- Jan 9, 2001
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Before all the dirty jokes start, I'm talking about the Illinois State Piano Compeition.
Those of you who "know" me better know that I've been preparing for that competition for a couple months, which granted isn't that long but I was only performing three pieces. The competition is stiff-there are pianists from all around Illinois, I'm lucky because it was only about a 10 minute drive for me. It was/is the first event in the "St. Charles Art & Music Festival", which if any of you have been in the Chicago area you might have heard about it on the radio or something. With so many pianists, the competition is long. Actually, it's still going on-it is 2 days long, 9-5 both days. I performed at 9 today, making me the very first one.
The required repitoire was a Bach Prelude and Fugue from "The Well-Tempered Clavier." I played:
Bach-Prelude in C Minor, Fugue in C minor
Schubert-Impromptu in E flat, Op. 90
I played pretty well, I am happy with my performance. Most of all, I'm glad it's over, because for a couple of weeks it was crunch time, and I didn't really have the time to work on all this other music I've wanted to. Today I start!
I stayed around and watched a few of the other pianists perform, all of them are good, of course, but some are MUCH better than others. I'd say that going on what I heard, I'm about right in the middle ability-wise of all the pianists. Anyhow, just thought I'd share my sigh of relief with you all. Cheers!
Those of you who "know" me better know that I've been preparing for that competition for a couple months, which granted isn't that long but I was only performing three pieces. The competition is stiff-there are pianists from all around Illinois, I'm lucky because it was only about a 10 minute drive for me. It was/is the first event in the "St. Charles Art & Music Festival", which if any of you have been in the Chicago area you might have heard about it on the radio or something. With so many pianists, the competition is long. Actually, it's still going on-it is 2 days long, 9-5 both days. I performed at 9 today, making me the very first one.The required repitoire was a Bach Prelude and Fugue from "The Well-Tempered Clavier." I played:
Bach-Prelude in C Minor, Fugue in C minor
Schubert-Impromptu in E flat, Op. 90
I played pretty well, I am happy with my performance. Most of all, I'm glad it's over, because for a couple of weeks it was crunch time, and I didn't really have the time to work on all this other music I've wanted to. Today I start!
I stayed around and watched a few of the other pianists perform, all of them are good, of course, but some are MUCH better than others. I'd say that going on what I heard, I'm about right in the middle ability-wise of all the pianists. Anyhow, just thought I'd share my sigh of relief with you all. Cheers!
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