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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Alexander Weymann @Sindre Skarelven Thanks! It is a fun piece. I'll be without a teacher for May (and June), so this challenge has come at a perfect time.
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Noel Nguyen Last month I was tasked with bringing an etude back to life (from nearly 2 years ago), and when I did, the bad habits from that time in my pianistic journey were on full display!…
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Juan Carlos Olite Oh, this should be beautiful, Juan Carlos!
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Sindre Skarelven What a wonderful challenge for you! I'm really looking forward to hearing you play...but stay away from the dark side! You don't need it to complete this quest!!
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Maria Awesome. Looking forward.
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Alexander Weymann Wow! You're planning to be a busy pianist over the next few months, aren't you?
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Gail Ravin Starr Life does get annoyingly "lifey" sometimes, doesn't it? Looking forward to hearing you play!
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
@Noel Nguyen It is quite the challenge to begin an "old" piece anew, isn't it, with all those neural pathways already in place (even if from a year ago)? I look forward to hearing you play this piece.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
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Re: Week 1: A New Hope
I think I'll re-visit BWV 999 (Bach's Little Prelude in c minor). I started it last fall, then life became complicated and I didn't have the mental reserves to make any progress with the piece (like…
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- The "Unfinished Business" Challenge
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Re: May Community Concert!
Thank you, @Maria .
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
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- 4 days ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: May Community Concert!
@Maria Thanks. This is my first Lied. I generally sing in Latin (or English, if pressed!). I’ve sung a couple of Italian art songs. Once upon a time I spoke enough German to converse with small…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 4 days ago
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Re: May Community Concert!
@Maria Thanks! I enjoy performing with Thurmond as my pianist, and I love singing! We make music together at church about once a month, and we used to do so on the Voice platform in their community…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 days ago
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Re: May Community Concert!
Well, Mom really wants to perform the art song she started learning in a tonebase Voice challenge earlier this year! I really hope Thurmond and I can do this together here.…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
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- 5 days ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: May Community Concert!
@Peter Golemme Looking forward to whatever you play, Peter. It's terrific that you are working on so many pieces.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 days ago
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Re: May Community Concert!
@chuck levin Fantastic!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 days ago
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Re: May Community Concert!
@Fionna Zhang Ooh, nice! Looking forward to it.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
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- 5 days ago
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Re: May Community Concert!
@claudiadm73 I do hope you feel well enough to participate! Take good care.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 days ago
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Re: May Community Concert!
@Sindre Skarelven Looking forward to hearing this, Sindre!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 5 days ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: The Official Lisztomaniac Complete Transcendental Etudes Challenge!
@Noel Nguyen Thurmond is still considering one of the others, I can't remember if it's 6 or 7. Once the fellowship decisions are announced (next week) he'll probably decide if he can add another…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
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- 2 wk ago
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- Upcoming Challenges and Two Week Intensives!
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Re: Week 4 — Share Your Playing 🎶
@Ursina Boehm @Juan Carlos Olite @Gail Ravin Starr @Noel Nguyen @Astrida Thanks so much for your kind words.
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- 3 wk ago
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- 🌸 March Challenge: M is for Mozart
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Re: Week 4 — Share Your Playing 🎶
Hi everyone. I hadn't planned to submit anything, but I needed to have something fun to work on over the past little bit. It's been a rough few weeks (my father passed in February,…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
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- 4 wk ago
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- 🌸 March Challenge: M is for Mozart
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Re: March Community Concert!
@Peter Golemme @Alexander Weymann Yes, this has been an adventure. We were originally going to stay with the good friend of our Tuba-playing cousin, but there was a death in their family and we had…
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 mth ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: March Community Concert!
@Alexander Weymann I hope you feel better soon, Alex. Rest up - out here the flu was really bad this season.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 mth ago
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- Community Concerts!
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Re: March Community Concert!
@springgrass As always, I look forward to hearing Yihan play!
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 mth ago
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Re: March Community Concert!
@Priya Viseskul oooh! Beautiful piece. Looking forward to hearing your interpretation of it.
- Mom, fitness instructor, lover of music
- Michelle_Russell
- 1 mth ago
- Community Concerts!
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