4 hrs, 6 items

Bach - 40 min - listen for evenness

Schubert 1 - 35 min - review tips from masterclass

Rachmaninoff 5 - 50 min - what to focus on in last system of first page

Bartok - 53 min - review ideas from lesson; h = 52

Sightreading - 17 min - 5 pages

Accompanying

Schumann - 45 min - learn notes of last movement

4 hrs 55 min, 5 items

Bartok - 50 min

Debussy 5 - 1 hr

Chopin - 1 hr 25 min

Schubert 3 - 40 min

Accompanying
Finzi - 1 hr

2 hrs 20 min, 3 items

Debussy 5 - 1 hr - orchestrate piece

Bartok - 20 min

Accompanying
Finzi - 1 hr - read through movements 1-4

4 hrs 30 min, 8 items

Chopin - 45 min - piu mosso sections

Rachmaninoff 6 - 45 min - Thinking hemiola rhythms, in three rather than in two, use syncopated phrase markings to create a sweeping momentum throughout

Rachmaninoff 5 - 30 min - change thirds fingering to 2-4

Debussy 4 - 30 min - think about phrasing and overall flow of piece, connection sections

Bartok - 20 min - start in the middle, think about soft drum sound in B section

Schubert 1 - 30 min - Masterclass!

Accompanying
Brahms - 35 min

Schumann - 35 min - dynamics, using phrases to move

4 hrs 30 min, 8 items

Debussy 5 - 50 min - Think about color changes with dynamics. Work on trill exercises. Next time think more about big picture and less sectional.

Bartok - 45 min - Q = 60, 66, 72

Debussy 6 - 35 min - dynamics, relating graceful gestures to each other

Rachmaninoff 5 - 30 min - think about dynamic colors and work on evenness of left hand

Rachmaninoff 6 - 30 min - consistent pedaling and evenness

Schubert 1 - 30 min - Need to think about the big picture more and remember the details


Accompanying

Finzi 4 - 30 min - finger the rest of the LH

Mozart - 20 min - slow practice

6 hrs 40 min, 10 items

Debussy 4 - 30 min

Bartok - 50 min

Debussy 5 - 35 min

Rachmaninoff 6 - 55 min

Rachmaninoff 5 - 30 min

Schubert 1 - 70 min

Chopin - 30 min

Schubert 3 - 10 min


Accompanying
Finzi 4 - 45 min

Mozart aria - 45 min

3 hrs, 3 items

Friday, February 19, 2010

Schubert 3 - 30 min

Chopin - 1 hr 10 min

Schubert 1 - 1 hr 20 min

1 hr 15 min, 2 items

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Schubert 1 - 1 hr

Schubert 3 - 15 min

2 hrs 50 min, 4 items

Debussy 4 - 1 hr

Schubert I - 1 hr

Schubert III - 30 min


Schumann - 20 min

4 hrs, 2 items

Schubert I - 2 hrs

Schubert III - 2 hrs metronome DQ = 60

1 hr, 1 item

Schubert III. Allegro - 1 hr

X1 hr, 1 item

Schubert III. Allegro - 1 hr

6 hrs 10 min, 10 items

Brahms - 30 min

Schumann - 30 min

Bartok - 55 min

Schubert 1 - 35 min

Schubert 3 - 1 hr 20 min

Vocal - 1 hr - 2 of Andrew's songs and 2 of Uhn Yak's

Chopin - 1 hr 20 min - Work on middle section. Work on double notes, bringing out middle notes.


PLAN

1 hr - Brahms and Schumann

30 min - Bartok

30 min - Debussy

1 hr - Chopin

1 hr - Schubert III

15 min - Schubert I

15 min - Schubert II

15 min - Bach

15 min - Review Andrew's music

15 min - Review Uhn Yak's music

15 min - New Vocal

30 min - Rachmaninoff/Schubert III

3 hrs, 1 item

Friday, February 12, 2010

Chopin - 3 hrs - improve octave barcarolle, solidify opening once upon a time gesture, isolate voices in middle pages and work on thinking about hierarchy of priorities

5 hrs 15 min, 6 items

Chopin Barcarolle - 1.5 hrs

Schubert III. Allegro - 1.5 hrs -

Bach - 15 min - Run P and F. Start with right tempo. Keep bass sequence energized in fugue.

Schubert I and II - 15 min - Start thinking about overall picture with I and II.


Accompanying
Brahms - 45 min

Schumann - 1 hr

6 hrs 45 min, 7 items

Chopin - 1.5 hr

Schubert - 2 hrs - III. Allegro

Schubert - 20 min - read through movements 1 and 2

Chopin - 2 hrs 5 min - memorize last few pages



Etudes
Ligeti 8 - 15 min
Moszkowski 9 - 15 min
Prokofiev 1 - 10 min

Accompanying
Finzi - 10 min - Come away death

1 hr, 2 items

Accompanying
Andrew
Mendelssohn - 30 min
Mozart - 30 min

4 hrs 20 min, 5 items

Monday, February 8, 2010

Chopin - 40 min

Schubert - 2 hrs

Chopin - 1 hr

Chopin - 10 min

Ravel - 30 min

6 hrs, 4 items

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Chopin - 70 min - first 3 pages -

Schubert - 3 hrs - Making musical sense of everything to aid memory.

Chopin - 1 hr 25 min - 4th and 5th page - memorize

Chopin - 25 min - review last pages

6 hrs 15 min, 5 items

Chopin - 1 hr 10 min

Schubert - 1 hr 45 min

Chopin - 1 hr

Chopin - 1 hr 35 min

Rachmaninoff - 45 min - op. 32 no. 6

Legato day.

4 hrs 15 min, 5 items

Chopin - 1 hr 20 - first pages

Schubert - 45 min - III. Allegro - first 4 pages

Chopin - 1 hr 5 - last pages

Chopin - 45 min - middle pages


Mendelssohn Elijah - 20 min

5 hrs, 6 items

Chopin - 55 min - Barcarolle - first 3 pages

Chopin - 85 min - Barcarolle - last 3.5 pages

Chopin - 70 min - Barcarolle - middle 3.5 pages


Accompanying
Finzi III - 30 min

Mozart Aria - 45 min

Schumann II - 45 min

1 hr 50 min, 2 items

Chopin - 1.5 hr


Finzi - 20 min

6 hrs 40 min, 5 items

Rachmaninoff - 1 hr 20 min - op. 32 no. 5 - Work on memory

Chopin -1 hr 10 min - Barcarolle

Schubert - 1 hr 20 min - III. Allegro - Memorize backwards.

Accompanying

Stees -2 hrs 20 min

Schumann - 30 min

2 hrs, 3 items

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Schubert - 1 hr 15 - III. Allegro - memorize remaining 4 pages.

Chopin - 15 min - Barcarolle - Four favorite measures on second page.

Rachmaninoff - 30 min - op. 32 no. 5 - More memory work