Artistas y Msicos Latino Americanos

AMLA Latin School of Performing Arts

SYLLABUS
Teachers Name: Semester: Instrument/Cour se: Level:
Sofia P. Fernandez 2011 Piano Advance

Course Description: The student will demonstrate his ability to play and properly execute classical pianistic repertoire. The student will develop his technical ability on the instrument, as well as the fundamentals of music theory, music literature, and ear training. In order to complete this level, the student most passes a final exam, where he will be as to perform the following repertoire. Scales - Studio - Sonata - Prelude and Fugue - Contemporary Piece

Subjects to be covered: Technical Elements. Continue working with correct posture and fingering. All scales, 4 octaves, Major and Minor. (With variations) Arpeggios and technical studies. Strategies to develop sight reading skills. Baroque, Classic and Contemporary styles. Introduction to music and harmonic analysis. Relevant composers from these periods. Relevant Course Materials (Books, Websites, Musical Pieces): Danzas Cubanas, by Cervantes Piano Studies, by Alfred Czerny The Complete Piano Sonatas, by Mozart Piano Sonatas, by Beethoven Preludes and Fugues, by J.S. Bach

Date: Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5

Week 6 Week 7

Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13

Weeks Subject: Warm up, Major Scales (4 octaves). Read new Studio, separated hands. Strategies to develop sight reading skills. Assignments: Practice the Studio, both hands, and Scales (separated hands). Review assignments. Warm up, Minor Scales (4 octaves) Playing new Studio. Working with the correct posture and fingering. Read the First Movement Sonata, separated hands. Ear training. Assignments: Practice: Studio and Sonata (I Part) Scales, separated hands. Review assignments. Warm up, Arpeggios (4 octaves) Work musically with the learned pieces. Sonata: harmonic analysis. Ear training. Assignments: Do an online research about most relevant composers, from classical period. Practice: Sonata and Studio. Scales separated hands. Review assignments. Warm up, Major and Minor Scales (4 octaves, both hands) Work musically with the learned pieces. Read the Second Movement Sonata, separated hands. Assignments: Practice: Sonata and Studio. Scales with variations. Review assignments. Warm up, Scales with variations (4 octaves, both hands) Working with the correct posture and fingering. Work musically with the learned pieces. Exercises to develop sight reading skills. Harmonic analysis: Sonata (II Part) Assignments: Sonata (I, II) Studio. Scales. Review assignments. Warm up, Scales and arpeggios (4octaves, both hands) Work musically with the learned pieces. Read Sonata III Part, separated hands. Harmonic analysis. Ear training. Assignments: Practice: Scales, Sonata (III Parts) Studio. Review assignments. Warm up, Scales with variations. (4 octaves, both hands) Work musically with the learned pieces. Exercises to develop sight reading skills. Read the new piece (Prelude) separated hands. Assignments: Practice: Studio, Prelude and Sonata. Do an online research about most relevant composers from Baroque period. Review assignments. Warm up, Scales and arpeggios. (4 octaves, both hands) Prelude, harmonic analysis. Work musically with the learned pieces. Ear training. Exercises to develop sight reading skills. Assignments: Scales and Sonata. Review assignments. Warm up, Scales with variations. Work musically with the learned pieces. Sonata: (I Part) Select a Recital Piece, according to the student ability. Assignments: Practice: Studio, Sonata and Scales. Review assignments. Warm up, Major and Minor Scales. Working musically with the learned pieces. Ear training. Assignments: Practice: the Recital Piece. Review assignments. Warm up, arpeggios (4 octaves). Exercises to develop sight reading skills. Work musically with the learned pieces. Working with the correct posture and fingering. Assignments: The Recital Piece. Review assignments. Warm up, Scales and arpeggios (4 octaves, both hands) Work musically with the learned pieces. Ear training. Preparation for Recital. Assignments: the Recital Piece. Practice: the Recital Piece.