

May 18th Recording in BK

  1. Bach Prelude & Fugue

  2. Liszt Concert Etude

Final Recital May 19th

  1. Dutilleux: Sonata, III: Choral et variations

  2. Schumann Concerto

Future Repertoire

  1. 💜Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 1

  2. 💜Debussy: Etudes, Book II, Nos. 7 and 11

  3. 💜Chopin: Etudes Op. 25 No. 1 & 11 and Op. 10 No. 4

  4. 💜Rameau: Gavotte et Six Doubles

  5. 💜Fauré: Nocturnes: 5, 6, 13,

  6. 💜Fauré: Valse-Caprice No. 2

  7. Modern

  8. Schubert Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664

  9. Rachmaninoff: Prelude op. 32 no. 12

  10. Bach: Suite

  11. Ravel Concert in G Major

Current Assignments

  1. 💜Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor Op. 31

    1. See all red and pink pen

    2. Learn as much as possible

  2. 💜(4:30) Liszt: 2 Études de Concert, S. 145 No. 1: Waldesrauschen

    1. LH accuracy first several pages

    2. Pedal a bit clearer m. 60

    3. Mm. 83-34 - smooth consistency

    4. M. 86 - cantabile

  3. 💜Bach, Prelude and Fugue in F Major BWV 856, Book 1

    1. PRELUDE:

      1. See red pen

      2. Pass first lesson in April

    2. FUGUE:

      1. See red pen

      2. Pass first lesson in April

  4. 💚Dutilleux: Sonata: Choral et Variations (11:00)

    1. Theme:

      1. EXPRESSION EXPERIMENT BODY LANGUAGE MAD SCIENTIST SHOOTING ROCKETS CRAZY EYES GIANTS SMASHING VILLAGE.

      2. M. 18-20: Sedation - waking up crazy.

      3. M. 27 - feel the articulation - be like a snare drum. Sempre forte. Someone’s world is falling apart.

    2. Variation 1:

      1. M. 103-106 - don’t change tempo. Do technical work.

      2. M. 136 - take time on the accent.

    3. Variation 2:

      1. Continue to focus on P.C., more aggressive dynamics changes. Listen to Anne Queffélec with recording and listen to textures and which notes are brought out.

    4. Variation 3:

      1. Examine all the voices and start to come up with an expressive plan to feature melodic motives so we don’t overwhelm the listener with too much overlapping.

    5. Variation 4:

      1. Mm. 553-576:

        1. 2-4 mm. At a time. Hands apart, then together, all of NFPER.

        2. Memorize as you go along.

        3. If you make mistakes, you’ll likely going too fast. Start very slowly.

        4. Approach the movement as if you playing at full tempo. Activate your wrist!

        5. Speed-build gradually from a very slow tempo.

      2. Mm. 595-605:

        1. Next section.

  5. 💜Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

    1. Mm. 131-134 - wrist movement in octaves.

    2. Mm. 128-131 - two short, one longer phrase. Lighten up two lower notes of chords. Dont’ get stuck with your 2nd and 4th beats.

    3. Letter F section: bring out bass notes

    4. Learn past letter G

  6. 💚“Sightreading Pieces” in you Newzik. DAIL

    1. 💚Great American Songbook: left off on page 32

      1. Listen to each song you read on Spotify and become familiar with the tune so you can play it better for the solo piano version.

      2. Ella Fitzgerald is a good reference for jazz standards.

    1. 🖤Beethoven Piano Sonatas (paused at op. 27 no. 1)

    2. 🖤Brahms Piano Works (Paused at p. 12)

    3. Bach, 15 Inventions (completed 2023)

    4. Shostakovich, Children’s and Easy Pieces, Op. 69 (finished March, 2023)

    5. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, op. 39 (finished November 3, 2022)

    6. Grieg Lyric Pieces in Newzik (op. 54) (finished August 2022)

Cleveland International Jr.

