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Rebecca Bogart

The kind of silence that changed everything

Published 1 day ago • 1 min read

Hello Reader,

This Sunday I had piano workshop for my in real life students. We've been meeting together every month since 2020.
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A milestone: one performer said they loved how another made the silences part of the music. That one comment opened a whole conversation — about how actors use silence to further the drama, about concerts that teach you to listen differently (Víkingur Ólafsson), and about how Chopin Nocturnes we played in high school feel completely different now that we’ve lived more of life.

After the playing we sat around with food and kept talking. It was warm, curious, and full of camaraderie. That’s the exact mood I try to create in the live online performance workshops in Piano with Rebecca B: a space to play without needing to be perfect, to explore the shape of silence and the shades of feeling, and to leave feeling more confident and genuinely happier with your music.
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We hold two performance workshops each month: the Intermediate Performance Workshop and the All-Level Performance Workshop. I move the time/days around so people in all time zones have a chance to play live.
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Here's what a member had to say about our online workshops.

If you’d like a kinder place to perform and grow, come try Piano with Rebecca B — 7 days free: https://www.skool.com/pianowithrebeccab/about

With warmth,
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Rebecca

Rebecca Bogart

I performed in Carnegie Hall!

I help passionate adult classical pianists realize their musical dreams through artistic intuition, actionable, specific feedback and transformative practice strategies.

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