Archive for the 'Piano' Category

Nov 03 2008

Memo To Myself

Published by Jennifer under Music, Piano

If you’re getting back into piano after a ten-year break, don’t try to jump back in with Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody #2.  (No matter how much you really really want to play it).

No one plays this like Horowitz.

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May 29 2008

Time is of the Essence

Published by Jennifer under Miscellaneous F, Piano

Back when I was going to college, there was this bizarre guy there - didn’t fit into any social niche whatsoever (which is typically appealing) - in fact, the best words I can think of to describe him are “disheveled” and perhaps “disquieting.”  Anyway, once a friend of mine told me that he was in [...]

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May 13 2008

How do you get to Carnegie Hall?

Published by Jennifer under Music, Piano

…practice, practice, practice!
The old joke couldn’t be more true, though.  Since I started taking piano lessons again last Thursday, I’ve realized that as much as I love to play, despite that love I can still fall into the pitfalls that only self-discipline can cure.
I hear all these beautiful songs and I want to play them [...]

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May 07 2008

Coming Back to You

Published by Jennifer under Piano

It’s been nine years since I really played piano; I stopped taking lessons and took a break when I was pregnant with my daughter and now that she’s older and I have some extra time (especially if I get up at four in the morning), I’m going to start playing again - and I am [...]

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May 04 2008

Van Cliburn Amateurs YouTube Competition - My Pick

Published by Jennifer under Music, Piano

The Van Cliburn Foundation recently introduced a YouTube Competition for Amateurs in which the winner will win an automatic entry into the sixth International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs in 2011.
You see, I have a keen interest in the competition because I have a fantasy of entering it.  And that’s why it was unsettling when I realized that this [...]

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