2010 Archived Events

2010 Archived Events

4/24-4/25: Staunton Music Festival - Piano four hands

5/1: Senior Piano Recital

5/2: Cov-Pres Performing Arts Concert

6/20-7/18: MasterWorks Festival

7/29: UNAVSA Performance - Qua Cau Gio Bay Variations

8/19-8/30: Staunton Music Festival - masterclass with Eddy Janning

9/21: NASM Concert: Dutilleux Flute performance

11/11-11/13: VMTNA Solo Competition

12/1: Prescreening CDs/Applications due

Technique - Trills, Cramer - 20 min

Bach - 1 hr

Warm up/Chopin - 55 min

Technique/Beethoven 3 and 4 - 1 hr

Bach - 3 hrs 30 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr

Debussy - 20 min

Beethoven 1 - 15 min

Chopin - 35 min

4 hrs 45 min, 2 items

Bach - 4 hrs

Villa-Lobos 3 - 45 min

3 hrs, 4 items

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Technique/Villa-Lobos 3 - 40 min

Beethoven 3 - 40 min

Bach - 1 hr 40 min

6 hrs, 5 items

Technique - 50 min

Beethoven 3 - 30 min

Chopin - 10 min

Bach - 2 hr 55 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr 35 min

3 hrs 30 min, 4 items

Technique - 40 min

Bach - 1 hr 50 min

Chopin - 40 min

Beethoven 3 - 20 min

4 hrs 20 min, 8 items

Friday, October 22, 2010

Technique - 50 min

Bach - 50 min

Chopin - 30 min

Wolf - 30 min

Debussy - 15 min

Beethoven 1 - 10 min

Beethoven 4 - 50 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 25 min

Technique/SR - 35 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 25 min

Wolf - 40 min

3 hrs 50 min, 6 items

Technique/Beethoven 4/SR - 1 hr 10 min

Bach - 1 hr

Chopin - 40 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 30 min

Wolf -30 min

Technique - 50 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 15 min

3 hrs 50 min, 5 items

Technique - 45 min

Debussy - 60 min

Wolf - 30 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 70 min

Bach - 25 min

5 hrs 30 min, 9 items

Technique/SR - 1 hr

Debussy - 45 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr 55 min

Bach - 50 min

Beethoven 1-4 - 45 min

Chopin - 15 min

Warm-up - 20 min

3 hrs 45 min, 7 items

Technique - 40 min

Beethoven 1 - 30 min

Debussy - 25 min

Villa-Lobos 1 - 25 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 35 min

Chopin - 50 min

Wolf - 20 min

2 hrs 35 min, 5 items

Technique - 30 min

Bach - 10 min

Chopin - 20 min

Debussy - 25 min

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr

3 hrs 5 min, 4 items

Technique - 30 min

Beethoven 1 - 20 min

Bach - 105 min

Wolf - 30 min

4 hrs 15 min, 5 items

Technique - 35 min

Beethoven 1 - 35 min

Bach - 80 min

Wolf - 35 min

Villa-Lobos 1 - 1 hr 10 min

1 hr 50 min, 3 items

Technique - 30 min

Beethoven 1 - 25 min

Bach - 55 min

4 hrs 30 min, 8 items

Technique - 40 min

Villa-Lobos 1 - 95 min

Bach - 1 hr

SR/Wolf/Debussy/Beethoven 1/Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr 15 min

