May 8, 15, 25, 2024

LESSON ASSIGNMENTS

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

Royal Conservatory of Music

  1. Recital, May 19, 2024: 1 pm

    1. List C: Foggy Day Blues by Mike Springer

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

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

    4. Etude 2: Solitude by Joyce Grill

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

  2. Level 4, Practical Test: May 29, 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 (the blue highlighted items need more focus than the others).

    1. Hands alone first, then together. Three times correctly, each.

    2. Memorize all of the tempo markings and make sure to not go faster than indicated!

    3. For each item, do:

      1. High Loud

      2. Close Loud

      3. Staccato

      4. Slow-medium legato - NO FASTER THAN m.m. 60 per two notes

      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 29

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

  3. Two 8 measure chunks per practice session.

  4. PLEASE KEEP A STEADY BEAT AND PLAY THROUGH MISTAKES.

SLOW DOWN PLEASE

  1. FOR EACH SECTION, DO THE FOLLOWING:

    1. SLOW WORK:

      1. RH, LH AND HT NO FASTER THAN M.M. 76 PER 8TH NOTE. (Close loud)

    2. MEDIUM TEMPI:

      1. M.m. 76, 80 and 84

      2. In order to move on to the next tempo, all notes, fingering and expression need to be correct.

  2. AFTER YOUR SECTION PRACTICE, DO THE FOLLOWING:

    1. FINAL TEMPI:

      1. M.M. 96, 100 and 104

      2. Play through with and without music at the above tempi. The goal is to have everything correct.

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

  1. Tidy attacks in the chords.

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

  1. Practice starting from any measure.

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

  1. Much better tempo - careful not to rush in the second phrase.

  2. Work on expression

  3. No repeats

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

  1. Some small memory issues

  2. Hands alone practice

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

  1. Scales are sounding better but still rushed.

  2. Do the ritardando after the 16ths on second page.

  3. RH misreading just before the return of the last theme.

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

  1. Do all of the sight-playing tests.

🖤Celebrate Theory: Level 4, Unit 7

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

🖤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)