Update 3: 15 August 2026
Please comment on the performances directly on the recital thread.
- rsl12 & Sophia — The Syncopated Clock by Leroy Anderson
- Simonb — Honky Tonk Train Blues by Meade Lux Lewis
- Nightowl — Nocturne in Eb, Op. 9, No. 2 by Chopin
- KevinM — Sonatine 36,3 by Clementi
- Peyton — Chelsea Hotel by Leonard Cohen
- MarieJ — 'Hallelujah' by Leonard Cohen
- ShiroKuro — September Song, by Alexis Ffrench
- thepianoplayer416 — "March pour la Cérémonie des Turcs" by Jean-Baptiste Lully
- TulipAcid — Il Etáit Une Fois by Stephan Moccio
- rogerch — Magnetic Rag by Scott Joplin
- WieWaldi — Summertime by George Gershwin
- rach3master — Ninelie, by Hiroyuki Sawano, arr. by Animenz
- Blakifer92 — Sonata Minacciosa (excerpt) by Medtner
- navindra — Where Everybody Knows Your Name by Gary Portnoy & Judy Hart-Angelo
Meta feedback on the recitals can be shared here if desired. 🙂
Update 2: 31 July 2026
The recital is now open for submissions!
Get working, folks! 🎶
Update 1: 15 July 2026
This is your early heads-up! PianoTell Recital #9 is imminent. 🎹
The quarterly 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! This is what it's all about.
For inspiration and a general idea of the recital format, just take a look at past Quarterly Recitals:
Everyone is welcome and what you submit is up to you.
We will open for submissions on 1 August 2026 (ish) and the recital will go live on 15 August 2026.
The recital format will be 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, Gumlet, SproutVideo, 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 another 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 90 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!