Improve your sightreading with Claire Huangci

Would you recommend sight-reading the music of a single composer for a period of time, so as to familiarize yourself with the style and the particular technical challenges i.e., the runs in Mozart Sonatas? 

My sight reading  has been limited to non-classical music - Without playing, I easily read through classical music I might be interested in working on.   How helpful is it to sight read intermediate and early level advanced music when the end goal is solid musicianship?

How do you go from seeing music to hearing it?

Thank you for a wonderful live stream! SUPER HELPFUL!

It is really insightful to hear Claire's thinking process as she's doing sight reading.

I noticed that she never once look at her hand even for larger jumps.  I would be curious to know if she consciously develop the skills to "play without looking at the keyboard", and if so how?

For me personally, I had really bad sight-reading most of my playing life until someone pointed out my biggest problem is that i'm looking away from the score too much (and therefore often lost where my place at the score).  That was a big insight. Then, it took some considerable amount of confidence (and regularly practice) to do jumps without looking.

For pop, knowing the hand shape of basic chords 2-5-1 chords makes things much easier.

Anyway, any insight in the area is always helpful! 

Thank you, Claire! Thank you , Dominic! This was fun and informative for all! The music at the end was delightful - to match the entire stream!

Thank you, Claire and Dominic. So much to love in this livestream: the friendly conversation between the two of you, Claire's wonderful combination of intelligence and honesty, and, most of all, the many examples of her quick analysis and sight-reading. There was so much to be learned from this wonderful time spent in such pleasant, musical company! Thank you!