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Projects In Progress

2025-12-13

Mia Spaulding

Stage 1 Lessons

14 lessons (Project In Progress)

Dec 13, 2025 - Feb 04, 2026

Foundation

Introduction to Melodic Idea

Learn To Be Self Critical

Memorizing A Section Melody

Review Melody

Memorize Melodic Ideas And Development

Memorize Second Idea

Identify Sets To Memorize

Compare/Contrast Prelude with Sonatina

Learn A Section

A Section Melody From Memory

Analyze Harmony Pattern

Play Harmony Separate

Coordinate Harmony To Melody

Review After Thanksgiving

Review Prelude

Setting Goals

Review Sonatina

Memorize Left Hand As Melody

Thinking of Left Hand as Melody

Divide Into Phrases and Sequences

Identify Parts To Brute Memorize

Learn B Section

Review A Section

Recognizing Chords

Planning Finger/Hand Movement

Why Memorizing Is Necessary For Coordination

Coordinating Melody and Harmony m 21-27

Use Pattern For Memory

Review Melody Again

Fix Coordination Visually

Analyzing What To Focus On

Recognizing Patterns In Hand Shapes For Memory

Review B Section Melody

Leverage Pattern In Stretch-To-Natural Hand Shape

Recognize Patterns In Accidentals

Review m 21-27 Melody From Memory

Study Shape of m 28-32 Melody

Pattern of F-sharps and A-flats Accidentals

What It Takes To Be A Piano Student

Segment Harmony Into Two Basic Hand Shapes

Review m 21-27 Melody

Segment Harmony

Recognize Octave or Natural Hand Shape

Standardized Left Hand Movement

Review m 21-27

Patterns in Left Hand Transitions

Review

Last 8 measures

Patterns in Last 8 Measures

Standardize Fingering Pattern

Practice Backwards

Practicing Backwards

Work With Metronome

Progressive Memory/Rhythm Practice

The 3 S's of Polishing

Play Through With Metronome

Practicing the Second Half Together

Jayanth Panneerselvam

Short Prelude in C Minor, BWV 934

32 lessons (Project In Progress)

Nov 24, 2025 - Feb 04, 2026

Repertoire

1-14-2026

Kabir Sasan

CM Level 5 Practice Diary

1 lesson (Project In Progress)

Jan 15, 2026

Standardized Test Preparation

Getting an Overview

Line 1: LH legato

Lines 1+2 | Choreography and Breathing with the Wrist

Line 3 | Reviewing Concepts from Previous Lesson

2026-01-29

2026-01-30

Evelyn Chan

Song (Dmitri Kabalevsky)

6 lessons (Project In Progress)

Jan 23, 2026 - Jan 30, 2026

Repertoire

Major Scales Pattern

Spatial Understanding Of Sharps and Flats

Pattern of cross-over and cross-under

Starting variation for Ab Major and Eb Major

Minor Harmonic Pattern

Jayanth Panneerselvam

Scales & Techniques Level 5

2 lessons (Project In Progress)

Feb 02, 2026 - Feb 03, 2026

Standardized Test Preparation

2026-01-30

Tessa Vu

Sight Reading Preparatory

1 lesson (Project In Progress)

Jan 30, 2026

Standardized Test Preparation

Manu Rao

Stage 1

5 lessons (Project In Progress)

Jan 26, 2026 - Feb 03, 2026

Foundation

Learning Melody

Begin Melody

Fixing Intervallic Reading

Review Anchor Note

Annotate Movements

Recognize Melody Flow

Melody Flow

Learning Alberti Bass

Begin Coordination

Annotating Melody for Memorization

Review Page 1

Memorize in Phrases

Basics of Memorization

Begin Page 2

Review Melody For Section A

Fix Fingering

Annotate Movement Patterns

Coordinating

Review A Section

Recognize Driver Hand/Passenger Hand

Fast Learning Strategy

The Importance Of Memorization

Memorizing A Section 2

Memorizing A Section 3

Starting B Section

Complete B Section

Fix Coordination

Dry Run Entire Composition

Comparing Variations to Memorize

Practice For Memorization

Practice Backward By Section

What to Brute Force Memorize

Strategic Memorization

Practice For Memorization 2

Review Landmarks To Brute Force Memorize

Practice Backward

Fix Octave

Review Landmarks for A Section

Practice A Section

Comparing Variations

Progressive Memory Practice Strategy

Practice For Memorization 3

Dry Run

Review Mistakes in Harmony

Practice From Memory

Practice With No Music

Identify Memory Gap

Identify Difficult Movement

Review Points To Brute Force Memorize

Review

Discuss Progress of Enchanted Moments

Starting Phrasing and Interpretation

Understanding Sonata Form

Conducting and Cleaning the RH

Conducting and Refining the LH

Conducting and checking the development

Checking the RH | Making a Practice Plan for Correcting Mistakes

Following up on the previous day's practice plan

Reviewing recital repertoire | Checking problem spots | Choreography

Checking the Development | Expression and Technique

Sick Day | Run Through to Check | Reminder to be Musical

Memorizing Complex Hand Transitions

Talking about Practice Diary Entry

Practicing and Polishing Problem Spots Together

Talking about Energy and Character

2026-01-29

Jayanth Panneerselvam

Sonatina in C, Opus 20, No. 1

32 lessons (Project In Progress)

Oct 28, 2025 - Jan 29, 2026

Repertoire

Completed Projects

Introducing chord shapes

2025-11-08

2025-11-14

2025-11-15

Evelyn Chan

Introducing Harmony: Triads, Inversions, Chord Progressions

4 lessons (Project Complete)