3 hrs 25 min, 5 items

Technique - 30 min

Bach - 1 hr 40 min

Wolf/Debussy/Beethoven 1 - 1 hr 15 min

2 hrs 10 min, 3 items

Technique/SR - 45 min

Debussy - 1 hr 10 min

Beethoven 1 - 15 min

3 hrs 30 min, 5 items

Technique - 30 min

Wolf - 50 min

Chopin - 30 min

Bach - 55 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 45 min

3 hrs 5 min, 6 items

Technique - 30 min

Bach - 50 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 45 min

Debussy - 30 min

Chopin/Beethoven 1 - 30 min

3 hrs 50 min, 6 items

Technique/SR - 40 min

Beethoven 1 - 45 min

Debussy - 25 min

Bach - 70 min

Chopin - 30 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 20 min

3 hrs 20 min, 5 items

Technique/SR - 45 min

Beethoven 2/4 - 1 hr 15 min

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr

Debussy - 20 min

3 hrs 40 min, 6 items

Technique - 40 min

Beethoven 1 - 10 min

Bach - 1 hr 50 min

Debussy/Villa-Lobos 3/Chopin - 1 hr

1 hr 40 min, 5 items

Warm-up - 35 min

Beethoven 1/Chopin - 40 min

Debussy - 15 min

Bach - 10 min

4 hrs 50 min, 7 items

Technique/SR - 40 min

Debussy - 40 min

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr

Chopin - 55 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 20 min

Bach - 1 hr 5 min

Wolf - 10 min

1 hr 55 min, 7 items

Technique - 35 min

Dutilleux - 15 min

Beethoven 1 -15 min

Debussy - 25 min

Bach - 20 min

Villa-Lobos 3/Chopin - 5 min

4 hrs 45 min, 8 items

Technique/Wolf - 30 min

Wolf/Dutilleux/Beethoven 1 - 1 hr

Bach - 75 min

Debussy - 40 min

Chopin - 30 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 50 min

1 hr 15 min, 1 item

Technique/SR - 1 hr 15 min

5 hrs 30 min, 8 items

Technique/SR - 1 hr 5 min

Bach - 80 min

Wolf - 15 min

Dutilleux - 1 hr 10 min

Debussy - 30 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 25 min

Beethoven 1 - 25 min

Chopin - 20 min

4 hrs 45 min, 7 items

Technique - 50 min

Dutilleux - 45 min

Beethoven 1 - 35 min

Debussy - 1 hr

Villa-Lobos 3 - 35 min

Chopin - 40 min

Bach - 20 min

3 hrs 40 min, 7 items

Technique - 50 min

Dutilleux - 40 min

Beethoven 1 - 45 min

Bach - 1 hr 10 min

Chopin - 20 min

Debussy - 20 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 5 min

3 hrs 40 min, 9 items

Technique - 30 min

Beethoven 1 - 20 min

Chopin - 20 min

Debussy - 20 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 15 min

Beethoven 2 - 20 min

Verborgenheit - 35 min

Dutilleux - 20 min

Bach - 40 min

3 hrs 20 min, 5 items

Technique - 15 min

Dutilleux - 30 min

Beethoven 2 - 45 min, 25 min

Verborgenheit - 45 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 40 min

2 hrs 25 min, 3 items

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Technique - 15 min

Wolf - 30 min

Dutilleux - 1 hr 40 min

2 hrs 30 min, 4 items

Czerny/Technique - 35 min

Beethoven 1 - 20 min

Wolf - 5 min

Dutilleux - 1 hr 30 min

6 hrs, 8 items

Technique - 15 min

Bach - 2 hrs 10 min

Debussy - 40 min

Beethoven 2 - 1 hr

Villa-Lobos 1 and 3 - 1 hr 45 min

Beethoven 1 - 5 min

Dutilleux - 5 min

3 hrs 40 minutes, 6 items

Technique/SR - 15 min

Dutilleux - 10 min,

Beethoven 2 - 50 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr

Villa-Lobos 1 - 1 hr 5 min

Beethoven 1 - 20 min

4 hrs 50 min, 5 items

Technique - 30 min

Beethoven 4 - 50 min

Bach - 15 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 90 min

Dutilleux - 20 min, 50 min, 35 min

4 hrs 35 min, 4 items

Technique/Czerny - 1 hr

Beethoven 4 - 25 min, 50 min, 40 min, 1 hr

Dutilleux - 30 min

SR/Bach - 10 min

2 hrs 30 min, 4 items

Warm-up/SR - 35 min

Dutilleux - 25 min

Bach - 40 min

Beethoven 4 - 50 min

1 hr 30 min, 2 items

Friday, September 3, 2010

Warm-up/Dutilleux

5 hrs 10 min, 7 items

Warm-up - 40 min

Debussy - 50 min

Beethoven 2 - 45 min

Villa-Lobos 2 - 1 hr

Villa-Lobos 4 - 55 min

Dutilleux - 40 min

Beethoven 4 - 20 min

3 hrs 10 min, 3 items

Warm-up - 35 min

Dutilleux - 50 min

Beethoven 4 - 1 hr 35 min

6 hrs 20 min, 2 items

Warm-up/Sightreading - 1 hr 10 min - Schubert 18

Dutilleux - 1 hr, 45 min, 1 hr, 25 min, 2 hrs

5 hrs 45 min, 6 items

Warm-up - 30 min

Beethoven 4 - 45 min

Villa-Lobos 4 - 45 min

Debussy - 1 hr

Dutillieux - 2 hrs

Bach - 45 min

2 hrs 5 min, 2 items

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr 15 min

Dutillieux - 50 min

2 hrs, 3 items

Warm-up - 35 min

Dutilleux - 1 hr

Beethoven 1 - 25 min

2 hrs, 3 items

Warm-up - 1 hr

Villa-Lobos 3 - 30 min

Beethoven 1 - 30 min

3 hrs 30 min, 4 items

Monday, August 16, 2010

Warm-up - 50 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 50 min

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr

Dutilleux - 50 min

1 hr 30 min, 2 items

Warm-up - 60 min

Dutilleux - 30 min

6 hrs 15 min, 7 items

Warm-up - 1 hr

Bach - 50 min

Dutilleux - 50 min

Beethoven 1 - 2 hrs

Beethoven 4 - 50 min

Villa-Lobos 4 - 40 min

Sight-reading - 5 min

3 hrs 25 min, 4 items

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Warm-up - 1 hr

Beethoven 1 - 30 min

Bach - 45 min

Dutilleux - 1 hr 10 min

5 hrs 20 min, 7 items

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Warm-up - 1 hr 5 min

Sight-reading - 5 min

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr

Beethoven 4 - 1 hr

Villa-Lobos 4 - 1 hr

Dutilleux - 25 min

Bach - 45 min

5 hrs 10 min, 8 items

Warm-up - 1 hr 5 min

Sight-reading - 5 min - Beethoven op. 31 no. 1 II.

Beethoven 2 - 1 hr 10 min

Beethoven 3 - 20 min

Beethoven 1 - 20 min

Bach - 30 min

Villa-Lobos 2 - 1 hr 10 min

Dutilleux - 30 min

4 hrs 20 min, 7 items

Warm-up - 1 hr 5 min

Bach - 1 hr 10 min

Beethoven 1 - 15 min

Beethoven 2 - 50 min

Villa-Lobos 2 - 40 min

Sight-reading - 5 min - 1.5 pages of Beethoven op. 31 no. 1 II.

Dutilleux - 15 min

6 hrs 50 min, 7 items

Warm-up - 1 hr 5 min

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr 10 min

Beethoven 2 - 1 hr

Sight-reading - 20 min - Scarlatti 6, Schubert 17, Prokofiev op. 10 no. 2 Gavotte

Villa-Lobos 2 - 1 hr 5 min

Bach - 1 hr 40 min

Dutilleux - 30 min

4 hrs, 5 items

Warm-up - 1 hr

Beethoven 2 - 1 hr

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr

Sight-reading - 15 min - Scarlatti 5, Schubert #16, Prokofiev op. 10 no. 1 March

Villa-Lobos 2 - 45 min

5 hrs, 5 items

Friday

Warm-up - 1 hr

Sight-reading - 10 min - Bach Toccata d minor (2 pages),

Bach Toccata - 1 hr 15 min

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr 30 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr 5 min

2.5 hrs, 2 items

Thursday

Warmup - 1 hr

Bach - 1.5 hr

1 hr, 3 items

Wednesday

Warmup/Bach/Beethoven - 1 hr

2 hrs 20 min, 3 items

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Warmup - 1 hr 5 min

Bach - 35 min

Beethoven - 40 min

1 hr 50 min, 3 items

Warm-up - 1 hr 5 min

Sight-reading - 5 min

Bach - 40 min

6 hrs 35 min, 10 items

Warmup - 1 hr 20 min D/Eb

Sight-reading - 30 min - Scarlatti 3, Mozart 11.1, Schubert 12, Bartok 2, Prokofiev op.4 no. 3 Phantom

Bach Toccata - 1 hr 15 min

Villa-Lobos 4 - 1 hr

Villa-Lobos 3 - 40 min

Villa-Lobos 2 - 45 min

Villa-Lobos 1 - 40 min

Beethoven 1 - 20 min

Beethoven 2 - 10 min

Beethoven 3 - 5 min

3 hrs 35 min, 5 items

Warmup - 1 hr 10 min

Sightreading - 25 min - Scarlatti 2, Mozart 11.1, Bartok 1, Prokofiev op. 4 no. 2, Schubert 11

Bach - 40 min

Villa-Lobos 1 - 50 min

Villa-Lobos 2 - 30 min

5 hrs, 8 items

Warmup - 1 hr

Sight-reading - 20 min - Scarlatti 1, Mozart 11.1, Prokofiev Tale, Schubert 10

Bach Toccata - 1 hr 10 min

Beethoven 4 - 40 min

Beethoven 2 - 30 min

Beethoven 3 - 20 min

Beethoven 1 - 20 min

Debussy - 40 min

4 hrs 30 min, 6 items

Warmup - 30 min

Bach Toccata - 1 hr 15 min

Beethoven 1 - 40 min

Beethoven 2 - 60 min

Villa-Lobos 1 - 45 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 20 min

1 hr 45 min, 3 items

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Warmup - 25 min

Bach - 30 min

Beethoven 4 - 50 min

3 hrs, 4 items

Friday, July 16, 2010

Warmup - 25 min - Warmup

Villa-Lobos 4 - 1 hr 50 min

Bach - 30 min

Chopin - 15 min

3 hrs, 30 min, 5 items

Warmup - 25 min

Beethoven 1/Villa-Lobos 1 - 35 min

Villa-Lobos 1/Chopin - 45 min

Chopin - 1 hr

Bach Toccata - 45 min

3 hrs, 4 items

Warmup - 1 hr

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr

Bach PF/Chopin - 1 hr

5 hrs, 9 items

Warmup - 45 min

Beethoven 2 - 45 min

Villa-Lobos 2 - 1 hr min

Chopin - 20 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr

Beethoven 1 - 10 min

Villa-Lobos 1 - 10 min

Bach Toccata - 40 min

Bach PF Eb - 10 min

5 hrs 20 min, 6 items

Monday, July 12, 2010

Warmup/Rach 5 - 60 min

Beethoven 1 - 50 min

Villa-Lobos 2 - 70 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 60 min

Bach Toccata/Eb PF - 60 min

Sight-read - 10 min - Beethoven op. 31 no. 1 exposition, Bach Prelude #24 WTC II

3 hrs 20 min, 4 items

Warmup - 30 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr 5 min

Debussy - 1 hr

Beethoven 1 - 45 min

3 hrs 10 min, 4 items

Friday, July 9, 2010

Warmup - 1 hr 5 min

Rach P5 - 45 min

Beethoven 1 - 35 min

Villa-Lobos 1 - 45 min

1 hr 20 min, 3 items

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Warmup/Beethoven 1 - 35 min

Chopin - 45 min

3 hrs 35 min, 4 items

Warmup - 1 hr 5 min

Debussy - 1 hr

Chopin - 50 min

Beethoven - 40 min

5 hrs 5 min, 5 items

Warmup - 40 min

Chopin - 35 min

Debussy - 1 hr 15 min

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr 50 min

Villa-Lobos - 45 min

5 hrs 35 min, 6 items

Warm-up - 1 hr

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr

Chopin - 35 min

Debussy - 1 hr

Villa-Lobos - 1 hr

Sight-reading Schubert - 1 hr

4 hrs, 4 items

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Chopin
Debussy
Beethoven 1
Warmup

Morning:
Debussy
Schubert 3

Afternoon:

