November 20, 2025

2025-2026 Goals:

  1. RCMCP Level 6: TBD

    1. List A: Aria in G Major by Telemann

    2. List B: Sonatina in A Minor by Georg Anton Benda

    3. List C: Album for the Young, Op. 39, No. 9: Waltz by Tchaikovsky

    4. Etude 1: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 139, No. 51 by Czerny

    5. Etude 2: Etude in E Minor op. 29 no. 14 by Henri Bertini

  2. Senior Project: synesthesia, guitar and piano duo, music from Portugal and Russia

ASSIGNMENTS

  1. 🟩Technical Requirements Level 6 (every day assignment)

    1. Keep reviewing these items daily:

      1. Set a time for 6 minutes.

      2. Start at the top of the list and do one round of close-loud, then medium tempo, then final tempo.

      3. Focus on smooth, even tone and rhythm. Think about what the examiner might say as you play the item.

      4. Make sure your metronome markings are accurate.

  2. 🟩Four Star Sight-reading and Ear Tests Level 6

    1. Do the sight-reading examples from sets 7-8

    2. Practice singing your intervals.

      1. Play the starting note

      2. Sing the starting note, the note above and the starting note again.

      3. Play the interval to confirm.

      4. Then sing and play the interval at the same time.

  3. ✅Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 139, No. 51 by Czerny (L. 6, Etude)

    1. Focus is expression, feeling breath between phrases. Make this less metronomic.

    2. Practice starting from any measure.

  4. 🟩Etude in E Minor op. 29 no. 14 by Henri Bertini (L. 6, Etude)

    1. Memorize to the end of the piece for next lesson.

    2. Use the techniques we discussed at your lesson: Use theory and technique to help you remember what the notes are. Small sections. Hands alone practice. With and without music.

  5. ✅Aria in G Major by Telemann (L. 6, A)

    1. Practice starting from any measure

    2. More expression in measures 12-13

    3. It’s feeling a bit rushed. Feel the LH beats more.

  6. 🟨Sonatina in A Minor by Georg Anton Benda (L. 6, List B)

    1. Continue to work on memorization

    2. Focus on smooth scale technique

  7. 🟩Album for the Young, Op. 39, No. 9: Waltz by Tchaikovsky (L. 6, List C)

    1. Practice memorization for entire piece.

    2. Focus on steady beat.

    3. Expressive contrast.

  8. 🖤Listening assignment

    1. Bach Invention No. 4

    2. Highlight every time the subject happens in both the treble and bass clefs.


    💚Review Pieces

  9. 💚Solfeggio in D Major by J.C.F Bach (L. 6, Etude)

  10. 💚Melancholy Reflections by Mike Schoenmehl (L. 5, C)

  11. 💚💚Clementi, Sonatina Op. 36 No. 3, Allegro (movement III)(L. 5, B) (needs two-week period for review)

  12. 💚💚Little Prelude in C Major BWV 939 by J. S. Bach (L. 5, A) 7/10

  13. 💚💚Harmony of Angels (L. 5, Etude)

  14. 💚💚Prelude op. 39 no. 19 by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (L. 5, Etude)

  15. 💚💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 3 (L. 4, B)

  16. 💚💚Cécile Chaminade, Barcarolle Op. 123, no. 8 (L. 4, C)

  17. 💚💚Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) (L. 4, A)

  18. 💚💚Burgmuller, Ballade in C Minor Op. 100 No. 15 (L. 4 Etude)

  19. 💚💚Masquerade by Linda Niamath (L. 4 Etude)

  20. 💚💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2, Movement 2 (L. 4, B)

  21. 💚💚Etude in G Major, op. 823 no. 53 by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) (L. 4, Etude)

  22. 💚💚March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) (L. 4, A)

  23. 💚💚Sonatina in F Major op. 168 no. 1 by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (L. 4, B)

  24. 💚💚The Happy Farmer, op. 68 no. 10 by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (L. 4, C)

  25. 💚💚Old French Song, Op. 39 No. 16 by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (L. 4, C)

  26. 💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)

  27. 💚💚Bach, Musette in D Major (L. 3, A)

  28. 💚💚Kabalevbsky, Clowns (L. 3, C).

  29. 💚💚Gavotte in G Major HWV 491 by George Frederic Handel (L. 3, A)

  30. 💚💚Clementi Sonatina Op. 36 No. 1 in C Major - Movement 1 (L. 3, B).

  31. 🟢💚Tajcevic, Little Piece No. 7 (Etude, L. 3)

  32. 🟢💚Johann Ludwig Krebs, Harlequinade, Suite No. 3 in E-flat Major (L. 3, A)

  33. 🟢💚Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2, l’Arabesque (L. 3, Etude)

  34. 🟢💚Left Alone by Joyce Grill (L. 3 Etude)

  35. 💚💚Nakada, The Song of Twilight (L. 3, C)

  36. 💚💚Canon in A Minor by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901)

  37. 💚💚Invention in A Minor by Renée Christopher (L. 2, C)

  38. 💚💚Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) German Dance in B-flat Major Hob. IX:22 No. 5 (L. 2, A)

  39. 💚💚Edna-Mae Burnam (1907-2007) Colored Windows (L. 2 Etude)

  40. 💚💚Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Etude in C Major Op. 36 No. 22 (L. 2, Etude)

  41. 💚💚💚The Highlands by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (L. 2 Etude)

🖤Czerny Op. 823, No. 11

  1. Passed! Yay.

  2. 🖤Hanon No. 3 in G Majo

Review Once a Week with your Music

CLASSICAL

  1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

    1. Minuet in F Major K. 2 by (L. 1, A)

CONTEMPORARY

  1. Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

    1. For Children, Book 1, No. 1 and 2 (L. 2, B)

  2. (recital) Etude in C Major by Felix le Coupey (L. 1 Etude)

  3. Skating Waltz

  4. Distant Chimes.

  5. Canon by Carleton Elliot (1928-2003) (L. 1, C)

  6. (3/23) Detectives by Christine Donkin (L. 1 Etude)

  7. (3/23) German Dance in D Major by F. J. Haydn (Level 1. A)

  8. Angelfish (Level 1. B)


HOLD

  1. Czerny Op. 823

    1. we left off on no. 8

  1. Rhythm Book.

    1. PREPARE: Nos. 43-45 on page 23

RCMCP

Exam: Piano - Level 3
Exam Confirmation No.: 5391486
Scheduled for: Thursday, 09 December 2021 2:00 PM

  • List A: Johann Ludwig Krebs, Harlequinade, Suite No. 3 in E-flat Major (L. 3, A)

  • List B: Muzio Clementi, Sonatina in C Major, Op. 36 No. 1, Allegro

  • List C: Wild Mignonette Op. 205 No. 1 by Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901) (L. 3, C)

  • Etude: Burgmüller, Op. 100 No. 2, l’Arabesque (L. 3, Etude)

  • Etude: Grill, Left Alone (L. 3, Etude)