February 21, 2024

LESSON ASSIGNMENTS

Register for Level 4 RCM assessment by February 10th, 2024

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. 85

  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. Finish Set 6

💚Celebrate Theory: Level 4, Unit 6

  1. Complete Unit 6

💚Minuet in G Major by J. S. Bach (L. 4, A)

  1. See the articulation and learn as much as you can to the end.

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

  1. Our goal is to get rid of all the markings on the page

  2. Work on memorization.

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

  1. all 16th note passages do close loud and staccato practice. Hands alone and together. Three times each day.

  2. Practcie in chunks until you can play with no pauses.

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

  1. Pass off next week by memory.

  2. Practice starting from any measure of the piece.

  3. Practice pllaying through entire piece three times correctly.

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

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

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

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

  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)