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About Me

I am majoring in Church Music, but plan to go on to obtain my Master's in Piano Performance someday, and then maybe even a doctorate in music. I am slightly interested in vocal coaching. I've been playing the piano for nearly 12 years, and I also sing in choir. I love writing, reading, photography, and making movies, as well as tinkering around with painting and drawing. I enjoy classical music, as well as some Broadway, jazz, and some new age. Some of my favorite composers are Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, John Rutter, and Brahms. My favorite vocalists are Renee Fleming, Sarah Brightman, and Haley Westenra. My all-time favorite Broadway production is The Phantom of the Opera, though I also enjoy "Into the Woods". I also love movie soundtracks of all sorts (especially Howard Shore's music from "The Lord of the Rings"), and I love the group "Secret Garden". I am a 2005 Missouri Fine Arts Academy Alumnist; it taught me much about music and myself as a musician and a person. My parents have always been very supportive of me, as well as all my music teachers. I have God to thank for everything He has ever given me and everything He has done for me. * "Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms." 1 Peter 4:10 *

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/23/2006
Band Website: youtube.com/profile?user=PianoGirl132001
Band Members: Melissa (a.k.a. "Piano Girl")
Influences: I love Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Mozart, John Williams, John Rutter... the list goes on. My first piano teacher was only six years older than me, and I took lessons from her for ten years, so she really gave me the foundation I needed. I then studied with Dr. Mark Laverty for a year (website: www.marklaverty.com), and I am currently studying with Professer Kuang-Hao Huang (www.khpiano.net) at Concordia University, Chicago.

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Sounds Like: A pianist playing a random mix of classical, broadway, and movie music... whatever catches her interest at that moment... **Make sure to check back every so often. as I will be posting new blogs and new music from time to time! ** ************************************************************ *********If you have something you would like to hear, feel free to let me know. If you are a composer (or if you're not), and would like me to look at some sheet music, message me and we'll work out a way that I can take a look at it...and possibly post it on youtube or myspace.**************************************************** *****************
Record Label: Nothing to put here. :-)
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Mendelssohn’s Lieder ohne Worte

Hi everyone,This is just to let you know that I will hopefully be recording a few of Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words (Lieder ohne Worte) soon - maybe 5 of them or so - whenever I can find the time a...
Posted by Piano Girl on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:07:00 PST

Update

Here is a current update - since I realized that I haven't written since October! I am listening to the radio - 98.7 in Chicago - and they're playing the most beautiful Schubert piece - piano an...
Posted by Piano Girl on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:44:00 PST

The Terrible Quality of My Recordings...

My apologies for the terrible quality of my recordings. I realize many of them sound tinny or shrill. Not exactly a boost to my playing... I record them in an echoey practice room with my little ca...
Posted by Piano Girl on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 08:47:00 PST

Miscellaneous Musical reMarks

This blog is kind of just an update about my musical experiences here in college. I'm in a choir called Schola Cantorum, which performs in chapel each week, and I just recentl...
Posted by Piano Girl on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 07:25:00 PST

A Glimpse of One's Soul

A Glimpse of One's Soul by Melissa (Piano Girl) Ivory rises and falls, Smooth is the melodic line. The glisten of the spotlight As emotion moves from touch to Heard bliss, anxiety, ...
Posted by Piano Girl on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 07:40:00 PST

Organ Shoes

I got my cute new organ shoes! They're a lot like Mary Janes - only the bottoms are very soft and kind of velvety - you could never wear them outside without ruining them! I ordered t...
Posted by Piano Girl on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 07:09:00 PST

Don't Look Through Windows; You've Got a Personalized Path!

There are so many times, like today, that I happen upon biographies and press releases about people younger than myself who have accomplished so many amazing things. I find my...
Posted by Piano Girl on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 06:57:00 PST

Phantom! (dun dun dun dun dun!)

I must say, I absolutely LOVE Phantom of the Opera. If you haven't already checked it out, I uploaded "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" - piano solo version. That so...
Posted by Piano Girl on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 03:22:00 PST

Background

I thought maybe some of you would be interested in hearing about how I came up with the name "Piano Girl"... My freshman year in High School, a bunch of senior guys took choir becau...
Posted by Piano Girl on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 03:56:00 PST