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How to make and upload an audition video to YouTube
Here is a step-by-step guide on making and uploading an audition video to submit to a summer camp, festival, school, or competition.
Feb 21, 2020
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Mr. Dixon
When I was a child I took lessons from a local piano teacher, organist and composer named Regina Fryxell. She was married to a prominent...
Feb 20, 2020
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Celebration
Our Beethoven project in New Zealand was a year in the planning, and now it has come to an end. After a big event, it's important to...
Feb 19, 2020
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Workshop in Queenstown
It amazes me that I can travel halfway around the world and meet people who do the same thing I do. Yesterday I had the opportunity to...
Feb 18, 2020
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...And it's a wrap!
On Sunday night Justine and I played our third and final Beethoven sonata program, in Memorial Hall in Queenstown, to an audience of...
Feb 17, 2020
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Trust
Tonight was the second concert of three for the all-Beethoven cycle we are playing. Justine and I performed at the Wanaka Centre in the...
Feb 15, 2020
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The start of an epic journey
Tonight in Bannockburn, New Zealand, Justine and I played the first of our three programs for the Beethoven violin/piano sonatas cycle,...
Feb 14, 2020
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New books on the way!
I recently reviewed a book for Oxford University Press and was pleased to discover that I could request payment in the form of either a...
Feb 12, 2020
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The Wedge House
I would be remiss if I didn't mention the warm hospitality I have been experiencing here in New Zealand. Justine and Marc are hosting me...
Feb 11, 2020
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Rehearsal Schedule
As you know if you have been reading my posts, Justine Cormack and I are preparing to perform the complete Beethoven sonatas for violin...
Feb 10, 2020
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It's happening!
Today the program book for next week's concerts went to print. There have also been articles in various local publications profiling us...
Feb 7, 2020
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10 reasons I prefer practicing using ForScore on my iPad
The screen is self-illuminated and it doesn't matter if there is enough light in the room. I can annotate in different colors, and in a...
Feb 6, 2020
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Update on New Zealand Beethoven project
On February 14, 15, and 16 Justine Cormack and I will perform the complete Beethoven sonatas for violin and piano in three different...
Feb 5, 2020
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Remembering Peter Serkin
I was quite surprised to read about the passing of the legendary Peter Serkin the other day. Some people's star burns so brightly that...
Feb 4, 2020
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When people ask me about lessons for young children
About twice a month I receive an inquiry from somebody asking for advice on starting piano training for their young child or grandchild....
Feb 3, 2020
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New Zealand
I missed a couple of days' posts, because I was ...traveling to New Zealand! The trip involved flying from Indianapolis to Houston to...
Jan 30, 2020
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Motivation
All this Beethoven practicing must be getting to me. My bleary-eyed spouse reported to me this morning that at 4 am I woke up, sat bolt...
Jan 25, 2020
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The best part about teaching
I was on campus for a couple of hours the other day, and bumped into one of my students in the library. Then, in the hallway, I saw...
Jan 24, 2020
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First rehearsal
The other day Justine and I had our first rehearsal, which was only possible due to a massive amount of technology. Each of us had...
Jan 23, 2020
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Don't think about the notes.
In a recent lesson, a student played a Bach fugue that I hadn’t heard her play in several weeks. When she finished, I asked her what she...
Jan 22, 2020
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