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Re: Week 2: First Impressions & Trouble Spots @Astrida I've been working on the Impromptu Op 90 No. 1 (Not the same Schubert piece I'm prepping for this challenge) for a week long Schubert immersion next week.…
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Re: Piano Extravaganza from the Colburn School! Wonderful collaborative musicianship among everyone who joined in this extravaganza-thank you so much to all of you for this exhilarating performance!
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- 2 wk ago
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Re: Announcing the Schubert Challenge – Learn a Piece this month! My local piano immersion runs from July 5-13, but I’m going to enter the challenge anyway as it’s too good an opportunity to miss! Schubert, Sonata, G Major, D.894, 1st movement.
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- Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: Unlocking Schubert’s Style with Dominic Cheli I'm playing Impromptu Op. 90 No. 1, c minor for a workshop this summer, and looking for suggestions about how to handle the recurring three note pattern.…
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Re: Summer's Crescendo: the August Concert! If there’s time, I’d like to play Chopin’s Nocturne No. 16, E flat Major, Op. 55 No. 2. (I played it last week at the final concert of the inaugural Tonebase Piano Camp at Adamant, Vermont, ,…
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- 10 mths ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: How to start a piece, phrase, or passage properly! I played, or rather tried to play, a Scriabin etude (Op 42, No 4) in front of a large masterclass last week. I had prepared it quite thoroughly, although it was not memorized.…
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- 11 mths ago
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Re: June Recital! @Alexander Weymann So sorry you're not playing - please play next time!
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: June Recital! @Bryan Sable All of them? I was given the title "Queen of the Nocturne" in my late performance group, but I certainly don't haven't mastered Op.9 No.3, Op. 48 No. 1 and, strangely, Op. 15 No.…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: June Recital! If my reply isn’t too late, Chopin Nocturne Op 62 No. 1. I recently realized that a big part of overcoming performance anxiety means adapting quickly to a piano one hasn’t played.…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 1: Choose your piece! I've been intending for awhile to learn Les cloches de Genève (Liszt-Années de pèlerinage, vol. 1/9), but keep putting it off, so this seems like a great way to get into it.…
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- A Fresh Start!
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Re: Do you have any music-related bucket list items? Share one and why it's important to you. 1@Ken Locke You may already discovered that your brain works differently now. I am trying to re-learn a gorgeous short List E piece that was part of my original ARCT program, Samuel Barber's Nocturne,…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Improving your arpeggios in every way! with Dominic Cheli Would love help with recurring sparkling descending arpeggios in Chopin Scherzo 4, especially as these directly follow passagework e.g.mm 654-672. These should be fleet and feather-light,…
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: “ Can virtuosity feel comfortable and sound wonderful? How the Taubman Approach helps solve difficult passages in Chopin" With Robert Durso I've just begun learning Chopin's Scherzo op 54 No 4 and finding both passagework and arpeggiated passages challenging. I need help maintaining relaxation while trying to achieve speed.
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Do you have any music-related bucket list items? Share one and why it's important to you. 25 years ago I completed and passed all of the requirements for Performing and Teaching ARCT Diplomas from the Royal Conservatory of Toronto. I originally intended to continue with music,…
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Re: Play for the 2nd Prize winner of the Chopin International Competition (feat. Charles Richard-Hamelin) Probably too late by now, but I would like to play Chopin Nocturne, Op. 27, No. 1, C sharp minor.
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Read Me and FAQ I have been working on Prelude Op 32 No 10 and would love to share the process of overcoming its many challenges!
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- 2 yrs ago
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- Celebrate Rachmaninoff's Birthday Challenge!
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Re: Interactive Masterclass with Jarred Dunn! @Domenic Cheli I'd like to focus on rhythm and forward momentum. Whenever I watch videos of my performance, I hear a static, "stuck-in the-moment" quality that seems to be holding me back...
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Interactive Masterclass with Jarred Dunn! Yes, I can play on Tuesday, Feb. 21. I shall look forward to it!!
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Interactive Masterclass with Jarred Dunn! If selected, I would play Rachmaninoff Prelude Op 23 no 4, D major.
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: Community Concert! I think a number of us never found the Zoom link that was mentioned in the Vimeo introduction. Where is / was it???
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- 2 yrs ago
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Re: What are the Two Week Intensives? Will the arpeggio course require daily online participation at a certain time? I do have afternoon time commitments on Fridays.
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- 2 yrs ago
- General Information and Sign-Up!
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Re: What Apps you're using to structure your practice? @Jenny Harrison You have a little typo in your address-you must mean imslp.org/, and it is terrific!
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: What is your dream piece to perform? Chopin, Fantaisie, Op 49, and Ravel-Une barque sur l'ocean.
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- 3 yrs ago
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Re: Tonebase Community Concert: April 2022 @Daniel Hewitt I'm a new member, just beginning to learn this piece-I'll look forward to your performance!
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- 3 yrs ago
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