October 20, 2025 (Lesson 3.75 of 8)

Lesson Assignments





🟪New Etude Level 2

🟩 Écossaise in G Major, WoO 23 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) (L. 2, A)

  1. D.C. al Fine = go back to the beginning and play until the Fine.

  2. Practice with the metronome marking 53 per quarter note

    1. There is an anacrusis (upbeat) before the downbeat of measure one.

    2. Count “1 & 2 & 1 & 2” then start playing the first two 16th notes on the &. (see the purple in Newzik)

🟥Let’s sign up for Fall 2025 RCM Practical Level 1

  1. You have until the 15th to sight up for this, otherwise spots are very limited

🟩Theory Level 2

  1. Complete Unit 1

  2. Complete Unit 2 if you have time.

🟩RCM Technical Requirements: Level 1

  1. Prepare all of the purple highlighted items on page 4 of the PDF.

🟩Four Star Level 1

  1. Complete set 5 & 6

  2. Playbacks and clapbacks are getting better!

🟩Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

  1. (music in white binder)

  2. Make all of your notes outside of slurs sticky.

  3. Practice the last few measures with the metronome to keep the trill in check.

  4. See the video below

🟩I Spy by Melody Bober (b. 1955) (L. 2, B)

  1. (music in white binder)

  2. Work on even / consistent triplets, especially in the left hand.

  3. Do “accent practice” in the LH triplets by accenting the middle note, keeping the surrounding notes soft.

Focus Tracker:

💚💚💛💛💚💛💜❤️💚💚💜❤️💚💜❤️🖤❤️❤️💚💚💚💚💚

(53 points)

❤️= 4 POINTS (+ bonus = no reminders)

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

HERE IS THE LINK TO I SPY PRACTICE VIDEO
https://www.videoask.com/f034bc97a



REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

💚Cranky Cat by Teresa Richert (b. 1964) (L. 1, C)

💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (b. 1864) (L. 1 Etude)

💚This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

💚German Dance in D Major Hob. IX:22, no. 2 by Franz Jospeh Haydn (1732-1809) (L. 1, A)

💜Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

💚The Lively Boy (Prep A)

💚Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

💚Curious Cat

💚Marching by Kabalevsky







🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

  • N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)

  • F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟨 Yellow)

  • P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟧 Orange)

  • E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟪 Purple)

  • R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

  1. Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.

  2. Listen back with one color/goal in mind.

  3. As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.

  4. Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.

  5. Choose a small “spot” section from your markings — just a few measures or a tricky passage.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

  • ✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or

  • ✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.




  1. Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.

  2. Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

  • Do you need to slow down?

  • Should you practice hands alone?

  • Could you make the spot even smaller?

  • Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?

  • Do you need to think ahead more clearly?

October 16, 2025 (Lesson 3 of 8)

Lesson Assignments





🟩 Écossaise in G Major, WoO 23 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

  1. D.C. al Fine = go back to the beginning and play until the Fine.

  2. Practice with the metronome marking 53 per quarter note

    1. There is an anacrusis (upbeat) before the downbeat of measure one.

    2. Count “1 & 2 & 1 & 2” then start playing the first two 16th notes on the &. (see the purple in Newzik)

🟥Let’s sign up for Fall 2025 RCM Practical Level 1

  1. You have until the 15th to sight up for this, otherwise spots are very limited

🟪🟪Theory Level 1

  1. Unit 8, All Pages: Please print and place in your new white binder.

  2. You’ll have a quiz on the musical terms and symbols at your next lesson.

🟩RCM Technical Requirements: Level 1

  1. Prepare all of the green highlited items on page 4 of the PDF.

  2. For solid / blocked chords: please use a forward / raised wrist.

🟨Four Star Level 1

  1. Complete set 5

  2. Playbacks and clapbacks are getting better!

🟩Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

  1. (music in white binder)

  2. We’re adding a trill to the end of measures 17.

  3. See the video below

🟩I Spy by Melody Bober (b. 1955) (L. 2, B)

  1. (music in white binder)

  2. Work on even / consistent triplets, especially in the left hand.

  3. Do “accent practice” in the LH triplets by accenting the middle note, keeping the surrounding notes soft.

Focus Tracker:

💚💚💛💛💚💛💜❤️💚💚💜❤️💚💜❤️🖤❤️❤️💚💚💚

(53 points)

❤️= 4 POINTS (+ bonus = no reminders)

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

HERE IS THE LINK TO I SPY PRACTICE VIDEO
https://www.videoask.com/f034bc97a



REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

💚Cranky Cat by Teresa Richert (b. 1964) (L. 1, C)

💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (b. 1864) (L. 1 Etude)

💚This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

💚German Dance in D Major Hob. IX:22, no. 2 by Franz Jospeh Haydn (1732-1809) (L. 1, A)

💜Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

💚The Lively Boy (Prep A)

💚Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

💚Curious Cat

💚Marching by Kabalevsky







🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

  • N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)

  • F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟨 Yellow)

  • P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟧 Orange)

  • E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟪 Purple)

  • R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

  1. Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.

  2. Listen back with one color/goal in mind.

  3. As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.

  4. Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.

  5. Choose a small “spot” section from your markings — just a few measures or a tricky passage.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

  • ✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or

  • ✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.




  1. Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.

  2. Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

  • Do you need to slow down?

  • Should you practice hands alone?

  • Could you make the spot even smaller?

  • Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?

  • Do you need to think ahead more clearly?

October 9, 2025 (Lesson 2 of 8)

Lesson Assignments



🟩 Écossaise in G Major, WoO 23 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

  1. Measures 9-12, LH

    1. Please remember finger 4 on the black keys

  2. Measures 13-End:

    1. Learn LH alone, RH alone, then HT. Do this in the same way as your videos, focusing on one or two things for each step.

