August 14, 2025

Jenny leaves for the semester August 20th-December 3rd

Mixed-media. Community outreach. App. Can they be intertwined? organizational skills. Social media management

11th Grade in 2025-2026

Leave August 22, and back Beginning of December 2025.

  1. Debussy, Rêverie

    1. m. 21 - spot the triplet / RH and LH alone then together.

    2. m. 43 - fix LH fingering

    3. m. 46 - fox RH note E in 2nd half of measure.

    4. mm. 43-45 - do 5 times per day correctly as slowly as needed to play everything correctly.

    5. mm. 45.5 - 47.5 - same as #3 above

    6. mm. 47-49 - same as above.

  2. Touch base at our next meetings about Bohemians (social media, archives, etc)

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

  • N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟦 Blue)

  • F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)

  • P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟪 Purple)

  • E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)

  • R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟥 Red)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

  1. Identify a section to record

  2. Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.

  3. Listen back with one color/goal in mind.

  4. As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.

  5. Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.

  6. Choose a small “spot” section from your markings to fix.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

  • ✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or

  • ✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

  1. Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.

  2. Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

  • Do you need to slow down?

  • Should you practice hands alone?

  • Could you make the spot even smaller?

  • Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?

  • Do you need to think ahead more clearly?

  • Do you need blocking practice?

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

Billy Joel: The Piano Man (L. 7, Popular Selection)

Christmas Time is Here - Charlie Brown Duet

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

Sonata in C Minor Op. 17 No. 2. III. Prestissimo by Johann Christian Bach (L. 7, B)

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

Consolation, op. 30, no. 3 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) (L. 7, C)

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

Chickadees (L. 7, Etude)

Anne Crosby-Gaudet

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

Halley’s Comet by Nancy Telfer (b. 1950) (Level 7, Etude)

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.

August 9, 2025

Jenny leaves for the semester August 20th-December 3rd

Mixed-media. Community outreach. App. Can they be intertwined? organizational skills. Social media management?

11th Grade in 2025-2026

Leave August 22, and back Beginning of December 2025.

  1. Debussy, Rêverie

    1. Work on the triplet in m. 5

    2. Work on fingering in measures 17-18

    3. Memorize RH and LH alone, measures 19-26

    4. Work up to measure 40

  2. Touch base at our next meetings about Bohemians (social media, archives, etc)

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

  • N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟦 Blue)

  • F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)

  • P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟪 Purple)

  • E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)

  • R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟥 Red)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

  1. Identify a section to record

  2. Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.

  3. Listen back with one color/goal in mind.

  4. As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.

  5. Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.

  6. Choose a small “spot” section from your markings to fix.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

  • ✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or

  • ✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

  1. Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.

  2. Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

  • Do you need to slow down?

  • Should you practice hands alone?

  • Could you make the spot even smaller?

  • Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?

  • Do you need to think ahead more clearly?

  • Do you need blocking practice?

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

Billy Joel: The Piano Man (L. 7, Popular Selection)

Christmas Time is Here - Charlie Brown Duet

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

Sonata in C Minor Op. 17 No. 2. III. Prestissimo by Johann Christian Bach (L. 7, B)

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

Consolation, op. 30, no. 3 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) (L. 7, C)

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

Chickadees (L. 7, Etude)

Anne Crosby-Gaudet

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

Halley’s Comet by Nancy Telfer (b. 1950) (Level 7, Etude)

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.

July 30, 2025

Jenny leaves for the semester August 20th-December 3rd

Mixed-media. Community outreach. App. Can they be intertwined? organizational skills. Social media management?

11th Grade in 2025-2026

Leave August 22, and back Beginning of December 2025.

  1. Debussy, Rêverie

    1. Learn to m. 14 and send me a video by Saturday the 2nd.

  2. Touch base at our next meetings about Bohemians (social media, archives, etc)

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

  • N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟦 Blue)

  • F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)

  • P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟪 Purple)

  • E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)

  • R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟥 Red)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

  1. Identify a section to record

  2. Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.

  3. Listen back with one color/goal in mind.

  4. As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.

  5. Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.

  6. Choose a small “spot” section from your markings to fix.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

  • ✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or

  • ✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

  1. Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.

  2. Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

  • Do you need to slow down?

  • Should you practice hands alone?

  • Could you make the spot even smaller?

  • Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?

  • Do you need to think ahead more clearly?

  • Do you need blocking practice?

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

Billy Joel: The Piano Man (L. 7, Popular Selection)

Christmas Time is Here - Charlie Brown Duet

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

Sonata in C Minor Op. 17 No. 2. III. Prestissimo by Johann Christian Bach (L. 7, B)

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

Consolation, op. 30, no. 3 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) (L. 7, C)

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

Chickadees (L. 7, Etude)

Anne Crosby-Gaudet

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

Halley’s Comet by Nancy Telfer (b. 1950) (Level 7, Etude)

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.

July 16, 2025

Jenny leaves for the semester August 20th-December 3rd

Mixed-media. Community outreach. App. Can they be intertwined? organizational skills. Social media management?

11th Grade in 2025-2026

Leave August 22, and back Beginning of December 2025.

Listen to the above options and narrow down to two options. Make an appointment with Dustin by Saturday by clicking this link.

  1. Chopin Nocturne op. 9 no. 1

  2. Satie, Gnossiennes no. 1 or 4

  3. Satie, Gymnopédie no. 1

  4. Debussy, Clair de Lune from Suite Bergamasques

  5. Debussy, Rêverie

  6. Ask mom and dad about any traditional music / lyrical pieces or songs (we can transcribe from any instrument or voice) from family heritage.

Touch base at our next meetings about Bohemians (social media, archives, etc)

🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

  • N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟦 Blue)

  • F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)

  • P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟪 Purple)

  • E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)

  • R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟥 Red)

✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

Step-by-Step Practice Flow

  1. Identify a section to record

  2. Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.

  3. Listen back with one color/goal in mind.

  4. As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.

  5. Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.

  6. Choose a small “spot” section from your markings to fix.

“Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

  • ✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or

  • ✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

  1. Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.

  2. Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

  • Do you need to slow down?

  • Should you practice hands alone?

  • Could you make the spot even smaller?

  • Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?

  • Do you need to think ahead more clearly?

