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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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Dominic Cheli Fabulous Goldbergs! I love how you combine a pristine technique with energy and musicality.
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Gail Starr Beautifully said, Gail. I agree!
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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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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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I have never had the need to perform in front of an audience, except for public appearances during an exam.
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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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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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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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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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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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Michelle R
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Natalie Peh It actually didn't hurt until AFTER we finished playing the piece.
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Gail Starr good skill to be able to put off feeling pain!
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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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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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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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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!
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Gail Starr Wonderful!
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Linda Gould what a fabulous transformation! I鈥檒l check out those books.
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