🟥Let’s sign up for Fall 2025 RCM Practical Level 1

  1. You have until the 15th to sight up for this, otherwise spots are very limited

🟪Theory Level 1

  1. Unit 8, All Pages: Please print and place in your new white binder.

  2. You’ll have a quiz on the musical terms and symbols at your next lesson.

🟩RCM Technical Requirements: Level 1

  1. Prepare all of the green highlited items on page 4 of the PDF.

  2. For solid / blocked chords: please use a forward / raised wrist.

🟩Four Star Level 1

  1. Complete set 5

  2. Playbacks and clapbacks are getting better!

🟩Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

  1. (music in white binder)

  2. Your second RH finger is collapsed most of the time. Please keep it round. :)

  3. See the green expression markings.

  4. no faster than m.m. 88

🟩I Spy by Melody Bober (b. 1955) (L. 2, B)

  1. (music in white binder)

  2. Tell the story with your fingers!

  3. Tell the story of this piece to your mom, dad, or sister, and show them how your dynamics and articulation reflect the actions in the story.

Focus Tracker:

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(53 points)

❤️= 4 POINTS (+ bonus = no reminders)

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

HERE IS THE LINK TO I SPY PRACTICE VIDEO
https://www.videoask.com/f034bc97a


REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

💚Cranky Cat by Teresa Richert (b. 1964) (L. 1, C)

💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (b. 1864) (L. 1 Etude)

💚This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

💚German Dance in D Major Hob. IX:22, no. 2 by Franz Jospeh Haydn (1732-1809) (L. 1, A)

💜Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

💚The Lively Boy (Prep A)

💚Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

💚Curious Cat

💚Marching by Kabalevsky



🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

  • N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)

  • F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟨 Yellow)

  • P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟧 Orange)

  • E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟪 Purple)

  • R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

  1. Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.

  2. Listen back with one color/goal in mind.

  3. As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.

  4. Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.

  5. Choose a small “spot” section from your markings — just a few measures or a tricky passage.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

  • ✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or

  • ✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.


  1. Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.

  2. Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

  • Do you need to slow down?

  • Should you practice hands alone?

  • Could you make the spot even smaller?

  • Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?

  • Do you need to think ahead more clearly?

October 2, 2025 (Lesson 1 of 8)

Lesson Assignments



🟩 Écossaise in G Major, WoO 23 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

  1. Complete all the steps in the following video, three times this week.

🟨Let’s sign up for Fall 2025 RCM Practical Level 1



🟩Theory Level 1

  1. Unit 8, All Pages: Please print and place in your new white binder.

  2. You’ll have a quiz on the musical terms and symbols at your next lesson.

🟩RCM Technical Requirements: Level 1

  1. Prepare items on page 10 of the PDF.

  2. For solid / blocked chords: please use a forward / raised wrist.

🟩Four Star Level 1

  1. Complete set 5

  2. Playbacks and clapbacks are getting better!

🟨Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

  1. (music in white binder)

  2. Your second RH finger is collapsed most of the time. Please keep it round. :)

  3. See the green expression markings.

  4. no faster than m.m. 88

🟪I Spy by Melody Bober (b. 1955) (L. 2, B)

  1. (music is in the white binder)

  2. See the orange pen.

  3. LH is a little bit stuck in terms of wrist movement. See the notes I wrote in the music.

  4. Practice starting from any measure of the piece.

Focus Tracker:

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(53 points)

❤️= 4 POINTS (+ bonus = no reminders)

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

HERE IS THE LINK TO I SPY PRACTICE VIDEO
https://www.videoask.com/f034bc97a


REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

💚Cranky Cat by Teresa Richert (b. 1964) (L. 1, C)

💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (b. 1864) (L. 1 Etude)

💚This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

💚German Dance in D Major Hob. IX:22, no. 2 by Franz Jospeh Haydn (1732-1809) (L. 1, A)

💜Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

💚The Lively Boy (Prep A)

💚Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

💚Curious Cat

💚Marching by Kabalevsky



🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

  • N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)

  • F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟨 Yellow)

  • P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟧 Orange)

  • E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟪 Purple)

  • R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

  1. Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.

  2. Listen back with one color/goal in mind.

  3. As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.

  4. Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.

  5. Choose a small “spot” section from your markings — just a few measures or a tricky passage.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

  • ✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or

  • ✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.


  1. Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.

  2. Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

  • Do you need to slow down?

  • Should you practice hands alone?

  • Could you make the spot even smaller?

  • Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?

  • Do you need to think ahead more clearly?

September 25, 2025 (Lesson 8 of 8)

Lesson Assignments



🟩 Écossaise in G Major, WoO 23 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

  1. Complete all the steps in the following video, three times this week.

🟨Let’s sign up for Fall 2025 RCM Practical Level 1



🟪Theory Level 1

  1. Unit 7, Pages 72-73

  2. Please prepare these pages and teach me about triads, and where they come from.



🟩RCM Technical Requirements: Level 1

  1. Prepare items on page 9 of the PDF.

  2. Remember, not hands together.

  3. Keep your fingerings close to the keys.



🟩Four Star 01_03

  1. Complete set 4

  2. Playbacks need some work. MB can use the tests on page 7 of the Level 1 tests.



🟪Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

  1. Dynamics are most important

  2. look at the phrase markings.

