March 27 & April 17, 2024

LESSON ASSIGNMENTS

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

Royal Conservatory of Music

  1. Recital, May 19, 2024: 1 pm

  2. Level 4, Practical Test: May, 2024

    1. List A: Minuet in G Major by J. S. Bach

    2. List B: Sonatina in F Major, op. 168 no. 1 “Moderato cantabile” by Anton Diabelli

    3. List C: Foggy Day Blues by Mike Springer

    4. Etude 1: Etude in E Minor, op. 65, no. 42 by Loeschhorn

    5. Etude 2: Solitude by Joyce Grill

🖤IN NEWZIK: Level 4

💛Level 4 RCM Technique

  1. See the highlighted items in your syllabus.

    1. FIX YOUR POSITION AND FINGERING. PLAY FURTHER INTO THE BLACK SO YOU NEVER GO IN AND OUT OF THE KEYS.

    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: Celebrate Piano Solos 2

  1. Continue from page 25.

  2. Sight-read 8 measures at a time (repeat the same 8 measures if necessary).

  3. Two 8 measure chunks per practice session.

💚Celebrate Theory: Level 4, Unit 7

  1. Pick up from page 7 with Dustin next time.

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

  1. Entire Piece

  2. Play through 4 measures at m.m. 116

  3. Find the spots that need work.

  4. Do them:

    1. Hands alone at a slower tempo

    2. Then hands together.

  5. Gradually speed-build starting at a slower tempo.

  6. Zoom in if you need any special work.

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

  1. Practice starting from any measure of the piece.

  2. Using blocking practice mm. 12-16

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

  1. Fix the green pen

  2. Practice starting from measure 20 and at least 5 other random measures. Test on this next week.

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

  1. See all the green pen. Spot any sections that need it. Continue to do accent practice on all 16th notes (at least 2 times a week). Don’t forget to do slow and medium tempo practice.

💛Four Star Sight-reading & Ear Tests Level 4 (IN NEWZIK)

  1. Complete set 10

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

  1. Review

🖤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)

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)