  • Do you need blocking practice?

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

Billy Joel: The Piano Man (L. 7, Popular Selection)

Christmas Time is Here - Charlie Brown Duet

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

Sonata in C Minor Op. 17 No. 2. III. Prestissimo by Johann Christian Bach (L. 7, B)

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

Consolation, op. 30, no. 3 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) (L. 7, C)

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

Chickadees (L. 7, Etude)

Anne Crosby-Gaudet

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

Halley’s Comet by Nancy Telfer (b. 1950) (Level 7, Etude)

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.

July 2, 2025

2025-2026

Jenny RCM Wed July 9 at 6pm

Exam middle of July.

Jenny leaves for the semester August 20th-December 3rd

10th Grade in 2024-2025

🟥Technique:

  1. Most of your speeds are under tempo. Please double check our final tempo markings.

  2. For each item:

    1. Block if needed

    2. Close-loud

    3. Speed-build to three times correctly each item.

🟥Chickadees (L. 7, Etude)

  1. Play with the music for the exam,

🟥Halley’s Comet by Nancy Telfer (b. 1950) (Level 7, Etude)

  1. Don’t go faster than m.m. 60.

  2. They want to hear an expansive sound - etherial.

  3. Fix the note in the red highlights.

  4. Spot measures 11-15 - three times correctly in-a-row.

  5. Fix the timing at the end.

🟥Suite in G Minor, HWV 432: Gigue, by Handel (L. 7, A)

  1. 🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

    At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

    • N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟦 Blue)

    • F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)

    • P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟪 Purple)

    • E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)

    • R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟥 Red)

    ✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

    Step-by-Step Practice Flow

    1. Identify a section to record

    2. Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.

    3. Listen back with one color/goal in mind.

    4. As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.

    5. Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.

    6. Choose a small “spot” section from your markings to fix.

    “Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

    • ✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or

    • ✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

    1. Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.

    2. Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

    🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

    🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

    • Do you need to slow down?

    • Should you practice hands alone?

    • Could you make the spot even smaller?

    • Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?

    • Do you need to think ahead more clearly?

    • Do you need blocking practice?

🟥Sonata in C Minor Op. 17 No. 2. III. Prestissimo by Johann Christian Bach (L. 7, B)

  1. 🎨 Color-Focus Practice (NFPER)

    At the top of your music, write NFPER using the following color system:

    • N – Notes – correct pitches and accidentals (🟦 Blue)

    • F – Fingering – consistent, effective finger choices (🟧 Orange)

    • P – Position – hand shape, posture, and keyboard geography (🟪 Purple)

    • E – Expression – phrasing, dynamics, articulation, tone, etc. (🟩 Green)

    • R – Rhythm – steady pulse, accurate timing, and rests (🟥 Red)

    ✅ If you're only recording audio, just use NER.

    Step-by-Step Practice Flow

    1. Identify a section to record

    2. Record your section once — video is best, but audio is fine too.

    3. Listen back with one color/goal in mind.

    4. As you listen, mark your music using that color anywhere it needs improvement.

    5. Repeat for each remaining color, one at a time, until all five have been addressed.

    6. Choose a small “spot” section from your markings to fix.

    “Spot” until it’s solid — meaning:

    • ✅ 3 times in a row correctly, or

    • ✅ 5 total correct repetitions, then move on.

    1. Focus on one or two colors at a time while practicing that spot.

    2. Use the troubleshooting checklist below if you're stuck.

    🔧 Troubleshooting Tips

    🎯 If you’ve tried to fix something three times in-a-row and it’s still not working, don’t just repeat it — troubleshoot:

    • Do you need to slow down?

    • Should you practice hands alone?

    • Could you make the spot even smaller?

    • Would technical exercises help (staccato, accents, etc.)?

    • Do you need to think ahead more clearly?

    • Do you need blocking practice?

🟥Consolation, op. 30, no. 3 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) (L. 7, C)

  1. Slow Work: In sections measures 1-11, 11-17, 18-End.

    1. RH, LH, HT each day.

  2. Medium Tempi: In sections measures 1-11, 11-17, 18-End.

    1. Focus on the expression

    2. Do any “spot” practice during this time.

    3. With and without music. At least three times correctly per section.

  3. Final Tempi: Entire piece

    1. Without music.

    2. Record yourself at least one time. Listen back and mark any problem areas.

    3. Three times.

💚Four Star Level 7

  1. Finish Set 7-8

  2. 💛Work on interval recognition a bit.

  3. 💛Playbacks need a bit of work

🟥Technique: Level 7 RCM

  1. See the blue highlights.

  2. See the Technique BSB Major and Minor PDFs for fingering help (arpeggios)

  3. Break up the items so you’re going back and forth between them within one practice session. Don’t spend too long on one at a time.

🖤Celebrate Theory: Level 7: Unit 2

  1. Prepare pages 12-14

🖤Sight-reading: (at least 5 min a day - set a timer) left off on p. 16

  1. PAUSED:

    1. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, Op. 39 (left off on p. 27) (paused 11//23/2024)

  2. FINISHED:

    1. Burgmuller, Op. 100 (left off on p. 32) (9/10/2024)

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

Billy Joel: The Piano Man (L. 7, Popular Selection)

Christmas Time is Here - Charlie Brown Duet

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.

June 12, 2025

2025-2026

Jenny RCM Wed July 9 at 6pm

Exam middle of July.

10th Grade in 2024-2025

Technique:

  1. Focus on the minor keys

Musicianship:

  1. Intervals - good

  2. Chords - needs work

  3. Chord progressions - good

  4. Sightplaying - every day work

💜💚Chickadees (L. 7, Etude) Prep 6/10 (instability of memorization)

  1. Slow Work: In sections measures 1-10, 11-18, 18-End.

    1. Close-loud LH when you have running 16ths.

    2. RH close-loud in mm. 11-18 only.

    3. RH, LH, HT Slow slow slow

  2. Medium Tempi: In sections measures 1-10, 11-18, 18-End.

    1. Focus on the expression

    2. Do any “spot” practice during this time.

    3. With and without music. At least three times correctly per section.

  3. Final Tempi: Entire piece

    1. Without music.

    2. Record yourself at least one time. Listen back and mark any problem areas.

    3. Three times.

💚Suite in G Minor, HWV 432: Gigue, by Handel (L. 7, A) 7/10 (tempo, memorization, expression)

  1. Slow Work: In sections, measures 1-4, 5-8, 9-13, and 14 to the end.

    1. Close-loud RH, LH, HT each day.

    2. Remember close-loud is each note strong.

  2. Medium Tempi: Using the same sections, practice the following tempi - don’t move on until the previous one is correct. Do with and without music.

