Piano Lovers Club

We are pleased and excited to announce the launch of our newly inaugurated Piano Lovers Club. In an informal and friendly setting, the club aims to bring together passionate piano musicians, teachers and students to participate in events and activities that provide opportunities for enhanced learning, consultations, forums, discussions, workshops and masterclasses.

As a one-stop resource and support platform into everything classical and everything piano, members of the club take part in year-round interactive events covering a wide range of genres and topics. While activities are tailored to the needs of our members, we welcome new perspectives and diversity of ideas and opinions to form a nurturing environment for all.

The club functions under the expertise and guidance of Master Rickie Oui, a well known pianist, pedagogue and educator. With a very modest termly subscription, we create a welcoming atmosphere for all our members to enjoy, participate and benefit from the club’s events and activities. Our goal will always be growth, and through our collaborative efforts to enrich our scope of music education and knowledge of piano playing!

OVERVIEW

An on-going series of webinars featuring lecture and tutorials on Piano Exam and Non - Exam Repertoire, as well as specialized topics related to music and piano playing.

The weekly sessions focus on Composers and their Techniques, Interpretation & Stylistic Corrections, providing detailed performance & teaching strategies for piano lovers, music teachers and piano students.

ABRSM New Exam Pieces July/August/September 2022

Special Course

ABRSM Grade 1 to 8 (2023/24 Syllabus)

PROGRAMME- May/June 2022

May 2 2022, Monday 12:45-2:30 pm

Bach - Largo (from Concerto in F minor BWV1056) Arr. W. Kempff

Debussy - General Lavine - eccentric

(Prelude Bk 2 No 6)

June 6 2022, Monday 12:45-2:30 pm

Grade 4 (A5) Beethoven - Allegro Assai (fr.Sonatina in F)

Grade 5 (B6) Heller - Study in E minor Op 47 No 15

Grade 4 (C1) Bartok - Teasing Song

May 9 2022, Monday 12:45-2:30 pm

Abrsm Exam Pieces 21/22

Top Tips To Distinction!!

Grade 5 (A3) Handel - Toccata in G minor

Grade 4 (A3) Schubert - Minuet and Trio

June 13 2022, Monday 12:45-2:30 pm

Clementi - Sonata in B flat Op 12 No 1 (3d movt)

Brahms - Capriccio in G minor Op 116 No 3

Grade 4 (B6) Granados - Dedicatoria

(No 1 Cuento de Las Juventud Op 1)

May 16 2022, Monday 12:45-2:30 pm

Haydn - Capriccio in G major Hob.XVII:1

Bach - Siciliano in G minor (arr. W. Kempff)

Grade 7 (B7) Lyadov - Mazurka in F minor Op 57 No 3

June 20 2022, Monday 12:45-2:30 pm

4(A1) Pescetti: Presto (fr.Sonata in C minor) 6(B2) Granados: Vals Poético No 6 8(A2) Mozart: Sonata in F K332 (1st movt)

May 23 2022, Monday 12:45-2:30 pm

Grade 8 (B5) Chopin - Mazurka in A minor Op 17 No 4

Grade 4A (1) Bach. - Prelude in C minor

Bartok - 6 Roumanian Dances

June 27 2022, Monday 12:45-2:30 pm

3(A1) Anon: Minuet in G (BWV Anh II 116) 5(C2) Kabalevsky: Scherzo (fr. Children’s Pieces Op 27) 7(A1) Haydn: Allegro Moderato

(fr.Sonata in B minor Hob.XVI 32)

May 30 2022, Monday 12:45-2:30 pm

Beethoven - Sonata in C sharp minor Op. 27 No 2 (3rd movt)

Mendelssohn - Song without Words Op 67 No 4

(Spinning Song)

Grade 4 (B3) Schumann - Erster Verlust (First Loss)

PROGRAMME- March/April 2022

March 7 2022, Monday 12:45-2:30 pm

Beethoven - Sonata in G Op 79 (3rd movt)

Glinka - Nocturne in E flat major

March 21 2022, Monday 12:45-2:30 pm

Beethoven - Sonata in C sharp minor Op 27 No 2 (1st movt)

John Ireland - April

March 14 2022, Monday 12:45-2:30 pm

Haydin - Sonata in D Hob XVI/51 (1st movt)

