Getting ready to perform at An die Musik in Baltimore. What a cozy, warm, lovely space and piano. Looking forward to sharing lots of fantastic music here.
Erica Sipes
@ericaannsipes.com
A musician with an addiction to helping people practice and enjoy music-making. Co-founder of the Alma Ensemble and the Piano Music She Wrote project. https://linktr.ee/ericaannsipes https://www.ericaannsipes.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcH8S2V
Getting ready to perform at An die Musik in Baltimore. What a cozy, warm, lovely space and piano. Looking forward to sharing lots of fantastic music here.
I’m performing my “Let them Soar” piano program at A die Musik in Baltimore tomorrow afternoon at 2pm. Grateful that they also offer the option to watch online until August 9th! Purchase tickets here! www.instantseats.com?fuseaction=h...
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Want to hear more about a composer who is one of my heroes and whose sonata I’m performing TOMORROW at 2 pm at An die Musik in Baltimore? Take a listen to this and then LISTEN to her music! Even better, PERFORM her music! youtube.com/shorts/FREwy...
🎙️Off the Record. Here’s the real story. Episode 3 Dora Pejacevic
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Today is Jeanne Danglas’ birthday. Although we don’t know a lot about her in spite of composing and publishing a lot of compositions, we do know her real name was Rosalie Crabos and that she briefly attended the Paris Conservatory. She was born in 1871, died in 1915. youtu.be/RnEzh2zhzr0?...
Jeanne Danglas: Menuet
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First day of teaching Musicianship for Dancers class is in the books. Learned a lot but was slightly overwhelmed yesterday so I'm up early to come up with today's plan. I want to add here that I delivered a few tendus and pliés yesterday. Not something I thought I was going to do. 🤣 Ever. 🥰
Woohoo! This is happening TODAY! In about 3 and a half hours, at 1pm ET. It's a great way to unwind while listening to some piano music you (or I) have never heard before! youtube.com/live/Q4eeuBt...
Sightreading Maverick LIVE - SPECIAL Summer Pop-Up!
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This weekend's fun challenge is coming up with lesson plans for teaching a musicianship for dancers class at Star City School of Ballet next week. I've been doing research & planning this for weeks now and have found some of my original notions about rhythm & pulse challenged, in a good way.
Happening THIS Sunday! SURPRISE! I have so much music to sightread I may have to do this another Sunday as well so stay tuned! This Sunday I'll be reading newly uploaded piano music on IMSLP by Mel Bonis, Hedwige Chrétien, and Dina Appeldoorn. Pass on the word and hope to see you there!
Surprise!!! I'll be doing my sightreading show THIS SUNDAY ONLY! There were so many new pieces composed by women that were added to IMSLP this past year I want an excuse to read through a lot of them. So this Sunday, 1pm, join me on my YouTube channel! @EricaSipes
Another practice video! This one shows me working on a dense, complicated 3 measures from Heinrich von Herzogenberg's Andantino. youtu.be/drmEfrkcjyU
Practice Video: Dealing with a dense, complicated passage
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Today is Polish composer, Helena Łopuska's birthday! 🎉 Born in 1886 she studied at the Warsaw Conservatory with Zygmunt Noskowski and married conductor Adam Wyleżyński. Unfortunately not many of her compositions were published. Here's her Song without Words, Op. 2. youtu.be/kvNeWdqyrqA?...
Helena Łopuska: Chanson sans paroles (Song without Words), Op. 2
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NEW practice video showing how I bring up music to tempo quickly, musically, and efficiently without using a metronome. youtu.be/HV0kw-WpclE?...
Practice Video: Bringing tempo up quickly WITHOUT the metronome!
YouTube video by Erica Sipes
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Happy birthday to Polish composer Helena Dorabialska. Here are her Preludes. I think the 2nd one is especially gorgeous. Helena was a pianist, composer, & musicologist who studied at the Warsaw and Moscow Conservatories. She taught harmony, musical form, history, & piano. youtu.be/gaLaeKFSP-g?...
Helena Dorabialska: 4 Preludja, nos. 1 & 2
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Thrilled that I've been contacted about my new "Purposeful Musician Weekends." I have an array of different topics I love to work on with musicians (not just pianists!) of all ages & at all stages of playing. Communities can choose what best suits them. www.ericaannsipes.com/workshopweek...
