Episode XLIV
Tonight, by playing piano at the Rufus King International Baccalaurate High School polling location, I completed my Election Night performance "How Do You Know? (With Music by American Composers)." It was very anti-climactic, considering the high stress/anxiety score I gave myself today. The long lines that morning voters experienced never materialized in the late afternoon and evening. I can't say I did not feel a little selfish relief. And I can't say I minded having to move the piano, at the election official's request, to a less a central location.
So I, and several of my piano students, played piano into the evening, having fun and free of the pressure of an attentive audience. The mistakes I played performing "On Wisconsin"? Hardly anybody took note. The soul with which I played "Heliotrope Bouquet" Same thing.
My three piano students, who treated this as a professional outing (after all, I was paying them an honorarium), all did marvellously.
Overall, it was a fun event, but completely tiring.
So I, and several of my piano students, played piano into the evening, having fun and free of the pressure of an attentive audience. The mistakes I played performing "On Wisconsin"? Hardly anybody took note. The soul with which I played "Heliotrope Bouquet" Same thing.
My three piano students, who treated this as a professional outing (after all, I was paying them an honorarium), all did marvellously.
Overall, it was a fun event, but completely tiring.