April 25 & May 1, 2024

Summer 2024

June 8th going to Thailand for a month. Back in July

Theory in the Summer finish Level 6 by end of Summer. Take exam.

9th Grade in 2023-2024

2024 Recital

River City Blues (b. 1936) (L. 6, Etude)

Aria in G Major by Telemann (L. 6, A)

Chopin Waltz in A minor (L. 6, C)

Diabelli, Sonatina in F Major, op. 168 No. 1: Rondo (L. 6, B)

Princess Mononoke L. 6, Etude (popular selection)

2023 Fall Milestones

  1. Level 5 Theory Test RCM

    1. Received a score of 88

  2. Performance Class December 10, 2023

    1. Video / Audio

    2. chamber music with piano?

RCMCP

Level 5: Spring 2023, Score of 82

Level 6: May 29

  1. River City Blues (b. 1936) (L. 6, Etude)

    Diabelli, Sonatina in F Major, op. 168 No. 1: Rondo (L. 6, B)

    Chopin Waltz in A minor (L. 6, C)

    Aria in G Major by Telemann (L. 6, A)

    Princess Mononoke L. 6, Etude (popular selection)

  1. 💜RCMCP Technique Level 6 (at least 5 min a day)

    1. Remember to repeat your practice items and repeat your practice days.

    2. All dominant and dim 7th arpeggios ready to go.

    3. Two minor scales

      1. LH and RH alone first, then together.

  2. 💜Sight-reading: (at least 5 min a day - set a timer)

    1. OUR APPROACH IS CHANGING….

      1. Think about theory and technique patterns

      2. Try to identify chords, inversions of chords, arpeggios, triads in broken form, etc.

      3. Use a metronome every time.

      4. Gradually speed it up after each try.

  3. 💜Four Star Sight-reading and Ear Tests Level 6

    1. Finish set 9

  4. 💚River City Blues (b. 1936) (L. 6, Etude)

    1. For Each Sections in Newzik:

      1. Slow Work:

        1. LH, RH, HT - at a very slow tempo with the music.

      2. Medium Tempo Work:

        1. HT, following all the expression at a medium tempo (under the final tempo).

        2. With and without music three times correctly.

    2. After Section Work:

      1. Final Tempo Practice:

        1. Entire piece through as if you were performing it.

        2. Once with and one without the music.

  5. 💚Aria in G Major by Telemann (L. 6, A)

    1. For Each Sections in Newzik:

      1. Slow Work:

        1. LH, RH (close-loud), HT - at a very slow tempo with the music.

      2. Medium Tempo Work:

        1. HT, following all the expression markings at a tempo under the final.

        2. With and without music three times correctly.

    2. After Section Work:

      1. Final Tempo Practice:

        1. Entire piece through as if you were performing it.

        2. Once with and one without the music.

  6. 💚Chopin Waltz in A minor (L. 6, C)

    1. For Each Sections in Newzik:

      1. Slow Work:

        1. LH, RH (close-loud on ornaments), HT

      2. Medium Tempo Work:

        1. HT, following all the expression markings at a tempo under the final.

        2. With and without music three times correctly.

    2. After Section Work:

      1. Final Tempo Practice:

        1. Entire piece through as if you were performing it.

        2. Once with and one without the music.

  7. 💚Diabelli, Sonatina in F Major, op. 168 No. 1: Rondo (L. 6, B)

    1. For Each Sections in Newzik:

      1. Slow Work:

        1. LH, RH (close-loud), HT - at a very slow tempo with the music.

      2. Medium Tempo Work:

        1. HT, following all the expression markings at a tempo under the final.

        2. With and without music three times correctly.

    2. After Section Work:

      1. Final Tempo Practice:

        1. Entire piece through as if you were performing it.

        2. Once with and one without the music.

  8. ❤️Princess Mononoke L. 6, Etude (popular selection)

    1. Finish memorizing and cleaning up spots.

  9. 🖤Celebrate Theory: Level 6 Unit 2

    1. Finish the unit. Pick up from page 14

    2. If you have downtime at school, do this. Otherwise we’ll pick up with this after the recital.

  10. 🖤I Dreamed a Dream by Claude-Michel Schönberg (L. 6, Etude - popular selection)

    1. Review mm. 1-6

    2. Learn at least the next 6 measures.

  11. 🖤HANON No. 8 in C Major (at least 5-10 min a day)

    1. Start with Close Loud

    2. Then alternate the following techniques throughout the week:

      1. Staccato

      2. Accent Practice (every other note, then alternate)

      3. Rhythm Practice (long, long, short, short, then alternate)

      4. Articulation Practice (staccato, staccato, legato, legato, then alternate)

      5. Sprint Practice (Long and several shorts)

    3. Then legato and speed-build. Start at m.m. 80 per quarter note and work up to mm. 104 per quarter

      1. No. 7: 104 per quarter note

      2. No. 6: 104 per quarter note

      3. No. 5: 104 per quarter note

      4. NO. 4: 126 per quarter note.

💚Review once a week with your music at a medium tempo.

BAROQUE

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)

  1. March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 (L. 4, A)

Georg Friederic Handel

  1. 💚Air in B-flat Major, HWV 471 (L. 4, A)

CLASSICAL

Muzio Clementi (1752-1832)

  1. Sonatina in C Major Op. 36 No. 1

    1. I: Allegro (L. 3, B)

  2. 💚Sonatina Op. 36 No. 2,

    1. III: Allegro (L. 4, B)

  3. Sonatina in G Major, Op. 36 No. 5,

    1. III: Rondo: allegro molto (L. 5, B)

Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713 - 1780)

  1. 💚Harlequinade (L. 3, A)

ROMANTIC

Rohde, Dance of the Dragonflies, Op. 76 No. 7 (L. 5, Etude)

Harmony of Angels, Burgmuller, Op. 100 No. 21 (L. 5, Etude)

Robert Schumann

  1. 💚The Happy Farmer (L. 4, C)

Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmuller (1806-1874)

  1. 💚L’Arabesque Op. 100 No. 2 (L. 3 Etude)

Tchaikovsky

  1. 💚Old French Song Op. 39 No. 16 (L. 4, C)

20TH AND 21ST CENTURY

Anne Crosby-Gaudet

  1. 💚Dream Catcher by Anne Crosby Gaudet (L. 4, C)

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)

  1. Folk Dance Op. 39 No. 7 (L. 4, Etude)

Yoshinao Nakada

  1. 💚Song of the Twilight (L. 3, C)

Lina Niamath (1939-)

  1. 💚Masquerade (L. 4, Etude)

Martha Mier (b. 1936)

  1. 💜River City Blues (b. 1936) (L. 6, Etude)

Mike Springer

  1. Foggy Day Blues (L. 4, C)

  2. Sunset in Rio (L. 5, C)


  1. Online Ear Training and Rhythm

    1. https://moodle.rcmusic.com/lms/my/

    2. Click “Piano Teacher Courses”

    3. Login Info:

      1. info@gledhillartscollective.com

      2. dust2789

  2. Four Star Sightreading & Ear Tests Level 4

    1. Doesn’t have level 4

    2. Start with Dustin after Masquerade is finished.