‘ I find meaning in the compositional process through the chain of communication that occurs between my scores, performers of the scores, and the audience members’
Author: The Cross-Eyed Pianist
Frances Wilson is a pianist, writer, music and arts reviewer, music PR, and blogger on classical music and pianism under the pen name 'The Cross-Eyed Pianist'
Ann Sweeten, composer
Follow your dreams, and don’t give up! Believe in yourself and trust your instincts. Hold onto passion. It will save you!
Jack Sheen, conductor-composer
‘Talk up to audiences. Make everything authentically and unapologetically rich, complex, mysterious, tentacular, extraordinary, a little intimidating, perhaps, but ultimately more seductive because of that.’
Anna Geniushene, pianist
‘I see success as a state of transcendence — the moments when music becomes a bridge between souls, where the boundaries between performer, audience and piano dissolve…’
Janneke Brits, pianist
‘Aim to have a portfolio of skills and learn how to speak to your audiences. As we all know, there are a plethora of phenomenal pianists out there, but what can set one apart is the ability to communicate and connect with audiences.’
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