Student Resources
Piano Technique: Reflections, Videos, Exercises, and Scores.
In red: password-protected area. Access is restricted solely to Dr. Elisi’s present students.
Reflections on Technique
- Part 1 – Introduction
- Part 2 – Technical Regimen. Finger Exercises. Purpose? – click here.
- Part 3 – Psychic and Physiological Factors
- Part 4 – Flexibility and Motion at the Keyboard (finger independence, evenness of tone colour, finger mobility) – forthcoming
- Part 5 – Motion in Scales
- Part 6 – Motion in Arpeggios
- Part 7 – Trill: Busoni and Brugnoli
- Part 8 – Five Concepts for the Development of a Young Pianist’s Technique
- Part 9 – Busoni’s Three “C” – Czerny, Clementi, Cramer (and Heller?)
- Part 10 – What can we Learn from Other Instrumental Repertoire?
Practicing
How much time should I practice?
“The right kind of practice is not a matter of hours. Practice should represent the utmost concentration of the brain. It is better to play with concentration for two hours than practice eight without. I should say that four hours would be a good maximum practice time—I never ask more of my pupils—and that during each minute of the time, the brain be as active as the fingers.” — Leopold Auer
Piano Competitions
Three resources to look for competitions:
Selected competitions in the USA:
Reading Materials
Read more about jobs in the music industry.
Helpful Websites
- NEC Bridge – Bridge: Worldwide Music Connection, a database maintained by the New England Conservatory’s Career Services Center, provides 24-hour online access to over 2,800 opportunities in music and arts administration, including internships.
- EntertainmentCareers.net – Lists hundreds of internships in all areas of the entertainment industry, including talent agencies, radio and television stations, recording studios, and more!
- GetThatGig – The music category provides some links to internships with symphonies, opera companies, record labels, etc.
- MyAuditions.com – Provides career enhancement tools for aspiring and professional musicians, educators, and arts professionals.
- MusicInternships.net – Search for music internships sorted out by state and category.
- Idealist.org – Provides search information on non-profit internships
- Dream Careers – Choose summer internships in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, look up internship itinerary
Various Organizations
- 21C Media Group (New York, NY)
- The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Los Angeles, CA)
- Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (London, UK)
- Allegro (Portland, OR)
- Aspen Music Festival (Aspen, CO)
- Bang on a Can (New York, NY)
- Birch Creek Music Performance Center (Egg Harbor, WI)
- Bowdoin International Music Festival (Brunswick, ME)
- Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Tanglewood (Boston, MA)
- Bravo Vail (Vail, CO)
- Brevard Music Center (Brevard, NC)
- Carnegie Hall (New York, NY)
- Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute (New York, NY) – More info on NYO – USA
- Chamber Music America (New York, NY)
- Chamber Music Northwest (Portland, OR)
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Chicago, IL)
- Colbert Artists Management (New York, NY)
- College Music Society (Missoula, MT)
- Concert Artists Guild (New York, NY)
- Decoda (New York, NY)
- DeVos Institute of Arts Management – Univ of MD (College Park, MD)
- Disney Professional Internships (Multiple locations)
- Eastern Music Festival (Greensboro, NC)
- Face the Music (New York, NY)
- Grant Park Music Festival (Chicago, IL)
- Houston Symphony (Houston, TX)
- Jazz at Lincoln Center (New York, NY)
- The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts – (Washington, DC)
- Kauffman Foundation (Kansas City, MO)
- League of American Orchestras (New York, NY)
- Lincoln Center (New York, NY)
- Mannes College Prep Division (New York, NY)
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, NY)
- Memphis Symphony Orchestra (Memphis, TN)
- Music Academy of the West (Santa Barbara, CA)
- Music @ Menlo (Atherton, CA)
- National Endowment for the Arts (Washington, DC)
- National Gallery of Art – Music Department (Landover, MD)
- National Public Radio (Washington, DC)
- New York Philharmonic Orchestra (New York, NY)
- New York State Council on the Arts (New York, NY)
- nief-norf Summer Festival (Knoxville, TN)
[multiple ALP students have interned here] - Ojai Music Festival (Ojai, CA)
- Opera Theatre of St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)
- Ravinia Festival (Chicago/Highland Park, IL)
- Roulette (Brooklyn, NY)
- Roundtop Summer Music Institute (Roundtop, TX)
- Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (St. Louis, MO)
- Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra (Seattle, WA)
- Si Parla Si Canta (Urbania, Italy)
- Skaneateles Festival (Skaneateles, NY)
- Symphony Space (New York, NY)
- US Army Band Pershing’s Own (Washington, DC)
- Virginia Symphony (Norfolk, VA)
- Warner Music Group (NYC and other significant locations)
- Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts (Vienna, VA)
- Yamaha Corporation (Multiple locations)
- Yellow Barn (Putney, VT)
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