Wednesday, July 29, 2009

...Powers of Music Rediscovered...

I came across this wonderful CD of magnificently tuned music -- you can start feeling how everything inside the body relaxes, tensions disappear and well-being returns. Isn't the purpose of music to restore well-being and good feeling? Please, take a look:

"... Powers of Music Rediscovered. ... these seven magical tunings have recently been rediscovered, opening the way for us to empower ourselves and to enhance our physical, emotional and spiritual balance.....The oldest musical tunings known in the world come from the extraordinary and mysterious Sumerian civilization that had flowered by 3500 BC. Unlike any modern Western music, these tunings have unexpected beauty and powers - a kind of music that we have completely forgotten.... the album Memories of Home may be the first time these tunings have been heard for centuries. "

What prompted me to look for the roots and history of music, was my never ending curiosity to find out more about why I am teaching, and the more I look, the more I see and find well-being, emotional healing, good feeling. There is so much wisdom still needing to be uncovered, from Sumer to old Greece and Rome,... and amazingly, in these old times heptatonic scales, similar to our modern Major and Minor scales were used. Let's work on those scales, again,... Well played scales in a slow to medium tempo really are very relaxing and beautiful,... Eva

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Performance Panic Attacks?

Of course my students learn many avenues how to manage performance anxiety and memorization techniques. But it always helps to have a few extra tools under the belt. I came across this website -- and I highly recommend this product. It is called PANIC AWAY Take a look:

"You will be amazed at how such a simple technique known as the One Move Technique™ could be so powerful in restoring you back to your former care free self. I am not only talking about eliminating panic attacks but also getting your general anxiety level right back down to zero without the use of any medication or alternative therapies. This technique is based on advanced psychology made simple for everyone to apply." PANICAWAY

It is not just for pianists, but simply anyone in real life who has fears or trepidations of any kind. Especially when you are facing daily pressure moments, you need tools to keep you in tune with yourself.
All the best, Eva

TVMTA 2nd Annual Young Pianist Competition May 30, 2009 Temecula, CA Results

Winners Recital July 5th at The Merc in Temecula

  

  

  

Grade

Category

Results

Shanti Ryle

Rachmaninov

Etude Tableaux

Op 33 No 8

10

9th / 10th grade

2nd

Alex Few

Schubert

Impromptu

Op 90 No 2

9

9th / 10th grade

3rd

Sai Sivapalan

Beethoven

Op 53, "The Waldstein"

3rd movement

8

7th /8th grade

1st

Cynthia Phan

Chopin

Waltz, Op 69 No 2

5

Under 6th grade

2nd

  

Ranen Unger- Hicks

Mozart

K 545 1st movement

2

Under 6th grade

3rd

Kathleen Phan

Rollin

Jazz Cat

3

Under 6th grade

Honorable

Mention

 
 

Congratulations to all winners and their exquisite performances. Your hard work was certainly much appreciated.

Eva

Eva Martin Hollaus Piano Studio, National Piano Playing Auditions Riverside, Temecula, San Diego - Escondido CA Results

Judge:

Greta Berezovsky

No Yrs in Guild auditions

No YRS. National Winner

Classification

PGM

No pieces

1

Jothy Yogarajah

4

4

IB

N

10

2

Thulasi Yogarajah

4

4

ED

N

10

3

Ranen Unger Hicks

4

4

ES

N

10

4

Mitchell Johnson

4

4

IC

N

10

5

Sai Sivapalan

7

7

IS

I

15

6

Cambria Lauritsen

6

0

IB

D

5

7

Corrina Conway

1

1

IA

N

10

8

Shalini Nair

8

8

PA

I

15

9

Cassiopea Bostan

1

1

EC

N

10

10

Justin Markowitz

4

4

IC

N

10

11

Anais Perkins

1

1

EB

N

10

12

Vinayak Pillai

6

1

IC

D

5

13

Vishakh Pillai

5

0

IA

D

4

Judge:

Shirley Hatch

14

Shanti Ryle

8

8

PC

I

15

15

Chloe Lovato

4

4

IA

N

10

16

Bret Paddock

6

6

PA

N

12

17

Cynthia Phan

3

3

IS

N

10

18

Kathleen Phan

3

3

ED

N

10

19

Stacey Phan

3

3

EC

N

10

20

Andrew Vu

3

3

IB

N

10

21

Nessa Vu

3

3

IA

N

10

22

Victoria Vu

3

3

IA

N

10

23

Sharmini Premananthan

6

5

IS

N

10

24

Niranjana Premananthan

3

3

ED

N

10

25

Kelly Rausch

3

3

ED

N

10

26

Song Nguyen

2

2

ED

N

10

27

Kenna Behar

1

0

EC

D

4

28

Jessica Behar

1

0

EC

L

3

29

Brittany Durgiah

5

2

ED

N

10

30

Sierra Rupnow

4

4

IB

N

10

31

Noah Haroldpavlovics

4

3

EB

N

10

32

Eleanor Haroldpavlovics

3

0

EA

L

3

Judge:

Hanna

Kogan

33

Alex Few

7

7

PA

I

15



Tama-Do, The Academy of Sound Healing, Color Therapy and Chi Movement

Hello all:
No wonder we are all feeling so much better when playing piano and letting our soul "sing" and express our feeling in our music. I came across this absolutely amazing vibrational and sound healing academy. If Mozart's music makes babies feel better and unborns happier -- take alook -- at vibrational healing. This is purely joyous healing technology.

Tama-Do, The Academy of Sound Healing, Color Therapy and Chi Movement: "For nearly 30 years, Maman has created research and practical applications using Sound, Color and Movement® to balance the body, mind and spirit through the subtle energy fields (auras). In 1977, he created the now famous system, which uses tuning forks instead of needles on acupuncture command points. In the early ‘80s, Fabien Maman conducted biology experiments at the University of Jussieu in Paris, showing the impacts of acoustic sound on human cells and their energy fields. What he found was that through a series of acoustic sounds, cancer cells would explode and healthy ones would become energized and empowered."

What I am always saying, is you need to learn to relax and project your own talent, your own feeling, your own soul into your playing and this "one-ness" in a sense, will definitely make you feel better and express itself in beautiful playing, once you relax into it.
Sincerely, Eva