4 items, 4.5-5 hrs

Morning
Chopin
Beethoven 1

Evening
Technique
Chopin
Rachmaninoff

3 hrs 50 min, 5 items

Chopin - 80 min

Beethoven 1 - 15 min

Beethoven 2 - 35 min

Beethoven 4 - 30 min

Rachmaninoff - 70 min

3 hrs 35 min, 6 items

Debussy - 45 min

Bach - 15 min

Gompper - 35 min

Chopin - 60 min

Beethoven 1 - 40 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 20 min

3 hrs, 8 items

Beethoven 1 - 45 min

Beethoven 2 - 20 min

Chopin - 35 min

Villa-Lobos 1 - 20 min

Villa-Lobos 2 - 20 min

Villa-Lobos 4 - 20 min

Beethoven 3 - 10 min

Beethoven 4 - 10 min

6 hrs 45 min, 14 items

Villa-Lobos 1 - 20 min - work on continuity of B section

Villa-Lobos 2 - 20 min - finger upward flourish on bottom of 3rd to last page

Villa-Lobos 4 - 20 min - continue working backwards

Schubert 3 - 50 min - find more drama, think about vertical harmonies

Beethoven 1 - 40 min - work on memory

Villa-Lobos 3 - 35 min - work on B section

Chopin - 1 hr 25 min

Debussy - 35 min - play from beginning to end

Bach - 35 min - play through fugue to 3rd page, q = 40

Rachmaninoff - 15 min - play through at q = 60

Beethoven 2 - 25 min - play through q = 60

Beethoven 3 and 4 - 15 min - play through 3 q = 50, first two pages of 4, q. = 50

Gompper - 10 min

6 hrs, 15 items

Schubert 2 - 5 min

Beethoven 1 - 50 min

Chopin - 45 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 50 min

Villa-Lobos 4 - 20 min

Villa-Lobos 1 - 20 min

Villa-Lobos 2 - 20 min

Beethoven 2 - 20 min

Beethoven 4 - 20 min

Beethoven 3 - 15 min

Bach eb - 30 min

Rach - 30 min

Schubert 3 - 15 min

Bach Eb - 5 min

Gompper - 15 min

6 hrs 15 min, 13 items

Chopin - 30 min

Schubert 1 - 20 min

Schubert 2 - 40 min

Beethoven 2 - 20 min

Beethoven 3 - 10 min

Beethoven 4 - 20 min

Beethoven 1 - 50 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 45 min

Villa-Lobos 1 - 25 min

Debussy - 40 min

Bach - 25 min

Rach - 15 min

Gompper - 35 min

Sightreading - 15 min - Faure 9 Schubert 9 Schumann 9

Gompper - 1 hr 45 min

5 hrs 30 min, 7 items

Gompper - 1 hr - first 3 pages

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr - play through and listen! work on the middle pages

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr - slow memory practice q = 54

Debussy - 40 min - e = 46, work on scherzare

Bach eb - 45 min - read from beginning to end, find inverted subjects; memorize prelude

Chopin - 35 min

Rachmaninoff - 30 min

5 hrs 25 min, 7 items

Gompper - 1 hr - read through to the end and add fingering

Beethoven 1 - 70 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr

Debussy - 40 min

Bach eb - 40 min

Chopin Rachmaninoff MM4 - 55 min

3 hrs 45 min, 8 items

Gompper - 15 min

Beethoven 1 - 70 min

Chopin - 35 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 30 min

Rachmaninoff - 20 min

Bach Eb Schubert Bach eb prelude - 55 min

4 hrs 5 min, 7 items

Gompper - 20 min

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr - make repeated notes more exciting, feel rhythmic drive; q = 100

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr - memorize and internalize rhythms, esp in C section

Debussy - 40 min - work on memorizing first four pages and make flourishes roll evenly

Bach - 30 min - continue memorizing expo of fugue; memorize prelude from end

Sight-reading - 20 min - Schubert 8 Schumann 8 Faure 8 Brahms 8

Rachmaninoff MM4 - 15 min

4 hrs 35 min, 6 items

Gompper - 30 min

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr - play for memory while cleaning up technical parts

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr 10 min - memorize last 3 pages, work on making sense of B section

Debussy - 40 min - begin memorizing 3rd page

Bach - 45 min - memorize fugue opening; memorize harmonic progression of prelude

Chopin - 30 min

4 hrs 50 min, 9 items

Chopin - 30 min

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr 5 min - q = 100-108, memorize q = 80

Debussy - 30 min - memorize first two pages, move on to next two pages

Bach - 35 min - start memorizing two voices at a time up to bottom of page

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr - memorize A' q = 40-44 and C

Rachmaninoff MM4 - 30 min - slow metronome practice; memorize middle section

Schubert and Bach Eb - 25 min

Sight-reading - 15 min - Brahms 7 Schubert 7 Schumann 7 Faure 7

4 hrs 10 min, 7 items

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr - q = 92-100, continue memorizing

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr 5 min - q = 48-60, memorize first 3 pages

Debussy - 35 min - memorize first two pages, q = 40-44

Bach Eb - 30 min - fugue, memorize 3rd voice, work on phrasing of voices

Rachmaninoff MM4 - 30 min - work on releasing keys, clear sound

Sightreading - 20 min - Faure 6 Schubert 6 Schumann 6 Brahms 6

Bach Eb - 10 min - play through and listen to recording; next time, play with metronome (?) and make eighth notes steady

5 hrs 35 min, 9 items

Schubert 1,2,3 - 1 hr - q = 54 for mvts 1 and 3

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr 5 min - memorize first 3 pages, metronome q = 60, 63; read through B section

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr 15 min - q = 80-92

Chopin - 25 min - run through piece and polish/clean

Rachmaninoff MM4 - 30 min

Bach eb - 30 min - Continue reinforcing memory of first two voices of fugue

Bach Eb - 5 min - play through

Debussy - 25 min - memorize first two pages

Sight-reading - 20 min - Schumann 5, Faure 5, Brahms 5, Schubert 5

5 hrs 15 min, 8 items

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr - Metronoming

Rachmaninoff MM 4 - 1 hr - Metronome q = 40, feel each finger on each key

Chopin - 40 min

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr - q = 72-80, next time do more metronome work

Debussy - 30 min - first two pages

Bach - 30 min - continue memorizing first voice of fugue, start memorizing second voice; first page or prelude with metronome q = 60

Bach and Schubert - 35 min - run pieces for memory somewhat slowly

2 hrs 45 min, 5 items

Chopin - 30 min - piu mosso, work on rotation

Debussy - 30 min - q = 46-50, first two pages

Bach PF eb WTC I - 1 hr - memorize first 14 bars of voice 1 in fugue and prelude p.1

Beethoven 1 - 35 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 10 min

3 hrs 30 min, 5 items

Sight-reading - 45 min - Mozart 10.3, Handel 23, Schubert 4, Schumann 4, Brahms Z4, Faure BC4, Bach F3.3, Bach C2.2-2.3

Beethoven 2,3,4 - 45 min

Beethoven 1 - 30 min

Villa-Lobos 1,2,4 - 1 hr

Villa-Lobos 3 - 30 min

5 hrs, 9 items

Sight-reading - 45 min - Schubert 3, Schumann 3, Faure BC 3, Brahms Z3, Bach C3-4 (p.9), Bach F3.2, Handel 22, Mozart 10.2, Widmung

Debussy - 30 min - work on playing flourishes on last page in time

Bach - 30 min - Memorize Fugue up to third system, prelude up to third system

Beethoven 1 - 30 min - q = 104, refinger repeated notes

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr - q = 40-44

Chopin - 30 min

Schubert 1, 2, 3 - 45 min

Bach PF WTC II and Rach MM 4 - 30 min

2 hrs 40 min, 5 items

Sight-reading - 45 min - Brahms Z2, Faure BC2, Schumann 2, Schubert 2, Handel 21, Mozart 10.1, Bach F3.1, Bach C1,

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr - q = 100, memorize development

Rachmaninoff MM4 - 15 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 30 min

Rachmaninoff - 10 min - Fragments

2 hrs, 6 items

Sightreading - 40 min - Mozart 9.3, Schumann 1, Schubert 1, Faure BC1, Handel 18, Brahms Z1, Poulenc C4

Chopin - 20 min

Rachmaninoff MM3 and Fragments, Moszkowski, Gompper - 1 hr

5 hrs 20 min, 17 items

Sight-reading - 35 min - Mozart 9.2, Faure 3, Handel 18, Poulenc 4 (part of it)

Schubert 1, 2, 3 - 30 min

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr 5 min

Beethoven 2, 3, 4 - 30 min

Villa-Lobos 1,2,4 - 45 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 35 min

