December 1, 2025

  1. Also review your scales

  2. Start more of Arabesque with Dustin next week.

  3. Weekly Practice Video: Complete all the steps in this video at least three times this week - ideally five!

⚫️RCM Technical Requirements Level 2 PDF in Newzik (at least 7 min per day)

⚫️Four Star Sight Reading and Ear Tests Level 2

⚫️Theory in Newzik (5-10 min each day)

⚫️Etude in D Major by Czerny (L. 2, Etude) (7-15 min each day)

⚫️Minuet in G Major, K 1 e by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) (L. 2, A)

⚫️The Waltz That Floated Away (L. 2, B)

⚫️Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (L. 2, C)













🖤SIGHTREADING 62-92 PDF

  1. Prepare pages 29-33 of the PDF

    1. Remember to count before you begin.

    2. Remember the play the ties

  2. SET A METRONOME TO 60 PER QUARTER NOTE

    1. STUDY THE TIME SIGNATURE

    2. DO THE RHYTHM IN YOUR HEAD

    3. THEN STUDY THE NOTE NAMES IN YOUR HEAD AND THE DIRECTION OF THE NOTES

    4. THEN PLAY WITH A STEADY SLOW BEAT.

    5. KEEP YOUR WRISTS UP

    6. DOUBLE CHECK THAT YOU’RE GIVING EACH HALF NOTE TWO BEATS! 🥸

    7. WHEN YOU FINISH, ASK YOURSELF WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. FIX IT IN YOUR HEAD AND DO IT AGAIN!

Review Repertoire:

Practice starting from any measure of any piece below.

  1. Angelfish by Anne Crosby Gaudet (L. 1, B)

  2. 💚Leaping the Waves with Dolphins by Barbara Arens (Prep B)

  3. 💜To Fly Like an Eagle (Prep B)

  4. Jingle Bells Duet




💚RCM Exam Level 1 - Remote

  1. January 11, 2025 - 6 pm

  2. Repertoire:

    1. Detectives by Christine Donkin (Etude, L. 1)

    2. Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (1719-1787) (L. 1, A)

    3. Angelfish by Anne Crosby Gaudet (L. 1, B)

    4. Young Ludwig Exploring by Forrest Kinney (L. 1, C)