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Please complete unit 7 to the best of your ability! Anything you’re unsure of please leave blank and we can work through in our lesson.
Please memorize the Poulenc!
Also, start working through “The Ash Grove.” See if you can play your vocal line on the piano to start to get the melody in your ear!
Maya continued with her Theory and learning the Poulenc!
Please complete unit 5!
Please get more familiar (memorize, if possible) with the 2nd verse of the Poulenc. Also, make sure the translation I sent you is written into your score for our next session.
We will listen to some other classical pieces and find a new foreign language piece for you!
YOU’RE DOING GREAT! Please complete Unit 4 this week. Again, leave anything blank that you are unsure how to complete.
Please refer to the listening assignment I gave you last week! I think you will have some fun listening…
Practice Practice Practice the Poulenc with the piano recording I gave you. You’re doing great!
Maya! Terrific work again on your theory assignments. Please attempt to complete Unit 3 of your theory book. If you have any major questions you can leave sections blank and we will discuss during your next lesson.
We talked a little bit about Francis Poulenc in our lesson on Friday. Please listen to this Poulenc set (he wrote it for kids!) and follow along with the translations. (Copied a link to the translations below!) Write down some observations about what you hear/what you feel when you hear this music.
Translations: http://web.mit.edu/mlcar/www/personal/performances/translations/courte-paille.html
Please memorize as much as you can of verse 1 of the Poulenc! If you want to work on the French with your dad—feel free!
Maya! You’re doing GREAT with this! Please read and work through unit 2 in your theory level 3 this week. If there is anything there you have questions about, please leave exercises blank and we will work through them together.
Write me another “secret” letter! :)
Perform “Somewhere over the Rainbow” and “Speechless” for as many people as you can this week!
I am going to work on recording piano accompaniment for the Poulenc, so you can work with accompaniment. You are doing great with this!
Hi Maya! Please complete Theory book 3 unit 1!
You are doing great!
GREAT work on the IPA! Please write me a letter back. :)
Keep listening to the Poulenc! We will keep working on the diction next lesson.
Perform “Speechless” for as many people as you can this week.
GREAT work this week!!
GREAT work on Unit 7!
Please finish Unit 8 for next time.
Have leve 3 ready to go start next week!
Write a letter response to my letter using your IPA skills! If you want to write Alex a letter as well, I would be happy to read it over before you send.
Please memorize for next time!
Please listen to the recording of the Poulenc below to familiarize yourself with the song. Also, please write the translation of the song into your score. I am attaching a picture of the poetic translation!
Hi Maya! Please complete Unit 7 of your theory book this week. When you are done, have your mom scan me the pages and I will check them over to discuss before our next lesson.
Sometime in the next couple days, please write me a SECRET letter using the IPA symbols found on page 12 of your RCM syllabus. I will write you a letter back with IPA when I receive yours.
Speechless sounds AWESOME. Keep listening.
Also, please start listening to “Tell her” from 13.
Please bring your RCM level 3 book to next lesson and we will start working on the Poulenc!
GREAT WORK TODAY :)
Today Maya and I worked on her new song “speechless” from Aladdin the musical!
Please complete pages 38-45
We need to find you a new musical theater piece! Please listen to musicals like Matilda, Cinderella by Rogers and Hammerstein, 13 by Jason Robert Brown, Annie, Mary Poppin, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to find a piece that you like!
Maya and I prepared “Castle on a Cloud” for her recital!
Maya! :) Please complete Unit 3 in your theory book. GREAT WORK ON THIS.
Work on memorizing “Castle on a Cloud” for February 2nd.
If you would also like to sing “Wizard of Oz” for Feb 2nd I think that would be a great option!
I am attaching the pictures of the chords that you are working on for somewhere over the rainbow for reference!
Maya! Please complete pages 13-20 in your theory book.
Listen to Castle on a Cloud! I think this might be a great option for the performance class on February 2nd.
Please complete Unit 1 of your new theory book!
Great technical work today Maya. Remember to keep your lower belly soft and flexible as you sing through phrases. Practice this while you’re singing through things at school as well!
Today Maya and I picked out songs for her to work on for the beginning of next year. Merry Christmas!
Maya! DEFINITELY complete units 5 and 6 in your theory book over break. If you are feeling inspired, finish the entire book! You are so ready to be in Theory Level 2! I know you can do it!! :)
Today Maya and I went through her repertoire and technical requirements for her RCM examination.
Great work Maya!
Great work on all of your ear training work this week, Maya! Please pick up in Chapter 5 of your Theory book over this break. It will be a great review in the key of F major before your RCM exam.
Please practice the sight singing exercises I composed in the back of your binder. Continue to review intervals ascending and descending.
Please make sure you are totally memorized on your RCM songs. Keep thinking about the words that you are singing and how to communicate the text of the song! We will work on this more when I see you on Tuesday.
GREAT WORK HAVE A WONDERFUL TURKEY WEEK!
GREAT WORK last week on identifying intervals above the given pitch! This week, I would like you to focus on identifying intervals below the given pitch.
Please practice some sight-singing examples in the key of F! Remember that F is do, G is re, etc!
Make sure that your 3 RCM pieces are memorized for next week!
GREAT WORK MAYA YOU ARE AMAZING!
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