    1. mm 56, 63, 69, 72, 76

  3. Final Tempi: Entire piece.

    1. m.m. 76, 80 and 84

    2. Play through without stopping as if it was recital. Take note of any issues and practice them the next day.

💚Halley’s Comet by Nancy Telfer (b. 1950) (Level 7, Etude)

  1. Finish learning to the end.

  2. Fix transitions.

💛Sonata in C Minor Op. 17 No. 2. III. Prestissimo by Johann Christian Bach (L. 7, B) 1/10 (finish learning)

  1. Boxed areas - each day.

  2. Continue to speed-build.

💜💚Consolation, op. 30, no. 3 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) (L. 7, C) 8/10 (confidence in memorization, expression)

  1. Slow Work: In sections measures 1-11, 11-17, 18-End.

    1. RH, LH, HT each day.

  2. Medium Tempi: In sections measures 1-11, 11-17, 18-End.

    1. Focus on the expression

    2. Do any “spot” practice during this time.

    3. With and without music. At least three times correctly per section.

  3. Final Tempi: Entire piece

    1. Without music.

    2. Record yourself at least one time. Listen back and mark any problem areas.

    3. Three times.

💚Four Star Level 7 (7/10) more general work

  1. Finish Set 7-8

  2. 💛Work on interval recognition a bit.

  3. 💛Playbacks need a bit of work

💛Technique: Level 7 RCM (6/10) finish going through everything

  1. See the blue highlights.

  2. See the Technique BSB Major and Minor PDFs for fingering help (arpeggios)

  3. Break up the items so you’re going back and forth between them within one practice session. Don’t spend too long on one at a time.

🖤Celebrate Theory: Level 7: Unit 2

  1. Prepare pages 12-14

🖤Sight-reading: (at least 5 min a day - set a timer) left off on p. 16

  1. PAUSED:

    1. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, Op. 39 (left off on p. 27) (paused 11//23/2024)

  2. FINISHED:

    1. Burgmuller, Op. 100 (left off on p. 32) (9/10/2024)

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

Billy Joel: The Piano Man (L. 7, Popular Selection)

Christmas Time is Here - Charlie Brown Duet

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.

May 28 and June 7, 2025

2025-2026

Find out if there is a piano in Bahamas.

Exam middle of July.

Level 7 Piano - Confirmation No. 7659316 - May 28, 2025 3:50 PM - Score of

Theory Level 6: Dec 18, 2024 6:22 PM - Score of 89

Level 6: May 29 - Score of 77

Level 5: Spring 2023, Score of 82

Senior Project:

Jenny will research an idea and get back to me at the next lesson: Research what is currently online and available for your instrument “online marketplace.”

Community service based. Internship with Juilliard / MSM / Manes Community Outreach departments? Concert series in underserved communities? Raising money for instruments / performances in rest homes / shelters.

Senior Project: Music to underserved communities: for example Bronx music / church

10th Grade in 2024-2025

Technique:

  1. Focus on the minor keys

Musicianship:

  1. Intervals - good

  2. Chords - needs work

  3. Chord progressions - good

  4. Sightplaying - every day work

💚Chickadees (L. 7, Etude) Prep 6/10 (instability of memorization)

  1. Slow Work: In sections measures 1-10, 11-18, 18-End.

    1. Close-loud LH when you have running 16ths.

    2. RH close-loud in mm. 11-18 only.

    3. RH, LH, HT Slow slow slow

  2. Medium Tempi: In sections measures 1-10, 11-18, 18-End.

    1. Focus on the expression

    2. Do any “spot” practice during this time.

    3. With and without music. At least three times correctly per section.

  3. Final Tempi: Entire piece

    1. Without music.

    2. Record yourself at least one time. Listen back and mark any problem areas.

    3. Three times.

💚Suite in G Minor, HWV 432: Gigue, by Handel (L. 7, A) 7/10 (tempo, memorization, expression)

  1. Slow Work: In sections, measures 1-4, 5-8, 9-13, and 14 to the end.

    1. Close-loud RH, LH, HT each day.

    2. Remember close-loud is each note strong.

  2. Medium Tempi: Using the same sections, practice the following tempi - don’t move on until the previous one is correct. Do with and without music.

    1. mm 56, 63, 69, 72, 76

  3. Final Tempi: Entire piece.

    1. m.m. 76, 80 and 84

    2. Play through without stopping as if it was recital. Take note of any issues and practice them the next day.

💚Halley’s Comet by Nancy Telfer (b. 1950) (Level 7, Etude)

Learn the green boxes area.

💛Sonata in C Minor Op. 17 No. 2. III. Prestissimo by Johann Christian Bach (L. 7, B) 1/10 (finish learning)

  1. Due June 4th: Pages 5-6 at m.m. 112.

  2. Due June 11th: Pages 1-4 at m.m. 112.

  3. Due June 18th: Entire piece at m.m. 112 memorized

  4. Week of July 14th: Exam

    1. Do this by following the instructions below

  5. Starting from measure 64 and to the end - work your way in groups of four - six measures:

    1. RH, LH HT - close-loud

    2. Blocking if needed - if the harmonic rhythm is fast (how often the harmony changes).

    3. Accent practice, rotating the accent in groups of three (if needed).

    4. Sprints: starting with one beat at a time. Then two. Then displace the two. Then three. Then four (if needed).

    5. Then entire section (four measures).

    6. Spot any areas that need it.

    7. Move on to the next group of four. Be sure to mark the date or day or whatever system you want to use to keep track of when you last did it.

