I recently joined a new platform called tonebase and am loving it! It was actually founded in 2017, but I heard about it last summer for the first time, when Jarred Dunn created a video for them. I’ve been watching snippets of videos, just biding my time until I could make the leap and purchase a subscription. I am thrilled to have access to all of their videos now! They have lessons on specific pieces, live seminars where you can ask questions, performances, interviews with famous pianists and pedagogues, ear training, improv, and technique videos… basically anything you can think of that would help to become better acquainted with the world of classical piano! 😀👏🎹 They also have a whole platform for classical guitar as well! 😉
The first video I watched was an interview with Seymour Bernstein. I became enamoured with this man years ago, when I saw the documentary about him “Seymour: An Introduction “ by Ethan Hawke. So you can imagine my excitement when Jarred announced that he would be doing a zoom master class and I was invited to attend!! The master class is happening this Sunday, June 13th. I’ve been looking forward to this for over a month now, so you can imagine my delight when he made a surprise appearance at zoom studio class (hosted by Jarred) last weekend!! 🥳 Everyone in the class was thrilled, and nerves shot through the roof! I was trembling as I was playing for him. I haven’t felt nerves like that in years! Hopefully we got most of our jitters out last weekend, so we can relax a bit more this Sunday and really get some work done with Seymour! 😀💖
Here’s a video so you can hear him speak and play, to see why I’m so excited about this! What an incredible human being.