January 22, 2026

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. 🟩Beethoven, Fur Elise

    1. Memorize mm. 1-8 with correct pedal.

    2. Finish learning hands together to the end of the page with correct pedal and wrist movement.

    3. Write in anchor finger numbers from mm. 23-35 and learn hands alone.

    4. Ask yourself theory questions and write down your answers in the music.

  2. 🟩Theory Level 6

    1. Prepare Unit 2, pages 1-11

    2. Refresh your major and minor key signatures so that you can access them with little delay. See page 5 of Unit 1 Level 6

  3. ⬛️Technical Requirements Level 7 (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

  4. ⬛️Four Star Sight-reading and Ear Tests Level 7

  5. ⬛️Listening assignment

    1. Bach Invention No. 4

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


    💚Review Pieces

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  28. 💚💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  43. 💚💚💚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)