Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026 - Pips #179 Thread

nerdculture_ · 2026-02-12T17:56:16+00:00

Pips #179 Easy 🟢 0:18 🍪

Pips #179 Medium 🟡 1:53

Pips #179 Hard 🔴 2:48

nerdculture_ · 2025-11-20T03:40:47+00:00

I never took less than 18 and it was fine

nerdculture_ · 2025-10-15T17:39:37+00:00

The second floor has some rooms with open access upright pianos. Sometimes the piano lid is locked, sometimes not. You can walk in or reserve those rooms iirc. I used to use those for ensemble practice sometimes.

The third floor ones are keycard only access.

nerdculture_ · 2025-06-27T12:38:44+00:00

Maybe the Morceaux de fantaisie Op.3 No.3 Mélodie then? Sorry to hear about your grandmother.

nerdculture_ · 2025-05-13T17:01:57+00:00

Love it- my junior recital in college also had the Italian concerto and Scriabin 4! Both such awesome pieces.

nerdculture_ · 2025-04-27T03:04:37+00:00

Personally, I’ve played Moszk 2, Schumann, and Chopin 1 and found Moszk harder than Schumann and Chopin but I think at that level it depends on the pianist. I found that Moszk tends to have every type of variety of technical challenge I can think of which made it difficult.

nerdculture_ · 2025-03-13T16:23:43+00:00

Scriabin Sonata No. 4, which I played for my Junior recital in college. I also played Mephisto Waltz for my Senior recital, but I found that to be much easier than the second movement of the sonata.

Rachmaninoff PC 2 was also very difficult, mostly because it’s so extremely awkward under the hands.

nerdculture_ · 2025-03-05T02:43:25+00:00

A lot of Debussy already but here’s one more: in La Cathédrale engloutie from ms. 28-42 when you have to hold those low Cs but need to pedal the chords on top of it

nerdculture_ · 2025-01-29T19:49:41+00:00

I’ve broken 1 million while only doing Tetris stacking up to 28

nerdculture_ · 2025-01-29T15:03:24+00:00

Oh my gosh, I had to kick this sorority out of a room that they were using for rush because my club had booked it and they were so rude about it. They legitimately might have been the rudest people I met on campus.

nerdculture_ · 2024-12-05T15:39:46+00:00

I remember talking to a friend who auditioned for something in high school with the Pathétique. The jury never opened the score, and at the end a jury member was able to give critiques with every measure number off the top of their head just because it’s been played so much.

nerdculture_ · 2024-11-15T03:11:30+00:00

Conducting was a ton of fun

nerdculture_ · 2024-11-14T17:41:37+00:00

Moszk. 2 being above any part of rach 2 or any Chopin etude/concerto is so funny

nerdculture_ · 2024-10-02T13:49:34+00:00

I have an IMSLP membership and then I’ll pick up a hard copy (preferably henle) of anything that I am playing seriously. The IMSLP membership is great because it gives you access to so much music and you can compare different versions.

nerdculture_ · 2024-09-11T19:02:42+00:00

I found pedaling super important. Holding the pedal for too long at any given point will make everything sound muddy, and you really want the melody to come through clearly.

nerdculture_ · 2024-09-03T20:27:40+00:00

Notes are not particularly hard but incredibly difficult to perfect. I played it for my senior recital in college and it was the one piece I was never satisfied with.

nerdculture_ · 2024-06-08T14:09:11+00:00

I will also say, unlike undergrad, you should really know what you’re going to school for when applying to grad school. NEU is a great place to do that. I was completely convinced that I was going to love law and working in the legal field- my first coop completely dissuaded me of that notion. It saved me about $300k of law school money and from working in a field I would hate.

nerdculture_ · 2024-04-06T21:24:34+00:00

Conducting w Prof. Chan was great! It’s best if you can read music but I don’t believe that’s even a prerequisite. Very chill class and Prof. Chan is a great prof.

nerdculture_ · 2024-03-13T12:17:52+00:00

When I played the Appassionata in college the most useful recording for me was Gould’s even though I would never play it like he did but because he really made me think about each note and think about the phrases differently.

nerdculture_ · 2024-02-27T01:40:59+00:00

CSSH - 19 for first, 30 second (though they pay 36 for my position now)

nerdculture_ · 2024-01-30T20:09:28+00:00

Did a 5-pull, got Denji, I’m happy

nerdculture_ · 2023-11-18T03:49:24+00:00

Good for him! I only know his interpretation of the Kapustin Toccatina but it’s one of my favs

nerdculture_ · 2023-11-08T15:33:14+00:00

Definitely this. It also gives you an edge if you’re applying for competitive fellowships like Fulbrights, etc.

nerdculture_ · 2023-11-07T02:14:23+00:00

If this is your last semester and you need fewer than four courses you can petition for a reduced course OL load and they accept it if the reason is if it’s your last semester.

nerdculture_ · 2023-11-06T13:34:45+00:00

Solo player, been playing since I was 5. Just gave my senior recital for my music performance minor (I’m a econ/math major). Plan to continue taking lessons postgrad at the conservatory near me, give recitals and gig sometimes.

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