July 28, 2023

LESSON ASSIGNMENTS

🟢 - on the right track, great work!

🟡 - on the right track but it needs more wor

🔴 - needs lots of attention and work

⚫️ - no assignment - don’t practice this item.

🟣 - We didn’t get to this item,

Keep a record of your practice in the comment section below.

Royal Conservatory of Music

1. Level 3, Practical Test: June 2023

   1. List A: J. S. Bach, Polonaise in F Minor, BWV Anh. 119 (L. 3, A)

   2. List B: Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 by Albert Biehl (L. 3, B)

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

   4. Etude: Burgmuller, Op. 100 No. 2, L’Arabesque (Etude, L. 3)

   5. Etude: Prelude VII by Barbara Arens (b. 1960) (L. 3, Etude)

🖤IN NEWZIK: Level 4

💚Level 4 RCM Technique

1. See the highlighted items in your syllabus.

💜Hanon No. 1

1. Close Loud (no faster than m.m. 92 per 16th note)

2. Staccato (no faster than m.m. 76 per 8th note)

3. Legato: at m.m. 80 - work up to this speed.

   1. 💛fingers close to the keys

   2. 💛Wrists up and down with the contour of the notes.

💚Sight Reading Level 3A

1. Continue on from page 66

2. BEFORE YOU TOUCH THE KEYS: do the rhythm in you head. Set a steady beat and treat it as a rhythm assignment first.

💜Four Star Sightreading & Ear Tests Level 4 (IN NEWZIK)

1. PREPARE: Review Set 1

🖤Online Ear Training and Rhythm Level 4

1. https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/

2. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

3. Login Info:

   1. info@gledhillartscollective.com

   2. dust2789

💜Celebrate Theory: Level 4

1. COMPLETE: Correct all markings in the unit.

💚Etude in E Minor, op. 65, no. 42 by Loeschhorn (1819-1905) (L. 4, Etude)

1. For every four measures: 1-4, 5-8, 18-23

   1. LH bass notes alone - 3 x’s correctly

   2. RH alone - 3 x’s correctly

   3. HT bass notes & melody - 3 x’s correctly

   4. LH blocked - 3 x’s correctly

   5. RH review - 1 x’s correctly

   6. HT blocked and melody

   7. HT as written (SLOWLY)

1. Polonaise in G Minor, BWV Anh. 119 (L. 3, A)

2. Biehl: Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 by (L. 3, B)

3. Prelude VII by Barbara Arens (b. 1960) (L. 3, Etude)

4. Burgmuller, Op. 100 No. 2, L’Arabesque (Etude, L. 3)

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

6. Olson, Sunset at the Beach (L. 4, C)

7. Jingle Bells by James Pierpont arr. by Martha Mier

1. Albert Biehl (1935-1899)

   1. 💜Sonatina in A Minor op. 94 no. 4 by (L. 3, B)

2. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

   1. 💚Polonaise in F Minor, BWV Anh. 119 (L. 3, A)

3. George Frederic Handel (1685-1759)

   1. 💚Gavotte in G Major (L. 2, A)

4. Christina Louis Heinrich Köhler (1820-1886)

   1. 💚Etude in F Major, Op. 190 No. 27 (L. 2, A)

5. Anne Crosby-Gaudet

   1. Periwinkle Twinkle (L. 2 B)

6. Christopher Norton

   1. 💚Feelin’ Good (L. 2, B)

7. L. V. Beethoven

   1. , 💚Ecossaise in G Major (L. 2 List A)

8. Teresa Richert (b. 1954)

   1. Far Away (L. 1, Etude)