M finished Student Day virtually this year. She played 3 pieces and tested at level 5. She played Waltz in E minor, Bagatelle, and the second movement of Sonata in G Major. This Student Day program is intense and provides a challenge to keep advancing that is otherwise lacking for M.
This stuff is intense! She plays 3 pieces for a judge, then scales, Chord progressions, and Arpeggios. Then she plays a melody provided beforehand with harmonization that she adds. Then she is to play the piece in another key. I forgot about this harmonization piece last year and she was trying to prep it in a practice room before her audition. Then again this year I forgot it and had her prepping it the morning of the audition.
There is a 4 page theory test that covers similar level of knowledge. Major scales, relative minors. Chord progressions, identifying musical examples, and dictation. There is also an aural skill test on all this but from a listening perspective. It kind of blows my mind that she handles this with such poise and grace.
In other news... I decide Margot looks like Sharon Carter! I'm spooked by this.
