All students should be working on the following technical items, where appropriate. Please consult the Piano Area Guide for technique requirements for your level.
Hanon: Virtuoso pianist, exercises 1-20. The first 10 should be done in G. B. style, holding the first note of the pattern and repeating the last half of the measure so that instead of 2/4, it becomes 4/4.
Czerny: School of Velocity, Book I
Peskanov: Russian Technical Regime (at the appropriate level)
Scales: single notes; double notes (3rs and 6ths)
Octave & Broken Octave Scales: two octaves
Chord Segments: Blocked, Broken, Russian Broken
Arpeggios
Brahms: selected exercises
Jenny Anderson
Bach: Toccata from Partita No. 6
Beethoven: Sonata, 14 No. 1 (complete)
Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 48 in c minor, Nocturne, Op. 9 No.1
Prokofieff: Prelude in C
Debussy: Arabesque No. 1
Technique: Level 5
Maria Bennici
Scarlatti: Sonata in f# minor
Mozart: Sonata, Op. 457 in c minor
Chopin: Nocturne Op 27, No. 2
Mendelssohn: Rondo Capriccioso
Gershwin: Three Preludes
Chopin: Etude, Op. 10, Nos. 8, 9, 12
Concerto: Saint-Säens
Technique: Level 6
Leah Claiborne
Bach: Prelude & Fugue Ab Major and g# minor, WTC, Book I
Beethoven: Sonata, Op. 78 (complete)
Rachmaninoff: Prelude, Op. 23, NO. 5 in g minor
Debussy: L’isle joyeuse.
Chopin: Etude, Op. 10, Nos. 3, 4, 5, 8, 12
Concerto: Saint-Säens Concerto in g minor
Technique: Level 7
George Fu
Bach: Prelude & Fugue in a minor, WTC, Book I
Beethoven: Sonata, Op. 53 (complete)
Chopin: Barcarolle, Op. 60
Ravel: Ondine & Scarbo from Gaspard de la Nuit
Chopin: Etude, Op. 25, Nos. 5-7
Concerti: Liszt Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Tchaikovsky No. 1
Technique: Level 7
Emily Holland
Scarlatti: Sonata in C, L. 104
Haydn: Sonata in D Major (complete)
Dohnanyi: Postludium
Prokofieff: Prelude in C
Copland: Cat and the Mouse
Technique: Level 5
Sarah Hornbeck
Bach: Inventions in d & a minor
Beethoven: Sonata, Op. 27, No. 2
Chopin: Waltz, Op. 69 No. 1
Kabalevsky: Variations in D Major, Op. 40
Concerto: Peskanov No. 1 in C Major
Technique: Level 4
Theron Masters
Bach: Fantasie in c minor
Haydn: Sonata No. 50 in D Major
Mendelssohn: Scherzo in e minor
Debussy: Dr. Gradus ad parnassum
Ian McGaughran
Bach: Prelude & Fugue in f#minor, WTC, Book I
Beethoven: Sonata, Op. 26 (complete)
Rachmaninoff: Polichinelle
Debussy: Soirée dans Grénade
Chopin: Etude, Op. 25, Nos. 1 & 2
Concerto: Mendelssohn Concerto in g minor
Technique: Level 6
Ruth Raubertas
Scarlatti: Sonata in D Major, K. 492
Beethoven: Sonata, Op. 10 No.1
Mendelssohn: Selections from Op. 67
Debussy: Prelude from Suite Arabesque
Chopin: Etude, Op. 25, No. 1
Technique: Level 4-5
Suzanne Tabb
Scarlatti: Selected sonatas (A & E Major)
Mozart: Sonata in c minor & Fantasy in c minor
Chopin: Waltz, Op. 42
Ravel: Sonatine
Satie: Three Flabby preludes
Chopin: Etude, Op. 10, Nos. 5, 6
Technique: Level 6-7
Jane Wang
Scarlatti: Sonata K. 503 in C Major
Haydn: Sonata No. 58 in C Major
Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 27, No. 2
Liebermann: Gargoyles No. 1
Chopin: Etude, Op. 10, Nos. 5, 6
Technique: Level 6
Darwin Yang
Bach: Prelude & Fugue in d minor, WTC, Book II
Beethoven: Sonata, Op. 31, No. 2 (mvts. 1 & 3)
Chopin: Etude, Op. 10, No. 5
Mendelssohn: Rondo Capriccioso
Ginastera: Three Argentinean Dances
Technique: Level 5
Steven Yang
Bach: Prelude & Fugue in d minor, WTC, Book II
Beethoven: Sonata, Op. 10 No. 2
Chopin: Etude, Op. 25 No. 1
Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 27, No. 2
Debussy: Jardins sous la pluie
Concerto: Mendelssohn Piano Concerto in g minor
Edward Yoon
Scarlatti: Sonata in D Major, L. 492
Beethoven: Sonata, Op. 13, mvt. I
Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 55 No. 1 in f minor
Chopin: Scherzo No. 2
Lees: Fantasia
Concerto: Haydn D Major, 1st & 3rd mvts
Technique: Level 4
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