Twenty years ago this month, I performed my senior recital at Bates College where I received my Bachelor of Arts degree in Music. I am forever grateful that the college recorded the concert, because it is fascinating to revisit my own piano playing twenty years later.
As part of my senior recital, I desired to perform a solo piece from the late 20th century repertoire that I so loved, particularly something from the minimalist canon like Philip Glass or Steve Reich. I settled with John Adams’ “China Gates,” which is a pleasantly melodic, somewhat post-minimalist composition that plays with polyrhythms and varying tonal modalities. Adams has referred to the composition’s structure as a palindrome.
Whether you like late 20th-century minimalism, or 21st-century rock, pop, or jazz—I can teach you how to play your favorite songs 💪🏻🎹
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