Van Cliburn International Jr

GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR &

YOUNG ARTISTS PIANO COMPETITIONShttps://crescendocompetition.org/international-competition/

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

  2. https://www.pacificstars.org/professionalwinners

Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Bravura 2023 Young Artists Concerto Competition

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Hill Concerto Competition

Lyra (NYC DiMenna Center)

Portugal

Music Teachers National Association (Senior)

  1. 2024

Nazareth University Competition

  1. 2024

The Claudette Sorel Piano Competition & Piano Fellows Program

  1. 2024

New York International Piano Competition (June 2026)

  1. https://thenyipc.org/competition/

Interlochen Summer: June 17-23 (confirmed

  1. All five 2023 recital pieces

NOPI: July 15th

  1. Mendelssohn

2023 Radda Rise International Piano Competitio

  1. Participated

Bohemians Young Artists Piano Competition

  1. Received Honorable Mention

2021 Radda Rise International Piano Competition

  1. 2nd Place in Division 2: October 5, 2021

New Orleans Virtual International Competition

  1. Submitted. Results announced.

CONCERTI

  1. Haydn

    1. Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob:XVIII:11

      • Movement 3: Rondo all’Ungarese: Allegro assai

  2. Mendelssohn:

    1. Concert No. 2 in D Minor, (Movement 3)

BAROQUE

  1. Händel

    1. Chaconne in G Major, HVB 435

  2. Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

    1. Prelude and Fugue No. ? In C Minor

    2. Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856 (L. 10, A)

    3. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815 (L. 7, A)

      1. Allemande (L. 7, A)

      2. Gigue (L. 7, A)

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

    5. Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779

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

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

    8. Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794 (L. 9, A)

  3. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

    1. Sonata in E Major, K 531 (L. 8, A)

    2. Sonata in G Major L 487, Domenico Scarlatti (L. 9, A)

CLASSICAL

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

    1. Sonata Op. 10 No. 1 in C Minor (No. 5)

      1. Complete

    2. Sonata Op. 10 No. 2 in F Major (No. 6) (L. 10, B)

      1. I. Allegro

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

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

  2. Muzio Clementi ()

    1. Six Sonatinas, Op. 36

      1. Complete

  3. Haydn

    1. Piano Sonata, No. 53 in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34 (L. 9-B)

      1. III: Presto

    2. Piano Sonata, No. 59 in E-flat Major Hob. XVI:49:

      1. I: Allegro

  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

    1. Sonata in C Major, K 545, Allegro (L. 8, B)

      1. One movement

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)

    3. Waltz in F Major Op. 34 No. 3

    4. Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1

    5. Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 & 10

  3. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

    1. Humoreske in C Major Op. 6 No. 3 (L. 8, C)

    2. Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4

  4. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

    1. Gondellied (Barcarole) in A Major (L. 8, C)

  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

    1. Etude Tableaux, Op. 33 No. 7 in G Minor

    2. Prelude op. 23 no. 4 in D Major

    3. Prelude op. 23 no. 5 in G Minor

  6. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

    1. Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 No. 12 Knecht Rubrecht (L. 8, C)

IMPRESSIONISTIC / POST-ROMANTIC

  1. Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

    1. Images: Livre I

      1. Reflets dans l’eau

    2. Children’s Corner:

      1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (L. 10, D)

      2. The Little Shepherd (L. 8, D)

    3. Page d’Album (L. 8, D)

    4. Préludes, Book 2, L. 123

      1. 5, Bruyères

      2. 6. “General Lavine” - eccentric

  2. Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

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

    2. Barcarolle Op. 26 No. 1 in A Minor

  3. Maurice Ravel (1875-1737)

    1. Prelude in A Minor (L. 8, D)

  4. Alexander Scriabin ()

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

  5. Sergei Prokofiev ()

    1. Op. 65

      1. No. 6 Waltz (L. 7: C)

      2. No. 12

MODERN / 21st CENTURY

2024 Final Recital8

2023 Final Recital

  1. 1:00 pm

    1. Gershwin

    2. Debussy, Reflets dans l’eau

    3. Handel (5:50)

  2. 3:00 pm

    1. Haydn (6:00)

    2. Rachmaninoff (4:23

March 28, 2024 (60 min)

May 18th Recording in BK (and Final Recital)

