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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Derek McConville Thanks, Derek.
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Gail Starr Thank you, Gail. Thurmond has been, and is, an amazing son! His older brother was kind enough to let me make most of my parenting mistakes with him.…
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Alexander Weymann Thanks, Alex. He is in an Iconography Apprenticeship, and I think their focus on the "eyes as windows to the soul" helps him grasp expressions and attitudes very well since so much…
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Gail Starr Well, I'm super-impressed, Gail. I think you are doing wonderfully. Does it sound rushed? In a couple of spots, perhaps, but overall I think it's really quite good!…
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Gail Starr Thanks, Gail. You are so sweet!
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! And for @Sindre Skarelven (and others), here is another of Thurmond's portraits, this one of a young Martha Argerich.
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Vidhya Bashyam , Thanks so much Vidhya! Interestingly, I wouldn't have known my shoulder wasn't fully healed if my piano teacher hadn't given me some technique exercises to work on.…
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! Here is my not-quite-as-finished-as-I'd-hoped-it-would-be Minuet in G. I decreased the tempo a bit as the ornaments were not as consistent at the quicker pace (my teacher was happy enough with the…
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Juan Carlos Olite Bravo, Juan Carlos. Beautiful playing, as always. I loved the intensity you brought to it, with your trademark beautiful phrasing and voicing. Just wonderful!
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Derek McConville That was great, Derek! While I understand your desire for it to have more polish, there were so many good parts to it. Overall, I found it super enjoyable to listen to and I…
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Re: "Back to school" Recital! @Alexander Weymann Looking forward to hearing you tomorrow, Alex.
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Priya Viseskul Lovely! I especially enjoyed the gentleness with which you approached this piece, and the softness/ease you maintained throughout.
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Re: Week 4: Post your Progress! @Elizabeth Wow! Wonderful playing. I loved the clarity and phrasing. Just lovely. Thank you for posting.
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Re: Week 3: Seeing the Big Picture @Judy Kuan Wow! You play so beautifully. Thank you for sharing with us!
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Re: Week 3: Seeing the Big Picture @Priya Viseskul Beautifully played!
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Re: Week 3: Seeing the Big Picture @Vidhya Bashyam Thanks, Vidhya!
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Re: Week 3: Seeing the Big Picture @Natalie Peh Thanks, Natalie. I'm playing in a limited capacity this week - my shoulder is much improved, but now muscles are working in ways they aren't used to working, so I tire easily.…
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Re: Week 3: Seeing the Big Picture @Sindre Skarelven I look forward to your foray into chamber music compostion! I also look forward to your completing your piano album. I enjoy listening to your playing,…
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Re: Week 3: Seeing the Big Picture @Sindre Skarelven If you compose some chamber music, let me know. For such a small place, our Chamber Music Festival is top notch and does offer some very interesting opportunities!
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Re: Week 3: Seeing the Big Picture @Gail Starr That would be pretty amazing! I'm not sure I have much influence, though. This year, each concert pairing had a work by a living composer, and many oboes.…
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Re: Week 3: Seeing the Big Picture @Juan Carlos Olite Thanks, Juan Carlos. My shoulder is moving much better than it had been (somehow I hadn't noticed how much mobility I'd lost!), and I'm playing in limited amounts of time.…
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Re: Week 3: Seeing the Big Picture @Sindre Skarelven Thurmond and I thought of you, Sindre, last night at the closing concert from our local Chamber Music Festival. There was a piece by Henning Kraggerud on the program…
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Re: Week 3: Seeing the Big Picture @Gail Starr I think this is sounding great, Gail. I guess my question would be, which is more important to you: playing at the "right tempo" or keeping the lyricism intact? Probably not very helpful,…
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Re: How to mark up your score for secure memorization and faster “re-learning!” @Gail Starr Headphones are working pretty well for me.
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Re: How to mark up your score for secure memorization and faster “re-learning!” @Gail Starr I'm not sure ....
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