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Personally, I will be leaving my music school by the end of January and moving on to have private lessons with the same teacher. Although, there wouldn't be much of a change in terms of lessons , but I will get less opportunities to perform.
In this new year, I wish to bring to everyone more music :) More videos should be coming up soon.
Stay tuned,
Criserl
Friday, January 10, 2014
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
My First Post in 2014!
Hello to all! Be expecting a lot more for 2014! More uploads, original compositions, and pieces from many different eras!
Well, for 2013 I wasn't very productive with music like I had been in 2012. That will change for this year. I started taking a course titled "How To Write Like Mozart" which teaches how to compose classical music correctly (I guess that's obvious). I've learned a lot about music theory that I didn't know, and even how to actually write out the music by hand (which I didn't know much about before). For 6 weeks I will be taking this course. There are many assignments, and the one for this week is mainly about choral music. I believe next week's is creating a piece for piano and another instrument. :D
So, hopefully, I will try to compose in the classical style! I will probably be listening to a lot of classical music for the next few weeks. Any suggestions on a composer? I know for sure Mozart and Beethoven...
Last year I composed a few original compositions. Unfortunately, I have not practiced them, and never had sheet music for them, so therefore I do not remember how to play them... :/ I guess you all weren't missing out on much. They weren't my best compositions. The best are yet to come!! :D
What I will be uploading soon (whenever I buy a camera... I plan on buying online, so there's a few things I need to do first in order to do so...) is probably Italia by Emily Bear; oh, and possibly Moonlight Sonata, since I only have the version from when I played it on the keyboard.
I must apologize for not doing my part in uploading videos frequently, especially for not uploading anything from Debussy's Children's Corner. I am incredibly sorry for that. I really do plan on learning the pieces I didn't learn in 2013. I want to become more accomplished with piano this year, and I will do my very best in trying to learn many new pieces.
Thank you all for putting up with my nonsense! ;) I am going to try harder with piano this year!
Until next time,
Viviana.
Well, for 2013 I wasn't very productive with music like I had been in 2012. That will change for this year. I started taking a course titled "How To Write Like Mozart" which teaches how to compose classical music correctly (I guess that's obvious). I've learned a lot about music theory that I didn't know, and even how to actually write out the music by hand (which I didn't know much about before). For 6 weeks I will be taking this course. There are many assignments, and the one for this week is mainly about choral music. I believe next week's is creating a piece for piano and another instrument. :D
So, hopefully, I will try to compose in the classical style! I will probably be listening to a lot of classical music for the next few weeks. Any suggestions on a composer? I know for sure Mozart and Beethoven...
Last year I composed a few original compositions. Unfortunately, I have not practiced them, and never had sheet music for them, so therefore I do not remember how to play them... :/ I guess you all weren't missing out on much. They weren't my best compositions. The best are yet to come!! :D
What I will be uploading soon (whenever I buy a camera... I plan on buying online, so there's a few things I need to do first in order to do so...) is probably Italia by Emily Bear; oh, and possibly Moonlight Sonata, since I only have the version from when I played it on the keyboard.
I must apologize for not doing my part in uploading videos frequently, especially for not uploading anything from Debussy's Children's Corner. I am incredibly sorry for that. I really do plan on learning the pieces I didn't learn in 2013. I want to become more accomplished with piano this year, and I will do my very best in trying to learn many new pieces.
Thank you all for putting up with my nonsense! ;) I am going to try harder with piano this year!
Until next time,
Viviana.
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Concluding 2013
Hello everyone!
I hope everyone had an awesome 2013 as we'll be welcoming 2014 in a few days! I'm so excited for next year as I would get more opportunities to play chamber music and tackle a vast repertoire, playing challenging pieces by Haydn , Beethoven and Mozart etc. Also, I wish to master a few of those pieces on my < To-play list> because apparently I've only completed 1 out of the 13 pieces listed.!
Recently, I've been listening to a lot of Haydn's Piano sonata. I'm not exposed to his works considering the fact that I've only played 1 of his piano sonata and 1 piano trio. I would like to recommend Sonata in E-flat and Sonata in F .
