Update 3: 15 February 2025

PianoTell Recital #3 is now live!

Please comment on the performances directly on the recital thread.

  1. rogerch — Flutter
  2. Nightowl — Frankie and Johnnie
  3. Peyton — A Dream of Far Away (part two)
  4. Animisha — To a Wild Rose
  5. keff — Summertime
  6. iternabe — Malagueña
  7. Sophia & rsl12 — Just a "Good Old Tune"
  8. rach3master — Call of Silence: Attack on Titan OST
  9. plop_symphony — A Hermit Crab Surfing
  10. Player1 — Legend of Madrid
  11. MarieJ — I Giorni
  12. hebele — Minuet in G
  13. Pathbreaker — Op. 116 No. 6, Intermezzo in E major
  14. Calavera — Antipyretic
  15. WieWaldi — Frisco Blues
  16. Sam — "An Important Event" from the Scenes from Childhood
  17. SalmonJack — Just Mist
  18. Rob — Pembrokeshire Promise
  19. BicBic — Mazurka Op.6 No.2
  20. Sgisela — Danza de los ñáñigos
  21. Gooseberry — Nights in White Satin
  22. bSharp — Open Arms
  23. Greta99 — Berceuse, Op. 23 No. 1
  24. ShiroKuro — Wind
  25. navindra — Over The Rainbow

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

Update 2: 31 January 2025

The recital is now open for submissions!

Who's going to be the first to submit? 🙂

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

Update 1: 15 January 2025

PianoTell Recital #3 opens for submissions a mere 2 weeks from now!

Did you participate in PianoTell Recital #2 or PianoTell Recital #1? Whatever the case, now's your chance to one-up your participation streak!

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.

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

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

The recital format will be the same as 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 ABF template to specify the Comment Policy:

  • No Comments Please!
  • Polite Comments only: no suggestions for improvement please.
  • General Comments only: Polite, supportive, suggestions for improvement.
  • Critical 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 #3 is now open for submissions!

Did you participate in PianoTell Recital #2 or PianoTell Recital #1? Now's your chance to one-up your participation streak!

The PianoTell recital 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!

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 February 2025.

You can look at PianoTell Recital #2 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 ABF template to specify the Comment Policy:

  • No Comments Please!
  • Polite Comments only: no suggestions for improvement please.
  • General Comments only: Polite, supportive, suggestions for improvement.
  • Critical Comments: Anything goes!

Link To Your Performance:

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!

Have fun!

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Beach L168, Wish, baCh, WOW Petrof, Fake Steinway, VS
TIME

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  • rsl12

  • Post #4
  • Edited

I'll put out a notice on Reddit.

EDIT: done!

Wait! What? Aleady?? Ahh - I need to learn a new piece!

Btw: I have seen Marc Matel live in Munich last year. It was an amazing show from the official Queen revival band. If I closed my eyes, I could have sworn, it is Freddy Mercury singing in person.

For the first time since Piano Tell started, I pledge!

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... feeling like the pianist on the Titanic ...

I pledge! Not sure what I will record! Only just getting back into piano this week after December/Christmas.

8 days later
5 days later

I have been unable to play for weeks, and I'm likely not going to be able to play for at least a few more weeks, but I have a previously recorded version of Legend of Madrid I can submit.

It's rough, and has at least 2 major mistakes in it, but it's all I have.

    Player1 That sounds really frustrating, I remember you were making good progress on that Madrid piece and I was looking forward to hearing it. From what I remember it's quite a busy piece so mistakes could easily happen and perhaps they don't sound as bad as you think. If you're really not happy with it you could skip the recital and upload the piece when you're ready, don't feel pressured to submit for the sake of it.
    I hope you can return to playing sooner rather than later, take care of yourself P1.

    "Don't let's ask for the moon, we have the stars." (Final line from Now,Voyager, 1942)

        • Sophia

        • Post #16
        • Edited

        Aww a recital without P1 isn't the same... but I agree if you're truly unhappy with it, you can skip this one. Who knows you might get that perfect recording done between now and the 15th 😊 If you end up feeling any better that is!

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          Player1 No pressure, but definitely submit it if that's what you've got! We're a friendly audience here and would love to hear more of your music. 🙂

          You can always share Take #2 later. I've done plenty of second takes myself.

          I don't have a recording yet either and I don't know if I'm even close... but I'll do my best to submit whatever I've got even if I'm last. I've come to appreciate the quarterly rhythm of these recitals. For me, drawing the line somewhere and just getting it done helps relieve the otherwise paralyzing stress of trying to strive for unattainable perfection.

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          Beach L168, Wish, baCh, WOW Petrof, Fake Steinway, VS
          TIME