Tag Archives: inspiration

SUMMARY | The June Forum: Making Your Vocation A Vacation

By joy (admin) | Published: 6 July 2010

June is over (summer is going by so quickly!!), and so is the June Forum: Making Your Vocation A Vacation topic.  Thanks for all the thought-provoking comments, all!  Here’s a summary of your comments, along with some thoughts of my own mixed in: Teach only when you want to. Don’t overdo it.  Only schedule yourself what [...]

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The June Forum: Making your Vocation a Vacation

By joy (admin) | Published: 8 June 2010

As mentioned yesterday, a new series is being introduced here at Color In My Piano: a monthly forum of sorts, where readers put their heads together a discuss various topics.  The success of this series depends on YOU, so please, type away! Without further ado, allow me to introduce the topic for the June forum: [...]

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Things I Learned from a Yeol Eum Son Masterclass

By joy (admin) | Published: 9 February 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNJdjtNxop0&feature=channel”>here

Last week, my university held a master class by Yeol Eum Son, the silver winner of the 2009 Van Cliburn competition.  I played a Chopin Etude, op.10 no.6.  She gave me a number of specific suggestions which were very helpful, but there were two general concepts I took from the experience: 1. Posture: keep your [...]

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