Kickoff for the March Mozart Challenge!
To open our March Mozart Challenge, I’ll be hosting a live kickoff session.
We’ll talk about what makes Mozart different — why balance, touch, and proportion matter so much — and how to approach your piece from the very first practice session.
We’ll look at:
• How to establish clean sound from day one
• Pedal choices (and when not to use it)
• Articulation: legato, non-legato, and clarity between the hands
• Thinking in phrases instead of notes
If you’re still deciding what to play, come for suggestions!
If you’ve already chosen your piece, bring your questions!
45 replies
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I’m doin Mozart Viennese Sonatina No 1 (Katsaris) just the Minuetto K396b
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It Looks OK for me (I’m old, slow and relearning, very early intermediate) but some of the fingering looks tricky, plus deciding on pedal use?
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I hope to learn the Allegretto in F Major (KV 15a). We’ll be away from home for all of March (Thurmond was one of 5 young pianists to be offered a month of lessons with Filippo Gorini), so I may not have as much piano time as I would like!
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I'll work on Mozart's Fantasy in D minor.
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I may play a sonata slow movement like the K. 280 Adagio. However, I also like the idea of about a concerto movement so I may instead do the Romance movement from the D Minor concerto. I'll decide over the next week.
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I am playing the 3rd movement to the A major piano concerto (#12 K 414). Good timing as I will be performing this with a string quartet at the end of May.
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I am learning K. 309/284b.
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This is perfect timing, I started working on Sonata No.4, KV 282 in E flat, last week. I'll be focusing on the first and second movements - interestingly this one starts with an Adagio...
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sonata 16 in C major....