Clementi 3 - 50 min - Development - Canon - inner shaping - consistency in both lh and rh

Bach Fugue - 1 hr 10 min - SA HS and HT; 3 note descent legato, powerful upbeat P4/P5

Clementi 2 - Read through and think about harmonies

Clementi 3 - Learn canon section in development
---
50 min

Busoni/Sight-reading - 45 min

Bach - 50 min

Falla - 90 min

PLAN for this Week MAY 14 - May 20

Busoni - 4 measures a day

Bach - to measure 56

Clementi - Development - p.4-7

Falla - up to Tranquillamente mosso

Walker - Waterbird

Barber - A Green Lowland of Pianos

Beethoven 1 - creatively approach notorious measures..

Falla - 1 hr 45 min - be less emotionally involved; iron out parts up until goal spot

Busoni/Bach 1 - 70 min - comfortable up to end of second page; start working ahead to next section;

Beethoven 1 - 60 min - take time to hear harmonic changes in notorious rising chord passage

Clementi - 30 min - secure exposition

Falla - 2 hrs - up to F# major transition

Walker - 10 min

Falla - 70 min

Bach - 50 min

Beethoven 1, Clementi 1, SR, Walker - 70 min

Bach - 30 min - review second page of prelude hands separately mentally

Beethoven 1 - 60 min - review chords

Clementi 1 - 40 min -

Falla - 20 min

Busoni - 20 min - first page of stacato exercise

Beethoven 1 - 40 min - think about harmony and alignment of arms; close eyes

Clementi 1 - 1 hr - review to end of exposition

Falla - 1 hr - review to tempo change

Busoni -  25 min

Falla - 50 min

Bach - 60 min - up to measure 20 of Prelude

Clementi 1 - 60 min - to end of exposition

Beethoven 1 - 35 min

Busoni - 20 min

Bach - 1 hr - first page of prelude

Clementi 1 - 50 min - to bottom of second page

Falla/Rachmaninoff/Beethoven 1 - 50 min - Falla page 1-2

Must reduce neck tension and arm tension ind Falla. How do I get loud dynamic in Falla without tensing neck muscles? Need to find more efficient way to divide up practice into multiple more productive practice sessions.

Bach - Prelude - 1 hr - first 5.5 measures

Summer Repertoire
Clementi Sonata op. 50 no. 1 in A major

Bach English Suite no. 4 in F major

M. de Falla Fantasia Baetica

2 hrs 30 min,

Busoni


Beethoven 1
----
90 min

Rzewski


Beethoven 1
----
40 min

Brahms 2
----
20 min

2 hrs 40 min, 3 items

Busoni - trills

Andrew's music
----
1 hr

Beethoven 1
---
1 hr 40 min

Busoni


Reinecke 2 + 3
----
60 min

4 hrs 15 min, 5 items

Busoni - trills

Beethoven 1 - 3rd to last page, hands separately, last two pages to end, h = 60
----
1 hr 30 min

Brahms 2
----
45 min

Reinecke 3


Andrew's music
----
2 hrs

4 hrs, 4 items

Busoni - Trills bottom of second page

Reinecke 3 - last 2 pages
----
60 min

Reinecke 3
----
30 min

Brahms 2 - super legato, staccato, hands separately

Milhaud 2 - hand balance, hands separately, slow
----
2 hrs 30 min

6 hrs 10 min, 8 items

Busoni - trills

Brahms 2 - work on pp colors
----
50 min

Beethoven 1 - Recap, hands separately and together at different speeds;
----
1 hr 15 min