Debussy - 25 min

Bach eb/d# - 35 min

Bach PF Eb, Chopin, Rach MM 4 - 20 min

4 hrs 45 min, 9 items

Sight-reading -30 min - Brahms 3, Mozart 9.1, Handel 17, Bach 2.3, Faure 2

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr

Rachmaninoff - 1 hr - Moment Musicaux 3 and 4, Fragments

Villa-Lobos 3- 45 min

Debussy - 20 min

Bach - 20 min - Eb minor Fugue

Chopin - 20 min

Schubert sonata and Bach PF in Eb major - 25 min

1 hr, 2 items

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Beethoven 1 - 40 min

Beethoven 2 - 20 min

1 hr 30 min, 7 items

Beethoven 4 - 15 min

Rach MM 3 Fragments and MM4, Schubert 1 and 2, Chopin - 1 hr 15 min

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr

Villa-Lobos 1- 1 hr

40 min, 1 item

Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Beethoven 1 - 40 min

1 hr 20 min, 2 items

Debussy - 65 min - work on hand position shifts and playing individual measures in tempo; work on evenness of thumbs

Villa-Lobos 1 - 15 min

4 hrs 5 min, 5 items

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr 20 min - q = 76, focus on exposition, play through to end with metronome

Bach - 1 hr - Debunk more of fugue; memorize first page of prelude

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr - Work on rhythms of last few pages

Debussy - 25 min - the problem is that I don't know what I want it to sound like in tempo

Sightreading - 20 min - Mozart 8.3, Bach 2.2, Handel 14, 16

1 hr 15 min, 2 items

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Rachmaninoff - 1 hr 15 min - Moment Musicaux 4 and Fragments

5 hrs 10 min, 5 items

Debussy - 1 hr 20 min

Sight-reading - 35 min - Handel 13, Bach 2.1, Mozart 8.2, Poulenc 3, Brahms 2, Faure 1

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr 20 min - figure out how to play 12-tuplet

Bach - 1 hr - work backwards

Villa-Lobos 3 - 55 min - work on last couple pages very slowly

3 hrs 45 min, 4 items

Beethoven 2 - 70 min - E = 60, Finger first 3 pages

Bach - 50 min - Isolate voices in fugue on first page and analyze keys; continue striving for atmosphere and line in prelude

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr - E = 70-80, skip middle section, make sense of syncopations

Rachmaninoff - 45 min

Goals:

Beethoven 1 - Read through whole movement at q = 44

Beethoven 2 - work on reading through slowly

Bach Fugue - Isolate voices and play up to cadence on second page

Bach Prelude - continue polishing, maintain long lines

Debussy - Work on playing through continuously at slow tempo; check that all fast figurations make sense

Villa-Lobos 3 - Try playing through at slow tempo

6 hrs 20 min, 6 items

Beethoven 1 - 1.5 hr - q = 40 - work backwards to beginning. play through beginning to end with metronome

Bach - 1 hr - continue decomposing fugue and adding fingering; up to bottom of first page; continue interpreting prelude, particularly the rolled chords

Sight-reading - 1 hr min - Schubert 23, Mozart 8.1, Handel 12 (finished), Bach 1.3, Brahms 1, Poulenc 1 and 2

Rachmaninoff - 50 min - Moment Musicaux 3 and 4, Fragments

Debussy - 1 hr - continue debunking rhythms, slow practice on certain sections

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr

Goals:

Beethoven 1 - Read through movement slowly, relaxed and with correct fingering

Bach - read through and finger more; decompose score further

Debussy - Continue debunking fast figurations

Villa-Lobos 3 - learn recap of A section

4 hrs 45 min, 5 items

Beethoven 4 - 1 hr - read through and add in fingering

Bach - 1 hr - Play through fugue and add fingering; play through prelude and polish, add dynamics

Villa-Lobos 3 - 1 hr - Work on fingering and rhythm of C section

Debussy - 1 hr - Work on making sense of fast figurations

Sightreading - 45 min - Erbarme Dich, Sheep may Safely Graze, Liebermann nocturne 2, Schubert 2, Handel 13

Repertoire for MTNA competition

Repertoire for MTNA competition

Beethoven I. Allegro - 7 min

Chopin Barcarolle - 9 min

Debussy Etude #11 pour les arpeges composes - 5 min

Villa-Lobos Ciclo Brasiliero III. Festa no Sertao - 5 min

Total: approx. 26-28 min

4 hours, 2 items

Prepare music for funeral prelude - 3 hrs - Bach, Brahms, Griffes

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr 5 min

3 hrs 5 min, 5 items

Warm up - 40 min - Q=120 N minor scales; Q=144 c minor scale

Sightreading - 35 min - Schubert 22, Handel 11, Mozart 7.2, Bach 1.2, Liebermann 5

Chopin, Moszkowski, Rachmaninoff - 30 min


Beethoven 1 and 2 - 60 min

Debussy - 20 min

5 hrs 10 min, 8 items

Warmup - 45 min - q=144, Mm arpeggios; polish CM and cm

Sightreading - 20 min - Schubert 21, Handel 10, Mozart finish variations, Bach first flute sonata

Beethoven 1 - 1 hr - Work backwards

Bach - 45 min - Prelude: fingering and line; Fugue: shaping the subject and expo.

Debussy -1 hr - continue fingering to end

Villa-Lobos 1, 2, 3 - 1 hr 20 min - Work on coordinating rhythm of first 2-3 pages of 3rd mvt; read 2nd, play through 1st

Goals:

-Be able to play through Beethoven 1 at slow tempo

-Make sure fingering is secure for Bach Prelude

-Debussy Etude continue fingering where left off

-Villa-Lobos 3 - Work on making rhythmic sense of A section. Work on notes of B section

Long term summer goal
-Q = 144, Scales and Arpeggios

2.5 hrs, 5 items

Warmup - 30 min - Major scales

Villa-Lobos 3 - 30 min

Moszkowski - 35 min

Debussy - 35 min

Rachmaninoff - 20 min

3 hrs, 4 items

Warmup - 1 hr - 5 remaining NHM minor scales, Schubert 19, Handel 8, Mozart more variations, Liebermann 5

Villa-Lobos 1 - 50 min

Beethoven 1 and 3 - 70 min

3 hrs 55 min, 9 items

Rachmaninoff Fragments - 25 min

Debussy etude #11 - 30 min

Moszkowski etude - 25 min

Beethoven 2 scherzo - 40 min

Beethoven 1 - 50 min

Scales - 10 min

Bach - 35 min

Villa-Lobos 1 and 3 - 20 min

1 hr 45 min, 3 items

Warm up - 45 min - 6 NHM minor scales

Sightreading - 15 min

Bach - 20 min

Villa-Lobos 3 - 25 min

2 hrs 40 min, 4 items

1 hr - Warm up - major scales w/C major fingering, M/m arpeggios w/C major fingering

20 min - Sightreading - Schubert #18, Handel #7, Mozart 6 II,

45 min - Beethoven 1 - fingering for RH for first two pages

35 min - Debussy - fingering for first two pages

50 min, 2 items

Friday, May 7, 2010

50 min - Read through a few pages of Bach and Villa-Lobos

RECITAL DONE YAY! New Repertoire!

