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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!)
@Michelle R I think a bunch of us on Tonebase are nerds at heart. I was premed in undergrad and still get all sorts of medical newsletters (NEJournal, JAMA, etc.…
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@Juan Carlos Olite Juan Carlos, your insights are golden! I am adopting your philosophy now with the new piece I started on Saturday. I just learned a few little fragments by memory and this time I…
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@Michael You are definitely NOT under water! You’re doing a great job bringing out the singing top line while getting the LH to feel lighter. Gorgeous choice!
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@Michael so true!
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@Michelle R please stop by when you are in the area!
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@Thurmond R As you know, I am a big Chaminade fan as well and you are doing a great job on this piece already!
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@Michelle R You can send him down to Orlando anytime! We'd love to listen to him all day.
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@Leslie Chong What a gorgeous sense of phrasing you possess. Your performance defines all the best things about this piece! You inspire me!
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@Michael I'll join you! We can drive together.
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@Roy James-Pike I love TWO CELLOS!
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@Gail Starr OH...of course I know "Nature Boy"! I didn't realize it was the same song made famous by Nat King Cole.
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@Roy James-Pike Can't wait to hear you! I don't know either of the 20th century works.
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@Derek McConville Lovely phrasing!
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@Juan Carlos Olite I love your ideas about memorizing! Since I have only played chamber music or with orchestras my whole adult life, I never even gave any thought to memorizing.…
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@Michael I wanted to ask Juan Carlos the same thing! His memory is extraordinary.
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@Michael When Dominic was working with us on technical studies, I think he said something about being able to hold a conversation while playing being a great skill to try!
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@Michelle R You are totally getting the hang of it! Even with the singing! And you are right, we ALL have to be beginners at the beginning.
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@Hazel you sound great without the orchestra!
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@Juan Carlos Olite Simply wonderful!
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@Michelle R Thurmond has progressed SO rapidly! Amazing!
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@Ching Lee Goh Lovely ornamentation! Can’t wait to hear the rest.
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@Will Green when I lived in France, there used to be an amazing radio programme that analysed different masterworks and, all these years later, I remember the host remarking on how Chopin seems to be…
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@Michael Will Green will know!
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@Michael Wow! You ended up with a great box of stuff.
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@Michelle R I have never even tried to sing and play at the same time! I’ll give it a shot after dinner and let you know.
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My favorite activity is chamber music, but I love learning solo repertoire now here at Tonebase.
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