Rzewski

Andrew's music
----
2.5 hrs

Rzewski - hear the parts more clearly, know what my hands are doing in opening

Rachmaninoff - work on recap hands separately

Liszt - run through

Milhaud 2
----
1 hr 35 min

4 hrs, 6 items

Busoni - trills

Beethoven - Coda, memorize, work on hands separately
----
1 hr 40 min

Andrew's music
----
20 min

Rzewski
----
1 hr

Milhaud 2

Reinecke 3
----
1 hr

3 hrs, 4 items

Monday, Jan 23

Busoni -

Katie's vocal stuff
----
1.5 hrs

Rachmaninoff
----
30 min

Andrew's vocal stuff
1.5 hrs

2 hrs, 4 items

Busoni - Trills exercise from end backwards, first 8 measures of last page

Andrew's music
----
60 min

Rachmaninoff - memory work

Milhaud 2 - first page triads
----
60 min

3 hrs, 3 items

Busoni - play through from beginning to end
----
25 min

Rachmaninoff - name and group phrases, poetically
----
2 hrs

Rzewski - q = 76
----
35 min

4 hrs 40 min, 4 items

Milhaud 1


Reinecke 1
----
1 hr 40 min

Rachmaninoff
----
1 hr 40 min

Reading through Mower and vocal music
----
1 hr 20 min

4 hours, 6 items

Busoni - up to last system LH

Brahms 2 - need to work on control and color
----
1 hr

Milhaud 1 - metronome q = 50


Rachmaninoff -  metronome q= 60


Rzewski - metronome q = 80


Beethoven 1 - think about technique as if Busoni
----
3 hrs

4 hrs 20 min, 6 items

Busoni - 2 more measures

Milhaud 1 - 32nd note section
----
1 hr

Beethoven 1 - memorize development and part of false recap
----
1 hr 40 min

Brahms 2
----
20 min

Rachmaninoff - fix exposition

Rzewski - change fingering of opening
1 hr 20 min

4 hrs 25 min, 7 items

Busoni - 7 more measures

Reinecke 1 -
----
1 hr 40 min

Rachmaninoff
----
1 hr 40 min

Brahms 2
----
20 min

Rzewski - act more

Milhaud 1

Beethoven 1 - think about movements more carefully
----
45 min

5 hrs, 4 items

Busoni - 2 more measures

Reinecke 1 - pages 1-4
----
2 hrs

Rzewski - work on memory and flow
----
1.5 hrs

Beethoven 1 - memorize exposition, think about harmonies
----
1.5 hrs

3 hrs, 2 items

Brahms 2 - think about dynamics and pacing
----
1 hr 10 min

Rzewski - memorize, play through beginning to end
---
1 hr 50 min

4 hrs, 5 items

Busoni - a few more measures; make sure fingers are not tense

Rzewski - test memory up to middle of page 2
----
2 hrs 30 min

Chopin - q = 120 hear every note and where the notes are going
----
45 min

Milhaud 3 - fingering first page and last page

Rachmaninoff - revise fingering
----
45 min

1 hr 10 min, 2 items

FRIDAY, JANUARY 13


Busoni - a few more measures

Chopin - think less etude-ly
----
70 min

3 hrs 30 min, 4 items

Busoni - 2 more measures

Rzewski - be able to play for memory up to middle of page 2 both hands; practiced in sections
----
2 hrs

Brahms 2 - hear harmonic changes...need to transfer fingerings and think about harmonies

Rachmaninoff - memorize coda hands separately
----
1 hr 30 min

3 hrs 50 min, 6 items

Busoni - double note silent change of fingering exercise; fingering and method practice for three more measures

Rachmaninoff - memorize A section of recapitulation

Brahms 2 - read through, implement ideas of pacing, dynamics, voicing presence
----
2 hrs 10 min

Milhaud 2 - fingering for 3 more pages

Rzewski - memorize p. 2 to 3
-----
1 hr

Rachmaninoff - think narratively
----
40 min

3 hrs 15 min, 5 items

Busoni - same exercise, speed, make sure fingertips touch keys before depressing
----
15 min

Milhaud 2 - fingering for p. 2

Rzewski - memorize first page (at least the right hand); play sections with metronome; work on metronome for top of p. 2; should check metronome and memory simultaneously next time
----
2 hrs

Rachmaninoff - memorize the rest of the development hands separately
----
1 hr

Brahms 2 - study score and think about phrasing and form

4 hrs 55 min, 7 items

Busoni - Work on first 4 bars of silent fingering double notes etude; emphasizing "hearing" the notes in each hand distinctly

Rachmaninoff - review. memorize development hands separately

Rzweski - memorize first half of first page
-----
2 hrs

Liszt - middle section with repeated notes (3x) and arpeggiated LH accompaniment; memorize hand separately
----
45 min

Chopin - let the ear guide the hands

Beethoven 1 - memorize first half of exposition of allegro
-----
1 hr 50 min

Milhaud 2 - fingering for page 1
-----
20 min

2 hrs, 2 items

SUNDAY, JAN 8, 2012

Rachmaninoff - memorize RH and LH separately for exposition (first two pages)

Rzweski - work on memorizing last page and end of second page

Rzewski - memorize p. 3, second system to end; analyzed intervals and symmetry; next time I should memorize hands separately and count; have I discovered all the symmetries and patterns yet? also I need to decide on solid groupings

Liszt - staccato double note chords in right hand. Is more bounce a good thing?

Chopin - need to work on being able to play each hand separately for memory

Events 2011

1/19: Recital in Staunton

1/22: FSU Audition

1/28-29: Northwestern Audition

2/4: Indiana Audition

2/5: CCM Audition

2/12: JMU Piano Recital

2/21: UMKC Audition

2/26: Martha's Recital

3/4-5: NATS competition

4/2: Senior Composition Recital

4/17: Cov-Pres Performing Arts Concert

4/23: Audrey's Recital

4/29: Ryan's Recital

5/1: Collaborative Song Recital

5/30: Doebeln Concert

6/11: Beggar's Opera Premiere in Middle Saxony Theater

6/13: Beggar's Opera #2 in Lauenstein

6/18: Beggar's Opera #3 in Doebeln

6/19: Beggar's Opera #4 in Bieberstein Castle

7/2: Wolf Lieder concert in Zwickau

7/3: Wolf Lieder concert in Petrikirche