  1. Bach Prelude & Fugue

  2. Liszt Concert Etude

  3. Dutilleux: Sonata, III: Choral et variations

  4. Schumann Concerto

Future Repertoire

  1. 💜Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 1

  2. 💜Debussy: Etudes, Book II, Nos. 7 and 11

  3. 💜Chopin: Etudes Op. 25 No. 1 & 11 and Op. 10 No. 4

  4. 💜Rameau: Gavotte et Six Doubles

  5. 💜Fauré: Nocturnes: 5, 6, 13,

  6. 💜Fauré: Valse-Caprice No. 2

  7. Modern

  8. Schubert Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D. 664

  9. Rachmaninoff: Prelude op. 32 no. 12

  10. Bach: Suite

  11. Ravel Concert in G Major

Current Assignments

  1. 💜Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor Op. 31

    1. See red pen and keep learning notes.

  2. 💜(4:30) Liszt: 2 Études de Concert, S. 145 No. 1: Waldesrauschen

    1. Mm. 69-80: slow-mo-perform speed-build focusing on relaxation and how you would perform at final tempo.

      1. Start at m.m. 60 and move up to 126 each practice session.

    2. Play through the rest of the piece at a moderately slow tempo focusing on relaxation.

  3. 💜Bach, Prelude and Fugue in F Major BWV 856, Book 1

    1. PRELUDE:

      1. See red pen

      2. Pass first lesson in April

    2. FUGUE:

      1. See red pen

      2. Pass first lesson in April

  4. 💚Dutilleux: Sonata: Choral et Variations (11:00)

    1. Theme:

      1. EXPRESSION EXPERIMENT BODY LANGUAGE MAD SCIENTIST SHOOTING ROCKETS CRAZY EYES GIANTS SMASHING VILLAGE.

      2. M. 18-20: Sedation - waking up crazy.

      3. M. 27 - feel the articulation - be like a snare drum. Sempre forte. Someone’s world is falling apart.

    2. Variation 1:

      1. M. 103-106 - don’t change tempo. Do technical work.

      2. M. 136 - take time on the accent.

    3. Variation 2:

      1. Continue to focus on P.C., more aggressive dynamics changes. Listen to Anne Queffélec with recording and listen to textures and which notes are brought out.

    4. Variation 3:

      1. Examine all the voices and start to come up with an expressive plan to feature melodic motives so we don’t overwhelm the listener with too much overlapping.

    5. Variation 4:

      1. Mm. 553-576:

        1. 2-4 mm. At a time. Hands apart, then together, all of NFPER.

        2. Memorize as you go along.

        3. If you make mistakes, you’ll likely going too fast. Start very slowly.

        4. Approach the movement as if you playing at full tempo. Activate your wrist!

        5. Speed-build gradually from a very slow tempo.

      2. Mm. 595-605:

        1. Next section.

  5. 💜Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

    1. Mm. 131-134 - wrist movement in octaves.

    2. Mm. 128-131 - two short, one longer phrase. Lighten up two lower notes of chords. Dont’ get stuck with your 2nd and 4th beats.

    3. Letter F section: bring out bass notes

    4. Learn past letter G

  6. 💚“Sightreading Pieces” in you Newzik. DAIL

    1. 💚Great American Songbook

      1. Listen to each song you read on Spotify and become familiar with the tune so you can play it better for the solo piano version.

    1. 🖤Beethoven Piano Sonatas (paused at op. 27 no. 1)

    2. 🖤Brahms Piano Works (Paused at p. 12)

    3. Bach, 15 Inventions (completed 2023)

    4. Shostakovich, Children’s and Easy Pieces, Op. 69 (finished March, 2023)

    5. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, op. 39 (finished November 3, 2022)

    6. Grieg Lyric Pieces in Newzik (op. 54) (finished August 2022)

Cleveland International Jr.