Nov 07, 2025 - Nov 15, 2025

Skill Development

Melody Movement (Section A)

Playing melody by ear

Playing melody in rhythm

Learning Harmony

Memorizing Harmony

Melody Movement (Section B)

Melody Movement (Section B) ||

Learning Harmony (Section B)

Playing Evenly

Memorizing

Melody Movement (Section C)

Learning Harmony (Section C)

Practicing Backwards

Building Endurance

Endurance & Memorization

Practice With Metronome

Practice With Metronome In Rhythm

Increasing Metronome Tempo

In Rhythm Without Metronome

Experimental Memory/Rhythm Exercise

Experimental Memory/Rhythm Exercise ||

Experimental Memory/Rhythm Exercise |||

Increasing Tempo

Rhythm Refinements

Vivek Anand

La Candeur

35 lessons (Project Complete)

Feb 11, 2025 - Apr 17, 2025

Memorizing Bagpipe 2 & A Short Story Harmony

Reinforce Practice Techniques

Memorizing Bagpipe & A Short Story

Practicing Independently & Introduction to Scales

Refining Rhythm

Practice in rhythm from memory

5-Fingers Scales Major & minor

Polishing Repertoires

Introduction to Full Scale

Calculate Notes of Major/Minor Scales

Calculate Scale Exercises By Perfect 5th

Learning Full Scales

Full C and G Scale

Cadences

Correcting Scale Fingerings

Validating Techniques

Scales & Techniques From Memory

Scales & Techniques under 4 minutes

Play From Memory

Fixing Major Oversight

Review Oversight

Tessa Vu

Certificate Of Merit Preparatory Level

26 lessons (Project Complete)

Sep 29, 2025 - Nov 21, 2025

Standardized Test Preparation

Intervallic Reading Day 1

Hand Position Using Diagram

Verify Hand Position

Grand Staff & Finger Number

Intervallic Reading and Playing

Intervallic Reading Day 2

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

London Bridge

The Wheel On The Bus

Ode To Joy

Intervallic Reading Day 3

Introduction To Notes & Hand Position

Introduction To Notes

Mnemonic

Calculate Hand Position

Firefly

Calculate Hand Position and Play Little River

Calculating Initial Hand Position

Little River

Sailing In The Sun

Ferris Wheel

Mexican Jumping Beans

The Haunted Mouse

Approaching New Music

Moving Hand Position Intervallically

Multiple Ways To Calculate Hand Position

Traffic Jam 2nds

This Is Not Jingle Bells

Calculate Hand Movement By Direction and Intervals

Kites In The Sky

Training Eye-Finger Coordination

Developing Independence

Forest Drum

No Moon Tonight

Grumpy Old Troll

Introduction To Sharps and Flats

Introduction To Sharps

Merlin's Wand

Russian Sailor Dance

Introduction To Flats

Super Secret Agent

Party Song

Boogie on Broadway

Review Sharps and Flats

Boogle On Broadway

Introduction to Triads

Reading and Playing With Reduced Finger Numbers

Theme from the "London" Symphony

Jazzy Joe

Bongo Drummers

Better Eye-Finger Coordination

Dinosaur Stomp

The Dreydl Song

The Bubble

Start Piano Adventures Performance 1

The Spanish Guitar

Jack and the Beanstalk

Pop! Goes the Weasel

Developing Lesson Routine

Introduction to Melody & Harmony

Rusty Old Bike

Melody And Harmony And Coordination

A Merry March

Painting with Pastels

Calculating Diad Intervals

Square Dance

500-Year-Old Melody

Reading Reverse Adjustment

The Crazy Clown

Reading Enharmonic Notes

Review DoubleUp & Reverse Adjustment

Two Little Marches

Learning Piano Songs By Reading Only 2 Notes

The Crawling Spider

Sleeping Beauty Waltz

Reading Hand Position Movements

The Handbell Choir

Miniature Sonatina

Hill and Gully Rider

Introduction To Coordination

I've Got Music

Rain Dance

Better Coordination By Reading Less

Silver Moon Boat

Start Piano Adventures Lesson 2A

The San Francisco Trolley

Jumbo's Lullaby

When the Saints Go Marching In

Introduction To 8th Note Rhythm Set

Leftover Popcorn

A Minuet for Mr. Bach's Children

Mr. Brahms' Famous Lullaby

The Clock Strikes Thirteen!

The Elf's Silver Hammer

Ode to Joy

Tessa Vu

Early Stage 1

26 lessons (Project Complete)

Aug 06, 2025 - Sep 25, 2025

Foundation

Chromatic Scales

Playing With Rhythm Set

Rhythm Sets and Empty Beats

In Rhythm Without Rhythm Sets

Rhythm and Coordination

Rhythm and Coordination 2

Rhythm Driver Hand

Notes Before Rhythm

Notes and Rhythm Sets together

Sight Reading Rhythm

Practice Independently

3-Note vs 5-Note vs 2-Note Rhythm Set

Basics of Coordination

Superimposed Melody And Harmony == One Rhythm

Begin Repertoire

Process of Learning Song

Coordinating By Eye

Applying 8th note rhythm

Tessa Vu

Mid Stage 1

18 lessons (Project In Progress)

Nov 17, 2025 - Dec 18, 2025

Minuet - 1st Performance

Minuet Day 6

Minuet Day 7

Minuet - 2nd Performance

Tessa Vu

Introductory Performance Seminar 1

18 lessons (Project In Progress)

Jan 05, 2026 - Feb 03, 2026

Foundation