Music – Page 9 – DARREN MATIAS

Piano and Violin Recital 2023

From the Piano and Violin Studios of Yasa Poletaeva and Darren Matias ……………………………………………… Mackenzie Caston Old McDonald, Driving in G clef, Gorilla in the Tree, CDEF March, and Ode to joy Arranged by Faber and Faber ……………………………………………… Olivia Esperanza Mejia Russian Folk Song, Come and See the Parade, and Yankee Doodle Arranged by Faber and Faber…
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A Farewell to my Holy Spirit Family

Hi! This is Darren. I can’t believe I am writing again. I am not a writer but I have this need to say something about my beautiful memories at Holy Spirit before they slip away from me. I am writing this blog entry today because something of significance has happened to my career – a…
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Final studio class

I am feeling a bit nostalgic but below are the photos of all the studio class I had while studying at Lynn with Dr. Roberta Rust.
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Schubert Piano Sonata Challenge

What’s written on the page is relatively simple – not too many notes, not too difficult on the fingers, and instructions are simple. However, its challenges go beyond finger dexterity. It demands musicality paired with mindful simplicity and subtlety. In other words, as my teacher has always pointed out, the music should speak for itself…
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Creative Fainting

I just wanted to share this funny article I read from Stuart Isacoff’s Natural History of the Piano (highly recommended!) regarding a recital “gimmick” written by Wanda Landowska: “A certain pianist… hired women for twenty francs a concert to simulate fainting in the midst of his playing of a fantasia (that he) attacked so fast…
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Showman!

Gosh… that look on the musicians’ faces!!! I asked my grandmother that I want something red with something ‘sparkly’ on it. Voilà! The audience went crazy but I knew that I am pushing my critics’ and, even, other performers’ tolerance level to the edge. That shirt was talk of the town. Some people were…
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Hello everyone!

I have been playing the piano for yeeeaaarrrsss… I finally decided that it’s time to come up with a blog and be in touch with people here. My facebook’s all good but I felt this would be more appropriate. This blog will serve as an archive of my recitals, concerts, reviews and random adventures. I…
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