Mendelssohn - Song without Words Op 85 No 1

March 28 2022, Monday 12:45-2:30 pm

Mastering Chromatic Scales

(choreography, fingeringoption, strength vs speed and blocking)

Repertoire:

Bach - Largo (from Concerto in F minor BWVI 1056

Arr.Wilhelm Kempff

April 4 2022, Monday 12:45-2:30 pm

Bach - Prelude & Fugue in F minor Bk 1 No 12

Debussy - General Lavine - eccentric

(Preludes Bk 2 No 6)

April 18 2022, Monday 12:45-2:30 pm

Maximising Practice Efficiency - Practice Toolbox

(do's & don'ts, effective strategies, diagnosis & goals)

Repertoire - Scarlatti - Sonata in C major K159

Sonata in D minor K141

Sonata in C major K487

April 11 2022, Monday 12:45-2:30 pm

Repetoire: Couperin - Tic Toc Choc

Rameau - L'Egyptienne

Chopin - Nouvelle Etude No 1 in F minor

(from 3 Nouvelle Etudes)

April 25 2022, Monday 12:45-2:30 pm

Schumann - Intermezzo (from Carnival Scenes in Vienna Op 26)

Rachmaninov - Prelude in G sharp minor Op 32 No 12

PROGRAMME- Jan/Feb 2022

January 10 2022, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Beethoven - Sonata in F minor Op 2 No1 (2nd movt)
Poulenc - Novelette No 1 in C major

February 7 2022, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Clementi - Sonata in B flat Op 12 No 1 (first movt)
Debussy - Sarabande (from Pour Le Piano)

January 17 2022, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Repertoire:
York Bowen - Ripples
Respighi - Valse Carresante (No 1 from six piano pieces)
Respighi - Notturno (No 3 from six piano pieces)

February 14 2022, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Haydn - Sonata in C Hob/XVI 50 (second movt)
Brahms - Ballade in G minor Op 118 No 3

January 24 2022, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
How to practise Czerny Etudes Op 559 & Op 261
(groundwork to children's technique, thinking beyond the notes, practice methods & strategies)
Repertoire: Galuppi - Sonata in C (first movt)

January 31 2022
Chinese New Year 🐃 🎎 🎆

February 21 2022, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Schubert - Sonata in A minor Op 164 D537 (first movt)
Repertoire: Villa Lobos - Valsa da Dor

February 28 2022, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Colours in Sound
(Music Modes & what are they?)
Faure - Barcarolle in A minor Op 26 No 1

PROGRAMME - Nov/Dec 2021

November 8 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Mozart - Sonata in B flat K 570 (first movt)
Brahms - Intermezzo Op117 No 2

December 6 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Bach series - Playing the Inventions
(Selected Inventions from the Two-part Inventions)
Repertoire : Bach - Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
(arranged by Myra Hess)

November 15 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Pedaling in Debussy's piano music
(debussy's sound world, pedaling clues, blurred effect,orchestral effect. 'touch' management)
Repertoire: Grieg - Nachtstucke Opus 23 No 4

December 13 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Haydn - Sonata in C Hob/XVI 50 (first movt)
Chopin - Nocturne in F# major Opus 15 No 2

November 22 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Beethoven - Sonata in F minor Op 2 No 1 (first movt)
Repertoire : Franck - Prelude (from Opus 18)

Decenber 20 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Debussy - La Puerto del Vino (from Preludes Book 2)
Repertoire : Prokofiev - Prelude Op 12 No 7

November 29 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
'Knack' of playing irregular rhythms
(coping with polyrhythm and Chopin's fioriture)
Scarlatti - Sonata in D minor K1
- Sonata in B minor K 27
- Sonata in C major K 487

December 27 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
How to practice Czerny Etudes Op 559 and Op 261
(groundwork for children's technique, thinking beyond the notes, practice methods & strategies)
Repertoire: Villa Lobos - Valsa da Dor

PROGRAMME - Sept/Oct 2021

October 4 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Grade 8 (A3) Haydn - Sonata in A flat Hob/XVI 46 (first movt)
(from Three Piano Pieces D 946)

September 6 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Bach - Anna Magdalena & 18 Little Preludes
Brahms - Intermezzo in A minor Opus 76 No 7

October 11 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Chopin - Etude in A flat Opus 25 No 1
Chopin - Nocturne in F minor Opus 55 No 1

