RECITAL DATE: MAY 5

Eliana

Eliana should practice 4-5 times per week for 30-45 mins per session.

Marches Militaires

  • Polish up with fluency and accuracy of notes

Fur Elise

  • Try and learn hands together on the main theme, and hands separately for the rest of first page

Anastasia

Anastasia should practice 4-5 times per week for 15-20 mins per session.

Boogie on the Broadway

  • Work on playing with fluency, and try to read the music while you play, with the correct and suggested fingering

Russian Sailor Dance

  • Review this for the recital!

Theory Book

  • Make sure we bring this book to every lesson!

Vivienne

Vivienne should practice 4-5 times per week for 15-20 mins per session.

Maple Leaf Rag

  • Keep practicing the 2nd page and overall fluency!

Chantal

Chantal should practice 4-5 times per week at 15 – 20 mins per session

A Dozen A day

  • Review and perfect our old and new exercises from A Dozen A Day.\
  • Get the next book!

Piano Adventures

  • My Pony – Polish up until fluency

Way in a Manger

  • Keep reviewing the R.H. part, and practice the new simplified L.H. part

Alyssa

Alyssa should practice 4-5 times per week at 30 mins – 1 hr per session.

Technique

  • Use the correct fingering, play with accuracy, and clarity on everything with the metronome

Sonatina in F

  • Work on accuracy of indicated articulation (legato/staccato playing)

Minuet in E

  • Polish up
  • “Dance” on the chords with light tap-like playing, don’t push down too harshly on the keys

You and I

  • Review the 1st page with legato playing and phrasing, and learn the similar section on 2nd page

Etude

  • Learn the notes hands separately on the new piece

Maria

Sarasponda

  • Try to keep a slower and steady tempo – clean up R.H. notes, make sure the solo parts are not rushed

Can Can

  • Review for the recital!

Claire

Claire should practice 4-5 times per week at 15 – 30 mins per session.

The Return

  • Keep working on it playing hands together – let go of the notes on rests, don’t hold the L.H. quarter notes for too long

The Chocolate Eating Piano Player

  • Review for the recital!

Anna

Anna should practice 4-5 times per week at 20 – 40 mins per session.

Rivers Flow in You

  • Polish up the last page

Over the Rainbow

  • Work on 2nd page bottom with gradual crescendo

Summertime

  • Practice hands together until marked spot, and finish learning the rest of the piece hands separately!

Somewhere Out there

  • Learn the notes hands separately