First Post! 10/13/2010
 
Hello to everyone!  This is the first of what we hope to be our weekly blogs, to keep you informed about what's going on and let you all get to know us a little more.

I am Karen, and I am the pianist of the Fine Arts Connection studio.  If you have yet to read my biography, then you should know that I am currently a piano student at the University of Indianapolis, one of my favorite composers is Beethoven (among many), and, most importantly, my favorite color is orange--only because it's bright and fun and gets people's attention!
Enough about me.  I'm not the only person who is a part of the Fine Arts Connection.  My good friend Bethany is the creator of this studio, and she will also be posting blogs about every other week.  We will be giving updates about any news going on that we think is interesting, as well as any advice we can think of to help young, aspiring musicians like ourselves, and to give seasoned musicians some refreshing (maybe even a bit funny) new ways to look at things.

One thing that is coming up soon--Bethany and I are traveling to Kansas City, MO to perform at the National Collegiate Honors Council!  We are performing Ravel's Second Sonata for Violin and Piano, second movement simply titled "Blues."  It's a very challenging piece--the chords require my hands to stretch beyond what I thought was possible and the pizzicato has caused Bethany's finger to bleed on some occasions.  But we like this piece very much and are very excited to have the opportunity to perform!  We will also be performing it at least two other times, both times at the University of Indianapolis.

I think this is it for the first-ever FAC blog!  We'll catch you all later!

KE

 


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