A Musical Life

This coming Thursday, March 10th, if you happen to be in the Indianapolis area, I will be giving a performance lecture as part of Anderson University’s Intellectual Innovation IDEA-U series on my life as an entrepreneur artist and vision for changing the world through artistic innovation. The presentation begins at 7:30 pm in Anderson’s York Performance Hall, and I’ll be joined by violinist Gert Kumi demonstrating my iPad as a digital sheet music reader and my AirTurn pedals for turning pages hands free in performance. The lecture performance is free and open to the public, so I’d love to see you there. For more information, visit www.anderson.edu/arts-events or call Anderson University’s School of Music, Theater and Dance at (800) 619-3047.

To book me for music entrepreneur lectures or workshops, visit my Speaking page.

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In this episode of the “Classical Classroom” podcast, host Dacia Clay interviews Hugh Sung, who is a modern classical music renaissance man: He’s a podcaster, a techie, a pianist who’s collaborated with people like Jennifer Higdon and Hillary Hahn, an author, an inventor, a former Curtis Institute Professor who now teaches online. Sung has crafted a life — and a career — that keeps him close to his passion and that constantly engages his busy mind. In this MusicWorks episode, learn how and why Hugh does it, and be inspired to create your own Musical Life.

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Classical Classroom MusicWorks, Ep 120: A Musical Life, Indeed – With Hugh Sung

Musical selections performed in this episode:

• Myths Op.30: I. The Fountain Of Arethusa. Karol Szymanowski. Performed by Aaron Rosand with Hugh Sung.
• Man of Steel. Hugh Sung
• Capriccio-Waltz In E Major Op.7. Henryk Wieniawski. Performed by Aaron Rosand with Hugh Sung.
• Four Souvenirs: Samba. Paul Schoenfield. Performed by Jasmine Choi and Hugh Sung.

Visit Hugh’s personal website at http://hughsung.com

MusicWorks is a Classical Classroom subseries that takes a look at what people are doing in the classical music world today.

What’s your musical story? We’ve had some wonderful guest musicians featured on “A Musical Life” podcast so far, but I would love to give everyone an opportunity to share stories about their experiences with music and the things that move our souls. Now you can share your story with the listeners of “A Musical Life” podcast via voicemail! This video tutorial shows how you can record and send a voicemail message up to 90 seconds in length using the “Send Voicemail” tab on the show website at https://amusicallife.com. You can use any smartphone or microphone-equipped computer to record your story.

I can’t wait to share your story with listeners around the world who enjoy “A Musical Life”!

Using an iPhone/iPad to send Voicemail

For iPhone/iPad users, you will need to install the free SpeakPipe app in order to record and send voicemail messages to “A Musical Life”. This video tutorial walks through all the necessary steps to install and send voicemail messages on www.AMusicalLife.com

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Using a Desktop/Laptop Computer

Most laptop computers have microphones built in. If you are using a desktop computer, you will need to make sure you have a microphone built in or attached to your computer in order to record voicemail messages.

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Every Friday I share 4 things that I think you’ll find really interesting in the world of music. Enjoy this edition of 4Friday!

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Leonardo DaVinci dreamed of a piano that would sound like a string orchestra. The Viola Organista was an keyboard instrument that only existed in the sketches of Leonardo da Vinci until Polish concert pianist, composer and instrument maker Slawomir Zubrzycki brought it to life. You can learn more about it here. I never knew that da Vinci had a musical imagination! Wonderful!

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This video gives a better view of how this remarkable instrument works.

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Geoff Smith is the inventor of the Fluid Piano, an all-acoustic piano that has special sliders to bend the pitch of every note. Amazing musical possibilities that once only existed in electronic keyboard instruments!

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Film composer Nicholas Pike demonstrates the Wheelharp, built by Jon Jones & Sons. You’ll notice that this is a similar mechanism to the da Vinci Viola Organista mentioned above, but without the rich piano soundboard and…well…this sounds pretty creepy! Perfect for a scary film score!

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The PianoGuys are incredibly popular, and deservedly so. I love their creativity and sense of joy in all their musical productions! And since Christmas is nigh upon us, here is a wonderful, imaginative rendition of “Angels We Have Heard On High” played by 5 pianists on one piano, utilizing so many creative ways to get beautiful sounds out of an acoustic instrument. Merry Christmas, Everyone! I wish all of you A Musical Life!

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More and more orchestras are reporting fiscal surpluses and brighter financial futures. What an incredible turnaround from the Great Recession of 2008! Here are 4 examples:

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We’re celebrating my first year of teaching piano online at ArtistWorks! From now until Tuesday, December 8, save 25% off of a 1-year membership in my Online Popular Piano School. Use coupon code NEW2015 to get your discount.

Watch this video to learn how you can learn to play your favorite piano songs with me in my Online Popular Piano School at ArtistWorks.

In this week’s edition of 4Friday, I explore the amazing world of music made with straw flutes. That’s “straw” as in “drinking straws” from McDonald’s!

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For 1 day only, save 35% off of a 1-year membership for Online Piano Lessons with Hugh Sung at ArtistWorks.

If you’ve ever dreamed of learning to play the piano, now is your chance to have learn from a master teacher for only pennies a day! With Hugh’s Online Piano School at ArtistWorks, you can watch hundreds of video lessons on some of the world’s most popular piano songs.  You can also post unlimited videos of your own playing using ArtistWorks’ Video Exchange Learning System and get personalized video feedback directly from Hugh. No need to schedule lesson times – you simply post your videos anytime you want, as frequently as you want, and Hugh will respond with a Video Exchange response. With Hugh’s help, you’ll make the best progress in the fastest time learning your favorite piano songs.

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Use coupon code FRIDAY35 to apply your 35% savings off of a 1-year membership. But hurry – this coupon code expires at 11:59 pm tonight!

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Here are 3 reasons why Video Exchange online piano lessons are better than live ones:

1. Video Exchange lessons provide unlimited 24/7 opportunities to learn directly from a teacher.
2. Video Exchange lessons aren’t limited by live time restraints.
3. Recording Video Exchange submissions hones performance-level focus.

(read the full article explaining these benefits in detail.)

The video below explains how Hugh’s Online Popular Piano School at ArtistWorks works.

Visit Hugh Sung’s Online Popular Piano School at ArtistWorks and sign up for your 1-year membership today!

Music gives us the space to grieve. In light of the tragic events of last Friday in Paris (and let us never forget the other tragedies around the world and here at home), here are 4 French songs to help us mourn.

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Wow! We just hit iTunes’ “New & Noteworthy” podcast list in the Music category!

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