August 24, 2026 (60 min · remote)

2026-2027 Events

  • October 17-18, 2026 — Group Classes

  • December 5-6, 2026 — Group Classes

  • January 24, 2027 — Performance Class & Guest Artist Workshop

  • February 27-28, 2027 — Group Classes

  • April 10-11, 2027 — Group Classes

  • May 22, 2027 — Student Final Recital

How to Practice

Use the Practice Guide below. It logs your practice for you — no comments needed.

  1. Press Start from # whatever number it shows. It picks up where you stopped last time.

  2. Press Start, read the assignment, practice.

  3. Tap the kind of practice, then press Done.

  4. Press Next practice item and go again.

Capped items count down and chime. Keep going if it's going well.

Some assignments finish. Those carry a Done for the Week button. Press it when the job is done and the assignment comes off your list. Technique and repertoire don't have one; those are every day.

Need the metronome, a recorder or the NFPER colors? They are in Practice Tools, right under the practice types. Tap one and it opens inside your assignment. Tap Close to put it away.

Got something to say about an assignment? Paste the line it gives you into the comments and add your note.

Log only what you actually did, on the day you did it. Five minutes is a real entry. Logging starts October 1.

🟩 on track · 🟨 needs extra attention · 🟪 didn't get to it at the lesson · 🟥 priority · ⬛️ don't practice this one

[PRACTICE TOOLS]

Take RCM Level 7? Still open.

Technique

1. ⬛️ RCM Technique, Level 7

Every day assignment once it starts

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

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

Theory

2. 🟩 Theory 6, Unit 3

THIS WEEK: Pages 4 to 7, ready to teach me compound meters next lesson.

Review pages 4-7 so you can teach me about compound meters next lesson.

Musicianship

3. ⬛️ Four Star, Level 7

Not yet.

4. ⬛️ Listening: Invention No. 4 (Bach)

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

Repertoire

5. 🟩 Lullaby, Op. 109 No. 7 (Burgmüller)

THIS WEEK: mm. 1-8 and 9-16: green, then yellow, then both together.

RCM Level 7, Etude

Measures 1-8 and 9-16

  1. Melody and bass notes only, the green highlights.

  2. Then the inner notes, the yellow highlights. Three times.

  3. Play as written, both green and yellow, keeping the melody in focus. Three times.

6. 🟩 Für Elise, WoO 59 (Beethoven)

THIS WEEK: Fix m. 29 and m. 35, then accent practice on mm. 77-82.

RCM Level 7, List B

  • Fix the left-hand note in m. 29, circled in red.

  • m. 35, count correctly.

  • Accent practice: mm. 77-82, rotate accents in groups of three.

7. ❓⬛️ Etude in G minor, Op. 24 No. 15 (Concone)

RCM Level 7, Etude

Not chosen yet.

8. ⬛️ Allemande in E-flat Major (Bach)

RCM Level 7, List A

Not started.

9. 🟧 Choose a List C

THIS WEEK: I'm bringing List C choices next lesson.

Nothing for you to do on this one.

On Hold

  • Czerny, Op. 823 — we left off on No. 8.

  • Rhythm book — prepare Nos. 43-45 on page 23.

Goals

  1. RCMCP Level 6, December 20, 5:00 pm

    • List A: Aria in G Major by Georg Philipp Telemann

    • List B: Sonatina in A Minor by Georg Anton Benda

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

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

    • 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

Review Pieces

RCM Level 6

  • ✅Aria in G Major by Georg Philipp Telemann (List A)

  • 🟩Sonatina in A Minor by Georg Anton Benda (List B)

  • 🟩Album for the Young, Op. 39, No. 9, Waltz, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (List C)

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

  • ✅Etude in E Minor, Op. 29, No. 14, by Henri Bertini (Etude)

  • 💚Solfeggio in D Major by Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (Etude)

RCM Level 5

  • 💚💚Little Prelude in C Major, BWV 939, by Johann Sebastian Bach (List A) 7/10

  • 💚💚Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36, No. 3, III. Allegro, by Muzio Clementi (List B) — needs a two-week review period

  • 💚Melancholy Reflections by Mike Schoenmehl (List C)

  • 💚💚Harmony of the Angels, Op. 100, No. 21, by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (Etude)

  • 💚💚Prelude, Op. 39, No. 19, by Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) (Etude)

RCM Level 4

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

  • 💚💚March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122, by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) (List A)

  • 💚💚Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36, No. 2, II, by Muzio Clementi (List B)

  • 💚💚Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36, No. 2, III, by Muzio Clementi (List B)

  • 💚💚Sonatina in F Major, Op. 168, No. 1, by Anton Diabelli (1781-1858) (List B)

  • 💚💚The Happy Farmer, Op. 68, No. 10, by Robert Schumann (1810-1856) (List C)

  • 💚💚Old French Song, Op. 39, No. 16, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) (List C)

  • 💚💚Barcarolle, Op. 123, No. 8, by Cécile Chaminade (List C)

  • 💚💚Ballade in C Minor, Op. 100, No. 15, by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (Etude)

  • 💚💚Masquerade, from Fancy-Free, by Linda Niamath (Etude)

  • 💚💚Etude in G Major, Op. 823, No. 53, by Carl Czerny (1791-1857) (Etude)

RCM Level 3

  • 💚💚Musette in D Major, BWV Anh. 126, Anonymous (List A)

  • 💚💚Gavotte in G Major, HWV 491, by George Frideric Handel (List A)

  • 🟢💚Harlequinade, from Suite No. 3 in E-flat Major, by Johann Ludwig Krebs (List A)

  • 💚💚Sonatina in C Major, Op. 36, No. 1, I, by Muzio Clementi (List B)

  • 💚💚Clowns, Op. 39, No. 20, by Dmitri Kabalevsky (List C)

  • 💚💚The Song of Twilight by Yoshinao Nakada (List C)

  • 🟢💚L'Arabesque, Op. 100, No. 2, by Johann Friedrich Burgmüller (Etude)

  • 🟢💚Left Alone by Joyce Grill (Etude)

  • 🟢💚Little Piece No. 7 by Marko Tajčević (Etude)

RCM Level 2

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

  • 💚💚For Children, Book 1, Nos. 1 and 2, by Béla Bartók (1881-1945) (List B)

  • 💚💚Invention in A Minor by Renée Christopher (List C)

  • 💚💚Colored Windows by Edna-Mae Burnam (1907-2007) (Etude)

  • 💚💚Etude in C Major, Op. 36, No. 22, by Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) (Etude)

  • 💚💚💚The Highlands by Christopher Norton (b. 1953) (Etude)

RCM Level 1

  • Minuet in F Major, K. 2, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) (List A)

  • German Dance in D Major by Franz Joseph Haydn (List A)

  • Angelfish (List B)

  • Canon by Carleton Elliott (1928-2003) (List C)

  • Etude in C Major by Félix Le Couppey (Etude)

  • Detectives by Christine Donkin (Etude)

Ungraded

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

  • A Skating Waltz

  • Distant Chimes

  • 🖤Czerny, Op. 823, No. 11 — passed

  • 🖤Hanon, No. 3 in G Major