2026-2027 Events
October 17-18, 2026 — Group Classes
December 5-6, 2026 — Group Classes
January 24, 2027 — Performance Class & Guest Artist Workshop
February 27-28, 2027 — Group Classes
April 10-11, 2027 — Group Classes
May 22, 2027 — Student Final Recital
How to Practice
Use the Practice Guide below. It writes your practice down for you, no comments needed.
Tap the first assignment on your list.
The timer starts by itself. Read it and practice.
When you are finished, press Done. It saves your time and opens the next one.
Need to stop for a minute? Press Pause.
Lost? Press My Assignment List at the top to go back.
Try for five days a week. Fifteen minutes is plenty.
Everything on your list is fair game for a test at your next lesson. Be ready to tell me about a page without looking at it.
Some assignments finish. Those carry a Done for the Week button. Press it when the job is done and the assignment comes off your list.
Need the metronome, a recorder or the Section-Work colors? They are in Practice Tools. Tap one and it opens inside your assignment. Tap Close to put it away.
Log every practice session from today. Official tracking starts Monday, October 19, the Monday after our first group class. Logging now is how we get the kinks out.
🟩 on track · 🟨 needs extra attention · 🟪 didn't get to it at the lesson · 🟥 priority · ⬛️ on hold, don't practice this one · 🟧 mine, not yours
[PRACTICE TOOLS]
Two Piano Rules
Always sit in the middle. Piano seatbelt.
Low wrist first, then play. Never flat fingers.
Musicianship
1. 🟩 Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? (McDonough), pages 45 to the end
THIS WEEK: Keep reading from page 45. Finish the book if you want to.
Tell me about it next time.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.
Lesson 2
2. 🟩 GPM Repertoire, Lesson 2, pages 24 to 25
THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on pages 24 to 25, with the video.
That is Dracky's Heartbeat. Right hand, bat cave, finger 3.
Every day.
Dracky's Heartbeat https://youtu.be/B11pbq894M8
3. 🟩 GPM Repertoire, Lesson 2, pages 26 to 27
THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on pages 26 to 27, with the video.
That is Ghosty's Castle Float. Left hand, castle, finger 3.
Every day.
Ghosty's Castle Float https://youtu.be/8dV8ZP4rmWc
4. 🟩 GPM Repertoire, Lesson 2, pages 28 to 29
THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on pages 28 to 29, with the video.
That is Ghosty's Midnight Float. Right hand, castle, finger 3.
Every day.
Ghosty's Midnight Float https://youtu.be/Dg9yd2Ue7w0
Lesson 3
5. 🟩 GPM Technique, Lesson 3, page 2
THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on page 2.
That is Forward wrist with three fingers.
Every day.
6. 🟩 GPM Technique, Lesson 3, page 3
THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on page 3.
That is The whole group at once. Two-sets and three-sets.
Every day.
7. 🟩 GPM Technique, Lesson 3, pages 4 to 5
THIS WEEK: Watch the video first, then follow the instructions on pages 4 to 5.
That is Pop-wrist. Drop onto the key, then pop up off it, light as popcorn.
Every day.
Pop-wrist https://youtu.be/jSOinUL_u00
8. 🟩 GPM Theory, Lesson 3, pages 6 to 8
THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on pages 6 to 8.
That is The clef, Draw a treble clef, and the treble clef exercises.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.
9. 🟩 GPM Theory, Lesson 3, pages 9 to 10
THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on pages 9 to 10.
That is Draw a bass clef, and the bass clef exercises.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.
10. 🟩 GPM Theory, Lesson 3, pages 11 to 12
THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on pages 11 to 12.
That is Ledger lines and Ledger line practice.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.
11. 🟩 GPM Theory, Lesson 3, pages 13 to 14
THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on pages 13 to 14.
That is Middle C and Middle C practice.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.
12. 🟩 GPM Theory, Lesson 3, page 15
THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on page 15.
Circle every treble clef and write T. Box every bass clef and write B.
The pass-off on that page is at your lesson, not at home.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.
13. 🟩 GPM Note Reading, Lesson 3, page 16
THIS WEEK: Follow the instructions on page 16.
That is A to A. Forward and backward.
Press Done for the Week when it is done.