Purposeful Musician Weekends | Erica Ann Sipes
Erica can be booked for Purposeful Musician Weekends that go from Friday through Sunday. She provides an array of performances and services including recitals, live practice and performing sessions, c...
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This summer I've been using the Practice Space app with music students where I teach. It's been a game-changer. So easy for them to record little videos of them practicing sections they are having trouble with and then post them on the app for me to watch and respond with suggestions.
Currently doing research for the new piano program I'm putting together which I'm calling, "With Regards - composers inspiring composers." Just got done researching the friendship between Nannette Streicher and Beethoven. Really fascinating to me. serenademagazine.com/women-in-mus...
Women in Music: Nannette Streicher, Beethoven, and the Hammerklavier Sonata - Serenade
Background: Augsburg and Vienna Maria Anna (Nannette) Streicher (1769-1838) was a piano maker, composer, teacher, and writer who is perhaps best known for her Viennese pianos and for her friendship wi...
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If anyone is in the Baltimore area, I’m giving my piano program, “Let them Soar!” there on Sunday, August 2nd at 2pm. I’ll be at An die Musik Live. Attend in person or buy tickets to watch online! www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fu...
I am absolutely thrilled about my next piano recital program. It's always magical, and a huge relief, when you realize how it's going to feel and come across all together. Proof will be in the pudding though so we'll see how it actually does come together. Back to piano to practice!
What a great offering! How many times have I heard friends say, “That would make a great opera!” Here’s your chance to see what’s involved and to experience it yourself.
Dr. Kendra Preston Leonard (she/her)@kleonardphd.bsky.social · 4w agoEverything you need to know about Guerilla Opera's 2026-27 Writers' Collective! Apply at buff.ly/eVke9Vx by July 31!
Just found one of my favorite articles I wrote during COVID years as I was on social media way too much and comparing myself way too much to other musicians. Thankfully I reigned it in and gained a new perspective along the way. flypaper.soundfly.com/hustle/accep...
Accepting and Embracing the Musician That Is You – Flypaper
If you're an apple, don't compare yourself to an orange. If you're an orange, don't hold yourself up against an apple. You are what you are and that's okay!
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I'm ready to get on the road to come to talk about & play music in your community! So many people have asked if I'm ever going to write a book with all of my tips, strategies, methods, etc...that idea has always made me hesitate. This is my solution. www.ericaannsipes.com/workshopweek...
Also a happy birthday today to Polish keyboard player and composer Wanda Landowska. Here's my fellow co-founder of Piano Music She Wrote, Sandra Mogensen, performing her Valse. youtu.be/BTqNw-otSbw?...
A happy birthday to Agnes Zimmerman, a pianist & composer born in Germany but who lived in England. She published works by Beethoven, Mozart, and Schumann and made her debut performing Beethoven's Emperor concerto at the Crystal Palace. Here's a recording of her Gavotte. youtu.be/clqr1G0NmQE?...
NEW practice video up today in which I come up with a plan for a Chopinesque-like florid passage. youtu.be/3RxbJqMbyh8
Practice video: Chopin-esque passage planning
YouTube video by Erica Sipes
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Just finished watching the musical, "Suffs" on PBS/YouTube, with my 21 year old daughter by my side. Brought me hope, pride in being a woman, and determination that although it may be difficult, slow, and frustrating, change is possible. youtu.be/YQxsbcOa2Gs?...
Suffs | FULL MUSICAL | Great Performances | PBS
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Excited to post this interview I did with fellow co-founder Sandra Mogensen about my project to bring into the United States Anna von Schaden and Antonio Rossetti’s B flat major piano concerto. youtu.be/AJv2cauehdw?...
Anna von Schaden Concerto
YouTube video by Piano Music She Wrote
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What a precious and profound picture book written by Laufey with a simple but profound message for musicians young & old. It makes heart along with the composer’s & musician’s voices the center of musicking which can make performing & sharing much more of a joy. ❤️
Reposting with image caption: Online directory of piano music composed by women updated with > 120 new compositions, 23 new-to-imslp composers, new adds from Marion Bauer, Mel Bonis, Louise Farrenc, Helen Hopekirk, and more.
Erica Sipes@ericaannsipes.com · 2mo agoIt's been a LONG time since I've updated our online directory, but now it has been! Check it out! Exciting to see a lot of new composers and pieces, including engravings that wonderful folks have been making from manuscripts that have been on IMSLP. More info at PianoMusicSheWrote.com