Audition/Recital Repertoire

Bach - Prelude and Fugue in Eb minor WTC I (10 min)

Beethoven - Sonata Op. 31 no. 3 (24 min)

Chopin - Barcarolle op. 60 (continuing) (9 min)

Moszkowski - Etude #9 in d minor (octaves)

Debussy - Etude #11 pour les arpeges composes (4.5 min)

Rachmaninoff - Fragments

Villa-Lobos - Ciclo-Brasilieras (20 min)

2 hrs 5 min, 2 items

Thursday, May 6, 2010

45 min - Read through exposition of Beethoven

1 hr 20 min - Read through Debussy

Warmup - 30 min - major scales in 6ths, q = 80, Schubert "Im dorfe"

2 hrs 30 min,

Warmup - 1 hr 20 min - NHM minor scales, q = 80, Mozart K284 #6 mvt I, Schubert "last hope", Handel Air #7

Bach Rach 5 Piston Rach 6 Debussy 4 5 Schubert 2 3 Bartok - 1 hr

10 min - accompanying

Ran: Bartok Debussy 5 Schubert 3 Schubert 2 Rach 5 Bach Debussy 4 Chopin

4 hrs 55 min, full program

Warmup - 1 hr - major scales M/m arpeggios, Schubert#15 die Krahe, Handel #5 recit, Mozart K283 3rd mvt

Bach Chopin - 1 hr

Finzi 1 and 5 - 1 hr 5 min

Piston - 15 min

Bartok Rach 5 Rach 6 - 40 min

Debussy 4 Debussy 5 Schubert 1, 2, 3 - 55 min

5 hrs 5 min, 9 items,

Warm up - 20 min

Debussy 4 - 20 min

Chopin - 2 hrs 10 min

Brahms Waltzes - 55 min

Rach 5 and 6 Debussy 4 Schubert 2 and 3 - 1 hr 20 min

5 hrs 50 min, 3

2 hr 30 min - Chopin

1 hr - Schubert 3

2 hr 20 min - Brahms Waltzes

7 hrs, full program

Warmup - 40 min - major scales M/m arpeggios q = 80

Barcarolle - 80 min

Schubert 3 - 2 hrs

Everything else - 3 hrs

1 hr 5 min, 3 items

35 min - warmup

30 min - Schubert 3 and Chopin

3 hrs 40 min, 5 items

Warmup - 1 hr 5 min - Major scales in 3rds, Major/minor arpeggios, q = 80, Schubert #13 the Grey Head, Handel #3, SR - Mozart K. 283 I.

Waltzes - 25 min

1 hr 50 min - Chopin and Schubert 3

20 min - Bartok

3 hrs 20 min, 3 items

Warmup - 50 min - NHM minor scales q = 80, Schubert #13 Die Post, Handel#4, Mozart K282 III. Allegro

1 hr 40 min - Brahms waltzes

50 min - Brahms sonata

6 hrs 45 min, full program + 3

Warm up/Review - 1 hr 25 min - Major scales in 3rds q = 80 - Rach 5, Debussy 4, Piston, Schubert 3; SR - Schubert Einsamkeit, Mozart KV 282 II. Minuet I and II, Handel Overture

1 hr 5 min - Bartok Rach 6 Schubert 2 Debussy 5

40 min - Chopin

30 min - Bach Schubert 1 - slow practice

55 min - Schubert 2 and Schubert 3 - slow practice

1 hr - slow run of Bartok, Rach 5 and 6, Debussy 4 and 5, Piston, and Chopin

1 hr 10 min - Brahms sonata and Brahms waltzes

6 hrs, full program + 7

Warmup - 1 hr 10 min - NHM Minor scales q = 80, Schubert #11 - Fruhlingstraum, Mozart KV 282 1st mvt

Rach 6 - 1 hr

Piston Brahms sonata - 1 hr 35 min

Schubert 3 Bartok - 30 min

Brahms Waltzes - 45 min - #15 #14

Run through of program - 1 hr - (59 min)

5 hrs, almost full program -2

Warmup Bartok - 1 hr - major scales in 3rds and 6ths, Schubert #10 Rast, Mozart KV 281 mvt 2 Andante amoroso

Bartok Bach Debussy 4 - 1 hr 15 min

Schubert 2 an 3 - 1 hr

Everything else except Rach 6 and Piston - 1 hr 45 min

2 hrs 15 min, 4 items

Warmup - 45 min

Piston - 30 min

Schubert 3 - 20 min

Chopin - 40 min

2 hrs 20 min, full program +2

Warmup - 45 min - major scales in sixths from lh, schubert 8, mozart 1 KV 281(?)

RUN recital program - 1 hr - (58 min)

Brahms Waltzes - 25 min

5 hrs 40 min, full program +4

Warmup - 1 hr - minor scales in thirds Q = 80, SR Schubert #7, Mozart KV 280 3rd mvt

Schubert 3 - 1 hr 30 min

Schubert 2 - 30 min - memorize

Chopin Bartok - 50 min

Debussy 5 - 40 min

Debussy 4 Rach 5 Rach 6 Piston Bach Schubert 1 - 45 min

Brahms sonata DuParc Purcell - 25 min

2 hrs 30 min, 6 items

Warmup - 35 min - Major scales q = 100, Schubert #6 and Mozart slow movement

Brahms sonata - 40 min

Rach 5 Rach 6 Bartok Brahms Waltzes - 1 hr 15 min

4 hrs 55 min, 12 items

Warmup - 35 min - minor scales q = 112, Schubert #5, Mozart #2 1st mvt

Schubert 2 - 50 min - memorize

Debussy 4 and 5 Rach 5 - 20 min

Chopin - 1 hr

Brahms Sonata, Elijah and Purcell - 1 hr 10 min

Bach Schubert 1 Schubert 3 - 1 hr

3 hrs 35 min, Whole program +2

Warmup - 25 min - major arpeggios, 4th song in Winterreise

1 hr - Bach Rach 5 Rach 6 Chopin Piston Schubert 1 Schubert 2 Schubert 3

40 min - Bartok Debussy 4 Debussy 5

1 hr - Brahms sonata

30 min - Chopin, Bach, Debussy 4 and 5

5 hrs, 10 items

Bach Rach 5 Rach 6 Warmup/SR - 1 hr 5 min

Chopin - 1 hr

Debussy 4 and 5 - 1 hr

Chopin - 50 min - first piu mosso

Chopin - 35 min - last few pages

Brahms sonata - 30 min

6 hrs 30 min, 9 items

Warmup - 25 min - Major scales in 3rds and 2 songs for sightreading

Chopin - 90 min - 1st page

Bach and Rachmaninoff 5 and 6 - 55 min

Chopin - 40 min - 3rd page

Chopin - 55 min - 4th and 5th pages

Debussy - 1 hr

Brahms - 1 hr 5 min

1 hr, 1 item

Chopin - 1 hr - first 3 pages

3 hrs, 7 items

Sightreading with Haejin, Chi, and Julie - 25 min

Brahms sonata - 1 hr 5 min

Brahms Waltzes - 15 min

Bach Chopin - 35 min - last page of Chopin

Rach 5 and 6 - 30 min

Schubert 3 - 10 min

4 hrs 25 min, 14 items

Warm up - 5 min

Chopin - 40 min

Schumann 1 - 40 min

Rach 5 and 6 - 20 min

Bartok - 20 min

Beethoven - 25 min

Debussy 5 Bartok - 45 min

Bach Schubert 1, 2, 3, Piston, Debussy 4 - 1 hr 10 min

3 hrs 35 min, 9 items

Warm up - 30 min - minor arpeggios q = 112, 4 pages sightreading

Bach Piston Schubert 1 - 1 hr

Schubert 3 - 40 min

Schubert 2 - 20 min

Brahms Waltzes - 40 min - #6 and #14

Rach 5 and 6 - 25 min

6 hrs 35 min, 13 items

warmup - 38 min - 4 pg sightreading, major arpeggios q = 112

Bartok - 50 min

Rach 6 - 40 min

Rach 5 - 22 min

Debussy 4 and 5 - 50 min

Bach - 20 min

Chopin - 1 hr

Schubert 1, 2, 3 - 55 min

Brahms Waltzes - 35 min

Schumann 1 - 25 min

1 hr, 1 item

Sunday, March 28, 2010

1 hr - Schubert 3, Chopin, Schumann 1

5 hrs 45 min, 11 items

Warmup - 45 min - minor scales Q = 60, 3 pages sightreading

Chopin - 45 min - piu mossos slow, 60-72 and 60-80

Rach 6 - 35 min - slow

Debussy 5 Rach 5 Duparc - 1 hr

Schubert 2 - 17 min

Schubert 2 3 - 50 min

Bartok Debussy 4 Chopin - 1 hr 13 min

Mozart duet - 20 min

3 hrs 5 items

20 min - warmup

1 hr 10 min - Bartok Debussy 4

1 hr 30 min - Chopin Rach 4

4 hrs 30 min, 10 items

Schubert 3 - 1 hr 15 min

Schubert 2 - 15 min

Chopin - 25 min

2 hrs 5 min - Debussy 4 5, Rach 5 6, Bartok, Chopin, Mozart duet


Brahms Waltzes - 30 min

3 hrs, 4 items

Warmup - 40 min - major broken chords and arpeggios, 3 pages sightreading

Chopin - 1 hr

Schubert 3 - 1 hr

Schumann 1 - 20 min

5 hrs 20 min, recital program +1 item

Warmup - 40 min - H = 60 Minor broken chords, arpeggios, NHM scales

47 min - Bach, Schubert 1, Schubert 2

1 hr 18 min - Schubert 3 - DQ = 72

2 hr 15 min - Bartok, Rach 5, Debussy 4 and 5, Piston, and Chopin

20 min - Brahms Waltzes - 6, 3

7 hrs 10 min, 18 items

Warmup - 35 min - major broken chords, scales in sixths, arpeggios in 10ths -> 5ths/6ths, 2 pages sightreading

