January 30, 2026

Record your assignments by the end of Thursday next week and send to me.

TO DO:

Plan final recital date and start invite list and invitation

Current Assignments

🟩Ravel, Jeux d’Eau

  1. less rit in m. 2

  2. m. 7 - careful of even placement of LH chords.

  3. m. 11 - less rit.

  4. mm. 19-22: LH 16ths - spread them out more to create NEW WORLD SOUND!

  5. m. 23 - only bring out RH top voice and LH bass anchors. This will help it be less thick in texture as you increase the dynamic level.

  6. m. 26 - don’t slow down the 8ths in the LH.

  7. m. 28 - more transition into the new character here.

  8. mm. 40 and the like: pedal too dry. More in-tempo (32nd notes).

  9. m. 37: rapide = MORE RAPIDE! 💨

  10. m. 48 - 8va…AND…. do the glissando.

  11. learn mm. 51-62

🟨Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles

  • Gavotte:

  • 1st double:

    1. Don’t be afraid of the melody being too loud. Don’t ghost the first note of the second phrase.

  • 2nd double:

    • LH trill in mm. 4 and 16 - make the first two notes of the trill softer, faster, and lighter.

  • 3rd double:

    • m. 17-18 - more intensity

  • 4th double:

    1. m. 8 - don’t slow down at the end - go into the next phrase and pause slightly on the downbeat.

  • 5th double:

    • 💛 - technical work

  • 6th double:

🟩Prokofiev Sonata No. 2. IV: Vivace

  1. Review at least twice per week.

  2. Choose a small chunk (4-6 measures) and do recital practice work (no more then 5-7 very focused minutes).

🟩Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

  1. Review once

  2. Slow-mo on Coda

🟩Review Rachmaninoff one time this week.

  1. Senior Recital: Start thinking about a general time / month. March / April / May?

    1. Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles ✅ (approx. 7-8 min)

    2. Chopin Ballade No. 1 ✅ (approx. 10 min)

    3. Mozart Sonata K. 332 ✅ (appox. 14 min)

    4. Brahms Intermezzo in A Major op. 118 (approx. 4-5) (maybe)

    5. Ravel, Jeux d’Eau ✅ (approx. 5)

    6. Prokofiev Sonata no. 2, IV ✅ (approx. 4-5)




  2. 💚Review Pieces: 10 min per day. Get to a decent state. ROTATE the items below.

    1. ENGAGED SLOW-MO PRACTICE.

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

      2. Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

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

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

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

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

      7. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1. I, II

      8. Debussy, Image

  3. 🖤Beethoven Sonata movements III and IV

  4. 🖤Scriabin: 8 Etudes Op. 42, No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

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

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

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

  3. Won first place

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. Chopin: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10 No. 10

    2. Valse Op 69 No. 1 (L. 8, C)

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

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

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

    6. 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

January 9th and 17th, 2026

Record your assignments by the end of Thursday next week and send to me.

TO DO:

Plan final recital date and start invite list and invitation

Current Assignments

🟩Ravel, Jeux d’Eau

  1. Up to measures 38: all markings in the music learned and perfected with a full tempo.

  2. Learn to m. 50 - put in anchor-fingerings and wrist movements with arrows.

🟪Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles

  • Gavotte:

    1. Keep middle voice in mm. 5-8 a bit softer.

    2. mm. 1-4 - complete phrase / statement.

    3. mm. 5-8- make sure you start a tempo and then breathe between mm. 6-7.

    4. mm. 9-16: LH should be stable in tempo, supporting a more flexible RH.

    5. mm. 17-24: delay the A in m. 19. mm. 21-22 - more urgency “remember interesting harmony.” Don’t hold pedal too long in m. 20 as it takes away from this character. More time at the end of the Gavotte - last chord.

  • 1st / 2nd double:

    1. Leave more space between the variations and start right in-tempo mm. 88.6th dbl: Careful not to let the bass overpower the RH texture. Start with more sense of urgency but quiet.

  • 3rd double:

    • m. 17 - more intensity

  • 4th double:

    1. assertive bass notes and shape them.

    2. mm. 13-15: this feels / sounds like it’s difficult for you. Do voicing practice to gain technical command.

  • 5th double:

    • needs technical practice in order to work more expressively.

  • 6th double:

    • needs more technical work too but sounding good! More breath before you start the variation, and then start in-tempo.

🟩Prokofiev Sonata No. 2. IV: Vivace

  1. Review.

🟩Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

  1. Review once

  2. Slow-mo on Coda

🟩Review Rachmaninoff one time this week.

  1. Senior Recital: Start thinking about a general time / month. March / April / May?

    1. Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles ✅ (approx. 7-8 min)

    2. Chopin Ballade No. 1 ✅ (approx. 10 min)

    3. Mozart Sonata K. 332 ✅ (appox. 14 min)

    4. Brahms Intermezzo in A Major op. 118 (approx. 4-5) (maybe)

    5. Ravel, Jeux d’Eau ✅ (approx. 5)

    6. Prokofiev Sonata no. 2, IV ✅ (approx. 4-5)




  2. 💚Review Pieces: 10 min per day. Get to a decent state. ROTATE the items below.

    1. ENGAGED SLOW-MO PRACTICE.

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

      2. Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

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

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

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

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

      7. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1. I, II

      8. Debussy, Image

  3. 🖤Beethoven Sonata movements III and IV

  4. 🖤Scriabin: 8 Etudes Op. 42, No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

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

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

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

  3. Won first place

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. Chopin: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10 No. 10

    2. Valse Op 69 No. 1 (L. 8, C)

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

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

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

    6. 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

December 19, 2025

Plan your practice time the night before (or for the week). Make a comment in your blog each night before you go to bed indicating your practice window for the next day.


Current Assignments

🟩Ravel, Jeux d’Eau

  1. m. 18 - keep left arm in one position while doing repeated notes. relax elbow.

  2. m. 18 - glissando = one whooshing texture, do not clear pedal

  3. mm. 19-20 - play slowly enough to achieve equal sound for all notes in this textural pattern.

