This past year I graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance. For my senior recital, I decided to do something a little different. To me, the Haydn sonata I was learning sounded like the kind of music you might hear in an old, silent film. So I decided (because my life just wasn’t hectic enough) to enlist a few friends and create my own film with a story that reflected the music. The result was a slightly tongue-in-cheek, quirky retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. After a day of (incredibly fun) filming, I designed the poster and edited the different pieces of video together, timing it so I could perform live while the movie was playing at the recital.
Below is the recording from the recital itself. Enjoy!!
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Love the poster…..you have a sense of the bizarre. I love it.
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Thanks! It was definitely fun.
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I really enjoyed seeing and hearing your creativity. Well done! Your photo with the “pop” of red is a “keeper”!
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Thanks so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
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I love it … it’s bizarre !
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WOw.. I love this!
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Wow. You are one very multi-talented person. The poster was perfect, the video synced with the music genius. I appreciated the quirky bits, especially the food tosses into your mouth. I recently discovered this blog and am now following it. Your posts have just the right blend of everything. Well done. I bet you’d be a fun and extremely interesting friend to have around.
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Thank you so much!! I absolutely love working on this type of project and I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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Congratulations. love to watch when a musician lets their creativity out.
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Thank you!
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Nice
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Beautiful! I really liked the video too. You are awesome!
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Haha thank you so much!
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Love the poster..very interesting.
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Thanks!
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I love this idea! You are so creative. I’m excited to read more of your blog. Thanks so much for having stopped by mine. 🙂
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Thanks so much! Of course, and I hope you enjoy. 🙂
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HAAAAAY fellow music graduate! (I’m voice and sax) I LOVE this idea for a senior recital! So original!
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Thanks!! I really wanted to do something out-of-the-box to engage people more. 🙂 (And my dad’s a saxophone professor!)
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No way! Have you tried out the sax then?
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Nope, but I AM learning electric guitar haha.
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Hahaha that’s cool too I guess….
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You are obviously a very talented musician. That was very imaginative and quirky. Congrats on the performance and effort to go outside of the box.
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Thank you so much! I’m glad I had teachers who were willing to let me experiment.
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Did you watch the movie while you were playing? Because it was synced exactly.
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I kept an eye on it at key moments! I practiced with it a lot.
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Oh my gosh, what a fun final project! Congratulations. It was great and so creative!!
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Thank you!! I had way too much fun putting that together haha.
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