September 13 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Mozart - Ah, vous dirai-je Mamam
(Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)
Grade 6 (B2) Debussy - Page D'Album

October 25 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Part 2 - Artistic Uses Of The Pedals
1. Pedaling Levels
2. The harmonic series
3. Tone effects & colouring
4. Pedaling the different style/eras of music
Repertoire: Schumann Nachtstuck in F major Op 23 no 4

October 18 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Part 1 - Fundamentals of Piano Pedaling
1. Mechanism & action of pedals
2. Feet posture
3. Kinds of Pedaling
4. 'Intelligent' uses of the pedals
Repertoire: Grieg - Improvisation in F major Op 29 No 2
(on Norwegian folk song)

September 27 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Playing a Bach Fugue (analysis, style & interpretation)
(Selected fugues from The Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 & 2)

September 20 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Grade 8 (A1) Bach - Fantasia in C minor
Grade 4 (C2) Ben Crosland - I Hear What You Say
Repertoire: Ravel - A la maniera

PROGRAMME- July/august 2021

July 5 2021, Monday 12:45 - 2:00 pm

Beethoven: Sonata in C minor Op13 (Pathetique) - 3rd Movement

Grade 8 (B10) Schumann - Romanze in F# major Op 28 No 2

July 12 2021, Monday 12:45 - 2:00 pm

J.S.Bach - Concerto no. 3 in D minor, BWV 974 (after Marcello)

Grade 4 (A2) Kabalevsky - Etude in A minor

July 19 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Haydn - Sonata in B minor Hob/XVI 32
Repertoire: Paderewski - Nocturne Op 16 No 4

July 26 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Poulenc - Improvisation No 15 in C minor
Grade 8 (B8) Rachmaninoff - Moment Musical in D flat Op 16 No 5

August 2 2021 - BREAK

August 9 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Beethoven - Sonata in G major Opus 14 No 2
Grade 4 (B1) Barbara Arens - Moonbeams

August 16 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Effective Piano Teaching Methods for Young Children
Focus on children's technique, musicianship and repertoire
(Including studies and etudes)

August 23 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Mozart - Sonata in A minor K310 (1st & 2nd movements)
Repertoire: Albeniz - Mallorca (Spanish music)

August 30 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Video Analysis Series - Hidden Secrets of the Great Pianists!
(Selected Videos & Artists will be announced later in members group chat)
Grade 7 (A9) Rameau - Les Sauvages

PROGRAMME- May/June 2021

May 3 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Beethoven: Sonata in G Opus 79

May 10 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Bach: Prelude in D BWV 850
Haydn: Sonata in F Hob XVI/23

May 17 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Bach: fugue in D BWV 850
Chopin: Nocturne in F# minor Op 48 No 2

May 24 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Playing A Polonaise: (technical challenges, touch,musical style, pedal use)
Repertoire: Rameau - La Poule

May 31 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Technique of Repeated Chord Accompaniment
Grade 7 (B2) Edward Grieg - Sarabande
Grade 8 (B3) Poulenc - Novelette
Grade 8 (B1) Johannes Brahms - Intermezzo in E
Grade 7 (C2) Jacques Ibert - Little White Donkey

June 7 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Mozart: 9 Variation on a minuet by Duport K573
Babajanian: Elegy (in memory of khachaturian

June 14 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Chabrier: Scherzo - Valse (from Pieces Pittorresques)
Debussy: Minuet (from Suite Bergamasque )

June 21 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Schubert Impromptu in F minor Op 142 No 1
Repertoire: Tchaikovsky - Romance Op 51 No 5 (from 6 Piano Pieces)

June 28 2021, Monday 12:45-2:00 pm
Mendelssohn - Song without Words Opus 38 No 3 in E
Ravel : Pavane pour une infant defunte

PROGRAMME- March/April 2021

March 1 2021, Monday 1:00-2:00 pm

Review of the 'Carezzando Touch'

Grade 6 (B3) Johanna Senfter - Erster Schmerz

March 8 2021, Monday 1:00-2:00 pm

Grade 5 (C2) Heather Hammond - Changing Times (20th Century)

