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[Bob]

You could add some other ads with a similar style.

"I was played the Rachmaninoff piano concerto #3... while fighting a bear."

"I was played the Rachmaninoff piano concerto #3... on an upright."

"... but on date/time, I'm going to ____'s piano recital.  My ears are thirsty my friends."



"I played ____  while conducting the orchestra."


"I played ____ for four hands with two."


Or whichever person it is.  "He did x, y, z."  vs. "I did x, y, z."

[Bob]

"It's true... I own three grand pianos, but I play five.  And yes, I once taught a horse to accompany me."


"I first fell in love with Rach4's music during a stint in jail in Guadalajara.  He later bested me in fencing.  It soon became clear that he was no man to say no to.  So, I accepted.  Of course, the 50 CDs of classical piano music did not hurt either.  Allow me to introduce myself."    

"I don't always attend piano recitals, but when I do I prefer ______."


Hey, hey.  4:57 in on this clip.  He's got a white grand piano.

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"He learns the music forward and backwards.  And sideways."
"That's right, sideways."

"He once played the Minute Waltz in 30 seconds because he was running late.  Actually, he wasn't running late, but he did it anyway, just to do it."

"He once opened a mint during a sotto voce section without making a sound."

"He never coughs during a performance."

[quantum]

"He once played a duet - 1 piano, 2 hands, 2 feet."

"He once sight transposed Opus clavicembalisticum, while waiting for the bus, in a snowstorm."

"He once tuned his own piano, while playing Rach 3."

"He once played Rach 3.  Yes, all of it.  All instruments.  While conducting himself... And eating an apple."

"He can disarm thunderous applause with a single handed clap."

"He can play fugues backwards, just because he can."

"He can whisper to jellyfish, in the middle of a desert, while playing Liszt."

"He can play Rach 2, while playing Prok 3."

"He once played the Rite of Spring, from the orchestral score, just to see what it would feel like, as an encore."

"His charisma is so infectious, pianos tune themselves when he enters a room."

[Bob]

Small improvement...

"The ears are thirsty my friends."
instead of
My ears are thirsty my friends."

That way it doesn't repeat my and it can apply to the reader's ears as well as the most interesting man's.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Hahahahahahahahahahahhaahhahahaahahahahahahhaahahahah!!!

I love you guys!

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Now I need to make a program...  Suggestions?

[Bob]

"He once played the Rite of Spring...  in the wrong of Winter."

He performed Cage's 4:33... in 2 minutes.

He once told a young Leonard Bernstein that he "had a knack for music"  ...and then gave him a few pointers.

He can play every instrument every invented.  Ever.

He has written 13-tone music.

He has a beard.


"See those notes?  They make the ears thirsty.  While I don't like being coerced, in this case I shall make an exception.  Stay thirsty my friends."



Ah, a new line...

Piano recital?  There's a time and place for that.  
The time is ____.
The place is ____.
You can figure out the rest on your own.
The ears are thirsty my friends.




I don't always frequent concerts.
But when I do,
I attend a piano recital.


It's never too early to start beefing up your repertoire.


He once turned pages... for himself.

[Bob]

Now I need to make a program...  Suggestions?

Traditional.

[j_menz]

Now I need to make a program...  Suggestions?

Are you planning just a one pager?

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Are you planning just a one pager?

No idea.

[j_menz]

No idea.

My suggestion is an eight pager - two A4 sheets folded in half. Assunming you're not expecting a huge number of people, that should be manageable in the time you have.

Front cover: Just something to identify the event
Inside Front Cover: Short blurb about you
Page 1 - List of works being performed.
Pages 2-6 Short Bio of the composers you're playing and a little about the works you've chosen.
Back cover: Blank or a picture of you.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

My suggestion is an eight pager - two A4 sheets folded in half. Assunming you're not expecting a huge number of people, that should be manageable in the time you have.

Front cover: Just something to identify the event
Inside Front Cover: Short blurb about you
Page 1 - List of works being performed.
Pages 2-6 Short Bio of the composers you're playing and a little about the works you've chosen.
Back cover: Blank or a picture of you.

I'm expecting a lot of people though...

[j_menz]

I'm expecting a lot of people though...

Then consider the time it will take to fold and stack them. I'd have thought a couple of hundred could be done in a relatiely short time.  If not, go with a four pager - same as above but skip pp2-7.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Then consider the time it will take to fold and stack them. I'd have thought a couple of hundred could be done in a relatiely short time.  If not, go with a four pager - same as above but skip pp2-7.

If I make it just a page, and I fold it into thirds, what would I put on each page?

[j_menz]

If I make it just a page, and I fold it into thirds, what would I put on each page?

Cover, Blurb about you on the inside/outside third, blank back (or photo).
Inside First Third, text about compositions/composers, middle programme list, last third is carry over from first third.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Cover, Blurb about you on the inside/outside third, blank back (or photo).
Inside First Third, text about compositions/composers, middle programme list, last third is carry over from first third.

Jeez thats a lot of work...

How about...

Front:  event, name, instrument, place & date & time.

Inside 1st page:  program

Inside 2nd page:  something about each composer

Back:  My plans for the end of the world.  Or acknowledgements...

[j_menz]

Or acknowledgements...

That one. Nothing spoils a concert quite so much as the soloist being carted off by law enforcement/men in white coats.

[outin]

Jeez thats a lot of work...

How about...

Front:  event, name, instrument, place & date & time.

Inside 1st page:  program

Inside 2nd page:  something about each composer

Back:  My plans for the end of the world.  Or acknowledgements...

In any publication the important stuff should be on the right page, not the left. So put the program on the 3rd page.
 
Or your picture/bio and your plans to end the world if you think that is the most important

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Damn I haven't seen my teacher in 3 weeks and he's getting mad...

He thinks that I'm like waay underprepared.

Dude what the heck I try so hard and it's never good enough for him.

[Bob]

I'd just do one page portrait mode or a folded-in-half booklet style, info inside. 

If it's standard composers, I'd skip the bios.  I'd skip the bios anyway.  Probably skip my own bio too.  I don't think anyone would care.  If you're in high school, you could leave that out.  It's not going to impress anyone.

Do include the catalog numbers for the pieces.  That's the part that can be a pain. 
Something like
Title, cat no.     Composer (birth-death)

With date, time, place info.

Maybe a "special thanks to" and include teachers and parents at the bottom.

Traditional.  Simple. Just find someone else's program and copy the format.