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Derek McConville
Derek_McConville
Dublin, Ireland
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Work in financial services but passionate about music and piano. Started playing in my late teens and have reconnected with practice and learning new pieces since start of the pandemic in Mar 2020.
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique!
@Susan Rogers thank you!
Derek McConville
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3 yrs ago
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The Music of France!
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique!
@Vidhya Bashyam thank you so much!
Derek McConville
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3 yrs ago
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The Music of France!
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique!
@Sindre Skarelven thank you! it’s a really enjoyable piece and hope you find it interesting to learn if you get to it next month :)
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3 yrs ago
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The Music of France!
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique!
@Jeff thank you!
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3 yrs ago
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The Music of France!
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Re: Tonebase Piano Community Concert May 2022!
Hi there, I would like to play Gershwin preludes for piano 1&2 (about 5 mins in total I think but can drop one if needed) thanks Derek
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3 yrs ago
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Live Calendar
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique!
@Amy that sounds really great, such a fantastic piece to learn. Beautiful melody.
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3 yrs ago
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The Music of France!
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique!
Hi everyone, For week two I worked on the opening movement from Ravel's Sonatine. This is a piece which I studied a number of years ago with my piano teacher,…
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3 yrs ago
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The Music of France!
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique!
@Juan Carlos Olite well done, that sounds great, such a nice tone! The piece sounds so fresh even though it’s many centuries old!
Derek McConville
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3 yrs ago
The Music of France!
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Re: Week Two: Joie de musique!
@Andrea Buckland lovely piece and it sounds wonderful! I did not know this previously!
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3 yrs ago
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The Music of France!
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Re: Week One: Bonjour!
@Andrea Buckland thanks and glad you enjoyed!
Derek McConville
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3 yrs ago
The Music of France!
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Re: Week One: Bonjour!
@Juan Carlos Olite thank you so much!
Derek McConville
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3 yrs ago
The Music of France!
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Re: Week One: Bonjour!
@Jenny thank you! Glad that you liked it!
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3 yrs ago
The Music of France!
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Re: Week One: Bonjour!
@Angela Fogg thank you so much for your kind feedback, and I'm very glad that you found it interesting! I think Franck is a composer who can grow on you given his style of composing!
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3 yrs ago
The Music of France!
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Re: Week One: Bonjour!
@Brother Will Green wonderful and rich piece, already sounds great!!
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3 yrs ago
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The Music of France!
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Re: Week One: Bonjour!
Hi everyone, I have always loved the music of France, which partly relates to time I spent living and studying in the country. For this month I am going to work on at least three different pieces.…
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3 yrs ago
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Re: What's the last LIVE concert you attended!
My last live concert was on Apr 1st and included Lise de la Salle performing the Ravel Piano concerto in G major in Dublin, IE. It was really great. Concert also included works by Gershwin,…
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3 yrs ago
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Discussion of the Week
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Re: Tonebase Community Concert: April 2022
Hi everyone, I can't make it on Apr 30th but hopefully will make it to the next one. Derek
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3 yrs ago
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Re: Tonebase Community Concert: April 2022
Hi Hilda, I would like to play Gershwin Preludes for Piano 1 & 2. Approx time 6 mins. Thank you, Derek
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3 yrs ago
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Re: WEEK 2: Discovering Schubert Month
@Monika Tusnady thank you so much Monika!
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3 yrs ago
February: Discovering Schubert Month
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Re: WEEK 2: Discovering Schubert Month
@Brother Will Green thank you, glad you enjoyed!
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3 yrs ago
February: Discovering Schubert Month
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Re: WEEK 2: Discovering Schubert Month
@Hilda Thanks for your feedback! That’s a good point about this piece being like a dance and it makes sense when I play it again. With the right hand I have tried a mix of articulation when…
Derek McConville
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3 yrs ago
February: Discovering Schubert Month
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Re: WEEK 2: Discovering Schubert Month
@CK well done, great to have learned this in such a short amount of time!
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3 yrs ago
February: Discovering Schubert Month
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Re: WEEK 2: Discovering Schubert Month
@Heng-Pin Chen great piece and really nicely played!
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3 yrs ago
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February: Discovering Schubert Month
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Re: WEEK 2: Discovering Schubert Month
@Monika Tusnady they sound great Monika! Very enjoyable
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3 yrs ago
February: Discovering Schubert Month
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Re: WEEK 2: Discovering Schubert Month
Hi everyone, My contribution to Schubert week is another rendition of the Moment Musical No.3 in F minor - apologies if this has been already submitted but it’s such a popular piece and I have…
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