    1. RH close-loud

    2. RH triple hits (actively adjust to an optimal position for technical ease)

    3. Voicings: Rotate through voicing (cantabile) 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 and play as written

    4. Then as written with pp and wrist focus.

    5. LH brushing inward each octave

  4. m. 26: keep elbow and wrist relaxed. Play this pattern for at least 30 seconds straight, each day, actively fixing your texture. Continue technical work if needed.

  5. mm. 27-28: LH Spock-Tech (smack the keys with flatter hand, combining fingers 3-2. Left elbow raised slightly to the side. Flatten RH, and get it out of the way.

🟩Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles

  • Gavotte:

    1. Keep middle voice in mm. 5-8 a bit softer.

    2. mm. 1-4 - complete phrase / statement.

    3. mm. 5-8- make sure you start a tempo and then breathe between mm. 6-7.

    4. mm. 9-16: LH should be stable in tempo, supporting a more flexible RH.

    5. mm. 17-24: delay the A in m. 19. mm. 21-22 - more urgency “remember interesting harmony.” Don’t hold pedal too long in m. 20 as it takes away from this character. More time at the end of the Gavotte - last chord.

  • 1st / 2nd double:

    1. Leave more space between the variations and start right in-tempo mm. 88.6th dbl: Careful not to let the bass overpower the RH texture. Start with more sense of urgency but quiet.

  • 3rd double:

    • m. 17 - more intensity

  • 4th double:

    1. assertive bass notes and shape them.

    2. mm. 13-15: this feels / sounds like it’s difficult for you. Do voicing practice to gain technical command.

  • 5th double:

    • needs technical practice in order to work more expressively.

  • 6th double:

    • needs more technical work too but sounding good! More breath before you start the variation, and then start in-tempo.

🟩Prokofiev Sonata No. 2. IV: Vivace

  1. Review.

🟩Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

  1. Review once

  2. Slow-mo on Coda

🟩Review Rachmaninoff one time this week.

  1. Senior Recital: Start thinking about a general time / month. March / April / May?

    1. Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles ✅ (approx. 7-8 min)

    2. Chopin Ballade No. 1 ✅ (approx. 10 min)

    3. Mozart Sonata K. 332 ✅ (appox. 14 min)

    4. Brahms Intermezzo in A Major op. 118 (approx. 4-5) (maybe)

    5. Ravel, Jeux d’Eau ✅ (approx. 5)

    6. Prokofiev Sonata no. 2, IV ✅ (approx. 4-5)




  2. 💚Review Pieces: 10 min per day. Get to a decent state. ROTATE the items below.

    1. ENGAGED SLOW-MO PRACTICE.

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

      2. Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

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

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

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

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

      7. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1. I, II

      8. Debussy, Image

  3. 🖤Beethoven Sonata movements III and IV

  4. 🖤Scriabin: 8 Etudes Op. 42, No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

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

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

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

  3. Won first place

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. Chopin: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10 No. 10

    2. Valse Op 69 No. 1 (L. 8, C)

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

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

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

    6. 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

December 14, 2025

Plan your practice time the night before (or for the week). Make a comment in your blog each night before you go to bed indicating your practice window for the next day.


Current Assignments

🟩Ravel, Jeux d’Eau

  1. m. 18 - brush LH repeated notes

  2. m. 18 - glissando = one whooshing texture

  3. mm. 19-20:

    1. RH close-loud

    2. RH triple hits (actively adjust to an optimal position for technical ease)

    3. Voicings: Rotate through voicing (cantabile) 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 and play as written

    4. Then as written with pp and wrist focus.

    5. LH brushing inward each octave

  4. m. 26:

    1. RH finger 2 + 3 trill alone

    2. 5-3 +2 trem.

    3. 1-2 + 3 trem (focus on wrist rotation)

    4. Sprints in 2, 3, 4, etc.

    5. Then trem. sprint until it becomes unstable, then pause, relax and repeat.

  5. mm. 27-28: LH Spock-Tech (smack the keys with flatter hand, combining fingers 3-2. Left elbow raised slightly to the side. Flatten RH, and get it out of the way.

🟪Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles

  1. 6th dbl: Careful not to let the bass overpower the RH texture. Start with more sense of urgency but quiet.

  2. 5th dbl: Identify the melody within the texture of the RH - illuminate it! Keep the flanking notes softer.

  3. 4th dbl: Be more aware of the harmonic structure / sequences that guide the phrasing. Ms. 1-8 feel a little stuck in terms of flow.

  4. 3rd dbl: Start with a bit more strength. Carry the energy from double 2 into dbl 3. Detach the 16th in the last measure.

  5. 2nd dbl: Voice the RH chords much more. m. 16 - detached? Careful of too much pedal in LH here.

  6. 1st dbl: space the two LH notes of the last measure. m. 9 - don’t slow down - keep momentum.

  7. Gavotte: Ornaments more in the Baroque style (tighter and in-time). Ending phrase: wait to resolve. Hold the last chord slightly longer in the pedal.

🟪Prokofiev Sonata No. 2. IV: Vivace

  1. less pedal at the ends of phrases in the beginning two pages.

  2. Shorted 8th

  3. m. 72 - articulation

  4. Moderato section: LH is not consistent in sound. It moves in and out of dynamic with the RH.

  5. Spot red circle on p. 51

  6. m. 267 and the like - pedal off after the second accent?

🟩Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

  1. Review once

  2. Slow-mo on Coda

🟩Review Rachmaninoff one time this week.

  1. Senior Recital: Start thinking about a general time / month. March / April / May?

    1. Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles ✅ (approx. 7-8 min)

    2. Chopin Ballade No. 1 ✅ (approx. 10 min)

    3. Mozart Sonata K. 332 ✅ (appox. 14 min)

    4. Brahms Intermezzo in A Major op. 118 (approx. 4-5) (maybe)

    5. Ravel, Jeux d’Eau ✅ (approx. 5)

    6. Prokofiev Sonata no. 2, IV ✅ (approx. 4-5)




  2. 💚Review Pieces: 10 min per day. Get to a decent state. ROTATE the items below.

    1. ENGAGED SLOW-MO PRACTICE.

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

      2. Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

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

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

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

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

      7. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1. I, II

      8. Debussy, Image

  3. 🖤Beethoven Sonata movements III and IV

  4. 🖤Scriabin: 8 Etudes Op. 42, No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

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

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

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

  3. Won first place

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. Chopin: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10 No. 10

    2. Valse Op 69 No. 1 (L. 8, C)

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

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

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

    6. 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

December 6, 2025

Plan your practice time the night before (or for the week). Make a comment in your blog each night before you go to bed indicating your practice window for the next day.


