June 8, 2024

LESSON ASSIGNMENTS

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

Royal Conservatory of Music

💚Sight-Reading: Celebrate Piano Solos 2

  1. Continue from page 43

  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.

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  1. Start learning with Dustin

💚Level 5 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

💚Celebrate Theory: Level 4, Unit 8

  1. Pages 1-6 done by Wednesday June 12th

  2. Pages 7-14 done by Wednesday June 19th

Little Prelude in C M<ajar BWV 939 by Johann Sebastian Bach (L. 5, A)

Sonatina in G Major op. 168 no. 2 by Anton Diabelli (L. 5, B)

The Spice of Life by Tom Gerou (L. 5, C)

🖤Four Star Sight-reading & Ear Tests Level 5 (IN NEWZIK)

  1. Do all of the sight-playing tests.

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  1. List C: Foggy Day Blues by Mike Springer

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

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

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

Level 3, Practical Test: June 2023 ( score of 87)

  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)