Recital
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Some of you probably didn't attend the recital I did in Dallas two days ago, so let me explain. I kinda thought there would be some adult students there doing the recital, but as it was, it was me, and a bunch of teenagers doing a recital for their families. That's awkward. I wanted to do it because I'm chasing the memory of my recital 15 years ago in San Francisco. My teacher there had a mostly adult studio, actually 100% adult intermediate/advanced students, and he rented out a community hall that had a 9' concert grand and we played in front of 100 or more people, mostly random attendees who saw a flyer. That was fun. This one, I didn't really know what it would be beforehand, but as it happened, it was a bunch of high schoolers playing for their parents, and then me at the end. I glimpsed what trans males might feel like competing with women, I mean if they had souls. Anyway it was fine, other than intruding on what should have been an experience for the kids and their parents. I think I need to find other ways to do recitals, if I ever want to do them again.
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I did a recital just like that at my school. I just decided I didn't know nor care about those people so I just went out and enjoyed myself. I held the next to last note just a little longer than they expected to raise tension before playing the final chord. It felt powerful, which I know is a little ridiculous but it did.
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I did a recital just like that at my school. I just decided I didn't know nor care about those people so I just went out and enjoyed myself. I held the next to last note just a little longer than they expected to raise tension before playing the final chord. It felt powerful, which I know is a little ridiculous but it did.
I played the whole fugue super slow. I didn't intend it, but I started it that way and I needed to finish it that way. I think it felt ponderous to many, but I also know my teacher loved it. He is a man of faith, and the piece is important to him. I was playing for him, and for myself.