1 hr 2 min - Bach, Schubert 1, Schubert 2 - Memorize Schubert 2

1 hr 8 min - Schubert 3, Bartok, Rach 5, Rach 6 - Memorize Bartok, evenness in Rach 5, isolate thumb movements in Rach 6

1 hr 20 - Debussy 4, Debussy 5, Piston, Chopin

1 hr - Brahms clarinet sonata

1 hr 10 min - Brahms Waltzes - Review first 6, work on #6

10 min - Schumann 1

45 min - Vocal rep - Mozart duet, Duparc Manoir, Beethoven 4

1 hr 45 min, run program

Run recital program somewhat slowly with score - 1 hr 45 min

3 hrs 30 min, 4 items

Warmup - 40 min - minor scales in 10ths, 3 pages sight reading

Debussy 4 - 1 hr

Rach 6 - 50 min

Chopin - 1 hr

2 hrs, 5 items

Friday, March 19, 2010

Warm up - 30 min

Chopin - 30 min

Rach 5 - 10 min

Brahms sonata - 30 min

Rimsky-Korsakov - 20 min

3 hrs, 5 min, 7 items

Warmup - 30 min - minor scales and arpeggios, 1 pg sightreading

Debussy 4 - 25 min

Debussy 5 - 25 min

Rach 5 - 30 min

Rach 6 - 15 min

Bartok - 25 min

Brahms Waltzes - 35 min

4 hrs 5 min, 8 items

Warmup - 10 min - major scales and arpeggios

Rach 5 - 10 min

Rach 6 - 45 min

Schubert 3 - 40 min

Chopin - 45 min

Korsakov - 30 min

Brahms Sonata - 50 min

Brahms Waltzes - 15 min

3 hr 25 min, 6 items

Warmup- 30 min - minor broken chords, scales, arpeggios, 3 pages sightreading

Schubert 3 - 35 min

Rach 5, 6 - 30 min

Chopin - 50 min

Brahms Sonata - 1 hr

6 hrs 50 min, 9 items

Warmup - 20 min - major scales and arpeggios; 1 pg sight reading

Rach 5 - 1 hr

Rach 6 - 55 min

Chopin - 1 hr 30 min

Schubert 3 - 30 min

Debussy 4, 5 - 10 min


Brahms Waltzes - 1 hr 5 min

Schumann - 1 hr 5 min

Uhn Yak's Mozart - 15 min

2 hrs, 6 items

Chopin - 30 min

Schubert 1, 2, 3 - 30 min

Rachmaninoff 5, 6 - 60 min

4 hrs 45 min, 8 items

Chopin - 1 hr 5 min

Rach 5 and 6 - 1 hr 45 min

Bartok - 1 hr

Debussy - 15 min

Piston - 20 min

Schumann - 20 min

45 min, 1 item

Chopin - 45 min

3 hrs 25 min, 7 items

Schubert 3 - 45

Schubert 2 - 20

Bartok - 30 min

Bach - 15 min

Debussy 4 - 45 min

Chopin - 15 min

Accompanying
Schumann - 35 min

2 hrs 45 min, 5 items

Chopin - 35 min - examine first few pages, pay attention to pinky placement; second to last page, study counterpoint

Rach 5 - 40 min - memory

Rach 6 - 40 min - hear counterpoint

Schubert 1 - 20 min


Brahms - 30 min - first five waltzes

5 hrs 20 min, 15 items

Run through of program - 2 hours 10 min
Order of Strongest Memory
Bach - Prelude - keep tempo consistent, slower than before, be mindful of articulation always,

Bach - Fugue - dynamics at end, be mindful of bass voice on second page

Schubert 1 - be aware of bass; in development, isolate melodies in rh and lh to shape the phrases better; work on tempo and rubato at the ends of the exposition and recapitulation

Rach 6 - slow down first page, feel tempo before beginning; memory slip on bottom of third page

Schubert 3 - make LH active in theme 1 all throughout; feel consistent pulse and tempo throughout

Piston - bring out dissonances and shape phrases on p. 3; review top of p. 2 for memory

Rach 5 - check for memory at bottom of first page, bottom of second page, top of third page, and top of last page

Schubert 2 - notice the differences and similarities to help memorize

Debussy 4 - check for memory on bottom of 3rd page, top of 5th page, last couple systems

Debussy 5 - play slowly, looking at score always

Chopin - work on last two pages for memory; work backwards on 3 pages before; stare at score and listen to differences on "favorite part" on second page


Accompanying
Schumann 1 - 40 min - 1st movement

Brahms - 40 min - H to the end

Andrew's repertoire - 45 min

Uhn Yak's repertoire - 55 min - Beethoven and last movement of Finzi

2.5 hrs, 4 items

Schubert 3 - 30 min - examine technique. make sure fingers are working and not holding.

Chopin - 1 hr - memorize piu mosso

Debussy 4 - 30 min

Debussy 5 + Schubert 2 - 30 min

2 hrs, 6 items

Session 1 - 1 hr 15 min
Rach 5
Schubert 1
Bach
Piston

Session 2 - 45 min
Rach 6
Schubert 2 - strings texture; isolate double/triple notes--played together and balanced always

1 hr, 1 item

Chopin - 1 hr

3 hrs, 3 items

Debussy 4 - 1 hr 30 min- slow, memorize

Debussy 5 - 40 min - slow, memorize up to bottom of p. 3.

Chopin - 50 min - memorize piu mossos

Friday-Sunday - Inflammation - break

Professional Plan for Summer:

4/24-4/25 - Staunton Music Festival - Piano four hands

6/13-6/19 - Virginia Baroque Performance Academy ($450)

6/26-6/30 - The Art of Playing the Piano at IU ($835)+

7/6-7/9 - Suzuki festival

7/10-8/9 - Bay View Music Festival ($1000)+

8/20-8/28 - Staunton Music Festival - masterclass with Eddy Janning

10/22-10/25 - Contemporary Music Festival - "Butterfly Dance"


Audition Repertoire
Bach - Fantasy and Fugue in A minor BWV 904 - 8 min
Mozart - Sonata in F Major K. 332 - 20 min
Chopin - Barcarolle - 9 min
Rachmaninoff - Etude op. 39 no. 1 - 4 min
Prokofiev - Sonata #3 - 8 min

50 min

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

3 hrs 30 min, 3 items

1.5 hr - Schubert - Memorize p.5 and 6

70 min - Chopin - first two pages

50 min - Rachmaninoff - op. 32 no. 5

2 hrs 45 min

Friday, January 29, 2010

Schubert - 1 hr 45 min - III. Allegro - Memorize two more pages.

Chopin - 1 hr - Barcarolle - Work on left hand on first page. Vamping until satisfied.

2 hrs 45 min, 3 items

Chopin - 1.5 hr - Barcarolle - Focus on first page.

Rachmaninoff - 30 min - op. 32 no. 5 - start on bottom of second page and memorize

Rachmaninoff - 45 min - op. 32 no. 6 - Memorize backwards

5 hrs, 5 items

Chopin - 1 hr - Barcarolle - first page

Rachmaninoff - 1 hr - op. 32 no. 6 - Memorize away from piano and play away from score.

Rachmaninoff - 1 hr - op. 32 no. 5 - Memorize first two pages away from piano and play away from score.

Schubert - 1 hr - III. Allegro - Memorize first two pages.

Accompanying
Beethoven - 1 hr - 3rd movement - Change fingering and work on playing evenly.

