Sunday, May 12, 2013

My Percussion Concert


So I had a percussion concert at my music academy where all students who play the percussions played their pieces. I played all the pieces I've practiced this year which means 6 pieces. I played a piece on the marimba, Whoopie, one on the vibraphone, Cross, one on the set-up, one on the snare-drum 1. etude from the 'Douze études pour Caisse-Claire', one on the timpani 15. etude of R. Hochrainer and one on the drumset Solo #7. These are the pieces I've also prepared for the entrance exams of the conservatories next year. My favourite piece to play was defenitly the drum piece because the drums is my favourite instrument out of all instruments ever. I noticed a few mistakes here and there. But it's good that this concert took place because now I know what are the things I have to work on. Infact the next percussion lesson we went through half of the pieces to check the things that i need to improve. I was meant to play last but I asked to go first because I had school work to do. Playing infront of an audience is always a good experience and everytime you learn something more. At this stage, I've done so many performances that I don't get nervous anymore, it's becoming more and more a routine. Obviously it depends in what situation one is, but most of the times the most important thing is to enjoy the music and concentrate on what you are doing without thinking about the size of the audience.  

No comments:

Post a Comment