💚Consolation, op. 30, no. 3 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) (L. 7, C) 8/10 (confidence in memorization, expression)

  1. Slow Work: In sections measures 1-11, 11-17, 18-End.

    1. RH, LH, HT each day.

  2. Medium Tempi: In sections measures 1-11, 11-17, 18-End.

    1. Focus on the expression

    2. Do any “spot” practice during this time.

    3. With and without music. At least three times correctly per section.

  3. Final Tempi: Entire piece

    1. Without music.

    2. Record yourself at least one time. Listen back and mark any problem areas.

    3. Three times.

💚Four Star Level 7 (7/10) more general work

  1. Finish Set 7-8

  2. 💛Work on interval recognition a bit.

  3. 💛Playbacks need a bit of work

💜Technique: Level 7 RCM (6/10) finish going through everything

  1. See the blue highlights.

  2. See the Technique BSB Major and Minor PDFs for fingering help (arpeggios)

🖤Celebrate Theory: Level 7: Unit 2

  1. Prepare pages 12-14

🖤Sight-reading: (at least 5 min a day - set a timer) left off on p. 16

  1. PAUSED:

    1. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, Op. 39 (left off on p. 27) (paused 11//23/2024)

  2. FINISHED:

    1. Burgmuller, Op. 100 (left off on p. 32) (9/10/2024)

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

Billy Joel: The Piano Man (L. 7, Popular Selection)

Christmas Time is Here - Charlie Brown Duet

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.

May 20, 2025

Level 7 Piano - Confirmation No. 7659316 - May 28, 2025 3:50 PM - Score of

  • Etude: Piano Man?

  • Etude: Chickadees

  • List A: Handel

  • List B: Bach

  • List C: Mendelssohn

Theory Level 6: Dec 18, 2024 6:22 PM - Score of 89

Level 6: May 29 - Score of 77

Level 5: Spring 2023, Score of 82

Senior Project:

Jenny will research an idea and get back to me at the next lesson: Research what is currently online and available for your instrument “online marketplace.”

Community service based. Internship with Juilliard / MSM / Manes Community Outreach departments? Concert series in underserved communities? Raising money for instruments / performances in rest homes / shelters.

Senior Project: Music to underserved communities: for example Bronx music / church

10th Grade in 2024-2025

Technique:

  1. Focus on the minor keys

Musicianship:

  1. Intervals - good

  2. Chords - needs work

  3. Chord progressions - good

  4. Sightplaying - every day work

💚Chickadees (L. 7, Etude) Prep 6/10 (instability of memorization)

  1. Slow Work: In sections measures 1-10, 11-18, 18-End.

    1. Close-loud LH when you have running 16ths.

    2. RH close-loud in mm. 11-18 only.

    3. RH, LH, HT Slow slow slow

  2. Medium Tempi: In sections measures 1-10, 11-18, 18-End.

    1. Focus on the expression

    2. Do any “spot” practice during this time.

    3. With and without music. At least three times correctly per section.

  3. Final Tempi: Entire piece

    1. Without music.

    2. Record yourself at least one time. Listen back and mark any problem areas.

    3. Three times.

💚Suite in G Minor, HWV 432: Gigue, by Handel (L. 7, A) 7/10 (tempo, memorization, expression)

  1. Slow Work: In sections, measures 1-4, 5-8, 9-13, and 14 to the end.

    1. Close-loud RH, LH, HT each day.

  2. Medium Tempi: Using the same sections, practice the following tempi - don’t move on until the previous one is correct. Do with and without music.

    1. mm 56, 63, 69, 72, 76

  3. Final Tempi: Entire piece.

    1. m.m. 76, 80 and 84

    2. Play through without stopping as if it was recital. Take note of any issues and practice them the next day.

💚Sonata in C Minor Op. 17 No. 2. III. Prestissimo by Johann Christian Bach (L. 7, B) 1/10 (finish learning)

  1. Starting from measure 78 - work your way backward in groups of four measures:

    1. RH, LH HT - close-loud

    2. Blocking if needed - if the harmonic rhythm is fast (how often the harmony changes).

    3. Accent practice, rotating the accent in groups of three.

    4. Sprints: starting with one beat at a time. Then two. Then displace the two. Then three. Then four.

    5. Then entire section (four measures).

    6. Spot any areas that need it.

    7. Move on to the next group of four. Be sure to mark the date or day or whatever system you want to use to keep track of when you last did it.

💚Consolation, op. 30, no. 3 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) (L. 7, C) 8/10 (confidence in memorization, expression)

  1. Slow Work: In sections measures 1-11, 11-17, 18-End.

    1. RH, LH, HT each day.

  2. Medium Tempi: In sections measures 1-11, 11-17, 18-End.

    1. Focus on the expression

    2. Do any “spot” practice during this time.

    3. With and without music. At least three times correctly per section.

  3. Final Tempi: Entire piece

    1. Without music.

    2. Record yourself at least one time. Listen back and mark any problem areas.

    3. Three times.

💚Four Star Level 7 (7/10) more general work

  1. Finish Set 7-8

  2. 💛Work on interval recognition a bit.

  3. 💛Playbacks need a bit of work

💚Technique: Level 7 RCM (6/10) finish going through everything

  1. See the blue highlights.

  2. See the Technique BSB Major and Minor PDFs for fingering help (arpeggios)

🖤Celebrate Theory: Level 7: Unit 2

  1. Prepare pages 12-14

🖤Sight-reading: (at least 5 min a day - set a timer) left off on p. 16

  1. PAUSED:

    1. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, Op. 39 (left off on p. 27) (paused 11//23/2024)

  2. FINISHED:

    1. Burgmuller, Op. 100 (left off on p. 32) (9/10/2024)

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

Billy Joel: The Piano Man (L. 7, Popular Selection)

Christmas Time is Here - Charlie Brown Duet

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.

May 14, 2025

Level 7 Piano - Confirmation No. 7659316 - May 28, 2025 3:50 PM - Score of

  • Etude: Piano Man?

  • Etude: Chickadees

  • List A: Handel

  • List B: Bach

  • List C: Mendelssohn

Theory Level 6: Dec 18, 2024 6:22 PM - Score of 89

Level 6: May 29 - Score of 77

Level 5: Spring 2023, Score of 82

Senior Project:

Jenny will research an idea and get back to me at the next lesson: Research what is currently online and available for your instrument “online marketplace.”

