The EMO String Concert Competition is getting nearer and nearer. The finalist will perform and compete on April 2nd. Registration ends February the 9th!!! So!! Encourage your students o participate.

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Day 3 of 100 Days of Practice


Mozart gym!

Today I need to practice Mozart. I am learning the Sonata in Bb. K 333. Mozart is hard. Clarity is essential and you have to paint a nice melodic line. I have to say it is lots of fun. Not that easy. He always surprises you.

https://vimeo.com/674613645


How do I warm up?

I have asked often that question. Do you do scales prior practicing? What about arpeggios? Or what type of exercises do you recommend?

What I do it is different to many other pianist. But I usually warm up a good 40-45 minutes. I start with Scarlatti, Bach, Clementi. Their music have scales and arpeggios in their music. It provides me with a good warm up and foundation. It provides movement to my fingers while also working on musicality. Playing something that is not an etude but a complete piece it is helpful for technique and tone.

So that is how I warm up. What do you do?

Warm up pieces….

https://vimeo.com/showcase/9256975

Concert Event Announcement 📣 :

Come and enjoy the Red River Fiddlers St. Patrick’s Day Concert. Bring your lawn chair & blanket! (Weather permitting the concert is planned for outdoors.)

Day 4,

Beethoven. 3rd. Movement Sonata no 8.

These videos are usually the first take right before a period of practicing. They provide to me a raw assessment. Sometimes frustrating and honest. It is helpful and shows me the things to work on. This is the start of day 4.

https://vimeo.com/675303636

Come and enjoy the Red River Fiddlers St. Patrick’s Day Concert. Bring your lawn chair & blanket! (Weather permitting the concert is planned for outdoors.)

This upcoming March 17, there will be a great concert by the Red River Fiddlers!!! Morgan, Jack, Samuel and Eva, plus director Julianna Waller-Martinez will be putting up a fun show!!!!!
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Day 5 practicing was Rachmaninoff. A prelude I have always wanted to learn. Still rough. But little by little. Learning it … https://vimeo.com/675745998

Chopin was day 6. Nocturne no. 1

https://vimeo.com/676064739

And day 7 is “Bach” at it again. Improving but not there yet.

https://vimeo.com/676486411

Practicing Rachmaninoff agitato section is always tough.

We will be inviting students to join the 100 days of music very soon…. :)