My belated New Year resolution isn’t going so well. Anyway, last last friday, I went to a concert by the Kenwood Symphony Orchestra in the Annunciation Church south of Minneapolis. My parents wanted me to go mostly because Cindy Lu was playing the piano there. My dad is a colleague of Serena and Cindy Lu’s dad. Serena is sort of famous for playing the piano sometimes in the Minnesota Orchestra and Cindy is sorta famous for playing for the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. Cindy won the MMTA State Mozart competition, and that’s why she was performing at the concert that Friday. At the beginning of the concert, Cindy and the orchestra played a Mozart piece and it was pretty good. That song lasted about 20 minutes and I was already getting a little bored. Then, there was a Beetoven Symphony, with 4 main parts. Continue reading »
Kenwood Symphony Orchestra Concert
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Mar 302009
Mar 202009
Every year there’s a contest organized by the MMTA is held. This year I got into the Finals and passed again in level Intermediate B!! My critique was completely (nearly) illegible, and it’s a miracle I actually understood it. I reproduced it below.
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Composition: Rhapsody – Bober
| ACCURACY: | Notation: + | MUSICIANSHIP: | Dynamics: +- |
| Rhythms: + | Phrasing: + | ||
| Tempo: + | Balance: ++ | ||
| Technique: +- | Pedaling: + | ||
| Articulation: + | Tone Quality: - | ||
| MEMORY: ++ | Style: ++ | ||
Constructive comments:
- Bold, strong opening – convincing. good!
- Wonderful balance to RH melody – as well as LH melody in m.23 & counter-melody in m.16. Sensitive phrasing & careful attention even to shaping – excellent job listening to yourself.
- Your sense of musicianship is starting to blossom (not) – to really shine. Wonderful. For BIG chords, loud sections, etc: Allow your wrist a little more suppleness, flexibility- let your wrists absorb the shock of the arm weight. This should help take any unwanted edge of harshness off the tone, get allowing it to be big, round.
Decision of Judge is Final Judge’s Signature Jon Michael Iverson