Community service based. Internship with Juilliard / MSM / Manes Community Outreach departments? Concert series in underserved communities? Raising money for instruments / performances in rest homes / shelters.

Senior Project: Music to underserved communities: for example Bronx music / church

10th Grade in 2024-2025

Technique:

  1. Focus on the minor keys

Musicianship:

  1. Intervals - good

  2. Chords - needs work

  3. Chord progressions - good

  4. Sightplaying - every day work

💚Chickadees (L. 7, Etude) Prep 6/10 (instability of memorization)

  1. Slow Work: In sections measures 1-10, 11-18, 18-End.

    1. Close-loud LH when you have running 16ths.

    2. RH close-loud in mm. 11-18 only.

    3. RH, LH, HT Slow slow slow

  2. Medium Tempi: In sections measures 1-10, 11-18, 18-End.

    1. Focus on the expression

    2. Do any “spot” practice during this time.

    3. With and without music. At least three times correctly per section.

  3. Final Tempi: Entire piece

    1. Without music.

    2. Record yourself at least one time. Listen back and mark any problem areas.

    3. Three times.

💚Suite in G Minor, HWV 432: Gigue, by Handel (L. 7, A) 7/10 (tempo, memorization, expression)

  1. Slow Work: In sections, measures 1-4, 5-8, 9-13, and 14 to the end.

    1. Close-loud RH, LH, HT each day.

  2. Medium Tempi: Using the same sections, practice the following tempi - don’t move on until the previous one is correct. Do with and without music.

    1. mm 56, 63, 69, 72, 76

  3. Final Tempi: Entire piece.

    1. m.m. 76, 80 and 84

    2. Play through without stopping as if it was recital. Take note of any issues and practice them the next day.

💚Sonata in C Minor Op. 17 No. 2. III. Prestissimo by Johann Christian Bach (L. 7, B) 1/10 (finish learning)

  1. Pages 1-4 Practice:

    1. Block HT

    2. As written, HA & HT

  2. Measures:

    1. 65-69:

    2. 69-73:

    3. 73-78:

      1. 73—74: careful of the RH rhythm.

    4. 78-81:

    5. 81-86:

💚Consolation, op. 30, no. 3 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) (L. 7, C) 8/10 (confidence in memorization, expression)

  1. Slow Work: In sections measures 1-11, 11-17, 18-End.

    1. RH, LH, HT each day.

  2. Medium Tempi: In sections measures 1-11, 11-17, 18-End.

    1. Focus on the expression

    2. Do any “spot” practice during this time.

    3. With and without music. At least three times correctly per section.

  3. Final Tempi: Entire piece

    1. Without music.

    2. Record yourself at least one time. Listen back and mark any problem areas.

    3. Three times.

💚Four Star Level 7 (7/10) more general work

  1. Finish Set 7-8

  2. 💛Work on interval recognition a bit.

  3. 💛Playbacks need a bit of work

💚Technique: Level 7 RCM (6/10) finish going through everything

  1. See the blue highlights.

  2. See the Technique BSB Major and Minor PDFs for fingering help (arpeggios)

🖤Celebrate Theory: Level 7: Unit 2

  1. Prepare pages 12-14

🖤Sight-reading: (at least 5 min a day - set a timer) left off on p. 16

  1. PAUSED:

    1. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, Op. 39 (left off on p. 27) (paused 11//23/2024)

  2. FINISHED:

    1. Burgmuller, Op. 100 (left off on p. 32) (9/10/2024)

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

Billy Joel: The Piano Man (L. 7, Popular Selection)

Christmas Time is Here - Charlie Brown Duet

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.

May 6, 2025

Level 7 Piano - Confirmation No. 7659316 - May 28, 2025 3:50 PM - Score of

  • Etude: Piano Man?

  • Etude: Chickadees

  • List A: Handel

  • List B: Bach

  • List C: Mendelssohn

Theory Level 6: Dec 18, 2024 6:22 PM - Score of 89

Level 6: May 29 - Score of 77

Level 5: Spring 2023, Score of 82

Senior Project:

Jenny will research an idea and get back to me at the next lesson: Research what is currently online and available for your instrument “online marketplace.”

Community service based. Internship with Juilliard / MSM / Manes Community Outreach departments? Concert series in underserved communities? Raising money for instruments / performances in rest homes / shelters.

Senior Project: Music to underserved communities: for example Bronx music / church

10th Grade in 2024-2025

Bach:

  1. Send me a video of measures 22-30 by May 7th EOD.

Technique:

  1. Focus on the minor keys

Musicianship:

  1. Intervals - good

  2. Chords - needs work

  3. Chord progressions - good

  4. Sightplaying - every day work

recital 💚Chickadees (L. 7, Etude) Prep 6/10 (instability of memorization)

  1. Slow Work: In sections measures 1-10, 11-18, 18-End.

    1. Close-loud LH when you have running 16ths.

    2. RH close-loud in mm. 11-18 only.

    3. RH, LH, HT Slow slow slow

  2. Medium Tempi: In sections measures 1-10, 11-18, 18-End.

    1. Focus on the expression

    2. Do any “spot” practice during this time.

    3. With and without music. At least three times correctly per section.

  3. Final Tempi: Entire piece

    1. Without music.

    2. Record yourself at least one time. Listen back and mark any problem areas.

    3. Three times.

recital 💚Suite in G Minor, HWV 432: Gigue, by Handel (L. 7, A) 7/10 (tempo, memorization, expression)

  1. Slow Work: In sections, measures 1-4, 5-8, 9-13, and 14 to the end.

    1. Close-loud RH, LH, HT each day.

  2. Medium Tempi: Using the same sections, practice the following tempi - don’t move on until the previous one is correct. Do with and without music.

