5th Indonesia Talent Festival

22nd September 2013 was a faboulous Sunday for The Art Center. Three of our Vocal students joined the 5th Indonesia Talent Festival at Pluit Village Mall. It was a talent-scouting competition held by tisi Pratama Management, one of talent agency in Indonesia.

The singing competition started with audition round, followed by 15 singers. Three of our students made it to the Semifinal round. Now we are waiting for the results whether they will make it to the Final round. Well done our Star-to-be !!

Here we upload videos of the semifinal round.We can see one of the judge held his thumb up to one of our Star :)

Fiona Mariella

 

Alexa Ovilia

 

Grace Victoria

Sweet treats

Miniature mouth-watering donuts with different toppings. You can learn this in Miniature Clay lesson :)

A Little Joke (by Dimitri Kabalevsky)

This song is a beautiful exercise for Slur and Staccato exercise. Catherine did a very clear Staccato and Slur while playing this song.

 

 

Legato Phrasing 2

This video is showing another Legato Phrasing exercise performed by Jonathan from The Little Pianist Op. 189 (Kohler).

 

 

 

Legato Phrasing

One of the most important technique required to play a beautiful Sonatine is legato phrasing. A lot of legato exercises can be found in exercises composition by Czerny, Gurlitt and Kohler.

This video showing Madeline performing "Memory" (by Gurlitt). We can hear Alberti Bass (the characteristic of classical piano accompaniment), long Legato phrasing and slur in this E minor piece. Madeline managed a beautiful slur and phrasing

Clay Art Exhibition on A.S.L.I Concert, June 22nd, 2013

Finally after a long and tiring weeks preparing the A.S.L.I Concert, We are BACK!
Here are the pictures of clay art creations "Mushroom House" themed created by our students for the exhibition at GoetheHaus - Jakarta.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this exhibition Janice's Mushroom House was chosen as the Most Favourite Clay Art Creation by the audiences.

 

Congratulations to Janice!

 

The photos and videos about the A.S.L.I Concert will be uploaded soon after it's done.

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

Sight-Reading

When it comes to sight-reading session, it's always the most stressfull seconds in the cold and almost silent exam room. To be honest, there is no other way to get better at sight-reading than practicing. In this post, I would like to share some tips on how to improve your sight-reading. Think marathon rather than sprint.

1. Take in as much information as you can before you begin, including time signature, key signature, tempo markings, dynamic markings, phrasing, rhythm and fingering. Don't miss the clef.

2. Be aware of the range of notes within any given bars. Take a quick look over the lowest notes and the highest notes.

3. Keep going!!!!! DO NOT REPEAT, slow down the tricky part a little bit if you have to but do your best to avoid coming to a complete halt.

4. Focus on reading by the interval rather than worrying so much about the name of the notes.

5. Find your fingering. If a fingering is not mark, try to accomodate as many notes as you can in the SAME hand position to avoid any unecessary change of hand position.

6. Try to keep your eyes on the score at all times, imagining that your fingers as sticking to the keys, feeling their ways towards the next notes.

Good luck! Wish you get better at sight-reading...and start loving it! :D