last practice

Today I had my last practice before the final. I worked on Zelda's lullaby. It was a productive final session that allowed me to refine my final piece.

Hey everyone, so I definitely haven't posted in a while (my bad) but here's what i've been up to.  Most of the semester i worked on a duet piece with Brendan Hegarty.  We were going to perform a piano arrangement of the Zelda 25th Anniversary melody.  It's a pretty cool piece if you're into that kind of thing, but sounds awesome nonetheless.  Recently, we decided to drop that and do seperate pieces, so for the last two weeks i worked on a piano areangement of "He's a Pirate" in Pirates of the Caribbean (yeah i have nerdy picks).  Today, I got as far as i'm going to get with it and you'll all see how it goes it about a half hour.  Good luck to you all

Midterm Recording

Just found a recording I made of my midterm piece! https://goo.gl/photos/aRav6j5X3vJ2kJHj7

12/01 week

I've been practicing for the final almost everyday this week. I'm trying to slow it down a little since the second page isn't as strong as the first page. Some of the finger changes are difficult, but I think I can master it by Tuesday!

Week of December 1

Hey guys! So I was practicing my piece on Tuesday and for the most part I think I have it under control. My hand coordination is good, but I tend to stop before the next part of the piece. I need to slow down the piece in order to play it all together. I will continue to work on it today and for the rest of the weekend. Here is a clip of me playing on Tuesday. Good luck to everyone!

Practice Final

Well everybody knows I don't have a problem with my nerves, sitting up there joking with my audience in the middle of my piece. But the only reason I paused was to announce that I have yet to get down the second half of my piece. Fingering and timing with the left hand has been a constant struggle that I am attempting to overcome. The first part of my piece is, to say modestly, phenomenal. I am so glad to have that pretty much down, missed a key or two. Glad to hear every one's pieces,  I am excited for the final (well as much as I can be).

12/1/2015

Today before our practice recital I continued practicing Fur Elise trying to get past the first sheet and a half and still manage to have some amount of difficulty in playing it.  I am not sure if I will spend the remaining time trying to get more of it down or cut it to where I am at and continue to work on my tempo and notes.