December 6, 2023

LESSON ASSIGNMENTS

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.

  2. For each item, do:

    1. High Loud

    2. Close Loud

    3. Staccato

    4. Slow legato

    5. Speed-build legato

🖤Hanon No. 1

  1. High Loud: hands together, all the way through, one time per day

💜Sight Reading Level 3A (at least 5 min each day)

  1. Continue on from p. 73

  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 Set 3

💜Celebrate Theory: Level 4, Unit 3

  1. Read all instructions carefully. Compete the unit.

💚Foggy Day Blues by Mike Springer (L. 4, C)

  1. Start to learn with NFRPE.

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

  1. Two measures at a time, play very slowly with “notes, fingering and expression” as your goal. Then gradually speed-build the two measures with the same goals in mind. Combine 2+2 then 4+4 etc. Do this until you have the entire piece learned well!

🖤The Avalanche op. 45 no. 2 by Stephen Heller (1812-1888) (L. 4, Etude)

💚Solitude by Joyce Grill (b. 1936) (L. 4, Etude)

  1. Memorize. Play in December 10th performance class.

  2. Practice starting from any measure of the piece. Test on this next week.

🖤The Somersault King by Mike Schoenmehl (b. 1957) (L. 4, Etude)

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

  1. Clean up for performance class

  2. Memorize

  3. Play at performance class on December 10th

  4. ❤️Practice starting from any measure of the piece. Test on this next week.

  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. Johann Friedrich Burgmuller (1806-1874)

    1. 💚Etudes, 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)