Update 3: 15 August 2025

PianoTell Recital #5 is now live!

Please comment on the performances directly on the recital thread.

Meta feedback on the recitals can be shared here if desired. 🙂

Update 2: 31 July 2025

The recital is now open for submissions!

Who's ready to submit? 🙂

Simply go to the above link to submit, the discussion here is for any other questions or comments or updates.

The recital goes live on 15 August 2025.

Update 1: 15 July 2025

PianoTell Recital #5 opens for submissions a mere 2 weeks from now!

Why participate in regular recitals? This is an opportunity to share your music if you are a seasoned player, showcase your progress milestone by milestone if you're an active learner, stay motivated and on track, or simply contribute to the community fun! This is what it's all about.

For inspiration and a general idea of the recital format, just take a look at past recitals:

Everyone is welcome and what you submit is up to you.

We will open for submissions on 31 July 2025 (ish) and the recital will go live on 15 August 2025.

The recital format will be the similar to last time. See below for details!

Submission

Template

**Performer:** Name or Alias + Location + Experience
**Piece:** Title + Composer
**Comment Policy:** Feedback type desired (see below)

Put the link to your performance here (see below for details).

**Source of music:** ...
**Instrument:** ...
**Recording method:** ...
**Additional info:** Tell your story or share any interesting details related to your performance!

You may use the following template to specify the Comment Policy:

No Comments Please!
Positive comments only (no criticism or suggestions for improvement please).
Positive comments and suggestions for improvement (no direct criticism please).
All comments; anything goes!

Link To Your Performance:

If you have a video, that's great! Otherwise, audio-only is fine.
Upload your performance to YouTube, Vimeo, Rumble, SoundCloud, or Google Drive.
- Your media may be public or unlisted but private will not work.
- The direct link needs to be posted so that the performance is embedded on PT.
Dropbox option: If hosting your performance using YouTube or other service is not possible, then we will provide an upload option.

Submitters are requested to keep their performances up for at least a period of 30 days and as long as possible after that.

Do you want to host your performance elsewhere? Please let me know so that it can be tested.

Example

I hope Marc Martel doesn't mind that I used his video purely for illustrative purposes with some fictional details.

**Performer:** Marc Martel from Canada. I've been playing since 1980!
**Piece:** Bohemian Rhapsody from A Night at the Opera by Queen.
**Comment Policy:** Critical Comments: Anything goes!

https://youtu.be/QkCxE2Lh458

**Source of music:** My buddy Freddie lent me the pages of his original composition.
**Instrument:** Yamaha AvantGrand N3X with Pianoteq.
**Recording method:** iPhone X with large condenser microphones.
**Additional info:** Yes, this *was* my first take, but I worked really hard to learn that middle section!

Performer: Marc Martel from Canada. I've been playing since 1980!
Piece: Bohemian Rhapsody from A Night at the Opera by Queen.
Comment Policy: Critical Comments: Anything goes!

Source of music: My buddy Freddie lent me the pages of his original composition.
Instrument: Yamaha AvantGrand N3X with Pianoteq.
Recording method: iPhone X with large condenser microphones.
Additional info: Yes, this was my first take, but I worked really hard to learn that middle section!

What's Next?

Are you participating?

Feel free to pledge to perform a piece in the comments below.

Then — practice, practice, practice!

This is an archive of the original submission instructions

PianoTell Recital #5 Is Now Open for Submissions!

This is an opportunity to share your music if you are a seasoned player, showcase your progress milestone by milestone if you're an active learner, stay motivated and on track, or simply contribute to the community fun! One might even argue that performing is truly what it's all about.

For inspiration and a general idea of the recital format, just take a look at past recitals:

Everyone is welcome and what you submit is up to you.

For questions or comments or updates on the recital, please go here instead.

Submit your performance now!

To submit your performance, simply reply to this post, copy/paste the following template, update your details, and post the reply here.

If you don't yet have an account on PianoTell, the sign up process is very easy and completely free. Just look for "Sign Up" at the top of the site.

Your submission will only be visible to yourself and the recital coordinator until the recital goes live on 15 August 2025.

You can look at PianoTell Recital #4 to get an idea of what the recital will look like when it goes live.

Template

**Performer:** Name or Alias + Location + Experience
**Piece:** Title + Composer
**Comment Policy:** Feedback type desired (see below)

Put the link to your performance here (see below for details).

**Source of music:** ...
**Instrument:** ...
**Recording method:** ...
**Additional info:** Tell your story or share any interesting details related to your performance!

You may use the following template to specify the Comment Policy:

No Comments Please!
Positive comments only (no criticism or suggestions for improvement please).
Positive comments and suggestions for improvement (no direct criticism please).
All comments; anything goes!

Link To Your Performance:

If you have a video, that's great! Otherwise, audio-only is fine.
Upload your performance to YouTube, Vimeo, Rumble, SoundCloud, or Google Drive.
- Your media may be public or unlisted but private will not work.
- The direct link needs to be posted so that the performance is embedded on PT.
Ask for help!
Dropbox option: If hosting your performance using YouTube or other service is not possible, then you may submit your audio (e.g. MP3) or video file (e.g. MP4) here instead. In your recital submission, you can just say you uploaded your performance to Dropbox.

Submitters are requested to keep their performances up for at least a period of 30 days and as long as possible after that.

Do you want to host your performance elsewhere? Please let me know so that it can be tested.

Example

I hope Marc Martel doesn't mind that I used his video purely for illustrative purposes with some fictional details.

**Performer:** Marc Martel from Canada. I've been playing since 1980!
**Piece:** Bohemian Rhapsody from A Night at the Opera by Queen.
**Comment Policy:** Critical Comments: Anything goes!

https://youtu.be/QkCxE2Lh458

**Source of music:** My buddy Freddie lent me the pages of his original composition.
**Instrument:** Yamaha AvantGrand N3X with Pianoteq.
**Recording method:** iPhone X with large condenser microphones.
**Additional info:** Yes, this *was* my first take, but I worked really hard to learn that middle section!

Performer: Marc Martel from Canada. I've been playing since 1980!
Piece: Bohemian Rhapsody from A Night at the Opera by Queen.
Comment Policy: Critical Comments: Anything goes!

PianoTell Recital #5 is now live!

Submission

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What's Next?

Submit your performance now!

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Have fun!