  3. no faster than m.m. 88


🟩I Spy by Melody Bober (b. 1955) (L. 2, B)

  1. See the orange pen.

  2. LH is a little bit stuck in terms of wrist movement. See the notes I wrote in the music.

  3. Practice starting from any measure of the piece.

Focus Tracker:

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(53 points)

❤️= 4 POINTS (+ bonus = no reminders)

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

HERE IS THE LINK TO I SPY PRACTICE VIDEO
https://www.videoask.com/f034bc97a


REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

💚Cranky Cat by Teresa Richert (b. 1964) (L. 1, C)

💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (b. 1864) (L. 1 Etude)

💚This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

💚German Dance in D Major Hob. IX:22, no. 2 by Franz Jospeh Haydn (1732-1809) (L. 1, A)

💜Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

💚The Lively Boy (Prep A)

💚Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

💚Curious Cat

💚Marching by Kabalevsky



🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

  • N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)

  • F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟨 Yellow)

  • P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟧 Orange)

  • E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟪 Purple)

  • R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

  1. Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.

  2. Listen back with one color/goal in mind.

  3. As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.

  4. Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.

  5. Choose a small “spot” section from your markings — just a few measures or a tricky passage.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

  • ✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or

  • ✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.


  1. Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.

  2. Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

  • Do you need to slow down?

  • Should you practice hands alone?

  • Could you make the spot even smaller?

  • Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?

  • Do you need to think ahead more clearly?

September 20, 2025 (Lesson 7 of 8)

Lesson Assignments


🟪 Écossaise in G Major, WoO 23 by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

  1. Start next week

🟨Let’s sign up for Fall 2025 RCM Practical Level 1


🟩Theory Level 1

  1. Unit 7, Pages 72-73

  2. Please prepare these pages and teach me about triads, and where they come from.


🟩RCM Technical Requirements: Level 1

  1. Prepare items in the yellow highlight on pages 7 and 8


🟨Four Star 01_03

  1. Complete set 3

  2. Playbacks need some work. MB can use the tests on page 7 of the Level 1 tests.


💚Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

  1. Dynamics are most important

  2. look at the phrase markings.

  3. no faster than m.m. 88


🟩I Spy by Melody Bober (b. 1955) (L. 2, B)

  1. m. 16 - LH finger 2 on B

  2. mm. 16-18 - ninja hands!

Focus Tracker:

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(53 points)

❤️= 4 POINTS (+ bonus = no reminders)

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

HERE IS THE LINK TO I SPY PRACTICE VIDEO
https://www.videoask.com/f034bc97a


REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

💚Cranky Cat by Teresa Richert (b. 1964) (L. 1, C)

💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (b. 1864) (L. 1 Etude)

💚This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

💚German Dance in D Major Hob. IX:22, no. 2 by Franz Jospeh Haydn (1732-1809) (L. 1, A)

💜Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

💚The Lively Boy (Prep A)

💚Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

💚Curious Cat

💚Marching by Kabalevsky



🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

  • N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)

  • F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟨 Yellow)

  • P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟧 Orange)

  • E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟪 Purple)

  • R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

  1. Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.

  2. Listen back with one color/goal in mind.

  3. As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.

  4. Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.

  5. Choose a small “spot” section from your markings — just a few measures or a tricky passage.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

  • ✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or

  • ✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.


  1. Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.

  2. Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

  • Do you need to slow down?

  • Should you practice hands alone?

  • Could you make the spot even smaller?

  • Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?

  • Do you need to think ahead more clearly?

September 11, 2025 (Lesson 6 of 8)

Lesson Assignments

Focus Tracker:

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❤️= 4 POINTS

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS


🟪Let’s sign up for Fall 2025 RCM Practical Level 1


🟪Theory Level 1

  1. Unit 7, Pages 68-71

  2. Please prepare these pages and teach me about triads, and where they come from.


🟪RCM Technical Requirements: Level 1

  1. Prepare items in the purple highlights on page 7


🟪Four Star 01_02

  1. Finish Set 2

  2. please practice with the new audio in four-star 01 tests called three Clapback’s 9/5


💚Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

  1. Please fix the rhythm in measures 1 and 9 (you’re still swinging the 8ths)

  2. Start at metronome marking 72 and move through the speeds 80, 84, 88, 92,96 and 100


🟩I Spy by Melody Bober (b. 1955) (L. 2, B)

HERE IS THE LINK TO I SPY PRACTICE VIDEO
https://www.videoask.com/f034bc97a

Prospective Repertoire

Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (L. 1, List A)

Lunar Eclipse by Nancy & Randall Faber (L. 1, B)

Melody in F Major op. 218, no. 36 by Christian Louis Heinrich Kohler (L. 1, Etude)


REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

💚Cranky Cat by Teresa Richert (b. 1964) (L. 1, C)

💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (b. 1864) (L. 1 Etude)

💚This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

💚German Dance in D Major Hob. IX:22, no. 2 by Franz Jospeh Haydn (1732-1809) (L. 1, A)

💜Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

💚The Lively Boy (Prep A)

💚Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

💚Curious Cat

💚Marching by Kabalevsky



🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

  • N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)

  • F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟨 Yellow)

  • P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟧 Orange)

  • E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟪 Purple)

  • R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

  1. Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.

  2. Listen back with one color/goal in mind.

  3. As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.

  4. Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.

  5. Choose a small “spot” section from your markings — just a few measures or a tricky passage.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

  • ✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or

  • ✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.


  1. Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.

  2. Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

  • Do you need to slow down?

  • Should you practice hands alone?

  • Could you make the spot even smaller?

  • Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?

  • Do you need to think ahead more clearly?

Aug 29 & Sep 5, 2025 (Lesson 4-5 of 8)

Lesson Assignments

Focus Tracker:

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❤️= 4 POINTS

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💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

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💚Let’s sign up for Fall 2025 RCM Practical Level 1

💚Theory Level 1

  1. Unit 7, Pages 68-71

  2. Please prepare these pages and teach me about triads, and where they come from.

💚RCM Technical Requirements: Level 1

  1. Prepare items in the purple highlights on page 7

💚Four Star 01_02

  1. Finish Set 2

  2. please practice with the new audio in four-star 01 tests called three Clapback’s 9/5

💚Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

  1. please practice speed building this week.

