This post is Part 2 in a short series about a recent journey that my piano collection ‘No Words Necessary’ has been undertaking: it has become the focal point of a DMA dissertation. ‘No Words Necessary’, which was published in 2018, has been under musical and theoretical scrutiny in South Korea, where pianist and teacher…
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No Words Necessary – The Doctorate Project Part 1: Juhye Moon
It’s not every day that a doctoral thesis is written focusing solely on one’s compositions. However, this is what has recently happened to one of my piano collections, ‘No Words Necessary’. ‘No Words Necessary’, which was published by Schott in 2018, has been under musical and theoretical scrutiny in South Korea, where pianist and teacher…
Lost in Thought: Practice Tips
The following post was written for Schott’s magazine üben e musizieren, where it’s been published in the most recent edition. The article is a veritable ‘How-To-Play’ of my little piece ‘Lost in Thought’, which is the first piece in a collection entitled No Words Necessary. I’ve published the English version below, but you can click on…
International Women’s Day 2019: The Pianist as Composer
To celebrate International Women’s Day, I want to share this lovely performance of one of my piano pieces, recorded by American pianist and writer Rhonda Rizzo. Rhonda lives in Wisconsin. She has made several CD recordings, and has just written and published her first novel, The Waco Variations. She chose to record Inflections which is…
No Words Necessary: 12 Piano Pieces
No Words Necessary marks my debut as a Schott Music composer and it consists of a selection of twelve piano pieces for intermediate level, or for students of approximately Grades 3 – 7 standard of the ABRSM, Trinity College London, or London College of Music exams. I wrote the pieces earlier this year during my…