Finally back into the groove with piano lessons. KF seems to think it’s not out of the question that I could pass an audition in November to qualify for a place in the B.Mus. at Monash for 2011. Amazing! I have some work to do of course. Scales, arpeggios, Brahms Op.79, No.2, Rhapsody in G minor, and Mozart’s Sonata in F, K332, 1st movement. In three months. No problem. Aaarrrrgggggghhhhhhh!!!!!! I’ve played both pieces before, albeit ten years ago. But still, I can do this, right? Figure I’ll audition. Give it a shot. Worst that can happen is I don’t pass. Then I’ll try again next time.
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Finally back into the groove with piano lessons. KF seems to think it’s not out of the question that I could pass an audition in November to qualify for a place in the B.Mus. at Monash for 2011. Amazing! I have some work to do of course. Scales, arpeggios, Brahms Op.79, No.2, Rhapsody in G minor, and Mozart’s Sonata in F, K332, 1st movement. In three months. No problem. Aaarrrrgggggghhhhhhh!!!!!! I’ve played both pieces before, albeit ten years ago. But still, I can do this, right? Figure I’ll audition. Give it a shot. Worst that can happen is I don’t pass. Then I’ll try again next time.
Two exciting things actually. One is that I finally found my Brahms music that I had been searching for for months. Of course it was in a fairly visible spot. On my bookshelf where I keep all my music, just a shelf down and right. Ridiculous. Anyway, I’m really delighted about that because I can now play one of my favourite pieces of music again. Brahms: Rhapsody in G minor Op.79 No. 2. Um, when I say “play”, what I actually am doing is learning to play it all over again, it’s been so very long since I played it. Here’s how Martha Argerich plays it. OK, now what’s the second thing I found? I found this pattern that I reckon I can adapt to make my button box!  Dandi Fabric Flower Box Just gotta work out how to actually buy it now that it’s in the shopping cart at Kelani‘s! How absolutely exciting! I’m jumping out of my skin! I had my first piano lesson today with Kenji. Awesome, awesome, awesome. Not a lot of playing, more getting really clear about what we’re going to do. So, here’s my new project challenge for this year… to attain Grade 7 level in piano, Grade 4 in theory, become skilled in sight-reading, and learn, learn, learn about the composers, their era, historical info, etc. Not a small task by any stretch of the imagination! But oh, so very exciting! Here’s where I’m starting. I’m going to buy the theory books I need to refresh my knowledge there. I’m going to The Piano Shop in Centre Road near me hopefully tomorrow, so I can take one of the books with me to Sydney next week. Then, I’m going to select my pieces for the exam. Six I need. I have already chosen a few…
Now I need to get started on my scales, and get into some Czerny exercises. And of course, Hanon. I can’t tell you how great it is to finally have a structure. Almost wish I wasn’t going away next week now! |
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