December 18, 2025

2025-2026 Goals:

  1. RCMCP Level 6: December 20th - 5:00 pm

    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. Double check your tempo markings for each of the items.

    2. Be aware of a consistent pulse and even tempo during broken chords

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

    1. Do the sight-reading examples from sets 9-10

    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. Work to keep the LH quieter than the RH.

    2. Make the section starting m. 9 more contrasting.

    3. Last system: keep all LH notes in focus, and keep RH in a cantabile style.

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

    1. Do accent practice Friday and Saturday on the 2nd and 3rd notes of the ascending triplets.

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

    1. Don’t rush in m. 8

    2. Do some hands alone practice with and without music.

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

    1. Similar practice to the Telemann.

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

    1. More contrast in dynamics.

  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)