Tag: pianist
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Learning Debussy again
Learning a Debussy piece for the first time in 40 years. A student wants to learn Arabesque No. 1. I’m so grateful to her. Never thought I’d be doing this again. It’s lovely. ❤️
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Nice work when you can get it
What a lovely surprise to walk into the Treasury Heritage Hotel and see this! And here we go… I wish I could take a better photo, but it’s too rude to hold my phone up close to a bunch of strangers. Hey, and we have a flyer too!
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I bought a Beale piano!
In April, I bought an upright piano! After moving around the world for decades with different digital pianos, I’m finally settled enough to own this big old, magical wooden box with 1,200 moving parts. Now, I am home. I drove all over Brisbane and the Gold Coast checking out pianos advertised on Gumtree. When I […]
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A sold out season, friendships sealed
Dusty The Original Pop Diva has finished its run. What a magnificent team achievement it was. I will post more later. Right now I am basking in the warmth of friendship, trust…and making music.
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Dusty is 95% sold, opens this Friday!
Our director Leonie Walsh says: Nearly 95% of house sold. 10 left for this Friday night, matinee sold out and 4 singles left for Saturday night. Awesome!
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Chookas! It’s an Aussie word!
Chookas! This is what Aussies say to each other before a performance, instead of: “Break a leg”. I don’t know what it means but they said it before “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do”, and before the QMF Under This Sky performances. For sure we will be yelling it from the rafters at the opening […]
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Repetiteur’s thoughts: love the incidental music
Opening night for Dusty The Original Pop Diva is this Friday. The band plays in the wings (part of the stage not seen by the audience), and this is the view from where Musical Director June Gemmell sits. For the répétiteur, the first focus in a musical is the big songs which involve all the […]
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Oh no, my dog-ears are tearing already!
Oh no! The folded corners of my pages are tearing already, and the show doesn’t go live until Friday!
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We Only Want To Be With Clare!
Clare Patrick is Dusty Springfield in our upcoming show Dusty The Original Pop Diva, which runs from November 13 to 28 at the Sunnybank Theatre. Clare is warm, energetic and she’s got her “Dusty hands” down to a tee.
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Soft Core in the morning
I woke at 4.30am with Reno’s song Soft Core in my head. Was still mentally humming it ten minutes later. So here I am with a big cup of coffee, at my piano, headphones on. It’s daybreak and I’m inspired, but will pay for it later.