Current Assignments

🟩Ravel, Jeux d’Eau

  1. P. 1 - fix fingering and wrist movements. Learn notes better!

  2. P. 2 System 1, 3 - high wrist finger stilts

  3. P. 2 System 5 - brush LH repeated notes

  4. P. 2 - glissando into page 3

  5. P. 3 - major seconds RH

  6. P. 4 System 1 - RH ‘let go’

🟩Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles

  1. 6th dbl: Careful not to let the bass overpower the RH texture. Start with more sense of urgency but quiet.

  2. 5th dbl: Identify the melody within the texture of the RH - illuminate it! Keep the flanking notes softer.

  3. 4th dbl: Be more aware of the harmonic structure / sequences that guide the phrasing. Ms. 1-8 feel a little stuck in terms of flow.

  4. 3rd dbl: Start with a bit more strength. Carry the energy from double 2 into dbl 3. Detach the 16th in the last measure.

  5. 2nd dbl: Voice the RH chords much more. m. 16 - detached? Careful of too much pedal in LH here.

  6. 1st dbl: space the two LH notes of the last measure. m. 9 - don’t slow down - keep momentum.

  7. Gavotte: Ornaments more in the Baroque style (tighter and in-time). Ending phrase: wait to resolve. Hold the last chord slightly longer in the pedal.

🟩Prokofiev Sonata No. 2. IV: Vivace

  1. less pedal at the ends of phrases in the beginning two pages.

  2. Shorted 8th

  3. m. 72 - articulation

  4. Moderato section: LH is not consistent in sound. It moves in and out of dynamic with the RH.

  5. Spot red circle on p. 51

  6. m. 267 and the like - pedal off after the second accent?

🟩Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

  1. Review once

  2. Slow-mo on Coda

🟩Review Rachmaninoff one time this week.

  1. Senior Recital: Start thinking about a general time / month. March / April / May?

    1. Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles ✅ (approx. 7-8 min)

    2. Chopin Ballade No. 1 ✅ (approx. 10 min)

    3. Mozart Sonata K. 332 ✅ (appox. 14 min)

    4. Brahms Intermezzo in A Major op. 118 (approx. 4-5) (maybe)

    5. Ravel, Jeux d’Eau ✅ (approx. 5)

    6. Prokofiev Sonata no. 2, IV ✅ (approx. 4-5)




  2. 💚Review Pieces: 10 min per day. Get to a decent state. ROTATE the items below.

    1. ENGAGED SLOW-MO PRACTICE.

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

      2. Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

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

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

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

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

      7. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1. I, II

      8. Debussy, Image

  3. 🖤Beethoven Sonata movements III and IV

  4. 🖤Scriabin: 8 Etudes Op. 42, No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

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

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

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

  3. Won first place

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. Chopin: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10 No. 10

    2. Valse Op 69 No. 1 (L. 8, C)

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

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

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

    6. 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

November 28, 2025

Plan your practice time the night before (or for the week). Make a comment in your blog each night before you go to bed indicating your practice window for the next day.


Current Assignments

🟩Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles

  1. 6th dbl: practice LH alone gracefully determined with the correctly pedaling.

  2. 6th dbl: RH alone practice keeping wrist in-motion the whole time.

  3. 6th dbl: practice transition between 8-9 with the expressive focus of change.

  4. 5th dbl: “continue to learn” so do blocking, sprints, slow practice. Make sure at least 70% of your practice is slow to medium tempo practice.

  5. 4th dbl: clean pedaling for the downbeats of m. 1 and 4.

  6. 4th dbl: slow practice with the repetitive chord section. Also think about direction of phrase so it doesn’t sound like you’re getting stuck.

  7. 3rd dbl: slow-mo practice with a focus on inner texture being smooth. mm. 19-20 bring out a detached texture.

  8. 3rd dbl: Build the tempo to final.

  9. 2nd dbl: emphasize the different moods. Start softer. Work on textural shifts.

  10. 2nd dbl: Ending - make the return of the first texture more apparent. Breathe before starting 3rd dbl.

  11. 1st dbl: sub. piano in m. 24. Then start the 2nd dbl right in time.

  12. Gavotte: mm. 14-15 bring out LH voice. Treat as slowest part of phrase.

🟩Prokofiev Sonata No. 2. IV: Vivace

  1. less pedal at the ends of phrases in the beginning two pages.

  2. Shorted 8th

  3. m. 72 - articulation

  4. Moderato section: LH is not consistent in sound. It moves in and out of dynamic with the RH.

  5. Spot red circle on p. 51

  6. m. 267 and the like - pedal off after the second accent?

🟩Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

  1. Review once

  2. Slow-mo on Coda

🟩Review Rachmaninoff one time this week.

  1. Senior Recital: Start thinking about a general time / month. March / April / May?

    1. Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles ✅ (approx. 7-8 min)

    2. Chopin Ballade No. 1 ✅ (approx. 10 min)

    3. Mozart Sonata K. 332 ✅ (appox. 14 min)

    4. Brahms Intermezzo in A Major op. 118 (approx. 4-5) (maybe)

    5. Ravel, Jeux d’Eau ✅ (approx. 5)

    6. Prokofiev Sonata no. 2, IV ✅ (approx. 4-5)




  2. 💚Review Pieces: 10 min per day. Get to a decent state. ROTATE the items below.

    1. ENGAGED SLOW-MO PRACTICE.

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

      2. Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

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

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

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

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

      7. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1. I, II

      8. Debussy, Image

  3. 🖤Beethoven Sonata movements III and IV

  4. 🖤Scriabin: 8 Etudes Op. 42, No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

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

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

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

  3. Won first place

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. Chopin: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10 No. 10

    2. Valse Op 69 No. 1 (L. 8, C)

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

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

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

    6. 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

November 22, 2025

Plan your practice time the night before (or for the week). Make a comment in your blog each night before you go to bed indicating your practice window for the next day.


