From: Lisa Mangano
Studying the brain of a woman who hallucinates piano melodies may help researchers understand how the mind make sense of the world.
Cool!
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
News from Esther Marks' Studio
Congratulation to Rebecca Nelsen, student of Esther Marks. She has become a Grand Prix Winner of the Concert Festival International Competition and will be performing at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall on March 16th at 7:30 pm. She will be performing Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum by Claude Debussy. She has also been selected to receive a scholarship of $500 towards the Concert Festival International Tour "St. Petersburg, Russia this summer.
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News from Judy Hanley's Studio
Three of my students took the Royal Conservatory Music Development Theory Preparatory exam in December.
Because they had completed the Ultimate Music Theory Prep 1 and Prep 2 Rudiments Workbooks , and Preparatory Exam Sets #1 and #2 they got great scores.
Jacob , 9 years old scored 90%.
Olivia , 9 years old scored 99%.
Victoria, 13 years old scored 100%.
Victoria will receive a certificate that Ultimate Music Theory provides for free called the 100% club.
I'm so proud of all of them.
Judy Hanley
Judy Hanley
Thursday, February 13, 2014
March Meeting
Dear all SPTF teachers,
Our next March meeting is as follows.
Date: March 5, 2014 at 10am-noon
Location: Selden Library
Topic: Piano lessons from the Russian School
Presenter: Mila Balagua and Tatiana Balepina
Due: Spring Festival Registration and Fee
Monday, January 27, 2014
Pictures from the 3 pm Jan. 19th, 2014 Formal Recital
These are pictures from the end of the 3 pm, Jan19th , 2014 formal recital.
What happens if we don't practice our piano?
Non Practice Times
Fred Barnett
As often heard in conservatories everywhere “a day without practice is a day lost”
No doubt mostly true, but is that the whole story?
Two legendary pianists come to mind who had secondary thoughts, each doing most preparatory work away from the keyboard. From Glenn Gould “mental work and creativity far surpasses any actual relationship with the instrument. I do almost no practicing at all really” Walter Gieseking, considered by many as the most supreme colorist ever, adhered to pedagogue
Karl Leimer’s system of visualization, surpassing countless hours of physical drudgery at the instrument.
Of much greater pertinence, strongly advocated by pedagogues worldwide, is for pianists to also live a full and meaningful life away from music: diverse reading, cultural interests, and experiencing the highs and lows of living life to the fullest. Thus, combined with the essential discipline of preparation, increasing the potential of reaching deeper levels and core of composers’ mindsets and emotions.
Carrying the view further, musical growth and development may still occur, to extents, during periods of non practice times. How comforting, if true. Yet perhaps, primarily for the most talented and gifted. Also perhaps encouraging to adult beginners who bring more experience, maturity, and substance to their musical quests.
In the final analysis, the counsel of legendary pianist Ferruccio Busoni’s dictum may still be the last word “if possible, allow no day to pass without touching your piano”
Friday, January 17, 2014
Guild Dates are posted - mark your calendars
Guild Audition Dates are now settled and are: June 1st through June 10th. June 1st thru 8th are at the Music Department, Stony Brook Univ., second floor as it has been in the past. The Stony Brook Univ. parking garage will be open. Sundays are 9:00 to 7:00 and weekdays start at either 10:00 or 11:00, depending on demand, until 8:00
June 9th and 10th will be at Tamara Slobodkin's house, 163 Old Field Rd., Setauket, NY 11733, from 10:00 to 7:00 and of course there is no warm up here. Please park in her driveway since there is NO parking on Old Field Rd. itself and use the front entrance. Just come in and wait in the living room. Tamara will be there to assist.
Please send an email to Tamara Slobodkin or telephone her at 631-751-5972 if you have any questions at all about the Guild Auditions. She is available to answer all questions.
For more general information about the Guild Auditions go to this website:
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