1 hr 30 min, 2 items

Rachmaninoff - 1 hr - op. 32 no. 6 - Know the notes for memory. Next time: Work on continuity. Do some score studying.


Beethoven - 30 min


Recordings
Beethoven
-Peter Shea, tenor, and Monica Jakuc Leverett, fortepiano, arcadia players
-Dieskau Fischer and Gerald Moore

2 hrs 45 min, 5 items

Chopin - 30 min

Bach - 15 min

Rachmaninoff - 45 min - op. 32 no. 6


Accompanying

Beethoven - 50 min

Schumann - 25 min

Planning for Week 1/24-1/30

Daily Requirements
15 min - Transcribing for Senior Honors Project 11:00-11:15 a.m.
30 min - Compose for Senior Honors Project 11:15-11:45 a.m.
20 min - Schumann 2:55-3:25 p.m.
20 min - Vocal accomp


Primary Focuses

~45 min - Chopin - Work on first three pages. Play solidly by Friday

~45 min - Schubert III. Allegro

~30 min - Rachmaninoff op. 32 no. 6


Quick Review
~15 min - Schubert - I. Allegro Moderato
~20 min - Debussy - Bk II no. 4
~20 min - Bach
~15 min - Bartok - Continue metronoming

Secondary
~15 min - Rachmaninoff - op. 32 no. 5
~15 min - Piston
~15 min - Schubert - II. Andante
~15 min - Debussy - Bk II no. 5


Monday
Area Recital - Bach
Piano Lesson - Schubert 3rd movement


Tuesday
Piano Pedagogy - Teach first lesson
-Make photocopies from Theory book and Lesson Book
-Print out labels
-Gather materials (cut outs, stickers)
-Think over lesson plan again
-Be prepared to explain and demonstrate part of lesson plan in class
-Call store to see if copies of books are available
-Buy book

Piano Literature
-Listen to Carnaval Op. 9
-Listen to Fantasy, Op. 17
-Listen to Sonata Op. 11
-Read Cannon Buried in Flowers


Wednesday
Composition Lesson
-Come up with game plan for rest of semester!
-Show more progress with Variations piece on Sibelius notation

Thursday
Piano Literature
-Read excerpt from Famous Pianists and their Technique
-Lead discussion on reading. 15 minutes
-Turn in DVD worksheet Assignment #3
-Listen to Symphonic Etudes
-Listen to Chopin's Nocturne in C minor, op. 48 no. 1


Friday
Bach Seminar
-Organize binder
-Transfer notes to notebook
-Read p.13-41 Susan McClary, take notes
-Critical reflection due Thursday on Susan McClary
-Listen to Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

Piano Lesson - Chopin first 3 pages and Rachmaninoff prelude op. 32 no. 6

In general:
-Clean room
-Write check for HEC

1 hr, 1 item

Saturday, January 24, 2010

Bach - 1 hr - Prelude and Fugue

1 hr, 1 item

Friday, January 22, 2010

Bach - 1 hr - Prelude and Fugue - Work on consistent articulation choice and keeping prelude polyphonic. Next time: slow practice, thinking about articulation consistency and independence of lines.

3 hrs, 3 items

Chopin - 1 hr - Barcarolle - Piu mosso - Next time: Work on vibrato notes.

Schubert - 1 hr - III. Allegro

Bach - 1 hr - Prelude and Fugue

4 hrs 45 min, 4 items

Chopin - 1 hr 45 min - Barcarolle

Schubert - 1 hr 45 min - III. Allegro - Last two pages. DQ = 40.

Bach - 45 min - Prelude and Fugue

Accompanying

Schumann - 30 min - Q = 50. Learn first couple bars of third movement.

5 hrs 45 min, 12 items

Chopin - 45 min - Barcarolle - Review piu mosso. Work on bringing out LH bass note changes. Isolate chord leaps and play faster than needed. Next time: try speeding up.

Schubert - 1 hr - III. Allegro - Think about consistent time. Think about different characters and how to make sections sound more regal.

Bartok - 15 min - Allegro Barbaro - Q = 72. Run through movement.

Bach - 1 hr - Prelude and Fugue - Work on articulation. Prelude DQ = 108. Fugue H = 69. Next time: slow down prelude.

Schubert - 20 min - I. Allegro Moderato - Work on development section with octaves. Record run through. Next time: Listen to recording and work on memory spots and other deficient areas.

Schubert - 20 min - II. Andante - Work on alberti bass. Record run through. Next time: Listen to recording and troubleshoot.

Piston - 15 min - Passacaglia - Run through and work on memory slips. Next time: Listen to recording and troubleshoot.

Rachmaninoff - 20 min - Prelude no. 6 - Work on fast sixteenths on first page. Work on coordinating LH shifts with RH.

Rachmaninoff - 20 min - Prelude no. 5 - Work on middle section and cadenza like run. Next time: Use metronome to solidify bottom of second page.

Debussy - 20 min - Les fees sont d'exquises danseuses - Q = 50, 60, 70, 80 on quintuplet parts.

Debussy - 20 min - Bruyeres - Run through and record. Think about phrasing. Next time: refer to recording and work on continuity.


Accompanying
Schumann - 30 min - Go back to middle of first page. Next time: Work backwards towards beginning and secure beginning page.

5 hrs 30 min, 12 items

Chopin - 45 min - Barcarolle - Work to end of piu mosso. Next time: Review sections in piu mosso. Spend half time on piu mosso and other half reviewing first couple pages.

Schubert - 1 hr - III. Allegro - DQ = 40-46. Work on last two pages.

Bach - 1 hr - Prelude and Fugue - Continue working on consistency of articulation. Go to ends of phrases in Fugue.

Bartok - 15 min - Allegro Barbaro - First two pages

Piston - 20 min - Work on beginning. Dynamic contrast. Legato throughout esp. on last page.

Schubert - 20 min - I. Allegro moderato - B theme.

Schubert - 20 min - II. Andante - Starton second page and play with metronome. Q = 50. Hear line.

Rachmaninoff - 20 min - Op. 32 no 5 - Hear 32nds as 5 even notes (quintuplet, but not really).

Rachmaninoff - 15 min - op. 32 no. 6 - Shape runs.

Debussy - 15 min - Prelude 4 - Q = 50, 60, 70, 80. Metronome quintuplet sixteenth theme.

Debussy - 10 min - Bruyeres - Q = 50. Metronome various trouble parts such as 32nd rhythms sections.


Accompanying
Schumann - 30 min - Q = 60. Work backwards to B. Next time: Work backwards to beginning.

3 hrs 20 min, 7 items

Chopin - 45 min - Barcarolle - piu mosso. E = 63, 66, 69. To bottom of page. Worked on voicing and hearing the left hand work with right hand. Next time: continue ironing out last few measures and hearing LH and RH interaction.

Schubert - 1 hr 5 min - III. Allegro - DQ = 40. 3rd and 4th pages. Work on articulation. Different rhythms for 16th note passages. Next time: Other place with B theme.

Bartok - 15 min - Allegro Barbaro - Q = 69. 3rd and 4th page. Next time: first two pages.

Bach - 35 min - Prelude and Fugue - Q = 69. Consistent Articulation. Run fugue. Next time: Think about articulation on second page and work on consistency of articulation on first page. Work on fugue.

Schubert - 20 min - I. Allegro moderato - Q = 80. Work on main theme and parallel sections. Different rhythms for eighth notes in LH. Next time: Work on p.2 material.

Schubert - 30 min - II. Andante - Q = 50. Rhythms for Alberti Bass. Next time: reinforce being able to hear alberti sections clearly. Start on p.2.

Piston - 20 min - Passacaglia - E = 72. Work on line of opening statement. Work on line throughout. Next time: Work on dynamic range while maintaining line.

Planning for Week 1/17-1/23

Daily Requirements
15 min - Transcribing for Senior Honors Project 11:00-11:15 a.m.
30 min - Compose for Senior Honors Project 11:15-11:45 a.m.
30 min - Schumann 2:55-3:25 p.m.

