December 15, 2023

Royal Conservatory of Music Certificate Program Information

💜THEORY: Level 1

  1. Finish Unit 2

    1. Read the instructions carefully

    2. Be able to teach about any terms or text circled in blue

💜PLAYBACKS: Level B

  1. See the new PDF if Newzik and use the recordings

💜Four Star: Level B.

  1. Finish Set 9

  2. Find music dictation examples (writing down the melody)

  3. Create audio examples including names of chords and numbers of the examples.

💜Czerny Op. 599 No. 12 - resume with Dustin

  1. Speed-building: measures 1-4

    1. Very slowly at first, gradually build your tempo to a fast pace.

    2. Focus on keeping a soft sound

    3. Remember curved fingers.

💚Hanon No. 1 (speed-building)

  1. Metronome 76 per 8th note.

  2. Listen to the metronome first to get two note per tick in your mind

  3. Play legato and raise your wrists with the contour of the notes.

💚Technique: Prep B

  1. See the PDF with the yellow highlights and practice the items.

    1. See chords on page 12

🖤(no assignment)CZERNY Op. 823 No. 4

💜The Snake by Renée Christopher (L. 1, C)

  1. Start with Dustin next Friday

💚Andante in G Minor by Georg Philip Telemann (L. 1, A)

  1. Practice starting from different measures every practice session. For example:

    1. Monday: LH, RH, HT, mm. 1.5 to 5, then mm. 3.5 to 6.5, then play entire piece hands alone and together.

    2. Tuesday: LH, RH, HT, mm. 2 - 6, then mm. 4 - 7, then entire piece, etc.

    3. Wednesday: etc.

    4. See the red text in Newzik.

💜Minuet in F Major by Leopold Mozart (1719-1787) (Prep B)

  1. Practice starting from any measure of the piece.

  2. Repeat the same starting point three times if the first time doesn’t come easily.

  3. Three different starting points per practice session.

💜Celebration by Ann Crosby Gaudet (L. 1)

  1. Measures 14 and 16: drop into the key and pop off the keyboard with a forward wrists and into the air. The point here is to keep relaxed.

  2. Pedaling in measures 8-11: during pedal changes, make sure the notes are quiet by playing them from the key.

Once a week, review the following pieces with the music:

  1. 💚💜The Calico Cat by Helen Marlais (b. 1966) (Prep B)

    1. Review, making sure your focus on DYNAMICS.

  2. 💚💚💜Freddie the Frog by Anne Crosby-Gaudet (b. 1968) (Prep B)

  3. 💚💚💚Allegro in C Major op. 1 no. 4 by Alexander Reinagle (1756-1809) (L. A)

  4. 💚💚💚A Skating Waltz by Boris Berlin (1907-2001) (L. A)

  5. 💚💚💚What’s That Noise by Martha Mier (b. 1936) L. A)

❤️ = Needs lots of work or wasn’t prepared properly for more than one lesson

💜 = Didn’t get to it at the last lesson - we’ll start with this before 💛 or 💚

💛 = Doing the assignment but needs special attention

💚 - On track and do the assignment.

2023 Fall Milestones

  1. RCM Level B Exam in the Fall? Or Level 1 in the Spring.