Apart from practising piano, I'm now reading <The Fault In Our Stars> by John Green. It is an excellent book. No wonder it is a New York Times best seller. Another thing that I'm working on is getting my Scorpion a.k.a a Needle in dance, I will definitely post a photo somewhere once I've achieved it! :)
~Criserl
I hope everyone had an awesome 2013 as we'll be welcoming 2014 in a few days! I'm so excited for next year as I would get more opportunities to play chamber music and tackle a vast repertoire, playing challenging pieces by Haydn , Beethoven and Mozart etc. Also, I wish to master a few of those pieces on my < To-play list> because apparently I've only completed 1 out of the 13 pieces listed.!
Recently, I've been listening to a lot of Haydn's Piano sonata. I'm not exposed to his works considering the fact that I've only played 1 of his piano sonata and 1 piano trio. I would like to recommend Sonata in E-flat and Sonata in F .
Apart from practising piano, I'm now reading <The Fault In Our Stars> by John Green. It is an excellent book. No wonder it is a New York Times best seller. Another thing that I'm working on is getting my Scorpion a.k.a a Needle in dance, I will definitely post a photo somewhere once I've achieved it! :)
~Criserl
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Happy Early Christmas!
I'm wishing you all an early Merry Christmas!! Wishing you all love, peace, and a good time with your families. :)
In the upcoming year, I really plan on finishing a lot of the pieces I never learned this year, and that will be my main goal for 2014. Mainly, the pieces I want to have finished are Ballade No.1 by Chopin and Tempest Sonata Third Movement, and also a few songs from movie soundtracks. I will probably try to only work on learning two pieces at a time, probably one being classical and the other modern. More original compositions will be uploaded as well. :D
Sorry for not uploading anything. The camera really gives me problems... I hope to be getting one for Christmas, or maybe afterwards. Then I'll have no excuse for not uploading anything.
Lately, what I've really been working on is sight reading. I've noticed already a lot of improvement this past week. Today I was focusing on the Time Travel Theme from Secret. I still have two pages to work through on that. I hope to be able to read music very quickly by the end of next year. :)
Oh, and for the Christmas music I was supposed to record, be expecting that around the New Year or a little after that... Haha.
Anyway, have a Merry Christmas. God bless. :)
Viviana.
In the upcoming year, I really plan on finishing a lot of the pieces I never learned this year, and that will be my main goal for 2014. Mainly, the pieces I want to have finished are Ballade No.1 by Chopin and Tempest Sonata Third Movement, and also a few songs from movie soundtracks. I will probably try to only work on learning two pieces at a time, probably one being classical and the other modern. More original compositions will be uploaded as well. :D
Sorry for not uploading anything. The camera really gives me problems... I hope to be getting one for Christmas, or maybe afterwards. Then I'll have no excuse for not uploading anything.
Lately, what I've really been working on is sight reading. I've noticed already a lot of improvement this past week. Today I was focusing on the Time Travel Theme from Secret. I still have two pages to work through on that. I hope to be able to read music very quickly by the end of next year. :)
Oh, and for the Christmas music I was supposed to record, be expecting that around the New Year or a little after that... Haha.
Anyway, have a Merry Christmas. God bless. :)
Viviana.
Saturday, November 30, 2013
December News : Criserl
Hello!
I'll be performing a concerto on Christmas Eve 24th of December. There will be 2 different sets of concertos performed by my friends and I. Some of my friends will perform Beethoven Concerto No.3 while others together with me will be performing Mozart Concerto No.27 . I'm assigned the 1st movement and we will be playing with an accompanist on piano. I'm so excited!!
I'll definitely upload the performance on to YT! :D
Also, as promised , here is my recording of Debussy on YT :)
If you would like to see me play it live, it has been uploaded on Keek!
Love,
Criserl
I'll be performing a concerto on Christmas Eve 24th of December. There will be 2 different sets of concertos performed by my friends and I. Some of my friends will perform Beethoven Concerto No.3 while others together with me will be performing Mozart Concerto No.27 . I'm assigned the 1st movement and we will be playing with an accompanist on piano. I'm so excited!!
I'll definitely upload the performance on to YT! :D
Also, as promised , here is my recording of Debussy on YT :)
If you would like to see me play it live, it has been uploaded on Keek!
Oct 17, 2013 | Criserl trys out the piano at JJCOify Debussy Children's Corner The Little Shepherd #talent #classical #piano by CriserlTeo on Keek.com
Love,
Criserl
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