  2. Start at metronome marking 72 and move through the speeds 80, 84, 88, 92,96 and 100

🟪I Spy by Melody Bober (b. 1955) (L. 2, B)

  1. Start to study the music.

  2. Just by looking at the music, what do you know about the Expression?

  3. What do you notice about the Rhythm that is unique?

  4. Find measures in the music from page 1 that repeat in page 2 - highlight them.

  5. Notice all of the clef changes!

  6. Regarding Position: how might you approach the two-note slurs in the left hand?

Prospective Repertoire

Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (L. 1, List A)

Lunar Eclipse by Nancy & Randall Faber (L. 1, B)

Melody in F Major op. 218, no. 36 by Christian Louis Heinrich Kohler (L. 1, Etude)

REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

💚Cranky Cat by Teresa Richert (b. 1964) (L. 1, C)

💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (b. 1864) (L. 1 Etude)

💚This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

💚German Dance in D Major Hob. IX:22, no. 2 by Franz Jospeh Haydn (1732-1809) (L. 1, A)

💜Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

💚The Lively Boy (Prep A)

💚Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

💚Curious Cat

💚Marching by Kabalevsky

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

  • N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟥 Red)

  • F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟨 Yellow)

  • P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟧 Orange)

  • E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟪 Purple)

  • R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟦 Blue)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

  1. Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.

  2. Listen back with one color/goal in mind.

  3. As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.

  4. Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.

  5. Choose a small “spot” section from your markings — just a few measures or a tricky passage.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

  • ✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or

  • ✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

  1. Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.

  2. Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

  • Do you need to slow down?

  • Should you practice hands alone?

  • Could you make the spot even smaller?

  • Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?

  • Do you need to think ahead more clearly?

August 21, 2025 (Lesson 3 of 8)

Lesson Assignments

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💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

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💛Theory Level 1

Prepare Unit 6: pages 1-4

🖤Rhythms

💚German Dance in D Major Hob. IX:22, no. 2 by Franz Jospeh Haydn (1732-1809) (L. 1, List A)

  1. Expression

    1. Please see the dynamic markings (f = forte). There needs to be a bigger contrast. RCM will ask for it!

💚RCM Technical Requirements: Level 1

  1. Prepare items in the purple highlights on pages 5-6

    1. Please note the new fingering for F major RH

  2. Position

    1. Keep wrist steady - avoid up and down movement.

  3. Rhythm

    1. Please use the indicated metronome.

💚This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

  1. Measure 6

    1. Watch the practice video inside newzik and practice this hands alone and together, 5 times each day.

  2. Measure 11

    1. Please play all notes in the LH (missing the G in the second chord).

💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (b. 1864) (L. 1 Etude)

  1. Review with and without music, once per week.

  2. Have one focus from NFPER

  3. Record yourself in Newzik

  4. Listen back and mark the music and correct anything.

💚Four Star 01_01

  1. Finish Set 2 and…

    1. Practice with the “Four Clap backs 8/21” in the Four_Star_01_Tests PDF

💚Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

  1. Rhythm

    1. Focus on rhythm practice (metronome 60) entire piece.

    2. The “swing” issue is much better! Now let’s focus on having a steady pusle through the entire piece.

💚Cranky Cat by Teresa Richert (b. 1964) (L. 1, C)

  1. Position

    1. Please watch the video in Newzik for practice instructions.

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

  • N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟦 Blue)

  • F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)

  • P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟪 Purple)

  • E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)

  • R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟥 Red)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

  1. Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.

  2. Listen back with one color/goal in mind.

  3. As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.

  4. Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.

  5. Choose a small “spot” section from your markings — just a few measures or a tricky passage.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

  • ✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or

  • ✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

  1. Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.

  2. Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

  • Do you need to slow down?

  • Should you practice hands alone?

  • Could you make the spot even smaller?

  • Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?

  • Do you need to think ahead more clearly?

Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (L. 1, List A)

Lunar Eclipse by Nancy & Randall Faber (L. 1, B)

Melody in F Major op. 218, no. 36 by Christian Louis Heinrich Kohler (L. 1, Etude)

REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

💜Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

  1. The Lively Boy (Prep A)

  2. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  3. Curious Cat

  4. Marching by Kabalevsky

July 16, 2025 (Lesson 2 of 8)

Lesson Assignments

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❤️= 4 POINTS

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

💚Theory Level 1

Prepare Unit 6: pages 1-4

🖤Rhythms

💚German Dance in D Major Hob. IX:22, no. 2 by Franz Jospeh Haydn (1732-1809) (L. 1, List A)

  1. Tune in with your body first - shoulders down and relaxed.

  2. See the new colored markings corresponding to the NFPER at the top of the page.

  3. We’ll start to speed-build next time.

💚RCM Technical Requirements: Level 1

  1. Review items on page 5 and practice the new ones on page 6 (purple box)

💛This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

  1. Measures 1 to 8

    1. RH alone NFPER

    2. LH alone NFPER

    3. HT together NFPER

  2. Measures 8 to 13

    1. RH alone NFPER

    2. LH alone NFPER

    3. HT together NFPER

  3. Measures 13 to 21

    1. RH alone NFPER

    2. LH alone NFPER

    3. HT together NFPER

  4. Measures 19 to End

    1. RH alone NFPER

    2. LH alone NFPER

    3. HT together NFPER

💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (b. 1864) (L. 1 Etude)

  1. Review with and without music, once per week.

  2. Have one focus from NFPER

  3. Record yourself in Newzik

  4. Listen back and mark the music and correct anything.

💚Four Star 01_01

  1. Finish Set 2

  2. Dustin - create some clapback options / beta app

💚Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

  1. Focus on rhythm practice (metronome 60) four measures at a time.

💚Cranky Cat by Teresa Richert (b. 1964) (L. 1, C)

  1. Start learning, two measures at a time (HA and HT) with the NFPER method below.

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

  • N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟦 Blue)

  • F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)

  • P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟪 Purple)

  • E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)

  • R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟥 Red)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

  1. Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.

