Chopin: The poet of the piano Jixin Zhou (Angela)

My Project My senior project is a piano recital consists of different types of compositions from “the poet of the piano” Chopin, with a paper explaining and analyzing the musicology of Chopin’s works. Chopin is one of the most representative composers and pianists of the Romantic Period. My goals for the senior project is to learn the techniques, skills and expressive devices required for my piano repertoire and to gain more knowledge about the history of the Romantic period, the biography of Chopin and have a deeper understanding of his works.

The Beginning Junior year + last summer: study of the advertising and marketing strategies from Coca-Cola company Senior year early October: switched to piano recital Why the change? True Passion

Why Chopin? Chopin is my favorite pianist and composer 2010 was the 100 th anniversary of Chopin’s death so this recital is designed for more people to get to know and like Chopin.

The Process Choosing the pieces Learn the notes Add feelings and musicality to the pieces Refine the pieces Paper

Challenges Access to piano Learning the notes Get the right feeling Paper Time Management

Discoveries I can actually give a 30 minutes recital! Staying in a practice room and playing piano can be fun So many different techniques required to play a piece

Skills and knowledge acquired Piano techniques Recital skills Research skills Writing skills

Personal Significance 1 st formal recital since 12 1 st time working on a project over such a long period of time Learned so much about piano, music, and myself

Future Plan Definitely continue to play piano Join orchestra Possibly minor in music in college Annual recital

Acknowledgement Clarissa Schneider Devon Parkes Beomjoo Yu Entire 12 th grade teachers Ross School class of 2011 The Ross school

Questions?

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