January 4, 2024

Spring Milestones:

  1. Level 6 pieces

  2. Level 6 theory

RCM Level 4: Score of 96 (Regional Gold Medal!) Perform a level 6 piece?

RCM Level 5: Fall 2023 (November 30th)

  • List A: Deux Rigadon (Pièces de Clavecin 1724) Rameau (1683-1764) (L. 5, A)

  • List B: Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (L. 5, B)

  • List C: The Spice of Life by Tom Gerou (L. 5, C)

  • Etude 1: Kabalevsky, Prelude in G Minor, Op. 39 No. 19 (L. 5, Etude)

  • Etude 2: Harmony of Angels, Op. 100, No. 21 by Burgmuller (L. 5, Etude)

Registration Opens September 7, 2022

Registration Deadline October 16, 2022

Practical ExaminationsNovember 26–December 8, 2022

🖤RCMCP Technique Level 5 (5-10 min a day

  1. See blue highlighted items

    1. For broken chords, do:

      1. Start with CLOSE LOUD

      2. Followed by HIGH LOUD

      3. Followed by LEGATO

💚Octave Exercise: HANDS TOGETHER (by January no mistakes)

  1. Slow, hands ALONE, exaggerate wrist movement.

  2. Two in-a-row quickly, focusing on relaxation and movement.

    1. Relax the fingers between each set of two.

  3. Double attack: throw fingers down and forward wrist on the second attack.

💚Level 6

  1. Complete Unit 1

💚SIGHT-READING: (3-5 min a day)

  1. Bartok Microcosmos: Book II: continue on from 43

🖤Four Star Sight-reading and Ear Tests: Level 6

  1. PREPARE: Review Set 1

    Sight-reading:

    1. Do three tempi, gradually increasing each time.

    2. After you finish, ask yourself what the most consistent mistake was!

  1. 🖤Dancing Scales by John Burge (L. 6, Etude)

    1. Learn after Benda

  2. 💚(Kaufmann) (P) List B: Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (L. 5, B)

    1. Expression focus mm. 8-30

    2. Do close-loud and high-loud twice a week on all 16ths.

  3. 💚Sonatina in A Minor by Georg Anton Benda (L. 6, B)

    1. See green pen.

    2. Mm. 44-45: forward-motion stick fingers.

  4. 💚Waltz in A Minor op. Posth. B 150 by Chopin (L. 6, C)

    1. Mm. 30-40 - let go of the first note of the trill after you play. Practice LH chords alone with the RH melody, no bass.

    2. Practice the last 3-4 measures of the ends and beginnings of sections. For memorization. With and without music.

Rotate these each week. I will hear one of them each week and not in any particular order.

Etude 1: Kabalevsky, Prelude in G Minor, Op. 39 No. 19 (L. 5, Etude)

Etude 2: Harmony of Angels, Op. 100, No. 21 by Burgmuller (L. 5, Etude

  1. Beethoven Sonatina in F Major (L. 5, B)

  2. 💚Scamp by Christopher Norton (L. 5, C)

  3. 💚Kabalevsky, Prelude in G Minor, Op. 39 No. 19 (L. 5, Etude)

  4. 💚💚💚Rameau (1683-1764) : Deux Rigadon (Pièces de Clavecin 1724) (L. 5, A)

  5. 💚💚💚The Spice of Life by Tom Gerou (L. 5, C)

  6. Bach Little Prelude in C Major (L. 5, A)

  7. 💚💚💚Sunset in Rio by Mike Springer (b. 1968) (L. 5, C)

  8. 💚💚💚Dream catcher by Anne Crosby (L. 4, C)

  9. 💚💚💚Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)

  10. 💚💚💚Solitude by Joyce Grill? (L. 4 Etude)

  11. 💚💚💚Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 2 (L. 4, B)

  12. 💚💚💚Ballade, Op. 100, No. 15 by Burgmuller (L. 4, Etude)

  13. 💚💚💜Cool Cat Waltz by Katya Pine (L. 4, C)

  14. 💚💚💜Air in B-flat Major by Handel (L. 4, A)

  15. 💚💚💚The Somersault King (L. 4 Etude)

  16. 💚💚💚Funny Puppy by Anne Crosby Gaudet (L. 3, C)

  17. 💚💚💚Musette in D Major, BWV Anh. 126 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1665-1750)(L. 3, A)

  18. 💚💚💚L’Arabesque, op. 100 no. 2 (L. 3, Etude)

  19. 💚💚💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (b. 1939) (L. 4, Etude)

  20. 💚💚💚Clementi Sonatina op. 36 no. 1 in C Major: All three movements

  21. 💚💚💚Little Piece No. 7 by Marko Tajcevic (L. 3, Etude)

  22. 💚💚 💚Clementi, Op. 36 No. 1, Movement 3 (L. 3, B)

RCMCP Exams

Level 4: June 2, 2023, 11:26 am

  1. Masquerade by Linda Niamath (b. 1939) (L. 4, Etude)

  2. Solitude by Joyce Grill? (L. 4 Etude)

  3. Air in B-flat Major by Handel (L. 4, A)

  4. Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)

  5. Cool Cat Waltz by Katya Pine (L. 4, C)

ASSIGNMENTS ON HOLD

🛑HANON NO. 2 in A (work up to m.m. 84, 4 notes per tick) Two Octaves

  1. I’M LOOKING FOR YOUR POSITION ON THE KEYBOARD - NO MOVING FORWARD OR BACKWARD AT ALL!

  2. A Major - rotate between staccato and close loud, then do 3 times run-though legato.

    1. Accent Practice (two modes) at m.m. work up to 96 for next week one note per tic

      1. If you make a mistake, you need to go back one rotation and fix it.

      2. REMEMBER SHOULDERS RELAXED, CHEST OUT AND FORWARD, NECK RELAXED.

    2. Then, Staccato at m.m. 104, two notes per tic (two octaves)

      1. Relaxed shoulders

    3. Legato m.m. Start at 72 per quarter note and work up to m.m. 88

      1. Ultimate Oiled Fingers (legato)!

      2. Keep fingers close to the keys.

    (No. 10: Left off at m.m 104 in C, G, D Major)

    (No. 9: left off at m.m. 80 in C, G, D Major)

    (No. 8: left off at m.m. 84 in C, G, D Major)

    (No. 7: left off at m.m. 88 in C, G Major)

    (No. 6: left off at m.m. 88 in C, G Major)

    (No. 5: left off at m.m. 88 in C, G Major)

    (No. 4: left off at m.m. 88 in C, G Major)

    (No. 3: left of at m.m. 88 in C, G Major)

    (No. 2: left off at m.m. 88 in C, G Major)

    (No. 1: Left off at m.m. 80 in C, G, D Major)