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I love this. I had a Honda named Takeshi years ago!

Omg don’t get me started 😆 I’m constantly telling my students that Beethoven wrote 32 sonatas and you don’t have to play the bloody Moonlight! I think the Emperor Concerto adagio with its transition into the joyful finale could make a great long program.

Yuma + Brahms 4th symphony last movement FP. Or Dvořák 9. I am manifesting this into existence. Carolina & Lori, are you listening ?? 😁

This is actually a great idea, but which one would kill the other first :lol:

Here is one of the many useless facts in my brain. The composer Rossini (skating relevance: Barber of Seville and William Tell) was born on Feb. 29, 1792. So despite the fact that he's been dead for over 150 years, he has not yet had 60 birthdays!

Yes! My daughter at age 4 was totally entranced. In a similar manner, a friend of mine - highly trained in both classical and musical theatre singing - spent several months playing Elsa from Frozen on a Disney cruise. I am sure she made a lot of kids excited about music!

A concert I will never forget: 1st half - Martha Argerich with the Toronto Symphony playing Prokofiev 3rd; 2nd half - Oscar Peterson with his trio. This was in 2005 I think.

I think I found them https://youtu.be/2HFSaxIsJCE?si=gLIZQWrKq3yjOGzi

I had the opportunity to play for the Sonata for Viola Four Hands once. Throw The Yule Log On Uncle John was another one I got to sing a lot. But my all time favourite is Bluegrass Cantata. (Start around 6 minutes in)

Feels like it today but no, we’re pretty lucky in general.

Yes indeed, the hockey and lacrosse teams have been moved to Brantford. It's a bit of a construction mess around there ...

Does anyone know why competitions are never held in Hamilton anymore? We had 1997 GPF (Champions Series Final as it was known then), 2002 Nationals and 2004 4CCs, all of which I attended. But there’s been nothing since. (And there are 2 new hotels in walking distance from the arena now.)

As a piano teacher, I am not convinced most parents care whether the kids do it at a high level 😆

Here’s my uneducated pov for what it’s worth. I teach piano and have a small studio of kids and teenagers here in Hamilton. In the past 5 years or so I have had at least 4 students who have been doing figure skating, mostly at Hamilton FSC. (For a very brief period I had a student who is now...

I was playing through Rachmaninov Prelude in D major, op. 23 no. 4 and wondering why no one has skated to it. It builds so beautifully to a climax. Sviatoslav Richter’s recording is 4:27 - you wouldn’t even have to edit it! Richter on YouTube