Van Cliburn International Jr

GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR &

YOUNG ARTISTS PIANO COMPETITIONShttps://crescendocompetition.org/international-competition/

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

  2. https://www.pacificstars.org/professionalwinners

Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Bravura 2023 Young Artists Concerto Competition

  1. Video recording: Mendelssohn

Hill Concerto Competition

Lyra (NYC DiMenna Center)

Portugal

Music Teachers National Association (Senior)

  1. 2024

Nazareth University Competition

  1. 2024

The Claudette Sorel Piano Competition & Piano Fellows Program

  1. 2024

New York International Piano Competition (June 2026)

  1. https://thenyipc.org/competition/

Interlochen Summer: June 17-23 (confirmed

  1. All five 2023 recital pieces

NOPI: July 15th

  1. Mendelssohn

2023 Radda Rise International Piano Competitio

  1. Participated

Bohemians Young Artists Piano Competition

  1. Received Honorable Mention

2021 Radda Rise International Piano Competition

  1. 2nd Place in Division 2: October 5, 2021

New Orleans Virtual International Competition

  1. Submitted. Results announced.

CONCERTI

  1. Haydn

    1. Piano Concerto in D Major, Hob:XVIII:11

      • Movement 3: Rondo all’Ungarese: Allegro assai

  2. Mendelssohn:

    1. Concert No. 2 in D Minor, (Movement 3)

BAROQUE

  1. Händel

    1. Chaconne in G Major, HVB 435

  2. Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

    1. Prelude and Fugue No. ? In C Minor

    2. Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 856 (L. 10, A)

    3. French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major BWV 815 (L. 7, A)

      1. Allemande (L. 7, A)

      2. Gigue (L. 7, A)

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

    5. Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779

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

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

    8. Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794 (L. 9, A)

  3. Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

    1. Sonata in E Major, K 531 (L. 8, A)

    2. Sonata in G Major L 487, Domenico Scarlatti (L. 9, A)

CLASSICAL

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

    1. Sonata Op. 10 No. 1 in C Minor (No. 5)

      1. Complete

    2. Sonata Op. 10 No. 2 in F Major (No. 6) (L. 10, B)

      1. I. Allegro

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

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

  2. Muzio Clementi ()

    1. Six Sonatinas, Op. 36

      1. Complete

  3. Haydn

    1. Piano Sonata, No. 53 in E Minor, Hob. XVI:34 (L. 9-B)

      1. III: Presto

    2. Piano Sonata, No. 59 in E-flat Major Hob. XVI:49:

      1. I: Allegro

  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

    1. Sonata in C Major, K 545, Allegro (L. 8, B)

      1. One movement

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)

    3. Waltz in F Major Op. 34 No. 3

    4. Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1

    5. Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 & 10

  3. Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

    1. Humoreske in C Major Op. 6 No. 3 (L. 8, C)

    2. Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4

  4. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

    1. Gondellied (Barcarole) in A Major (L. 8, C)

  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

    1. Etude Tableaux, Op. 33 No. 7 in G Minor

    2. Prelude op. 23 no. 4 in D Major

    3. Prelude op. 23 no. 5 in G Minor

  6. Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

    1. Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 No. 12 Knecht Rubrecht (L. 8, C)

IMPRESSIONISTIC / POST-ROMANTIC

  1. Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

    1. Images: Livre I

      1. Reflets dans l’eau

    2. Children’s Corner:

      1. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (L. 10, D)

      2. The Little Shepherd (L. 8, D)

    3. Page d’Album (L. 8, D)

    4. Préludes, Book 2, L. 123

      1. 5, Bruyères

      2. 6. “General Lavine” - eccentric

  2. Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

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

    2. Barcarolle Op. 26 No. 1 in A Minor

  3. Maurice Ravel (1875-1737)

    1. Prelude in A Minor (L. 8, D)

  4. Alexander Scriabin ()

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

  5. Sergei Prokofiev ()

    1. Op. 65

      1. No. 6 Waltz (L. 7: C)

      2. No. 12

MODERN / 21st CENTURY

2024 Final Recital8

2023 Final Recital

  1. 1:00 pm

    1. Gershwin

    2. Debussy, Reflets dans l’eau

    3. Handel (5:50)

  2. 3:00 pm

    1. Haydn (6:00)

    2. Rachmaninoff (4:23