Juilliard graduate helping dedicated adult pianists who love challenging repertoire practice less while learning more.
πΉ π not your typical adult piano camp
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I don't believe in endless hours at the piano. I believe some of your best progress often happens away from the piano. Watch a 90 second trailer here. β¬οΈ No grinding. No judgement. No pretending you don't compare yourself to the person next to you. Just a room full of pianists who get exactly why you'd fly across the country for this, or even fly in from Sweden (as Seth did last year!) This is for you if you're an intermediate to advanced classical pianist. You love practicing, but sometimes find it lonely. You love geeking out on piano stories with friendly pianists and being challenged with music games like the Blind Listening Test. For the third year in a row, we're determined to watch piano movies Saturday night, maybe even in our PJs. π¬ πΏ This year is extra exciting because I've timed the retreat with a local concert by the iconic duo piano team of Anderson & Roe in Carmel on Sunday, Oct 11. If you want to be amongst pianists who show up a little nervous and leave as besties, see the full retreat details here. See you at the |
Lisa Spector, Piano Ninja
Juilliard graduate helping dedicated adult pianists who love challenging repertoire practice less while learning more.
After I shared my Cliburn audition of the Bach B flat Partita, the comments on YouTube and Instagram kept mentioning my trills. People noticed how easy they sounded. Here's the thing. I haven't practiced a trill inside a piece since graduate school. π€·βοΈ Over 40 years ago, I learned a five-minute warm-up from John Perry, R.I.P. I've done it almost every practice session since. When a trill shows up in whatever I'm playing, it just works. I don't stop to negotiate with my wrist. I don't wonder...
Someone caught it. 23 seconds in, on the Gigue from the B-flat Partita, the one from my 1989 Cliburn audition. A mistake, small, just a switch in the notes. He commented so everyone would hear it. Barely noticeable, but he felt good catching it. π₯Ί I replied without thinking twice. "My motto now is Screw Perfect. Just Make Music." 131 likes on that reply. More than the comment that started it. That reel also got me 466 new followers on Instagram which lead to celebrating 10K followers...
I started my 1989 Cliburn audition with the Bach B flat Partita. π Watch it here. β¬οΈ Someone left a comment I keep coming back to... Good question. Here's the answer I didn't expect to give. No judge ever told me. No scoresheet. Nothing written down anywhere. I built that story out of an absence. I always paired my Bach with my Chopin. People complimented the Chopin. Every single time. Nobody said a word about the Bach. So I decided the silence meant something. π€¦βοΈ No comment became "not good...