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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) @Vidhya Bashyam that will be very special and sorry to hear about your loss.
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) @Leslie Chong that's amazing and such a challenging piece!
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) @Thurmond R that's a beautiful piece. Sounding great already
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) Hi everyone, I'd like to pick Prelude in F sharp by Chopin. When I first started to listen to piano music and experiment with pieces before I started to take some lessons,…
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Re: Week 1: Status check! (also pick your piece!) @Andrea Buckland very nice!
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Re: Week 2: Crafting the story, and finding your intent! @Michelle R thank you!
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- 1 yr ago
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
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Re: Week 2: Crafting the story, and finding your intent! @Sindre Skarelven thank you!
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- 1 yr ago
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
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Re: Community Challenge Concert! (Preparing for a concert!) Hi everyone, I will (try) to play the Chopin Etude op.10/12 . Approx time is 4 mins. Best regards Derek
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Re: Week 2: Crafting the story, and finding your intent! The "Revolutionary" Etude by Chopin was not labelled or characterised by the composer, however it does reflect the environment and emotions surrounding the period when it was written.…
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- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
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Re: Week 2: Crafting the story, and finding your intent! @Michael very elegant playing! The sound of the firewood adds to the seasonal magic! Looking forward to the concert performance.
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 2: Crafting the story, and finding your intent! @AJ that sounds great already! Very well prepared!
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- 1 yr ago
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
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Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo! @Sindre Skarelven thanks!
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo! @Angela Fogg thank you!
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- 1 yr ago
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
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Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo! @Juan Carlos Olite thank you!
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- 1 yr ago
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
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Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo! @Vidhya Bashyam very nice practice speed, sounds great!
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo! @Angela Fogg sounds great, the rich harmonies are almost more enjoyable at that tempo.
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Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo! @Vidhya Bashyam thank you, yes I am trying a few strategies for the left hand. Will hope to post an update before end of the week!
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Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo! @Natalie Peh thank you!
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- 1 yr ago
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Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo! @Sindre Skarelven that already sounds great! Really love this piece and works well at that tempo! Looking forward to January :)
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Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo! @Ching Lee Goh that sounds really beautiful, what a great piece to select!
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- 1 yr ago
- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
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Re: Week 1 Taking it easy: find your moderate tempo! Hi everyone, as part of this challenge, I’m hoping to learn/perform Chopin’s Etude op10, no 12 (“Revolutionary”). While I have practiced elements of it before at slower tempo,…
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- Preparing your pieces for Concert - A Checklist!
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Re: Derek's practice diary @Sindre Skarelven thank you! glad to share some Poulenc :)
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- 2 yrs ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Derek's practice diary @Vidhya Bashyam thank you!
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- 2 yrs ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Derek's practice diary @Natalie Peh thank you!
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- 2 yrs ago
- Your Practice Diary
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Re: Derek's practice diary Hi everyone, I played a short piece by Poulenc at the September Community Concert. I have been learning this Novelette (No.3 in E minor) during the past few weeks and it was a good challenge to play…
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- 2 yrs ago
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Derek McConville

Derek_McConville

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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.