Thursday, April 15, 2010

by heart

I tell my piano students to learn their repertoire by heart. What I mean is that they should memorize their music. that the music should go into their body, because under the stress of performance, we rely on the body to take over when one thinks too much, everything gets wrecked. The blue colours from our Exuma visit are held in my heart.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

beautiful writing and images.

Jeana Marie said...

you are a very good teacher, I do believe.
xo,
Jeana

Jenny Leslie said...

Beautiful blues, Thanks for your comments on Secret cemeteries.. I plan to have the photo you liked blown up poster size.

Jenny

Caterina Giglio said...

so peaceful and beautiful, and what a brilliant observation about performance!

jennlui said...

ooh! i'm mesmerized by all your beautiful blues!

i played the piano for over 6 years and find this to be so true. my best performances were when i felt the music in my bones... streaming outwards.

Unknown said...

Spectacular! Blues of all shades are my absolute favourite.

By the way, I was looking for a piano teacher on the Island!!! Well, Little One is still very young, but when she's a bit older...