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Re: Group 1
@Antonella Di Giulio Before I saw your message last night, I had just worked through something else with this canon. I'm unable to play it (too complicated for me right now),…
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2 mths ago
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Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1
@Antonella Di Giulio Here is a quick recording of the Canon I'll use for this intensive, with a goal of 2 to 3 "variations" on it, and the single line of my first simple variation.…
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
2 mths ago
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Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1
@Antonella Di Giulio Oh, OK. Great! Here are the four canons that we are using for now - circled in blue. I'll see what I can do with them for this project as well. Thanks.
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Michelle_Russell
2 mths ago
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Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1
@Antonella Di Giulio I apologize for not posting for a few days. I have started playing with canons at the octave (from a mid-20th century organist book/practice manual) with my teacher,…
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
2 mths ago
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Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1
@Vidhya Bashyam Thanks so much. When I write stories/poems, I typically plan everything beforehand, so here I am using a different strategy - probably because I really don't know what I'm doing!…
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
2 mths ago
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Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1
@Michael Bruce You have such an engaging and, well, likeable video presentation style. I enjoyed your compositional ideas very much.
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
2 mths ago
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Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Michelle's Diary of a Beginning Pianist
Here is the Rameau piece I've been working on for just over a month: Menuet en Rondeau. It has been enjoyable to learn. I wish I'd filmed myself earlier,…
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
2 mths ago
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Your Practice Diary
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Re: Group 1
@Harriet Kaplan @Vidhya Bashyam @Andrea Buckland This is fantastic!! So much fun to listen to and watch you create this dance together.
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
2 mths ago
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Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1
Here's a short continuation - I seem to be holding onto the "grief" theme, but we're about to see some change. There is a part I want to change, but this is where I am in the process,…
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
2 mths ago
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Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1
@Andrea Buckland @Vidhya Bashyam @Antonella Di Giulio Thanks!
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
3 mths ago
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Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1
@Vidhya Bashyam @Andrea Buckland Wow! This is wonderful! You should come up with a group name, too.
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
3 mths ago
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Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1
@Gail Starr Thank you, Gail. I expect it will descend into sobs in a moment before it becomes hopeful again - I think there will always be a mixture, but hope/love/joy will win in the end....
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
3 mths ago
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Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1
Starting very small, after thinking through what I hoped for with the first phrase (a mixture of conflicting emotions, with the thought of "gazing" rather than moving),…
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
3 mths ago
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Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1
@Michael Bruce I'm really looking forward to hearing what you create.
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
3 mths ago
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Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1
@Antonella Di Giulio @Gail Starr Thanks so much, Dr. Di Giulio and Gail. These were just the raw, rather emotion-laden, ideas for the poem, not the completed poem itself - which I think (hope!…
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
3 mths ago
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Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1
@Antonella Di Giulio Rather than an actual story, I hope something closer to a poem is ok. I have the poetic thoughts, now just need to consider sounds that go with them!…
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
3 mths ago
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Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Group 1
I'm looking forward to this 4-week intensive. I'm a piano beginner, but over 35 years ago I would compose for my friends (I was on trombone, with friends on flute and Eb saxophone).…
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
3 mths ago
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Intensive Workshop: Compose your own Piano Piece!
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Re: Week 3: Final Submissions!
@Ken Locke Thanks much for your feedback, Ken!
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
3 mths ago
End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
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Re: Week 3: Final Submissions!
@Vidhya Bashyam @Alexander Weymann @Sindre Skarelven @Juan Carlos Olite Thanks so much, piano friends! I appreciate your support.
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
3 mths ago
End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
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Re: Week 3: Final Submissions!
@Thurmond R Hey Thurmond - I think this is awesome! I particularly enjoy how you are able to play while wearing a blanket! (In case anyone is wondering,…
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
3 mths ago
End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
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Re: Week 3: Final Submissions!
Alright, I was able to make a better recording - at least the sound is better quality. Thanks so much for this challenge! This is "By the Seaside" by Jean Louis Straebbog (or Gobbearts).
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
3 mths ago
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End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
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Re: Week 3: Final Submissions!
@Juan Carlos Olite So beautiful, Juan Carlos! I could listen to you play Bach all day.
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
3 mths ago
End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
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Re: Week 3: Final Submissions!
@Dominic Cheli Great - thanks!
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
3 mths ago
End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
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Re: Week 3: Final Submissions!
@Dominic Cheli Dominic, is the watch party on the 13th (as per the original post) or the 15th (as per this post)? Thanks!
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
3 mths ago
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End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
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Re: WEEK 2: What we've experienced!!!
@Michael This is wonderful! What an accomplishment.
Michelle R
Michelle_Russell
3 mths ago
End of the Year Challenge: "Showcase Your Progress
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