I like to ask musicians their vision and I see people in their ascendency , horizon and comfortable place with life. Robert is sincerely in a comfortable place with himself! Karen: Where do you see yourself in 10 years time? Robert:In ten years? Since I’m now 67, I hope I’m still on the right side […]
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more wise words
Continuing my conversation with Robert Long, guest on my blog this week. Karen: I heard an interview with Dion DiMucci last week who said that musical talent is like finding gold in a river. Very rare. Are there young players coming through that you rate? Robert: I am confident that there are many wonderful young […]
Robert Long Interview
This week I’ve been speaking to Robert Long whose printed music is available on the website. His knowledge of the art is boundless and has some great insight into our profession. Over the next few days you shall hear his thoughts. Karen: Ive noticed in all the decades Ive been playing that the basic format of […]
This week’s final interview
It has been wonderful sharing insights with Kim SoHyun this week. Here is our final chat: Karen: Where do you see yourself in 10 years’ time? So Hyun: Ten years from now, I’d still be in my mid-30s (I’m in my mid-20s)… I’m trying a lot right now. Studying midi, modern dance music, and […]
continuing my interview with SoHyun, Toronto
Karen: Bringing your musical skills to the dance studio is a unique experience. How do you personally link the dance structures with your music? So Hyun:Actually, I started ballet first as a hobby before I became a ballet pianist.I personally experienced which music moves my body by dancing myself. Many ballet-class music keeps the beat […]
International Guild of Musicians in Dance -IGMD
This is a group of highly skilled musicians and researchers based mainly in US. Recently Andy Hasenpflug, music director of American Dance Festival asked for 60 scores each lasting 60 seconds. Glad to hear my piece ‘The Asylum’ from my opera The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, was chosen as one such piece choreographed by Olivia […]
SoHyun and Art Tatum
Continuing our chat about influences in our music…. So Hyun….I really like Art Tatum’s music, so I imitated a lot of accents and harmonies, so I think it comes out naturally from me. Karen: I adore Art Tatum’s style, simplicity and Bach-like complexity all bound into one. It’s really interesting to note that he was […]
Featuring SoHyunism!
I hope that title got you interested in our featured artist this week! Kim So Hyun. Originally from Korea and now based in Toronto Canada.Each day this week we will be posting a short excerpt from her interview in artofclass.online/blog: Karen: I’ve noticed that many of your improvisations have jazz influences. Who are your musical […]
Scores for Free Class
I am delighted to be hosting scores of some exceptional musicians who have contributed importantly to the world of music for dance. It’s not always easy to access tried and tested music that is appropriate for Free Class and not affiliated with Examination Syllabus. And so my first featured artist is Kim So Hyun. Her […]
Multi-tasker!
I noticed over the past years that Dancers who retire (still in their 30’s or so) commonly used the Dancer’s Benevolent Fund to retrain in Massage and other related re-training associated with anatomy. However these days funds such as DanceFund help many artists move into photography and film. And here is the exceptional one…my great friend […]