Your Creative Chord Podcast
About Your Creative Chord Podcast:
Welcome to Your Creative Chord Podcast, empowering your creative flow and inspired living!
Hosted by Jenny Leigh Hodgins—a pianist, composer, poet, and solo entrepreneur—Your Creative Chord Podcast brings you insights, practical strategies, and meaningful encouragement to support creativity, resilience, and personal growth. Created for creators, musicians, artists, caregivers, women over 50, and anyone looking to enrich their life with creative energy, this podcast guides you toward unlocking your creative potential, living with purpose, and reigniting your daily life.
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Your Creative Chord Podcast
Created/Produced/Hosted by Jenny Leigh Hodgins © 2024
Sun and Bloom Piano Music @ 2016 Jenny Leigh Hodgins
Additional Music by Jenny Leigh Hodgins
Your Creative Chord Podcast
Unlocking Piano Expression: Pianist Dialogue Continues Pt 2 Ep 50
In this continuation of our in-depth conversation, drawing from her extensive performance experience at prestigious venues like Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, YourCreativeChord Podcast guest Ashlee Young emphasizes that the highest level of piano performance is not about perfection or technique. Instead, it's about tapping into the music's beauty and connecting with the humanity of both the audience and the performer. She shares invaluable insights on how to transcend the pursuit of perfectionism and truly engage with the emotional core of music.
In this episode, you'll discover:
- The importance of connection in music: How to connect with the deepest parts of yourself, the music, and your audience.
- The pitfalls of perfectionism in high-level performance and how to maintain the beauty of music.
- Strategies for forming a strong emotional bond with a piece, including the use of storytelling and creative imagination.
- Practical tips for adult learners on building confidence and expression through effective practice and performance.
- The role of community in fostering musical growth and how to leverage support from fellow learners.
Join pianists and educators Jenny Leigh Hodgins and Ashlee Young for this inspiring dialogue that sheds light on the transformative power of music and the steps needed to achieve expressive, confident piano performances. Whether you're a beginner, an intermediate player, or a piano teacher, you'll find valuable takeaways to enhance your musical journey.
Catch Part1 of this wonderfully inspiring discussion with Ashlee Young:
Musical Expression: A Dynamic Chat With Piano Expert Ashlee Young Pt 1
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