Grade 8 C1) Bela Bartok - Rondo

March 15 2021, Monday 1:00 - 2:00 pm

Grade 7 (B2) Edward Grieg - Sarabande

Grade 8 (B3) Poulenc - Novelette

March 22 2021, Monday 1:00 - 2:00 pm

Grade 8 (B1) Johannes Brahms - Intermezzo in E

Grade 7 (C2) Jacques Ibert

April 5 2021, Monday 1:00 - 2:00 pm

How to Play a Waltz, Polonaise & Mazurka

(technique & style differences, pedal application)

April 12 2021, Monday 1:00 - 2:00 pm

ATCL Diploma - Bach - Toccata in E minor BWV 914

April 19 2021, Monday 1:00-2:00 pm

ATCL Diploma - Beethoven - Sonata in C minor (Pathetique)

April 26 2021, Monday 1:00-2:00 pm

Video Analysis Series - Hidden Secrets of the Great Pianists!

Selected Videos & Artists will be announced later in members group chat🌹

PROGRAMME- Jan/Feb 2021

January 4 2021, Monday 1:00 - 2:00 pm

Grade 5 (C3) Prokofiev - Tarantella (Modern)

Grade 6 (A4) C.P.E. Bach - Solfeggietto (Baroque)

January 11 2021, Monday 1:00 - 2:00 pm

Grade 5 (A8) Hummel Allegro in C (Classical)

Grade 7 (B8) Mendelssohn Song Without Words Opus 19 No 1

(Romantic)

January 18 2021, Monday 1:00 - 2:00 pm

Grade 6 (A3) Nielsen - Snurretoppen (Modern)

Grade 8 (B2) Helen Hopekirk - Air (Romantic)

January 25 2021, Monday 12:45 - 2:15 pm

Scarlatti Playing (style, touch & tone)

Grade 6 (A 10) Sonata in A - K 208

Grade 7 (A 10) Sonata in E - K 380

Grade 8 (A 10) Sonata in D - K 443

Dip Abrsm Sonata in A - K 209

February 1 2021, Monday 1:00 - 2:00 pm

Grade 7 (A1) Bach Sinfonia No 15 in B minor (Baroque)

Grade 8 (A3) Clara Schumann - Prelude Opus 18 (Romantic)

February 8 2021, Monday 1:00 - 2:00 pm

Grade 8 (A3) Clara Schumann - Fugue Opus 18 (Romantic)

Grade 8 (C6) Debussy - Reverie (20th Century)

February 15 2021

Chinese New Year Break 🐃 🎎 🎆

February 22 2021, Monday 12:45 - 2:15 pm

The Art of Piano Fingering

Effective fingering tools to serve the music

and for physical comfort and healthy hands.

December 14 2020, Monday 12:30-2:00 pm

Grade 6 (A2) Mozart - Sonata in E flat K282 3rd Movt (Classical)

Grade 7 (B3) Ni Hongjin - Cradle Song (Modern)

December 21 2020, Monday 1:00-2:00 pm

Grade 8 (B9) Schubert Impromptu in A flat Op142 (Classical)

December 28 2020, Monday 1:00-2:00 pm

Grade 8 (C3) Sculthorpe - Snow, Moon & Flowers

(Night Pieces)

PROGRAMME- Nov/Dec 2020

November 7 2020, Monday 1:00-2:00 pm

Grade 5 (A2) Thomas Arne - Presto (Baroque)

Grade 5 (B2) George Nevada - Starry Dome

(Modern)

November 16 2020, Monday 1:00-2:00 pm

Grade 5 (A1) Burgmuller - La Chelevaresque (Classical)

Grade 5 (B2) Tchaikovsky - Douce Reverie (Romantic)

November 23 2020,Monday 12:30-2:00 pm

Grade 6 (A1) Pescetti - Allegro (Baroque)

Grade 7 (B1) Faure - Andante Moderato (Romantic)

November 30 2020, Monday 1:00-2:00 pm

Grade 8 (A4) Bach Prelude & Fugue in G BWV 884 (Baroque)

N.B.

While these webinars focus on specific pieces and topics, the same pedagogical principles and strategies can be effectively applied to similar repertoire of the different musical periods, along with their stylistic traits and character. In addition, the sound concept and methodological approach provide invaluable guidance to improve quality of teaching and artistry in mastery performances.

The above programme is subject to change as we strive in our best effort to accommodate the need of our members. Hence, in the spirit of sharing and nurturing, we welcome any suggestions, ideas and opinions for the benefit of all members in the club.