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Re: Peter's Practice Diary (Beginner level)
@Peter William Hi Peter. I have some questions: What rhythm are you attempting here - sixteenth notes, triplets? Do you have an intended quality, i.e. legato/staccato, etc?…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 10 days ago
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- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Fresh Starts: September Community Concert
@Andrea LeVan Awesome Andrea! Looking forward to hearing your composition.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 wk ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: How to improve your Sightreading (and why it is important)
@Emma Leiuman What a marvelous story! I do think it highlights how amazing our brain is, and how connections made one way (that may seem quite different) can often improve our abilities in another…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 wk ago
- 1
- Live Calendar
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Re: Thurmond's Composition to be Played (plus interview)
@Dustin Anderson Thanks, Dustin!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 wk ago
- tonebase member concerts!
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Re: Thurmond's Composition to be Played (plus interview)
@Noel Nguyen I'll ask him if he'd play it for us. He hasn't practiced it in a bit (he played it at our state Music Teachers Association meeting last year,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 2 wk ago
- 1
- tonebase member concerts!
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Re: Thurmond's Composition to be Played (plus interview)
@Priya Viseskul Thanks so much, Priya! Thurmond is excited for this opportunity. It has been amazing to watch him grow and mature musically over these past few years,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 3 wk ago
- 2
- tonebase member concerts!
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Thurmond's Composition to be Played (plus interview)

Our local Chamber Music festival, with Jon Kimura (Jackie) Parker as the artistic advisor, will be featuring one of Thurmond's Compositions this year in a pre-concert talk.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- updated 3 wk ago
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- tonebase member concerts!
Re: Week 4: Share your Recording!
It's certainly ok if you don't want to show this at the watch party since it's not played on a piano!! Sancta Caecilia (for harmonium and mezzo soprano) "Fiat cor meum, immaculatum, ut non confundar.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 3 wk ago
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- The Lisztomaniac Challenge!
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Re: Can you study a score without touching the keyboard and still make musical progress?
@Peter William Hi Peter - I've no doubt that these and similar skills can be learned even as a beginning pianist...but the parameters, specifics, and goals might be different at the start.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 3 wk ago
- General Discussion
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Re: How do many of you deal with performance anxiety?
@Emma Leiuman What I've found to be challenging is putting on headphones with the piece I am playing, but starting at a different spot, or finding a performer who plays it more quickly.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 3 wk ago
- General Discussion
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Re: How do many of you deal with performance anxiety?
@Priya Viseskul That's right! I had forgotten about that!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 4 wk ago
- General Discussion
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
@Peter William Thanks for listening and commenting, Peter. This one took quite a while to memorize. I don't usually have that much difficulty committing one of the short pieces I play to memory,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 4 wk ago
- 1
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: How do many of you deal with performance anxiety?
@Peter Golemme @Larry K @Dustin Anderson I'm really not one to talk here, since I haven't performed since I had one disastrous community concert appearance many months ago.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 4 wk ago
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- General Discussion
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Re: How do many of you deal with performance anxiety?
@Maria @Peter Golemme Thurmond, as well, doesn't have performance anxiety. He gets excited and ready to play, but has no fear of performing in front of people.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 mth ago
- 1
- General Discussion
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Re: How do many of you deal with performance anxiety?
@Noel Nguyen I’m on the west coast, which often makes timing difficult, but if you wouldn’t mind hearing some lower-level pieces from me I’d love to join in (if meeting times work out).
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 mth ago
- 1
- General Discussion
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
@Peter Golemme This is beautiful, Peter! I felt "safe in your hands" while you were playing - meaning, I could settle back into my chair, close my eyes,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 mth ago
- 1
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: What would you like improved on tonebase?
@Peter Golemme Mine is still there, though I have had times when it has disappeared, too. I wonder if it's one of those wonderful electronic gremlins.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 mth ago
- Discussion of the Week
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Re: Week 3: Shape the Music
This is first time we have come together to work on this piece (Sancta Caecilia), in which Thurmond thought it was an adagio and realized at some point in the second line that it was an andante,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 mth ago
- 5
- The Lisztomaniac Challenge!
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Re: Week 3: Shape the Music
Here is @Thurmond R ’s Paysage. It will most likely be the final recording of this piece as Vision is taking up most of his practice time. https://youtu.be/vV7ocZ0Ifvg?is=aTCZaGeTBnkBfSWZ
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 mth ago
- 5
- The Lisztomaniac Challenge!
- Reported - view
Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
@Sindre Skarelven Thank you, Sindre! I appreciate you taking the time to listen, and I'm happy that at least some of my intentions came through my playing.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 mth ago
- Your Practice Diary
- Reported - view
Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
@Peter Golemme Thanks so much, Peter. Of all the pieces I've learned, this one was the most challenging by far. It looks like my teacher has me in a sort of holding pattern at the moment,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 mth ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Week 2: Your First Check-in
Just to inspire everyone at this mid-way point in the challenge, here is Emil von Sauer (student of Liszt for a time) playing La Campanella. I love the way he plays this piece - it is fun to have a…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 mth ago
- 2
- The Lisztomaniac Challenge!
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Re: Tonebase Bach Stage
@Juan Carlos Olite so beautifully meditative and intimate, suitable for a gathering of good friends. Lovely. Thank you for sharing.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 mth ago
- 1
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Week 2: Your First Check-in
@Dustin Anderson @Doug I was going to respond in a manner similar to how Dustin responded to Doug (referencing sacred versus secular). One of my professors in graduate school taught us that when…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 mth ago
- 1
- The Lisztomaniac Challenge!
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Re: Week 2: Your First Check-in
@Noel Nguyen I don't think anyone has ever put me in the company of JS Bach, but I'll take it! As a cantor in our little parish, all I do is lead and encourage singing - our church is small,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 mth ago
- 1
- The Lisztomaniac Challenge!
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