March 9, 2026

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  • January 19th Grade: 2.75 of 4

  • January 26th Grade: 3 of 4

  • February 3, 2026 Grade: 3.5 of 4

  • February 9, 2026 Grade: 2.95 of 4


🟪Etude Level 3 (second one) choose

🟥Theory, Level 2, Unit 6: Prepare pages 1-3 and do more if you can!

🟨RCM Technique Level 3

  1. 🤓Prepare D major and B minor scales with mm. 60 per quarter note.

    1. Remember: “where is finger 4?”

    2. These are hands together - learn them in small chunks.

    3. Don’t twist your wrists when crossing over or under.

🟥Twilight Prelude by Mike Springer (L. 3, C)

  1. 🤓mm. 1-8 hands together, exactly like the recording in Newzik.

  2. 🤓mm. 9-13 hands alone, then together, with correct notes and fingering (don’t worry about correct rhythm).

  3. 🎧You have two audio recordings to work with to help you check your work.

⬛️Clementi Sonataina in C Major, Op. 36, No. 1, Vivace (L. 3, B)

⬛️Musette in D Major, BWV Anh. 126, by Johann Sebastian Bach (L. 3, A)

🟨 Arabesque, Op. 100 No. 2 (Etude Level 3)

  1. Daily 16th drills. Do the correct technical work on this so you don’t end up sounding like a 🍩

    1. Close-loud

    2. Accent practice (where needed)

🟩Four Star Sight Reading and Ear Tests Level 3

  1. Prepare Set 5 : “Four_Star_03_04”

🟩SIGHTREADING 2A PDF

  1. Prepare pages 33-37 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!

Technique 🧰 Toolbox

  1. Close-loud (for fast scale-like passages needing needing independence of fingers).

    1. Play the key with a strong attack, close finger to the key, forward-motion wrist, then immediately relax while still depressing the key.

  2. Accent practice (for fast scale-like passges needing

    1. Use the close-loud technique in a small group of notes, rotating which note is using close-loud while all others fast and soft.

Review Repertoire:

Practice starting from any measure of any piece below.

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

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

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

  4. 🟩Etude in D Major by Czerny (L. 2, Etude)

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

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

  7. 💜To Fly Like an Eagle (Prep B)

  8. 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)