  2. Listen back with one color/goal in mind.

  3. As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.

  4. Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.

  5. Choose a small “spot” section from your markings — just a few measures or a tricky passage.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

  • ✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or

  • ✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

  1. Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.

  2. Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

  • Do you need to slow down?

  • Should you practice hands alone?

  • Could you make the spot even smaller?

  • Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?

  • Do you need to think ahead more clearly?

Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (L. 1, List A)

Lunar Eclipse by Nancy & Randall Faber (L. 1, B)

Melody in F Major op. 218, no. 36 by Christian Louis Heinrich Kohler (L. 1, Etude)

REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

💜Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

  1. The Lively Boy (Prep A)

  2. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  3. Curious Cat

  4. Marching by Kabalevsky

July 11, 2025 (Lesson 1 of 8)

Lesson Assignments

Focus Tracker: 💚💚💛💛💚💛💜❤️💚💚💜❤️💚💜❤️

❤️= 4 POINTS

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

💚Theory Level 1

Prepare Unit 6: pages 1-4

🖤Rhythms

💚German Dance in D Major Hob. IX:22, no. 2 by Franz Jospeh Haydn (1732-1809) (L. 1, List A)

  1. Tune in with your body first - shoulders down and relaxed.

  2. See the new colored markings corresponding to the NFPER at the top of the page.

  3. We’ll start to speed-build next time.

💚RCM Technical Requirements: Level 1

  1. Review items on page 5 and practice the new ones on page 6 (purple box)

❤️Dustin bring or upload the new music below

💜This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

  1. Keep working on this for Wednesday.

💜Far Away by Teresa Richert (b. 1864) (L. 1 Etude)

  1. Review with and without music, once per week.

  2. Have one focus from NFPER

  3. Record yourself in Newzik

  4. Listen back and mark the music and correct anything.

💜Four Star 01_01

  1. Prepare Set 1

💜Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

  1. Do the color-focused practice.

Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (L. 1, List A)

Lunar Eclipse by Nancy & Randall Faber (L. 1,, B)

Mary Had a Little Lamb by English nursery rhyme arr. Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee (L. 1, C)

Melody in F Major op. 218, no. 36 by Christian Louis Heinrich Kohler (L. 1, Etude)

REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

💜Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

  1. The Lively Boy (Prep A)

  2. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  3. Curious Cat

  4. Marching by Kabalevsky

June 28, 2025 (Lesson 8 of 8)

Lesson Assignments

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❤️= 4 POINTS

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

💛Theory Level 1

Prepare Unit 5, pages 53-58

🖤Rhythms

💚German Dance in D Major Hob. IX:22, no. 2 by Franz Jospeh Haydn (1732-1809) (L. 1, List A)

  1. See the instructions above for color-focus practice. You already did this at the lesson so go straight to the “spot” portion of the practice and fix the rhythm and expression this week.

💜RCM Technical Requirements: Level 1

  1. Study Page 3 of the PDF

  2. Prepare A Harmonic Minor and G Major on page 5 of the PDF

💚This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

  1. Do the color-focused practice

💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (b. 1864) (L. 1 Etude)

  1. Review with and without music, once per week.

  2. Have one focus from NFPER

  3. Record yourself in Newzik

  4. Listen back and mark the music and correct anything.

💚Four Star 01_01

  1. Prepare Set 1

💚Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

  1. Do the color-focused practice.

Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (L. 1, List A)

Lunar Eclipse by Nancy & Randall Faber (L. 1,, B)

Mary Had a Little Lamb by English nursery rhyme arr. Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee (L. 1, C)

Melody in F Major op. 218, no. 36 by Christian Louis Heinrich Kohler (L. 1, Etude)

REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

💜Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

  1. The Lively Boy (Prep A)

  2. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  3. Curious Cat

  4. Marching by Kabalevsky

June 20, 2025 (Lesson 7 of 8)

Lesson Assignments

Focus Tracker: 💚💚💛💛💚💛💜❤️💚💚💜❤️💚💜

❤️= 4 POINTS

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

  • N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟦 Blue)

  • F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)

  • P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟪 Purple)

  • E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)

  • R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟥 Red)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

  1. Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.

  2. Listen back with one color/goal in mind.

  3. As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.

  4. Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.

  5. Choose a small “spot” section from your markings — just a few measures or a tricky passage.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

  • ✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or

  • ✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

  1. Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.

  2. Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

  • Do you need to slow down?

  • Should you practice hands alone?

  • Could you make the spot even smaller?

  • Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?

  • Do you need to think ahead more clearly?💛Theory Level 1

Prepare Unit 5, pages 53-58

🖤Rhythms

💚German Dance in D Major Hob. IX:22, no. 2 by Franz Jospeh Haydn (1732-1809) (L. 1, List A)

  1. Notes✅

  2. Fingering💛

    1. Careful of mm. 18-20 RH.

  3. Position

    1. Be careful of pushing to long into the keys after you play them. Think - keep wrist in-motion and come off the keys sooner (this is for LH chords).