Current Assignments

🟩Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles

  1. 1st dbl. Start slightly faster - same as Gavotte

  2. 2nd dbl. Spot last system

  3. 4th dbl. pedaling in the frist section?

  4. 5th dbl. m. 12 LH notes


🟩Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

  1. Review once

  2. Slow-mo on Coda


🟩Prokofiev Sonata No. 2. IV: Vivace

  1. less pedal at the ends of phrases in the beginning two pages.

  2. Shorted 8th

  3. m. 72 - articulation

  4. Moderato section: LH is not consistent in sound. It moves in and out of dynamic with the RH.

  5. Spot red circle on p. 51

  6. m. 267 and the like - pedal off after the second accent?



🟩Review Rachmaninoff one time this week.

  1. Senior Recital: Start thinking about a general time / month. March / April / May?

    1. Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles ✅ (approx. 7-8 min)

    2. Chopin Ballade No. 1 ✅ (approx. 10 min)

    3. Mozart Sonata K. 332 ✅ (appox. 14 min)

    4. Brahms Intermezzo in A Major op. 118 (approx. 4-5) (maybe)

    5. Ravel, Jeux d’Eau ✅ (approx. 5)

    6. Prokofiev Sonata no. 2, IV ✅ (approx. 4-5)




  2. 💚Review Pieces: 10 min per day. Get to a decent state. ROTATE the items below.

    1. ENGAGED SLOW-MO PRACTICE.

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

      2. Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

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

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

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

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

      7. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1. I, II

      8. Debussy, Image

  3. 🖤Beethoven Sonata movements III and IV

  4. 🖤Scriabin: 8 Etudes Op. 42, No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

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

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

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

  3. Won first place

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. Chopin: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10 No. 10

    2. Valse Op 69 No. 1 (L. 8, C)

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

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

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

    6. 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

November 15, 2025

Plan your practice time the night before (or for the week). Make a comment in your blog each night before you go to bed indicating your practice window for the next day.


Current Assignments

🟩Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles

  1. 1st dbl. Start slightly faster - same as Gavotte

  2. 2nd dbl. Spot last system

  3. 4th dbl. pedaling in the frist section?

  4. 5th dbl. m. 12 LH notes


🟩Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

  1. Review once

  2. Slow-mo on Coda


🟩Prokofiev Sonata No. 2. IV: Vivace

  1. less pedal at the ends of phrases in the beginning two pages.

  2. Shorted 8th

  3. m. 72 - articulation

  4. Moderato section: LH is not consistent in sound. It moves in and out of dynamic with the RH.

  5. Spot red circle on p. 51

  6. m. 267 and the like - pedal off after the second accent?



🟩Review Rachmaninoff one time this week.

  1. Senior Recital: Start thinking about a general time / month. March / April / May?

    1. Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles ✅ (approx. 7-8 min)

    2. Chopin Ballade No. 1 ✅ (approx. 10 min)

    3. Mozart Sonata K. 332 ✅ (appox. 14 min)

    4. Brahms Intermezzo in A Major op. 118 (approx. 4-5) (maybe)

    5. Ravel, Jeux d’Eau ✅ (approx. 5)

    6. Prokofiev Sonata no. 2, IV ✅ (approx. 4-5)




  2. 💚Review Pieces: 10 min per day. Get to a decent state. ROTATE the items below.

    1. ENGAGED SLOW-MO PRACTICE.

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

      2. Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

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

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

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

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

      7. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1. I, II

      8. Debussy, Image

  3. 🖤Beethoven Sonata movements III and IV

  4. 🖤Scriabin: 8 Etudes Op. 42, No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

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

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

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

  3. Won first place

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. Chopin: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10 No. 10

    2. Valse Op 69 No. 1 (L. 8, C)

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

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

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

    6. 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

October 17, 2025

Current Assignments

🟩Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles

  1. Learn the 2nd double. Careful to learn by memorizing the bass notes in the LH first.

  2. Slow-mo practice is best

  3. Get started on 3rd double if you can.

🟩Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

  1. Review once

  2. Slow-mo on Coda

🟩Prokofiev Sonata No. 2. IV: Vivace

  1. mm. 322 to the end. hands apart / together / memorization work.

  2. mm. 206-209 - make the first chord softer. approach it with one movement.

  3. p. 51 - more slow-mo work.

  4. p. 52 two large slurs in RH: ultra-legato

  5. mm. 247-249 - make the 8th notes slightly shorter and softer.

  6. Continue to review learned sections.

🟩Review Rachmaninoff one time this week.

  1. Senior Recital: Start thinking about a general time / month. March / April / May?

    1. Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles ✅ (approx. 7-8 min)

    2. Chopin Ballade No. 1 ✅ (approx. 10 min)

    3. Mozart Sonata K. 332 ✅ (appox. 14 min)

    4. Brahms Intermezzo in A Major op. 118 (approx. 4-5) (maybe)

    5. Ravel, Jeux d’Eau ✅ (approx. 5)

    6. Prokofiev Sonata no. 2, IV ✅ (approx. 4-5)


  2. 💚Review Pieces: 10 min per day. Get to a decent state. ROTATE the items below.

    1. ENGAGED SLOW-MO PRACTICE.

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

      2. Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

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

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

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

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

      7. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1. I, II

      8. Debussy, Image

  3. 🖤Beethoven Sonata movements III and IV

  4. 🖤Scriabin: 8 Etudes Op. 42, No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

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

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

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

  3. Won first place

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. Chopin: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10 No. 10

    2. Valse Op 69 No. 1 (L. 8, C)

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

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

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

    6. 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

October 10, 2025

Current Assignments

🟩Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles

🟩Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

  1. Follow the video below

🟩Prokofiev Sonata No. 2. IV: Vivace

  1. Follow video below

  1. Senior Recital: Start thinking about a general time / month. March / April / May?

    1. Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles ✅ (approx. 7-8 min)

    2. Chopin Ballade No. 1 ✅ (approx. 10 min)

    3. Mozart Sonata K. 332 ✅ (appox. 14 min)

    4. Brahms Intermezzo in A Major op. 118 (approx. 4-5) (maybe)

    5. Ravel, Jeux d’Eau ✅ (approx. 5)

    6. Prokofiev Sonata no. 2, IV ✅ (approx. 4-5)


  2. 💚Review Pieces: 10 min per day. Get to a decent state. ROTATE the items below.

