June 8 & 21, 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. 💚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.

  2. 💚Technique: Level 7 RCM

    1. See the yellow highlights.

  3. 💚Billy Joel: The Piano Man

    1. Dustin ordered

  4. 💚Consolation, op. 30, no. 3 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

    1. Pick up with our conversation about dominant sevenths and reference Theory Level 7 Chords for help.

    2. Learn, hands alone, then together, with a focus on NFPER, one phrase at a time.

  5. 🖤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.

  6. 🖤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.

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)

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

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.