  4. Expression💛

  5. Rhythm💛

    1. Don’t worry about practicing with a steady beat.

💚RCM Technical Requirements: Level 1

  1. Study Page 3 of the PDF

  2. Prepare A Harmonic Minor and G Major on page 5 of the PDF

💚This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

  1. Notes✅

  2. Fingering✅

  3. Position✅

  4. Expression💛

    1. Focus more on softs and accents

  5. Rhythm✅

    1. Practice with m.m. 80 and 86

💜💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (b. 1864) (L. 1 Etude)

  1. Review with and without music, once per week.

💜💚Four Star 01_00_02

  1. Prepare Review Set 2

  2. Please remember to play legato when there is a slur in your sight-reading examples.

💚Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

  1. Memorize the acronym NFPER

    1. Notes✅

    2. Fingering✅

    3. Position✅

    4. Expression💛

      1. Measures 5-6

        1. RH - strong melody

        2. LH - quiet

        3. HT - play as above.

        4. Repeat three times.

    5. Rhythm💛

      1. Measure 1:

        1. Hands in lap

        2. tap one measure of the beat

        3. ta 8th notes

        4. Then play. Remember no swing for the first two 8ths.

Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (L. 1, List A)

Lunar Eclipse by Nancy & Randall Faber (L. 1,, B)

Mary Had a Little Lamb by English nursery rhyme arr. Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee (L. 1, C)

Melody in F Major op. 218, no. 36 by Christian Louis Heinrich Kohler (L. 1, Etude)

REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

💜Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

  1. The Lively Boy (Prep A)

  2. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  3. Curious Cat

  4. Marching by Kabalevsky

June 13, 2025 (Lesson 6 of 8)

Lesson Assignments

Focus Tracker: 💚💚💛💛💚💛💜❤️💚💚💜

❤️= 4 POINTS

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

💜💚Theory Level 1

Prepare Unit 5, pages 1-4

🖤Rhythms

💚German Dance in D Major Hob. IX:22, no. 2 by Franz Jospeh Haydn (1732-1809) (L. 1, List A)

  1. What is the key signature (scale of two sharps)?

  2. What is the time signature?

  3. Follow the practice video in Newzik for your assignment!

💜💚RCM Technical Requirements: Level 1

  1. Study Page 3 of the PDF

  2. Prepare A Harmonic Minor and G Major on page 5 of the PDF

💜💚This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

  1. Notes✅

  2. Fingering✅

  3. Position✅

    1. So much better! No sliding! Yay.

  4. Expression💛

    1. Focus on dynamics in measure 1, 5, 13, 21, and 23

  5. Rhythm💛

    1. Record yourself playing with m.m. 60

    2. Listen back and highlight any areas in which you stray from the beat.

    3. “Spot” those sections three to five times in one week.

  6. Resume practice on this so that position is priority and get the notes back in your fingers.

💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (b. 1864) (L. 1 Etude)

  1. Review with and without music, once per week.

💚Four Star 01_00_02

  1. Prepare Review Set 2

  2. Please remember to play legato when there is a slur in your sight-reading examples.

💜💚Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

  1. Memorize the acronym NFPER

    1. Notes✅

    2. Fingering✅

    3. Position✅

    4. Expression💛

      1. Let’s hear a difference between the mf and the f in measures 1 and 5.

      2. When you play “forte,” immediately stop pushing into the keyboard but you can still keep the note down if needed.

    5. Rhythm💛

      1. You identified sections that need work by recording yourself with the metronome, then listening back with the goal of highlighting any problem areas.

      2. Then practice them hands alone and together with metronome (no faster than m.m. 60).

      3. Isolate BEAT 1 of measure 4 to teach your muscles how to lift in the LH and hold in the RH.

      4. Then add Beats 1 and 2

      5. Then the whole section!

      6. Work on measures 6 and 7 in the same manner if needed.

Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (L. 1, List A)

Lunar Eclipse by Nancy & Randall Faber (L. 1,, B)

Mary Had a Little Lamb by English nursery rhyme arr. Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee (L. 1, C)

Melody in F Major op. 218, no. 36 by Christian Louis Heinrich Kohler (L. 1, Etude)

REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

💜Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

  1. The Lively Boy (Prep A)

  2. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  3. Curious Cat

  4. Marching by Kabalevsky

June 7, 2025 (Lesson 5 of 8)

Lesson Assignments

Focus Tracker: 💚💚💛💛💚💛💜❤️💚💚💜

❤️= 4 POINTS

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

💚Theory Level 1

Prepare Unit 5, pages 1-4

🖤Rhythms

💜German Dance in D Major Hob. IX:22, no. 2 by Franz Jospeh Haydn (1732-1809) (L. 1, List A)

  1. Start with Dustin next lesson

💚RCM Technical Requirements: Level 1

  1. Study Page 3 of the PDF

  2. Prepare A Harmonic Minor and G Major on page 5 of the PDF

💚This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

  1. Notes✅

  2. Fingering✅

  3. Position✅

    1. So much better! No sliding! Yay.

  4. Expression💛

    1. Focus on dynamics in measure 1, 5, 13, 21, and 23

  5. Rhythm💛

    1. Record yourself playing with m.m. 60

    2. Listen back and highlight any areas in which you stray from the beat.

    3. “Spot” those sections three to five times in one week.

  6. Resume practice on this so that position is priority and get the notes back in your fingers.

💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (b. 1864) (L. 1 Etude)

  1. Review with and without music, once per week.

❤️Four Star 01_00_01

Prepare Review Set 1

💚Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

  1. Memorize the acronym NFPER

    1. Notes✅

    2. Fingering✅

    3. Position✅

    4. Expression💛

      1. Let’s hear a difference between the mf and the f in measures 1 and 5.

      2. When you play “forte,” immediately stop pushing into the keyboard but you can still keep the note down if needed.

    5. Rhythm💛

      1. You identified sections that need work by recording yourself with the metronome, then listening back with the goal of highlighting any problem areas.