    1. ENGAGED SLOW-MO PRACTICE.

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

      2. Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

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

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

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

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

      7. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1. I, II

      8. Debussy, Image

  3. 🖤Beethoven Sonata movements III and IV

  4. 🖤Scriabin: 8 Etudes Op. 42, No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

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

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

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

  3. Won first place

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. Chopin: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10 No. 10

    2. Valse Op 69 No. 1 (L. 8, C)

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

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

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

    6. 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

October 3, 2025

Current Assignments

🟩Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles

🟩Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

  1. Follow the video below

🟩Prokofiev Sonata No. 2. IV: Vivace

  1. Follow video below

  1. Senior Recital: Start thinking about a general time / month. March / April / May?

    1. Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles ✅ (approx. 7-8 min)

    2. Chopin Ballade No. 1 ✅ (approx. 10 min)

    3. Mozart Sonata K. 332 ✅ (appox. 14 min)

    4. Brahms Intermezzo in A Major op. 118 (approx. 4-5) (maybe)

    5. Ravel, Jeux d’Eau ✅ (approx. 5)

    6. Prokofiev Sonata no. 2, IV ✅ (approx. 4-5)


  2. 💚Review Pieces: 10 min per day. Get to a decent state. ROTATE the items below.

    1. ENGAGED SLOW-MO PRACTICE.

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

      2. Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

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

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

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

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

      7. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1. I, II

      8. Debussy, Image

  3. 🖤Beethoven Sonata movements III and IV

  4. 🖤Scriabin: 8 Etudes Op. 42, No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

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

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

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

  3. Won first place

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. Chopin: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10 No. 10

    2. Valse Op 69 No. 1 (L. 8, C)

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

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

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

    6. 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

September 27, 2025

Current Assignments

🟩Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles

🟩Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

  1. Follow the video below

🟩Prokofiev Sonata No. 2. IV: Vivace

  1. Follow video below

  1. Senior Recital: Start thinking about a general time / month. March / April / May?

    1. Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles ✅ (approx. 7-8 min)

    2. Chopin Ballade No. 1 ✅ (approx. 10 min)

    3. Mozart Sonata K. 332 ✅ (appox. 14 min)

    4. Brahms Intermezzo in A Major op. 118 (approx. 4-5) (maybe)

    5. Ravel, Jeux d’Eau ✅ (approx. 5)

    6. Prokofiev Sonata no. 2, IV ✅ (approx. 4-5)


  2. 💚Review Pieces: 10 min per day. Get to a decent state. ROTATE the items below.

    1. ENGAGED SLOW-MO PRACTICE.

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

      2. Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

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

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

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

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

      7. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1. I, II

      8. Debussy, Image

  3. 🖤Beethoven Sonata movements III and IV

  4. 🖤Scriabin: 8 Etudes Op. 42, No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

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

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

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

  3. Won first place

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. Chopin: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10 No. 10

    2. Valse Op 69 No. 1 (L. 8, C)

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

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

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

    6. 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

September 19, 2025

Current Assignments

🟪Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

  1. Follow the video below

🟩Prokofiev Sonata No. 2. IV: Vivace

  1. Number your measures

  2. Learn to bracket

  1. Senior Recital: Start thinking about a general time / month. March / April / May?

    1. Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles ✅ (approx. 7-8 min)

    2. Chopin Ballade No. 1 ✅ (approx. 10 min)

    3. Mozart Sonata K. 332 ✅ (appox. 14 min)

    4. Brahms Intermezzo in A Major op. 118 (approx. 4-5) (maybe)

    5. Ravel, Jeux d’Eau ✅ (approx. 5)

    6. Prokofiev Sonata no. 2, IV ✅ (approx. 4-5)


  2. 💚Review Pieces: 10 min per day. Get to a decent state. ROTATE the items below.

    1. ENGAGED SLOW-MO PRACTICE.

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

      2. Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

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

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

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

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

      7. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1. I, II

      8. Debussy, Image

  3. 🖤Beethoven Sonata movements III and IV

  4. 🖤Scriabin: 8 Etudes Op. 42, No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

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

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

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

  3. Won first place

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. Chopin: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10 No. 10

    2. Valse Op 69 No. 1 (L. 8, C)

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

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

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

    6. 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

September 13, 2025

Current Assignments

  1. Senior Recital: Start thinking about a general time / month. March / April / May?

    1. Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles ✅ (approx. 7-8 min)

    2. Chopin Ballade No. 1 ✅ (approx. 10 min)

    3. Mozart Sonata K. 332 ✅ (appox. 14 min)

    4. Brahms Intermezzo in A Major op. 118 (approx. 4-5) (maybe)

    5. Ravel, Jeux d’Eau ✅ (approx. 5)

    6. Prokofiev Sonata no. 2, IV ✅ (approx. 4-5)

  2. 🟩Prokofiev Sonata No. 2. IV: Vivace

    1. Say out-loud, whatever it is you’re about to do with your practice, BEFORE you touch the keys.

    2. Remember to “repeat the good” at least three times for each step you do.

    3. Learn to the end of page 50.

  3. 🟪Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

    1. Follow all the purple markings in the music.

    2. Memorize

  4. 💚Review Pieces: 10 min per day. Get to a decent state. ROTATE the items below.

    1. ENGAGED SLOW-MO PRACTICE.

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

      2. Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

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

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

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

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

      7. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1. I, II

      8. Debussy, Image

  5. 🖤Beethoven Sonata movements III and IV

  6. 🖤Scriabin: 8 Etudes Op. 42, No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

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

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

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

  3. Won first place

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. Chopin: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10 No. 10

    2. Valse Op 69 No. 1 (L. 8, C)

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

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

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

    6. 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 29 & Sep 5, 2025

Current Assignments

  1. Senior Recital: Start thinking about a general time / month. March / April / May?

    1. Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles ✅ (approx. 7-8 min)

    2. Chopin Ballade No. 1 ✅ (approx. 10 min)

    3. Mozart Sonata K. 332 ✅ (appox. 14 min)

    4. Brahms Intermezzo in A Major op. 118 (approx. 4-5) (maybe)

    5. Ravel, Jeux d’Eau ✅ (approx. 5)

    6. Prokofiev Sonata no. 2, IV ✅ (approx. 4-5)

  2. 💚Prokofiev Sonata No. 2. IV: Vivace

    1. Learn to?

    2. Fix pen from today

    3. Write in measure numbers

  3. 💚Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

    1. Follow all the purple markings in the music.

    2. Memorize

  4. 💚Review Pieces: 10 min per day. Get to a decent state. ROTATE the items below.

