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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Sindre Skarelven So impressive and sounding charming where it should and dramatic where it should! Recalling the parts I really struggled with playing, much less memorizing,…
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Michelle R Great work and observations! I admire your self-awareness and persistence. Practicing these character changes between contrasting movements is something I wish I'd had the musical…
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Aaron Great character! I know even less about Prokofiev than Scriabin, so can only share that I enjoyed it and would love to get your scherzo mischievous character in another piece I'm working on!
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Heng-Pin Chen Wonderful! Sounds so organic, yes like you've found your voice during taking a brief respite from the piano.
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Richard Littlewood The quiet melancholy came through, and your voicing sounded great to me. I wouldn't have guessed that was Brahms!
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Marc M 100% agree...pretty sure I was looking at my LH 95% of the time for the etude and just hoping for the best for the RH 😅 Also, I'm pretty sure Sindre signed up for the June recital with…
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Michelle R @Marc M @Heng-Pin Chen @Sedef CANKOCAK @Priya Viseskul @Alexander Weymann Thank you for listening and your encouraging comments! I think it'll take another month before I can perform it…
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Marc M This sounds great, Marc! The LH reminds me of the Rach Elegie that @Juan Carlos Olite is playing - takes a lot of work to track it much less memorize it.
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Vidhya Bashyam Thank you! This piece is like one big leap of faith, and it makes such a difference to have a supportive community and be able to feel safe sharing such a high-risk piece!
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Jack vreeland Love how you're handling the polyphony in this piece, and keeping the lines clear with really judicious use of pedal. Great progress in (really just 3) weeks!…
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
Here's my "final" submission of Scriabin Op. 8 No. 12! I wish I could try for a cleaner runthru, but I don't think I'll have time to record again this week...…
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Sedef CANKOCAK So lovely! Well polished and well interpreted ❤️ Thank you for sharing and introducing me to this piece.
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Re: Week 4: Final Submissions!
@Dominic Cheli So impressive, and I can only appreciate it more having witnessed the process! Bravo and thanks for the inspiration!
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check!
@Alexander Weymann This sounds lovely! Listening to you, I finally understand why my teacher and piano friends have been recommending this piece to me for years. Thank you for sharing!
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check!
@Andrea LeVan This is also my favorite part of this piece ❤️ It's quite tricky and you're doing a great job! I love memorizing because you can take the piece with you forever,…
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check!
@Grace I think you're sounding great! A couple of my classmates played this and it just takes time to get it in your fingers. Harmonic analysis on this piece sounds like a good challenge!
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check!
@Sindre Skarelven This section is super complex, and I echo everyone's awe at how well and quickly you learned it! You're really tempting me to revisit this one and actually do it justice this time...…
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check!
@Michelle R Thanks for explaining. It sounds like a very thoughtful approach that works well for you! I'm curious to test it out on a couple of other pieces I'm working on (*not* this Scriabin lol)
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check!
Thank you for your kind comments! @Gail Starr @Juan Carlos Olite @Andrea LeVan @Marc M @Vidhya Bashyam @Jack vreeland @Sindre Skarelven @Michelle R I did have my lesson this afternoon,…
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check!
@maijahildur I think you're sounding really convincing and flowing! Agree that digital instruments have limited dimensions and look forward to hopefully hearing this on an acoustic!
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check!
@Heng-Pin Chen Really skillful dynamic control and voicing on No 1, and I love your contrasts in character between the three of them.
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check!
@Vidhya Bashyam Agree with Priya - lovely murmuring LH and phrasing/voicing of the RH!
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check!
@Randi Great clarity and articulation! I like how economical your movements are - something I need to work on.
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check!
@Marc M Sounding great, both musically and sound/mic-quality-wise! That last cadence is so interesting, thanks for pointing it out. (ps I've been taking notes on your mic set-up - it's on my list of…
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Re: Week 3: Progress Check!
@Michelle R Both are sounding great! I'm curious - is it easier for you to play with eyes closed because you can see the score in your head? Or that it's easier to focus on the sound?…
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