      2. Then practice them hands alone and together with metronome (no faster than m.m. 60).

      3. Isolate BEAT 1 of measure 4 to teach your muscles how to lift in the LH and hold in the RH.

      4. Then add Beats 1 and 2

      5. Then the whole section!

      6. Work on measures 6 and 7 in the same manner if needed.

Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (L. 1, List A)

Lunar Eclipse by Nancy & Randall Faber (L. 1,, B)

Mary Had a Little Lamb by English nursery rhyme arr. Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee (L. 1, C)

Melody in F Major op. 218, no. 36 by Christian Louis Heinrich Kohler (L. 1, Etude)

REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

💜Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

  1. The Lively Boy (Prep A)

  2. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  3. Curious Cat

  4. Marching by Kabalevsky

May 23, 2025 (Lesson 4 of 8)

Lesson Assignments

Focus Tracker: 💚💚💛💛💚💛💜❤️💚💚💜

❤️= 4 POINTS

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

💚Theory Level 1

Prepare Unit 5, pages 1-4

🖤Rhythms

💚RCM Technical Requirements: Level 1

  1. Study Page 2 of the PDF

  2. Prepare C Major and A Minor Natural on page 5 of the PDF

💚This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

  1. 💛Try your best to “plant” the fingers on the keys after you play them. You’re sometimes “pulling” or sliding toward your body on the keys. Special moments like this occur in measures 6 and 10

  2. Resume practice on this so that position is priority and get the notes back in your fingers.

💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (b. 1864) (L. 1 Etude)

  1. Review with and without music, once per week.

💚Four Star 01_00_01

Prepare Review Set 1

💚Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

  1. See the video inside Newzik

  2. Learn hands alone measures 1-8

Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (L. 1, List A)

German Dance in D Major Hob. IX:22, no. 2 by Franz Jospeh Haydn (1732-1809) (L. 1, List A)

Lunar Eclipse by Nancy & Randall Faber (L. 1,, B)

Mary Had a Little Lamb by English nursery rhyme arr. Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee (L. 1, C)

Melody in F Major op. 218, no. 36 by Christian Louis Heinrich Kohler (L. 1, Etude)

REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

💜Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

  1. The Lively Boy (Prep A)

  2. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  3. Curious Cat

  4. Marching by Kabalevsky

May 23, 2025 (Lesson 3 of 8)

Lesson Assignments

Focus Tracker: 💚💚💛💛💚💛💜💚✅

❤️= 4 POINTS

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

#1🖤Theory Level 1

Prepare Unit 4

#2🖤Rhythms

Compose No. 36

Use quarter notes and rests.

Use ties

Use half notes.

Use dotted half note

Three for the exam

💚Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  1. listen to the audio and expression at the end. 5 x per day.

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

  1. dynamics and tell the story of your new shoes!

💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

  1. Dynamics

💜Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

  1. Review until after April 27th.

💚Royal Conservatory of Music Technique: Prep Level B

Rotate through everythig. Five min a day.

Focus on hand position, round fingerins.

💚This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

  1. Measures 13-20: focus on round fingers - bubble hand. Fix fingering.

  2. Dynamics - ideally softer when it says p

💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (L. 1 Etude)

  1. Pedal change between the last two measures. Make it smooth!

  2. With and without music, one line at a time.

💛Musicianship / Four Star

Prepare Set 6 & 7

Clapback: Practice with the tests

Playbacks: Identify tonic or mediant and the movement of two notes.

💛SIGHT-READING Level 1

Do at least 1 per day.

Continue from page 64, Start the metronome to hear a steady beat, then you can turn it off (66 per quarter note).

Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (L. 1, List A)

Lunar Eclipse by Nancy & Randall Faber (L. 1,, B)

Mary Had a Little Lamb by English nursery rhyme arr. Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee (L. 1, C)

Melody in F Major op. 218, no. 36 by Christian Louis Heinrich Kohler (L. 1, Etude)

REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

  1. The Lively Boy (Prep A)

  2. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  3. Curious Cat

  4. Marching by Kabalevsky

May 10, 2025 (Lesson 2 of 8)

Lesson Assignments

Focus Tracker: 💚💚💛💛💚💛💜

❤️= 4 POINTS

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

#1🖤Theory Level 1

Prepare Unit 4

#2🖤Rhythms

Compose No. 36

Use quarter notes and rests.

Use ties

Use half notes.

Use dotted half note

💚Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  1. Focus on expression.

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

  1. Focus on expression.

💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

  1. Focus on expression.

💜Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

  1. Review until after April 27th.

💚Royal Conservatory of Music Technique: Prep Level B

Rotate through everythig. Five min a day.

Focus on hand position, round fingerins.

💚This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

  1. Measures 13-20: focus on round fingers - bubble hand. Fix fingering.

  2. Dynamics - ideally softer when it says p

💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (L. 1 Etude)

  1. Pedal change between the last two measures. Make it smooth!

  2. With and without music, one line at a time.

💛Musicianship / Four Star

Prepare Set 6 & 7

Clapback: Practice with the tests

Playbacks: Identify tonic or mediant and the movement of two notes.

💛SIGHT-READING Level 1

Do at least 1 per day.

Continue from page 64, Start the metronome to hear a steady beat, then you can turn it off (66 per quarter note).

Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (L. 1, List A)

Lunar Eclipse by Nancy & Randall Faber (L. 1,, B)

Mary Had a Little Lamb by English nursery rhyme arr. Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee (L. 1, C)

Melody in F Major op. 218, no. 36 by Christian Louis Heinrich Kohler (L. 1, Etude)

REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

  1. The Lively Boy (Prep A)

  2. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  3. Curious Cat

  4. Marching by Kabalevsky

April 25, 2025 (Lesson 1 of 8)

Lesson Assignments

Focus Tracker: 💚💚💛💛💚💛💜

❤️= 4 POINTS

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

#1🖤Theory Level 1

Prepare Unit 4

#2🖤Rhythms

Compose No. 36

Use quarter notes and rests.

Use ties

Use half notes.

Use dotted half note

Recital 🎹💚Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  1. Speed-building

    1. Practice the entire piece (or in chunks if needed) at m.m. 63, 66, 69, 72, and 76

  2. Come off the keys and pedal gradually at the end of the piece.

READ AFTER YOU PLAY

Christopher Norton is known for blending classical technique with popular and jazz styles, creating music that's both sophisticated and approachable. 

A Summer Day captures the gentle warmth and easy rhythm of a quiet afternoon — relaxed, melodic, and just a little nostalgic.

Recital 🎹💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (L. 1 Etude)

  1. Pedal change between the last two measures. Make it smooth!

  2. With and without music, one line at a time.

READ AFTER YOU PLAY

This story begins as a peaceful day on the lake — still water and soft light. You dive in, but something moves beneath you!!! A shimmering angelfish appears — it’s graceful, but maybe not so friendly… Just as it circles closer, a mermaid appears and plays a haunting melody that sends the angelfish fleeing!!! She leads you to an ancient underwater kingdom… until everything blurs, and then suddenly, you wake up - unsure if it was all just a dream.

Recital 🎹💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

  1. measures 1-8, 8-16, 16-21, 21-End

    1. With and without music, two times each.

  2. ❤️Don’t rush in the last two measures of the piece.

  3. Practice 9-13 and 25-28 back to back. With and without the music.

READ AFTER YOU PLAY

Tchaikovsky wrote his Album for the Young to give children music that was both beautiful and educational. The “Italian Song” is light and lyrical, capturing the sound of folk music from a distant land.

💜Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

  1. Review until after April 27th.

💜Royal Conservatory of Music Technique: Prep Level B

See the blue highlights and new video for broken chords

contrary motion - keep wrists up on finger 1.

💚This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

  1. Measure three: see the two practice videos.

  2. See the new audio in Newzik for measure 13 practice.

💛Four Star Prep B

Prepare Set 6

Clapback: Practice with the tests

Playbacks: Identify tonic or mediant and the movement of two notes.

Sightplaying:

💛SIGHT-READING Level 1

Do at least 1 per day.

Continue from page 64, Start the metronome to hear a steady beat, then you can turn it off (66 per quarter note).

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

Memorize.

Keep steady beat at the end!

Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (L. 1, List A)

Lunar Eclipse by Nancy & Randall Faber (L. 1,, B)

Mary Had a Little Lamb by English nursery rhyme arr. Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee (L. 1, C)

Melody in F Major op. 218, no. 36 by Christian Louis Heinrich Kohler (L. 1, Etude)

REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

  1. The Lively Boy (Prep A)

  2. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  3. Curious Cat

  4. Marching by Kabalevsky

April 18, 2025 (Lesson 8 of 8)

Lesson Assignments

Focus Tracker: 💚💚💛💛💚💛💜

❤️= 4 POINTS

💚= 3 POINTS

💛= 2 POINTS

💜= 1 POINT

🖤= 0 POINTS

#1🖤Theory Level 1

Prepare Unit 4

#2🖤Rhythms

Compose No. 36

Use quarter notes and rests.

Use ties

Use half notes.

Use dotted half note

Recital 🎹💚Raptors by Kevin Olson (Prep. B)

  1. measures 1-8, 8-16, 16-21, 21-End

    1. With and without music, two times each.

  2. ❤️Don’t rush in the last two measures of the piece.

  3. Practice 9-13 and 25-28 back to back. With and without the music.

Recital 🎹💚Far Away by Teresa Richert (L. 1 Etude)

  1. Pedal change between the last two measures. Make it smooth!

  2. With and without music, one line at a time.

Recital 🎹💚Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  1. Speed-building

    1. Practice the entire piece (or in chunks if needed) at m.m. 63, 66, 69, 72, and 76

  2. Come off the keys and pedal gradually at the end of the piece.

💜Looking-Glass River by Nancy & Randall Faber (Prep. B)

  1. Review until after April 27th.

💜Royal Conservatory of Music Technique: Prep Level B

See the blue highlights and new video for broken chords

contrary motion - keep wrists up on finger 1.

💚This Guy’s Disguised by Bradley Sowash (L. 1, B)

  1. Measure three: see the two practice videos.

💛Four Star Prep B

Prepare Set 6

Clapback: Practice with the tests

Playbacks: Identify tonic or mediant and the movement of two notes.

Sightplaying:

💛SIGHT-READING Level 1

Do at least 1 per day.

Continue from page 64, Start the metronome to hear a steady beat, then you can turn it off (66 per quarter note).

💚New Shoes by Linda Niamath (Prep B)

Memorize.

Keep steady beat at the end!

Minuet in D Major by Leopold Mozart (L. 1, List A)

Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 107, No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven (L. 1, List A)

Lunar Eclipse by Nancy & Randall Faber (L. 1,, B)

Mary Had a Little Lamb by English nursery rhyme arr. Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee (L. 1, C)

Melody in F Major op. 218, no. 36 by Christian Louis Heinrich Kohler (L. 1, Etude)

REVIEW LIST

Review the pieces on this list, with your music, one time each week.

  1. The Lively Boy (Prep A)

  2. Leaping the Waves with Dolphins (Prep B)

  3. Curious Cat

  4. Marching by Kabalevsky