    1. ENGAGED SLOW-MO PRACTICE.

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

      2. Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

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

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

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

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

      7. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1. I, II

      8. Debussy, Image

  5. 🖤Beethoven Sonata movements III and IV

  6. 🖤Scriabin: 8 Etudes Op. 42, No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

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

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

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

  3. Won first place

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. Chopin: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10 No. 10

    2. Valse Op 69 No. 1 (L. 8, C)

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

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

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

    6. 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 11 (and two lessons), 2025

Future Repertoire

  1. Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 1

    1. Finish movement III, IV

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

  3. Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor

  4. Scriabin Etude

Current Assignments

  1. Bohemians: scan all Bohemians’ documents by Monday the 11th. .

  2. Senior Recital:

    1. Rameau Gavotte & Six Doubles (approx. 7-8 min)

      1. 🟩Listen to the Rameau recordings in the piano-ing playlist

    2. Chopin Ballade No. 1 ✅ (approx. 10 min)

    3. Mozart Sonata K. 332 ✅ (appox. 14 min)

    4. Brahms Intermezzo in A Major op. 118 (approx. 4-5)

    5. Ravel (works) Sonatine (approx. 12)

      1. Jeux d’Eau or Sonatine depending on Baroque component.

    6. Prokofiev Sonata no. 2, IV ✅ (approx. 4-5)

  3. 💚Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

    1. Page 11:

      1. RELAX SHOULDERS

      2. Last measure s. 1: move forward - think more about the “turn” or ornament.

      3. Listen to pedaling in the opening - not too much!

      4. Don’t let your bass notes get lost - keep them present to support the harmonies.

      5. last system, m. 1 - expand timing.

    2. Page 12:

      1. RELAX SHOULDERS

      2. Connect the first phrase to the last phrase of the 1st page.

      3. m. 32 - keep volume up a bit.

      4. Take time on the V-i cadence.

    3. Page 13:

      1. RELAX SHOULDERS

      2. s. 2 - TT at the top of the descending passages.

    4. page 14:

      1. RELAX SHOULDERS

      2. s. 2 - LH top voices - horns from far away

      3. at the end of the first phrase in the lyrical section, sing all notes of the ornament.

      4. last two systems - don’t rush the LH notes - quite even.

    5. Page 15:

      1. RELAX SHOULDERS

      2. keep melody in focus

      3. Pedal is a bit murky before the return of theme 1

      4. s. 4 - pedal off

    6. Page 16:

      1. RELAX SHOULDERS

      2. Keep melody in focus even through ornaments.

      3. octave work technical? Each note.

    7. Page 17:

      1. pedal on the ascent - hold more

    8. Page 18:

      1. technical work

      2. pedaling penultimate system.

    9. Page 19:

      1. Pedal clear before the ascent in s. 2

      2. bass notes more present.

      3. technical work in the LH

      4. Don’t hold on to any of the RH arpeggiated notes for relaxation.

    10. Page 20:

      1. Notes in the LH?

    11. Page 21:

      1. s. 3 - descending arpeggio - clear pedal with harmonies.

      2. check notes at end of page

      3. pedaling

    12. Page 22 - End

      1. 🟪Pedaling on the last page.

      2. 🟪Contrary octaves: start slower.

  4. 💚Review Pieces: 10 min per day. Get to a decent state. ROTATE the items below.

    1. ENGAGED SLOW-MO PRACTICE.

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

      2. Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

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

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

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

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

      7. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1. I, II

      8. Debussy, Image

  5. 🖤Beethoven Sonata movements III and IV

  6. 🖤Scriabin: 8 Etudes Op. 42, No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

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

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

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

  3. Won first place

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. Chopin: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10 No. 10

    2. Valse Op 69 No. 1 (L. 8, C)

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

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

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

    6. 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

July 10, 2025

Future Repertoire

  1. Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 1

    1. Finish movement III, IV

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

  3. Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor

  4. Scriabin Etude

Current Assignments

    1. Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 44: Allegro ma non troppo

      1. write in fingering for any fast passages

      2. Identify obvious moments where you have the melody.

  1. 💚Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

    1. Page 1:

      1. Inner voice chords: listen to them carefully. Don’t rush through them. Are all the notes there? Timing? Pedal clear.

      2. Pedal: make sure it’s clear before you go into the next harmony.

    2. m. 43 - feel cadence.

    3. m. 36 - tragic!

    4. m. 48 - take time see arrow.

    5. mm. 50-until lyrical section: work on speed-building.

    6. mm. 68-96: listening carefully to LH.

    7. mm. 82-93: LH pp and total consistency - flatten out your fingers here in the LH. RH = peak of the wave - more flexible. Take time between phrases, especially.

  2. 💜Recording Project: Summer

    1. Prokofiev, Op. 65

      1. Liner / Program Notes: A summary of the historical background, style / structure of each piece (or highlighted pieces - either your favorite or important movements).

  3. 💜Prokofiev, Op. 65 (memorized and ready to perform by April 27)

    1. Listen to IDAGIO playlist of Romeo and Juliette

    2. 🎹No. 1: Morning

      1. M. 1 - start to clear your pedal on the D

      2. Memorize - work out sections 10-14, 18-23.

      3. Performance class Jan 12th

    3. 🎹No. 2: Promenade

      1. Articulation of first LH note?

      2. Don’t disconnect melodic lines.

      3. M. 32 - LH B - voice.

      4. Section starting m. 21 - pedal.

      5. M. 52 - RH sneak back into the first theme.

      6. Tenutos not accent.

      7. Performance class Jan 12th

    1. 🎹No. 3: A Little Story

      1. m. 9 and 14 - thicker texture, each note tenuto.

