Summertime- Lonely and Ambitious

Hi everyone. It’s been a while. I’m doing very well. I’m getting into a good productive groove. My second biannual recital is this Sunday, and 10 of my students are playing. So excited! They have improved so much. I’m currently going full out on my YouTube channel and social media involvement. I’m going to be […]

Miracle

Hi everyone, I wanted to document what happened yesterday, it’s going to be very raw. I got a phone call from a hospital saying i owed $1,600 from the hospital last year. I couldn’t believe it and my heart sank. They were sending the bills to my college address. Last year I went to the […]

My Fascination with Organ music

I’ve been really into organ music lately. It suits my mood, it’s powerful, it’s so many elements at once. I’m exploring Bach’s organ works and downloading them so I can listen to them on my long drives to and from University. I just hope I don’t get hearing loss from so much organ listening. One […]

Race against time

I’m quickly trying to memorize the Beethoven Sonata and the Chopin Mazurka. It’s a race against time now. I have two weeks to get them into my hands for jury. Surprisingly, I’m not too stressed. I know life goes on after jury, I’m excited for summer and posting more piano videos, and I can finally […]

Making Music Magic

Hey friends! Today was a chill Sunday, I played the hymns for church this morning. It went well! I got chipotle. I took a nap. Then I did an hour of yoga. After yoga I practiced my jury pieces. I did the Chopin Mazurka in depth, and played through the Beethoven sonata a few times. […]

Self journalism – the new norm

I’m standing writing this because I am tired of sitting down. My legs need to be useful. Doing yoga has taught me to listen to my body, and my legs say they need to work right now. All day I’ve either been playing the piano, or lounging on the sofa for this beautiful Saturday. Ok, […]

Perfection Paralysis

Hi I’m Elisa and I used to be a perfectionist. I read somewhere of a term called Perfection Paralysis, I didn’t have this problem but it’s interesting to share: Perfection paralysis: spending too much time on the details that you don’t get anything done. You are unable to share your creations because you think they […]

Discouraged

This is my private journal entry that I made today, but I’m going to make it public because it might help someone. “Just had what I believe to have been the worst piano lesson I’ve has so far. Or should I say best? Because I learned a lot about how i should practice. It was […]

Piano Masterclass Notes

This spring break was fun, I’m spending my time listening to awesome talented pianists for a few days. There’s an international piano competition happening at SMU, and they had 3 masterclasses we could attend. Being a piano nerd, I went to two of them and mentally took notes during each one. For those of you […]

Learning 1 song a week, and 100 subscribers!

I filmed another piano video today, it’s a song called “The Heart Asks Pleasure First” and it’s by Michael Nyman. This piece is gorgeous, it’s from the movie “The Piano”. When I first heard this song I really wanted to learn it. But it was too hard for me at the time. Now I’m at […]