    1. mm 56, 63, 69, 72, 76

  3. Final Tempi: Entire piece.

    1. m.m. 76, 80 and 84

    2. Play through without stopping as if it was recital. Take note of any issues and practice them the next day.

recital 💚Consolation, op. 30, no. 3 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) (L. 7, C) 8/10 (confidence in memorization, expression)

  1. Slow Work: In sections measures 1-11, 11-17, 18-End.

    1. RH, LH, HT each day.

  2. Medium Tempi: In sections measures 1-11, 11-17, 18-End.

    1. Focus on the expression

    2. Do any “spot” practice during this time.

    3. With and without music. At least three times correctly per section.

  3. Final Tempi: Entire piece

    1. Without music.

    2. Record yourself at least one time. Listen back and mark any problem areas.

    3. Three times.

💚Sonata in C Minor Op. 17 No. 2. III. Prestissimo by Johann Christian Bach (L. 7, B) 1/10 (finish learning)

  1. Page 2:

    1. Hands together, two measures at a time.

    2. Use close-loud technique

💜Four Star Level 7 (7/10) more general work

  1. Finish Set 5

  2. 💛Work on interval recognition a bit.

  3. 💛Playbacks need a bit of work

💜Technique: Level 7 RCM (6/10) finish going through everything

  1. See the blue highlights.

  2. See the Technique BSB Major and Minor PDFs for fingering help (arpeggios)

💜Celebrate Theory: Level 7: Unit 2

  1. Prepare pages 12-14

🖤Sight-reading: (at least 5 min a day - set a timer) left off on p. 16

  1. PAUSED:

    1. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, Op. 39 (left off on p. 27) (paused 11//23/2024)

  2. FINISHED:

    1. Burgmuller, Op. 100 (left off on p. 32) (9/10/2024)

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

Billy Joel: The Piano Man (L. 7, Popular Selection)

Christmas Time is Here - Charlie Brown Duet

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.

April 23, 2025

Level 7 Piano - Confirmation No. 7659316 - May 28, 2025 3:50 PM - Score of

  • Etude: Piano Man?

  • Etude: Chickadees

  • List A: Handel

  • List B: Bach

  • List C: Mendelssohn

Theory Level 6: Dec 18, 2024 6:22 PM - Score of 89

Level 6: May 29 - Score of 77

Level 5: Spring 2023, Score of 82

Senior Project:

Jenny will research an idea and get back to me at the next lesson: Research what is currently online and available for your instrument “online marketplace.”

Community service based. Internship with Juilliard / MSM / Manes Community Outreach departments? Concert series in underserved communities? Raising money for instruments / performances in rest homes / shelters.

Senior Project: Music to underserved communities: for example Bronx music / church

10th Grade in 2024-2025

Consider learning another etude

recital 💚Chickadees (L. 7, Etude) Prep 6/10 (instability of memorization)

  1. Slow Work: In sections measures 1-10, 11-18, 18-End.

    1. Close-loud LH when you have running 16ths.

    2. RH close-loud in mm. 11-18 only.

    3. RH, LH, HT Slow slow slow

  2. Medium Tempi: In sections measures 1-10, 11-18, 18-End.

    1. Focus on the expression

    2. Do any “spot” practice during this time.

    3. With and without music. At least three times correctly per section.

  3. Final Tempi: Entire piece

    1. Without music.

    2. Record yourself at least one time. Listen back and mark any problem areas.

    3. Three times.

recital 💚Suite in G Minor, HWV 432: Gigue, by Handel (L. 7, A) 7/10 (tempo, memorization, expression)

  1. Slow Work: In sections, measures 1-4, 5-8, 9-13, and 14 to the end.

    1. Close-loud RH, LH, HT each day.

  2. Medium Tempi: Using the same sections, practice the following tempi - don’t move on until the previous one is correct. Do with and without music.

    1. mm 56, 63, 69, 72, 76

  3. Final Tempi: Entire piece.

    1. m.m. 76, 80 and 84

    2. Play through without stopping as if it was recital. Take note of any issues and practice them the next day.

recital 💚Consolation, op. 30, no. 3 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) (L. 7, C) 8/10 (confidence in memorization, expression)

  1. Slow Work: In sections measures 1-11, 11-17, 18-End.

    1. RH, LH, HT each day.

  2. Medium Tempi: In sections measures 1-11, 11-17, 18-End.

    1. Focus on the expression

    2. Do any “spot” practice during this time.

    3. With and without music. At least three times correctly per section.

  3. Final Tempi: Entire piece

    1. Without music.

    2. Record yourself at least one time. Listen back and mark any problem areas.

    3. Three times.

💚Sonata in C Minor Op. 17 No. 2. III. Prestissimo by Johann Christian Bach (L. 7, B) 1/10 (finish learning)

  1. Page 2:

    1. Hands together, two measures at a time.

    2. Use close-loud technique

💜Four Star Level 7 (7/10) more general work

  1. Finish Set 5

  2. 💛Work on interval recognition a bit.

  3. 💛Playbacks need a bit of work

💜Technique: Level 7 RCM (6/10) finish going through everything

  1. See the blue highlights.

  2. See the Technique BSB Major and Minor PDFs for fingering help (arpeggios)

💜Celebrate Theory: Level 7: Unit 2

  1. Prepare pages 12-14

🖤Sight-reading: (at least 5 min a day - set a timer) left off on p. 16

  1. PAUSED:

    1. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, Op. 39 (left off on p. 27) (paused 11//23/2024)

  2. FINISHED:

    1. Burgmuller, Op. 100 (left off on p. 32) (9/10/2024)

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

Billy Joel: The Piano Man (L. 7, Popular Selection)

Christmas Time is Here - Charlie Brown Duet

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.

April 18, 2025

Level 7 Piano - Confirmation No. 7659316 - May 28, 2025 3:50 PM - Score of

  • Etude: Piano Man?

  • Etude: Chickadees

  • List A: Handel

  • List B: Bach

  • List C: Mendelssohn

Theory Level 6: Dec 18, 2024 6:22 PM - Score of 89

Level 6: May 29 - Score of 77

Level 5: Spring 2023, Score of 82

Senior Project:

Jenny will research an idea and get back to me at the next lesson: Research what is currently online and available for your instrument “online marketplace.”

Community service based. Internship with Juilliard / MSM / Manes Community Outreach departments? Concert series in underserved communities? Raising money for instruments / performances in rest homes / shelters.

