Highs and Lows - Tyler Shaver - Haley Myles

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Hello extended piano techniques! I've heard of interpreters whistling and knocking on the piano, but this is the first time I've used a sheet of paper in the recording process. Tyler is using this composition to apply to a number of universities, including Northwestern and Oberlin, to pursue music composition. Join me in wishing him the best of luck! You can support Tyler's music by following his YouTube channel here: @tylers9006
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As a Young Steinway Artist, Haley maintains an international performance schedule. Her appearances to-date include recitals in the United States, France, Germany, Austria, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. She has participated extensively in various high-profile international music festivals, both domestic and foreign. She is also a laureate of seven international competitions.

Haley holds certifications from distinguished institutions including the Mozarteum (Austria), Imola Piano Academy (Italy), and Freiburg International Piano Academy (Germany). She achieved a Bachelor in Piano Performance at the University of Arkansas in 2016 where she was a recipient of the Stella Boyle Smith scholarship. Haley also holds a Master in Piano Performance (with first-class honours) from the London College of Music, where she received the Mona Blackman scholarship. In 2019, Haley received a postgraduate diploma from Trinity Laban Conservatoire as a Cross Funds Scholar.

She is most proud of her extra-curricular activities, involving continued work with individuals on the autism spectrum. Having authored a United Nations honoured book dedicated to helping children with autism, the cause remains a constant passion visible in her everyday life.

[tylers]

Thank you so much for playing my composition! You are a great pianist and did a really stellar job interpreting and performing this piece :) thank you for collaborating with me on this project!

[DrQuizzler]

There's a school of thought that "Music should make you FEEL something, " and another school of thought about music needing to be "melodic and pretty". These two schools are at odds as relates to this piece, but it is certainly memorable. I think this piece should always be performed with the sheet music shown as you've done here, for the audience to best understand where it's going. I wonder how specific the composer's thoughts were on the sound he wanted from the shaken sheet of paper.

[r.b.ratieta]

Interesting piece. Some of those notes/chords scared the crap out of me on paper. So glad I don't have to sight-read that. 🙂 I would feel (and sound) like an idiot. (Read More)

For some reason, seeing it on paper helps better enter the mind of the composer. I'm not the biggest fan of quiet, slower abstract pieces, but I can see now why composers write them. Definitely a challenge for composition and interpretation.

My best friend's wife is a professional violist, and she showed me one of her scores that featured a LOT of abstract sounds and "constructs" (for lack of a better term). Notes and lines literally an inch below and above the staves. She said it was wild when you heard the entire symphony play it.

This score had a similar approach, though not as complex.

Definitely have to commend you on your playing. I was able to follow along for the most part, but some parts definitely raised both eyebrows.

Nicely played, and props to Mr. Shaver for their composition.