Sunday's Plan
Primary Focuses

~45 min - Chopin - Play the piu mosso solidly by Thursday

~1 hr - Schubert III. Allegro - Play smoothly, cleanly and continuously at slow tempo (between DQ = 40-45)

~30 min - Bach - Play for memory and think about articulation

~15 min - Bartok - Continue metronoming

Quick Review

~60 min
-Schubert - I. Allegro Moderato
-Schubert - II. Andante
-Piston

Secondary

~15 min - Rachmaninoff - op. 32 no. 5
~15 min - Rachmaninoff - op. 32 no. 6
~15 min - Debussy - Bk II no. 4
~15 min - Debussy - Bk II no. 5

4 hrs 15 min, 4 items

Chopin - 1 hr - Barcarolle - Work on first four measures. Always hear the top. Next time: work on the next phrase.

Schubert - 2.5 hrs - III. Allegro - Work on main theme sections and hard middle part. DQ = 40-50. Change rhythms. Play like Haejin! Next time: Work on B sections with metronome and different rhythms where applicable.

Bartok - 10 min - Review from last lesson. Last two pages. Q = 69. Next time: Work on first four pages Q = 69.

Bach - 35 min - Prelude and Fugue - DQ = 69. Slow. Think about arm weight and evenness. Next time: Work on memory and consistency in evenness and articulation.

1 hr 35 min

Friday, January 15, 2010

Schubert - 45 min - III. Allegro - DQ = 40-50. Middle section.

Bartok - 15 min - Run.

Chopin - 35 min - Work on piu mosso first two measures.

3 hrs, 1 item

Chopin - 3 hrs - Barcarolle - E = 60, 63, 66. LH alone of piu mosso. Rh alone. Both hands together arpeggiating up and down. Metronome "favorite part" on second page. E = 60-72

5 hrs, 2 items

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Chopin - 4 hours - Begin memorizing first page and LH of piu mosso (E = 80).

Schubert - 1 hour - III. Allegro - DQ = 40.

2 hrs 55 min, 5 items

Bach - 50 min - Prelude and Fugue - Work on consistent tone and line.

Piston - 20 min - Passacaglia - Exaggerate dynamic ranges.

Schubert - 30 min - I. Allegro Moderato Q = 80 - Pick out certain notes as goals/ends of phrases.

Schubert - 30 min - II. Andante - Q = 50 - Also find important notes/goals. Exaggerate dynamics.

Chopin - 45 min - Barcarolle - Q = 44.

7 hrs, 7 items

Debussy - 55 min - Bruyeres - E = 50, 52, 54. One to two pages at a time. Correct rhythms on 4th and 5th pages. Next time: 52, 54, 56.

Schubert - 1 hr 35 min - III. Allegro - DQ = 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60. All sections that involve the primary theme in exposition, development. and recapitulation. Next time: Work on secondary theme sections.

Chopin - 2 hr 25 min - Barcarolle - DQ = 40-48. Set tempo goals for all the sections. Work on line and internalizing harmony. Change fingering of octaves to 5, 4, 3. Next time: ?

Bartok - 35 min - Allegro Barbaro - Q = 66. Work backwards. Work on hand shifts, keeping everything in rhythm.

Schumann - 1 hr - Q = 66. Learn D to end. Next time: Keep working backwards.

Brahms cello sonata and Bach Prelude and Fugue - 30 min - Run with minimal correction.

3 hrs 55 min, 7 items

Chopin - 45 min - Barcarolle - run entire piece at eighth = 60. Work on runs on last page. Next time: Maybe take a break until Monday?

Rachmaninoff - 45 min - Prelude op. 32 no. 5 - Work on 32nd note figures. Next time: Continue working on being in control of 32nd note figures.

Schubert - 30 min - III. Allegro - Run entire piece twice at eighth = 88 and 100. Next time: Work on phrasing, thinking about when weight is released and applied.

Bartok - 35 min - Allegro Barbaro - q = 63. Exaggerate dynamics. Next time: more metronome. Start on 2nd to last page.

Debussy - 20 min - Les fees sont d'exquises danseuses - q = 50. Run and record. Next time: Isolate sections and do repetitions with metronome.

Rachmaninoff - 40 min - op. 32 no. 6 - Metronome eighth = 50, 60, 70, 80, 90. Next time: clean up sections and slow down.

Debussy - 20 min - Bruyeres - Isolate tricky rhythm on second page. Next time: Work on hand position shifts and make transitions more graceful and seamless.

4.5 hrs, 3 items

Chopin - 2.5 hr - Barcarolle - Metronome last three page eighth = 40, 50, 60, 70. Bring out bass changes in piu mosso. First three pages eighth = 40, 44, 48. Middle ones around 100. At least 3 settings each page. Next time: Think more about continuing melody/line over changing weight in left hand.

Rachmaninoff - 30 min - Prelude op. 32 no. 5 - Memorize first couple pages. Next time: continue memorizing.

Schubert - 1.5 hr - III. Allegro - Metronome all of piece at eighth = 100, 104, 108. Next time: continue increasing metronome clicks.



Thursday, January 7, 2010

2.5 hrs, 2 items


Schubert - 30 min - III. Allegro

Chopin - 2 hrs - Barcarolle

2 hrs 15 min, 2 items

Chopin - 1.5 hr - Barcarolle - Learn rest of the notes(!) Next time: work on continuity in sections just learned.

Schubert - 45 min. - III. Allegro - Work on another page of notes. Next time: keep going towards the beginning.

5 hrs, 6 items

Chopin - 1.5 hr - Barcarolle - Review learned notes. Review piu mosso. Play slowly and work on fingering. Work on first page. Legato. 4 major dynamic points. Next time: Continue learning notes and review learned sections.

Schubert - 45 min. - III. Allegro - Learn one more page. Review previously learned page. Next time: more note learning.

Debussy - 1 hr - IV. Les fees sont d'exquises danseuses - Run entire movement. Realize that I CAN play this piece. Keep steady. Next time: begin memorizing and work on fine tuning interpretation.

Bartok - 35 min. - Allegro Barbaro - Think about character implied by dynamics and articulation. Next time: Work on continuity with dynamics and articulation (slower).

Rachmaninoff - 45 min - op. 32 no. 6 - Think about articulation and dynamics. Next time: work on continuity in conjunction with proper dynamics.

Bach - 25 min - Prelude and Fugue - Record. Play with more tone and length in prelude. Next time: Run again. More line in both prelude and fugue.

50 min., 2 items

Schubert - 30 min - III. Allegro - Learn page. Next time: keep learning more notes.

Chopin - 20 min - Barcarolle - Learn rest of page. Next time: keep learning more notes.

5 hrs, 8 items

Debussy - 45 min. - Les fees sont d'exquises danseuses - Run movement. Work through middle two pages more, thinking about continuity. Next time: try recording to see where the major errors are and focus on them for a more big picture approach.

Debussy - 50 min. - Bruyeres - Run movement. Memorize from Ab section to end (last page and system on page before). Play through again slowly. Next time: Continue memorizing backwards. Think about overall structure and flowing logically from one section to another.

Debussy - 50 min. - Ondine - Clean up page by page. Next time: Work on individual sections again.

Bartok - 40 min. - Allegro Barbaro - Review backwards at q = 50. 2 pages at a time. Next time: Think about what individual phrases are saying.

Rachmaninoff - 35 min. - Prelude op. 32 no. 5 - Practice without pedal. Next time: begin memorizing. Be more conscious of structure.

Rachmaninoff - 25 min - op. 32 no. 6 - Practice with less pedal and more slowly to ensure control. Isolate left hand. Next time: continue to work on phrasing and continuity of piece as whole. Isolate right hand

Piston - 20 min. - Passacaglia - Think about maintaining intensity of phrases through line and voicing at the right dynamic for each note. Next time: review memory slips and run movement.

Chopin - 35 min. - Barcarolle - Learn more notes. Work on hand balance with LH octaves. Next time: continue working on start trying to memorize piu mosso section. Review notes learned.

2 hrs 15 min., 2 items

Debussy - 1 hr 15 min - Les fees sont d'exquises danseuses - Work on beginning and ending eighth = 40-48. P. 3 work on dynamics and continuity of first two systems. Next time: Review opening and ending. continue working through middle.

Chopin - 1 hr - Barcarolle - Work on continuity and shape for first 3 pages and last 4. E = 40. Next time: isolate small chunks, 1 or 2 measures at a time or one phrase at a time, thinking about where it is and where it's going.