Senior Project: Music to underserved communities: for example Bronx music / church

10th Grade in 2024-2025

Consider learning another etude

recital 💚Chickadees (L. 7, Etude) Prep 6/10 (instability of memorization)

  1. Slow Work: In sections measures 1-10, 11-18, 18-End.

    1. Close-loud LH when you have running 16ths.

    2. RH close-loud in mm. 11-18 only.

    3. RH, LH, HT Slow slow slow

  2. Medium Tempi: In sections measures 1-10, 11-18, 18-End.

    1. Focus on the expression

    2. Do any “spot” practice during this time.

    3. With and without music. At least three times correctly per section.

  3. Final Tempi: Entire piece

    1. Without music.

    2. Record yourself at least one time. Listen back and mark any problem areas.

    3. Three times.

recital 💚Suite in G Minor, HWV 432: Gigue, by Handel (L. 7, A) 7/10 (tempo, memorization, expression)

  1. Slow Work: In sections, measures 1-4, 5-8, 9-13, and 14 to the end.

    1. Close-loud RH, LH, HT each day.

  2. Medium Tempi: Using the same sections, practice the following tempi - don’t move on until the previous one is correct. Do with and without music.

    1. mm 56, 63, 69, 72, 76

  3. Final Tempi: Entire piece.

    1. m.m. 76, 80 and 84

    2. Play through without stopping as if it was recital. Take note of any issues and practice them the next day.

recital 💚Consolation, op. 30, no. 3 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) (L. 7, C) 8/10 (confidence in memorization, expression)

  1. Slow Work: In sections measures 1-11, 11-17, 18-End.

    1. RH, LH, HT each day.

  2. Medium Tempi: In sections measures 1-11, 11-17, 18-End.

    1. Focus on the expression

    2. Do any “spot” practice during this time.

    3. With and without music. At least three times correctly per section.

  3. Final Tempi: Entire piece

    1. Without music.

    2. Record yourself at least one time. Listen back and mark any problem areas.

    3. Three times.

💚Sonata in C Minor Op. 17 No. 2. III. Prestissimo by Johann Christian Bach (L. 7, B) 1/10 (finish learning)

  1. Page 2:

    1. Hands together, two measures at a time.

    2. Use close-loud technique

💜Four Star Level 7 (7/10) more general work

  1. Finish Set 5

  2. 💛Work on interval recognition a bit.

  3. 💛Playbacks need a bit of work

💜Technique: Level 7 RCM (6/10) finish going through everything

  1. See the blue highlights.

  2. See the Technique BSB Major and Minor PDFs for fingering help (arpeggios)

💜Celebrate Theory: Level 7: Unit 2

  1. Prepare pages 12-14

🖤Sight-reading: (at least 5 min a day - set a timer) left off on p. 16

  1. PAUSED:

    1. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, Op. 39 (left off on p. 27) (paused 11//23/2024)

  2. FINISHED:

    1. Burgmuller, Op. 100 (left off on p. 32) (9/10/2024)

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

Billy Joel: The Piano Man (L. 7, Popular Selection)

Christmas Time is Here - Charlie Brown Duet

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.

April 13, 2025

Level 7 Piano - Confirmation No. 7659316 - May 28, 2025 3:50 PM - Score of

  • Etude: Piano Man?

  • Etude: Chickadees

  • List A: Handel

  • List B: Bach

  • List C: Mendelssohn

Theory Level 6: Dec 18, 2024 6:22 PM - Score of 89

Level 6: May 29 - Score of 77

Level 5: Spring 2023, Score of 82

Senior Project:

Jenny will research an idea and get back to me at the next lesson: Research what is currently online and available for your instrument “online marketplace.”

Community service based. Internship with Juilliard / MSM / Manes Community Outreach departments? Concert series in underserved communities? Raising money for instruments / performances in rest homes / shelters.

Senior Project: Music to underserved communities: for example Bronx music / church

10th Grade in 2024-2025

Consider learning another etude

recital 💚Chickadees (L. 7, Etude) Prep 6/10 (instability of memorization)

  1. Melody and bass measures 1-10 - with and without music 3 times.

  2. Spot mm. 13-14 and 14-15 and 16-17 (block RH chords and play melody in LH)

  3. Measures 18 to the end (same as no. 1 above)

Teresa Richert writes music that often features animals and nature. “Chickadees” captures the curious, chirpy personality of this tiny bird — quick, energetic, and full of charm.

recital 💚Suite in G Minor, HWV 432: Gigue, by Handel (L. 7, A) 7/10 (tempo, memorization, expression)

  1. Slow Work: In sections 1-4, 5-8, 9-13, and 14 to the end.

    1. Close-loud RH, LH, HT each day.

  2. Medium Tempi: Using the same sections, practice the following tempi - don’t move on until the previous one is correct. Do with and without music.

    1. mm 56, 63, 69, 72, 76

  3. Final Tempi: Page 1 and Page 2 as sections.

    1. m.m. 76, 80 and 84

    2. Play through without stopping as if it was recital. Take note of any issues and practice them the next day.

Handel’s gigue is a lively dance from his Suite in G Minor. Gigues were usually the final movement — full of fast, skipping rhythms. This one moves with joy and precision, like a musical grand finale.

recital 💚Consolation, op. 30, no. 3 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) (L. 7, C) 8/10 (confidence in memorization, expression)

  1. Create your own practice plan for this. Make sure to include hands alone practice and with / without music practice.

This lyrical piece is No. 3 in a set of six Songs Without Words, composed between 1833 and 1834. Mendelssohn wrote these short piano works to express emotion and story without lyrics. He didn’t name this piece himself — the title “Consolation” was added later, inspired by its gentle, calming melody and quiet elegance.

💚Sonata in C Minor Op. 17 No. 2. III. Prestissimo by Johann Christian Bach (L. 7, B) 1/10 (finish learning)

  1. Page 2:

    1. Hands together, two measures at a time.

    2. Use close-loud technique

💜Four Star Level 7 (7/10) more general work

  1. Finish Set 5

  2. 💛Work on interval recognition a bit.

