The group enjoyed the wonders of Felix, Ottawa Pianos’ showpiece grand. Many thanks to Mitchell and Ottawa Pianos for giving us this great opportunity.
The music played ranged from frenetic to meditative, with everything in-between. This included two improvisations at the keyboard. And a vocal piece.
In the 'most popular composer' race, we had a four way tie: Beethoven, Chopin, Bach and Rocherelle. In the interest of encouraging new composer, the tie goes to the one person on this list I had never heard of: E. Rocherelle. Congratulations. For those of you who don't know Rocherelle, Wikipedia provides this information: Eugénie Ricau Rocherolle is an American composer, pianist, lyricist, and teacher who began her composing career with choral and band music. She was born in 1936 in New Orleans. She released her first piano solo collection in 1978 with great success and soon established herself as one of the leading American composers of piano repertoire
The music played ranged from frenetic to meditative, with everything in-between. This included two improvisations at the keyboard. And a vocal piece.
In the 'most popular composer' race, we had a four way tie: Beethoven, Chopin, Bach and Rocherelle. In the interest of encouraging new composer, the tie goes to the one person on this list I had never heard of: E. Rocherelle. Congratulations. For those of you who don't know Rocherelle, Wikipedia provides this information: Eugénie Ricau Rocherolle is an American composer, pianist, lyricist, and teacher who began her composing career with choral and band music. She was born in 1936 in New Orleans. She released her first piano solo collection in 1978 with great success and soon established herself as one of the leading American composers of piano repertoire
Round 1:
| # | Performer | Work |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gordon and Gregory (duet) | Overture to the “Barber of Seville”, by G. Rossini |
| 2. | Karin | Autumn Leaves, by E. Rocherelle |
| 3. | Janice G. | Bouree, Minuet and Gigue from the French Suite, by J.S. Bach |
| 4. | David | Adagio from Concerto in D Minor,, BWV974, by J.S. Bach/Marcello, SoundCloud recording of David playing this piece is here |
| 5. | Brent | Route 66, by Bobby Troup |
| 6. | Jorge | Sonata op 13 (“Pathetique”), 1st movement, by L. van Beethoven |
| 7. | John W. | Free improvisation |
| 8. | Caryn | Danza de la Moza, by A. Ginastera |
| 9. | Mitchell | Own arrangement of his own improvisation (in a minimalist style) |
| 10. | Sachie | Prelude in f# Minor Op. 28, by F. Chopin |
Round 2:
| # | Performer | Work |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gregory (playing) and Gordon (singing) | Climb Every Mountain (Sound of Music), by Rogers and Hammerstein |
| 2. | Karin | Goodbye Block Island, by E. Rocherelle |
| 3. | Jorge | Intermezzo, by M.M. Ponce |
| 4. | John | Norwegian Folk Melody (traditional) |
| 5. | David | Sonata op 14,#1 (Moonlight), 1st and 2nd movements, by L. van Beethoven |
| 6. | Gordon | Two preludes: Op 11, no 10, by A. Scriabin |
| AND Op 28, no 6, by F. Chopin |
