It has been just over seven years since I completed my last piano piece. This past Saturday, July 17th, after waiting just over seven years this piece titled 4-5 finally received its premiere. Stacey Barelos, a friend of mine from Bowling Green State University, performed the piece.
I have to say that I am happy with the performance. Stacey did a great job performing a rather difficult piece. 4-5 is not an easy piece. This is due in part to the fact that I am not a pianist. In composing this piece I was unhindered by my abilities as a pianist. At times I found myself asking "can a pianist do this...?" as opposed to "well, I cannot play this so I will not write it." In many ways this is liberating, yet it is confining as I may compose sections that are doable, but very difficult.
Stacey stepped up and gave a wonderful performance of 4-5. I feel as if she learned this piece quite well considering we were unable to work together in a rehearsal. Some section were not as fast as I would have likes. However, I would rather have a strong performance at a slightly slower tempo, than a sloppy performance at the marked tempo.
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