Tell us about your favorite memory performing for an audience (of 1 or more people!)

Tell us about your favorite memory performing for an audience!

 

This could be any number of years ago, for any number of audience members!

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  • My favorite memory of performing for an audience would have been on Thanksgiving Day in 2017. In the evening I gave my first performance of Bach's Goldberg Variations for a very small and intimate audience, maybe 5 people! Despite the small audience, I remember enjoying the experience so much, and satisfaction from finally performing one of my absolute desert island pieces!

     

    I would play it again a few weeks later in this video:

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypv4oO6Vz30&t=538s

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      • Gail Starr
      • Retired MBA
      • Gail_Starr
      • 1 yr ago
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      Dominic Cheli Fabulous Goldbergs!  I love how you combine a pristine technique with energy and musicality.

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      • Pauline
      • Pauline
      • 1 yr ago
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      Gail Starr Beautifully said, Gail. I agree!

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      • Pauline
      • Pauline
      • 1 yr ago
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      Dominic Cheli This is magical! Thank you! I can see why you chose Bach as the one you would like to have dinner with. Your connection to his music is palpable and exquisite!

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      • Pauline
      • Pauline
      • 1 yr ago
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      Dominic Cheli I am deeply moved by your playing of the Goldberg Variations...Majestic...mystical and moving.

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    • Dominic Cheli I've listened to this before, several times. Thanks for sharing the story! Love your Goldberg! What a rewarding piece this must be to be perform.

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    • Collart
    • Collart
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    I have never had the need to perform in front of an audience, except for public appearances during an exam.

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    • Gail Starr
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    • Gail_Starr
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    Until I discovered Tonebase, nearly ALL my performances were always with amateur orchestras and chamber groups. 

     

    Many years ago, as a teenager, I played both cello and piano with our All-State orchestra.  During our final performance of the Bloch Concerto Grosso for piano & strings, I was playing the piano part on a VERY old piano with several broken ivory keys. 

     

    Unbeknownst to me, I sliced my finger on a broken key and there was blood all over the keyboard...it was truly horrifying to look at but I didn't even notice until the piece was over!

     

    Interestingly, I had totally forgotten about the incident until I played the piece again last summer with an amateur chamber orchestra, and this memory came flooding back to me.

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      • Michelle R
      • Michelle_Russell
      • 1 yr ago
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      Gail Starr Aren't memories interesting, Gail? You'd think that would have stayed with you, but you needed to play the same piece again (hopefully on non-broken keys!) for it to re-enter your mind. What a great story, though. 

      I have almost no memories of performing, but many many practice/rehearsal memories from my teen years (trombone in band/symphony and double bass in string ensemble), almost all of which are good memories. 

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      • Pauline
      • Pauline
      • 1 yr ago
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      Gail Starr Oh my! What an experience, Gail! It speaks to the focus, the zone, that one can get into. I am impressed that you played both piano and cello at that level - all-state.

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      • Pauline
      • 1 yr ago
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      Michelle R Michelle, I am glad your memories are almost entirely good memories. What a rich experience to play trombone and double bass. The way Tonebase is expanding - adding violin, cello, flute, etc. they may soon have trombone and double bass.

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    • Gail Starr Such amazing focus you must have had to play through this without realizing what was going on! 

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    • Gail Starr You were really in the zone there, Gail! Great memory.  

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      • Michelle R
      • Michelle_Russell
      • 1 yr ago
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      Pauline Thanks Pauline - I would rather enjoy re-learning the double bass. I have wonderful memories of playing. My parents complained that when I practiced the entire house would vibrate (my room was on the second floor)! 

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    • Gail Starr you had such focus, and what a memory this is! Great job continuing to the end, regardless!

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      • Pauline
      • Pauline
      • 1 yr ago
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      Michelle R 馃槃

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      • Gail Starr
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      • Gail_Starr
      • 1 yr ago
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      Natalie Peh It actually didn't hurt until AFTER we finished playing the piece. 馃槃

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    • Gail Starr good skill to be able to put off feeling pain! 馃槀

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      • Gail Starr
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      • Gail_Starr
      • 1 yr ago
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      Vidhya Bashyam it鈥檚 a pretty tough piano part in places, so I guess  I was concentrating, LOL

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      • Gail Starr
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      • Gail_Starr
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      Vidhya Bashyam It was only because the piano part was kind of tough.  If I'm doing nothing important, like just walking around and even stub my toe...BOY, I would totally notice.  LOL!

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      • Gail Starr
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      • Gail_Starr
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      Sindre Skarelven I bet if I had been playing something easy, I would have noticed AND I would have let out a big SCREAM.  LOL!

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      • Gail Starr
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      • Gail_Starr
      • 1 yr ago
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      Pauline My whole family does music as our main hobby, so I had lots of support at home to practice.

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    • Gail Starr That鈥檚 a bloody great story, Gail! 馃槃 You are amazing! 

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      • Pauline
      • Pauline
      • 1 yr ago
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      Gail Starr Wonderful!

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      • Gail Starr
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      • Gail_Starr
      • 1 yr ago
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      Linda Gould what a fabulous transformation! I鈥檒l check out those books.

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