  3. 💛Playbacks need a bit of work

💜Technique: Level 7 RCM (6/10) finish going through everything

  1. See the blue highlights.

  2. See the Technique BSB Major and Minor PDFs for fingering help (arpeggios)

💜Celebrate Theory: Level 7: Unit 2

  1. Prepare pages 12-14

🖤Sight-reading: (at least 5 min a day - set a timer) left off on p. 16

  1. PAUSED:

    1. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, Op. 39 (left off on p. 27) (paused 11//23/2024)

  2. FINISHED:

    1. Burgmuller, Op. 100 (left off on p. 32) (9/10/2024)

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

Billy Joel: The Piano Man (L. 7, Popular Selection)

Christmas Time is Here - Charlie Brown Duet

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.

April 1, 2025

Level 7 Piano - Confirmation No. 7659316 - May 28, 2025 3:50 PM - Score of

  • Etude: Piano Man?

  • Etude: Chickadees

  • List A: Handel

  • List B: Bach

  • List C: Mendelssohn

Theory Level 6: Dec 18, 2024 6:22 PM - Score of 89

Level 6: May 29 - Score of 77

Level 5: Spring 2023, Score of 82

Senior Project:

Jenny will research an idea and get back to me at the next lesson: Research what is currently online and available for your instrument “online marketplace.”

Community service based. Internship with Juilliard / MSM / Manes Community Outreach departments? Concert series in underserved communities? Raising money for instruments / performances in rest homes / shelters.

Senior Project: Music to underserved communities: for example Bronx music / church

10th Grade in 2024-2025

Consider learning another etude

💚Chickadees (L. 7, Etude) Prep 6/10 (instability of memorization)

  1. Hands alone, together, with repetition. Speed-building.

💚Suite in G Minor, HWV 432: Gigue, by Handel (L. 7, A) 7/10 (tempo, memorization, expression)

  1. Page 1 and 2 - gradually speed-build, two to four beats at a time, starting from m.m.

    1. mm 56, 63, 69, 72, 76

💚Sonata in C Minor Op. 17 No. 2. III. Prestissimo by Johann Christian Bach (L. 7, B) 1/10 (finish learning)

  1. Page 2:

    1. Hands together, two measures at a time.

    2. Use close-loud technique

💚Consolation, op. 30, no. 3 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) (L. 7, C) 8/10 (confidence in memorization, expression)

  1. Focus on top-voice melody in RH.

  2. ❤️Practice starting from random measures.

💜Four Star Level 7 (7/10) more general work

  1. Finish Set 5

  2. 💛Work on interval recognition a bit.

  3. 💛Playbacks need a bit of work

💜Technique: Level 7 RCM (6/10) finish going through everything

  1. See the blue highlights.

  2. See the Technique BSB Major and Minor PDFs for fingering help (arpeggios)

💜Celebrate Theory: Level 7: Unit 2

  1. Prepare pages 12-14

🖤Sight-reading: (at least 5 min a day - set a timer) left off on p. 16

  1. PAUSED:

    1. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, Op. 39 (left off on p. 27) (paused 11//23/2024)

  2. FINISHED:

    1. Burgmuller, Op. 100 (left off on p. 32) (9/10/2024)

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

Billy Joel: The Piano Man (L. 7, Popular Selection)

Christmas Time is Here - Charlie Brown Duet

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.

March 11, 2025

Level 7 Piano - Confirmation No. 7659316 - May 28, 2025 3:50 PM - Score of

  • Etude: Piano Man?

  • Etude: Chickadees

  • List A: Handel

  • List B: Bach

  • List C: Mendelssohn

Theory Level 6: Dec 18, 2024 6:22 PM - Score of 89

Level 6: May 29 - Score of 77

Level 5: Spring 2023, Score of 82

Senior Project:

Jenny will research an idea and get back to me at the next lesson: Research what is currently online and available for your instrument “online marketplace.”

Community service based. Internship with Juilliard / MSM / Manes Community Outreach departments? Concert series in underserved communities? Raising money for instruments / performances in rest homes / shelters.

Senior Project: Music to underserved communities: for example Bronx music / church

10th Grade in 2024-2025

Consider learning another etude

💚Chickadees (L. 7, Etude) Prep 6/10 (instability of memorization)

  1. Spot measures 8-10

  2. Measure 25 fix the notes.

  3. Cantabile RH but LH stays soft.

  4. Speed-build measures 1-6 to m.m. 48 per dotted quarter note.

    1. Hands alone and together practice, gradually building your speed in small sections.

    2. Isolate any areas in which you have hesitations. Then gradually zoom out to make the section bigger.

💜Suite in G Minor, HWV 432: Gigue, by Handel (L. 7, A) 7/10 (tempo, memorization, expression)

  1. Page 1 - gradually speed-build, two to four beats at a time, starting from m.m.

    1. mm 40, 48, 56, 63, 69

  2. Page 2 work on the colored boxes

💚Sonata in C Minor Op. 17 No. 2. III. Prestissimo by Johann Christian Bach (L. 7, B) 1/10 (finish learning)

  1. Page 2:

    1. Hands together, two measures at a time.

    2. Use close-loud technique

💜Consolation, op. 30, no. 3 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) (L. 7, C) 8/10 (confidence in memorization, expression)

  1. Play in Group Class

  2. See new green pen.

  3. Focus on top-voice melody in RH.

  4. Practice starting from random measures.

💜Four Star Level 7 (7/10) more general work

  1. Finish Set 5

  2. 💛Work on interval recognition a bit.

  3. 💛Playbacks need a bit of work

💜Technique: Level 7 RCM (6/10) finish going through everything

  1. See the blue highlights.

  2. See the Technique BSB Major and Minor PDFs for fingering help (arpeggios)

💜Celebrate Theory: Level 7: Unit 2

  1. Prepare pages 12-14

🖤Sight-reading: (at least 5 min a day - set a timer) left off on p. 16

  1. PAUSED:

    1. Tchaikovsky, Album for the Young, Op. 39 (left off on p. 27) (paused 11//23/2024)

  2. FINISHED:

    1. Burgmuller, Op. 100 (left off on p. 32) (9/10/2024)

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

Billy Joel: The Piano Man (L. 7, Popular Selection)

Christmas Time is Here - Charlie Brown Duet

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.