    2. No. 4: Tarantella

      1. M.m. 168

      2. Third portion of each beat softer / less important.

      3. Think about the 6/8

      4. Mm. 61-64 and 13-16 dynamics?

    3. 🎹No. 5: Regrets

      1. See pencil

      2. Memorize

      3. Voicing

    4. No. 6: Waltz

      1. See pencil and “get more in fingers”

      2. Listen to playlist.

    5. No. 7: March of the Grasshoppers

      1. Get in a place to work expressively.

    6. No. 8: The Rain and the Rainbow

      1. Explore color changes the chromaticism

    7. No. 9: Playing Tag

    8. No. 10: March

      1. Are most marches in 2/4?

      2. Why is this in 4/4?

      3. Do we feel it in cut time or not?

    9. 🎹No. 11: Evening

    10. 🎹No. 12: Moon Stroll in the Meadows

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

    1. GOAL: March 9th group class. Play through with Dustorchestrin next lesson

  5. 💚Review Pieces: 10 min per day. Get to a decent state. ROTATE the items below.

    1. ENGAGED SLOW-MO PRACTICE.

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

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

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

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

      5. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1. I, II

      6. Debussy, Image

      7. Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

  6. 🖤Beethoven Sonata movements III and IV

  7. 🖤Scriabin: 8 Etudes Op. 42, No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

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

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

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

  3. Won first place

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. Chopin: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10 No. 10

    2. Valse Op 69 No. 1 (L. 8, C)

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

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

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

    6. 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

June 12, 2025

Future Repertoire

  1. Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 1

    1. Finish movement III, IV

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

  3. Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor

  4. Scriabin Etude

Current Assignments

  1. 💚Recording Project: May

    1. Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 44: Allegro ma non troppo

      1. write in fingering for any fast passages

      2. Identify obvious moments where you have the melody.

    2. Debussy: Douze Etudes, Livre II: No. 11 - Pour les Arpèges composés

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

      1. measures 1-2 - too loud and not enough articulation (pull / grab keys)

      2. m. 54 - decrescendo LH - enable the flow of the phrase.

      3. m. 63 - poco ritenuto. Take time with the LH first beats in 65 and 66

      4. See markings in your for pages 3-4

      5. m 102 - dramatique - same rhythm as the beginning chords. No stopping - this sets up mm. 105

      6. PC in m. 108-109

      7. mm. 115 - 116 - see the arrows.

      8. play with body language in mm. 131-134

      9. mm. 126-128 - accent practice, LH out of the way - tricky hands.

      10. mm. 165-166 - P.C. and dynamic control!

      11. mm. 271-272 - see markings

      12. See markings in the music for the last page.

  2. 💚Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

    1. Continue to learn and see green pen.

  3. 💜Recording Project: Summer

    1. Prokofiev, Op. 65

      1. Liner / Program Notes: A summary of the historical background, style / structure of each piece (or highlighted pieces - either your favorite or important movements).

  4. 💜Prokofiev, Op. 65 (memorized and ready to perform by April 27)

    1. Listen to IDAGIO playlist of Romeo and Juliette

    2. 🎹No. 1: Morning

      1. M. 1 - start to clear your pedal on the D

      2. Memorize - work out sections 10-14, 18-23.

      3. Performance class Jan 12th

    3. 🎹No. 2: Promenade

      1. Articulation of first LH note?

      2. Don’t disconnect melodic lines.

      3. M. 32 - LH B - voice.

      4. Section starting m. 21 - pedal.

      5. M. 52 - RH sneak back into the first theme.

      6. Tenutos not accent.

      7. Performance class Jan 12th

    1. 🎹No. 3: A Little Story

      1. m. 9 and 14 - thicker texture, each note tenuto.

    2. No. 4: Tarantella

      1. M.m. 168

      2. Third portion of each beat softer / less important.

      3. Think about the 6/8

      4. Mm. 61-64 and 13-16 dynamics?

    3. 🎹No. 5: Regrets

      1. See pencil

      2. Memorize

      3. Voicing

    4. No. 6: Waltz

      1. See pencil and “get more in fingers”

      2. Listen to playlist.

    5. No. 7: March of the Grasshoppers

      1. Get in a place to work expressively.

    6. No. 8: The Rain and the Rainbow

      1. Explore color changes the chromaticism

    7. No. 9: Playing Tag

    8. No. 10: March

      1. Are most marches in 2/4?

      2. Why is this in 4/4?

      3. Do we feel it in cut time or not?

    9. 🎹No. 11: Evening

    10. 🎹No. 12: Moon Stroll in the Meadows

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

    1. GOAL: March 9th group class. Play through with Dustorchestrin next lesson

  6. 💚Review Pieces: 10 min per day. Get to a decent state. ROTATE the items below.

    1. ENGAGED SLOW-MO PRACTICE.

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

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

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

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

      5. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1. I, II

      6. Debussy, Image

      7. Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

  7. 🖤Beethoven Sonata movements III and IV

  8. 🖤Scriabin: 8 Etudes Op. 42, No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

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

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

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

  3. Won first place

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. Chopin: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10 No. 10

    2. Valse Op 69 No. 1 (L. 8, C)

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

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

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

    6. 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

June 6, 2025

Future Repertoire

  1. Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 1

    1. Finish movement III, IV

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

  3. Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor

  4. Scriabin Etude

Current Assignments

  1. 💚Recording Project: May

    1. Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 44: Allegro ma non troppo

      1. write in fingering for any fast passages

      2. Identify obvious moments where you have the melody.

    2. Debussy: Douze Etudes, Livre II: No. 11 - Pour les Arpèges composés

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

      1. measures 1-2 - too loud and not enough articulation (pull / grab keys)

      2. m. 54 - decrescendo LH - enable the flow of the phrase.

      3. m. 63 - poco ritenuto. Take time with the LH first beats in 65 and 66

      4. See markings in your for pages 3-4

      5. m 102 - dramatique - same rhythm as the beginning chords. No stopping - this sets up mm. 105

      6. PC in m. 108-109

      7. mm. 115 - 116 - see the arrows.

      8. play with body language in mm. 131-134

      9. mm. 126-128 - accent practice, LH out of the way - tricky hands.

      10. mm. 165-166 - P.C. and dynamic control!

      11. mm. 271-272 - see markings

      12. See markings in the music for the last page.

  2. 💚Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

    1. Continue to learn and see green pen.

  3. 💜Recording Project: Summer

    1. Prokofiev, Op. 65

      1. Liner / Program Notes: A summary of the historical background, style / structure of each piece (or highlighted pieces - either your favorite or important movements).

  4. 💜Prokofiev, Op. 65 (memorized and ready to perform by April 27)

    1. Listen to IDAGIO playlist of Romeo and Juliette

    2. 🎹No. 1: Morning

      1. M. 1 - start to clear your pedal on the D

      2. Memorize - work out sections 10-14, 18-23.

      3. Performance class Jan 12th

    3. 🎹No. 2: Promenade

      1. Articulation of first LH note?

      2. Don’t disconnect melodic lines.

      3. M. 32 - LH B - voice.

      4. Section starting m. 21 - pedal.

      5. M. 52 - RH sneak back into the first theme.

      6. Tenutos not accent.

      7. Performance class Jan 12th

    1. 🎹No. 3: A Little Story

      1. m. 9 and 14 - thicker texture, each note tenuto.

    2. No. 4: Tarantella

      1. M.m. 168

      2. Third portion of each beat softer / less important.

      3. Think about the 6/8

      4. Mm. 61-64 and 13-16 dynamics?

    3. 🎹No. 5: Regrets

      1. See pencil

      2. Memorize

      3. Voicing

    4. No. 6: Waltz

      1. See pencil and “get more in fingers”

      2. Listen to playlist.

    5. No. 7: March of the Grasshoppers

      1. Get in a place to work expressively.

    6. No. 8: The Rain and the Rainbow

      1. Explore color changes the chromaticism

    7. No. 9: Playing Tag

    8. No. 10: March

      1. Are most marches in 2/4?

      2. Why is this in 4/4?

      3. Do we feel it in cut time or not?

    9. 🎹No. 11: Evening

    10. 🎹No. 12: Moon Stroll in the Meadows

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

    1. GOAL: March 9th group class. Play through with Dustorchestrin next lesson

  6. 💚Review Pieces: 10 min per day. Get to a decent state. ROTATE the items below.

    1. ENGAGED SLOW-MO PRACTICE.

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

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

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

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

      5. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1. I, II

      6. Debussy, Image

      7. Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

  7. 🖤Beethoven Sonata movements III and IV

  8. 🖤Scriabin: 8 Etudes Op. 42, No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

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

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

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

  3. Won first place

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. Chopin: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10 No. 10

    2. Valse Op 69 No. 1 (L. 8, C)

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

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

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

    6. 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

May 23, 2025

Future Repertoire

  1. Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 1

    1. Finish movement III, IV

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

  3. Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor

  4. Scriabin Etude

Current Assignments

  1. 💚Recording Project: May

    1. Schumann Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 44: Allegro ma non troppo

      1. write in fingering for any fast passages

      2. Identify obvious moments where you have the melody.

    2. Debussy: Douze Etudes, Livre II: No. 11 - Pour les Arpèges composés

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

      1. measures 1-2 - too loud and not enough articulation (pull / grab keys)

      2. m. 54 - decrescendo LH - enable the flow of the phrase.

      3. m. 63 - poco ritenuto. Take time with the LH first beats in 65 and 66

      4. See markings in your for pages 3-4

      5. m 102 - dramatique - same rhythm as the beginning chords. No stopping - this sets up mm. 105

      6. PC in m. 108-109

      7. mm. 115 - 116 - see the arrows.

      8. play with body language in mm. 131-134

      9. mm. 126-128 - accent practice, LH out of the way - tricky hands.

      10. mm. 165-166 - P.C. and dynamic control!

      11. mm. 271-272 - see markings

      12. See markings in the music for the last page.

  2. 💚Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

    1. Continue to learn and see green pen.

  3. 💜Recording Project: Summer

    1. Prokofiev, Op. 65

      1. Liner / Program Notes: A summary of the historical background, style / structure of each piece (or highlighted pieces - either your favorite or important movements).

  4. 💜Prokofiev, Op. 65 (memorized and ready to perform by April 27)

    1. Listen to IDAGIO playlist of Romeo and Juliette

    2. 🎹No. 1: Morning

      1. M. 1 - start to clear your pedal on the D

      2. Memorize - work out sections 10-14, 18-23.

      3. Performance class Jan 12th

    3. 🎹No. 2: Promenade

      1. Articulation of first LH note?

      2. Don’t disconnect melodic lines.

      3. M. 32 - LH B - voice.

      4. Section starting m. 21 - pedal.

      5. M. 52 - RH sneak back into the first theme.

      6. Tenutos not accent.

      7. Performance class Jan 12th

    1. 🎹No. 3: A Little Story

      1. m. 9 and 14 - thicker texture, each note tenuto.

    2. No. 4: Tarantella

      1. M.m. 168

      2. Third portion of each beat softer / less important.

      3. Think about the 6/8

      4. Mm. 61-64 and 13-16 dynamics?

    3. 🎹No. 5: Regrets

      1. See pencil

      2. Memorize

      3. Voicing

    4. No. 6: Waltz

      1. See pencil and “get more in fingers”

      2. Listen to playlist.

    5. No. 7: March of the Grasshoppers

      1. Get in a place to work expressively.

    6. No. 8: The Rain and the Rainbow

      1. Explore color changes the chromaticism

    7. No. 9: Playing Tag

    8. No. 10: March

      1. Are most marches in 2/4?

      2. Why is this in 4/4?

      3. Do we feel it in cut time or not?

    9. 🎹No. 11: Evening

    10. 🎹No. 12: Moon Stroll in the Meadows

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

    1. GOAL: March 9th group class. Play through with Dustorchestrin next lesson

  6. 💚Review Pieces: 10 min per day. Get to a decent state. ROTATE the items below.

    1. ENGAGED SLOW-MO PRACTICE.

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

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

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

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

      5. Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 1. I, II

      6. Debussy, Image

      7. Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

  7. 🖤Beethoven Sonata movements III and IV

  8. 🖤Scriabin: 8 Etudes Op. 42, No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

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

Pacific Stars International Piano Competition

  1. Virtual 2024

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

  3. Won first place

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. Chopin: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10 No. 10

    2. Valse Op 69 No. 1 (L. 8, C)

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

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

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

    6. 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