Istvan Peter B’Racz

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musician, pianist, keyboardist, teacher of music things, listener, composer, improviser, music tech head, project studio owner, geek, nerd, cat lover, intense, alternate to my evil twin [NOT RELIGIOUS]

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Jane Bugbee (age 90!!!) performed a beautiful composition that pays tribute to Rebecca Raffaelli who started this class over 30 years ago.
Two people at the piano in the Adult Advanced Piano Performance Class in a recital hall with windows behind them opening to a courtyard. Lisa Moore is farther away explaining and demonstrating a passage while the other pianist sits and listens, ponders what is being shown, etc.
Front of the program booklet: The FISHER Competition WINNERS CONCERT and AWARDS PRESENTATION Saturday, May 2, 2026 7:30 pm THE 49th ANNUAL RENÉE B. FISHER COMPETITION FOR YOUNG PIANISTS
PROGRAM Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum C. Debussy (1862-1918) Emma Edmondson Honorable Mention - Elementary/Middle School Division “Dance of Ghosts” E. Kozhevnikova Lucas Lopes Best Performance of the Commissioned Work - Elementary/Middle School Division Evgeniya (Jane) Kozhevnikova - Comments 2026 Fisher Composer Awards Winner The Cat and the Mouse A. Copland (1900-1990) Yiten Kueh Third Prize - Elementary/Middle School Division Sonata No. 8, c minor, Op. 13 Ill. Rondo Allegro L. van Beethoven (1770-1827) Jayden Song Second Prize - Elementary/Middle School Division Elegie, Op. 3, no. 1 S. Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Lucas Lopes First Prize - Elementary/ Middle School Division - INTERMISSION - Prelude and Fugue No. 2, C minor, WTC. Bk. I J. S. Bach (1685-1750) Giora Nadav Honorable Mention - High School Division “Three Off-Kilter Miniatures” Michael Phillips (b. 1993) lan Lin Best Performance of the Commissioned Work - High School Division Michael Phillips - Comments 2026 Fisher Composer Awards Winner Aria variata alla maniera italiana, BWV. 989 Aria and Variations I-IV, VI-VII, X, XI J. S. Bach (1685-1750) Edward Neems Third Prize - High School Division Gargoyles, Op. 29 Ill. Allegro Moderato IV. Presto Feroce L. Liebermann (b. 1961) lan Lin First Prize - High School Division Presentation of Awards Noah Bloom, Executive Director, Neighborhood Music School Michelle Zingale, Fisher Competition Manager Please join us for a reception following the concert.
Composers Jane Kozhevnokova, and Michael Phillips (post concert world premieres of their work smiles for the camera)- had their works selected from a sizable group of submissions for the Fisher Competition.
Me in black with my old guy’s hat on, black glasses with a smirk or smile…I can’t tell…sitting in front of a WALL of records at WPKN 89.5FM in Bridgeport CT USA
Two recital program fronts with: YOUNG JUNIORS DIVISIONS HONORS RECITAL SENIOR AND JUNIOR DIVISIONS HONORS RECITAL Sunday, April 26, 2026 NMS Recital Hall Written on them
Me, a somewhat beardy older white dude with big black glasses wearing an old-fashioned hat and dressed in black standing in front of a large number of records in shelves- with a hint of a smile.
Thermpro cheaper temp and humidity sensor showing an internal temperature of 69.8 °F and 45% humidity with a little smiley face on the lcd screen
Smarter humidity and temp sensor with its screen illuminating
a very happy Ziggy the white cat sitting on a wooden chair by the differ table next to me, looking at me knowing he is about to be hand-fed as I eat my dinner. We eat together. Oh he has different colored eyes (right is blue, left is gold), as well as polydactyl on all four was (extra toes)
A pair of steamer/vaporizers on food trays (to keep spills local) the one on the right is marked D for day, and the left is N for night. They are alternating 12-hour shifts via timers.
The main hallway where I teach, along concrete and cinderblock hall with severe lighting and posters, adjoining the walls, a few funky looking cushion blocks for students to sit while waiting for class
Me playing the piano with headphones on as I streamed an improvisation
Pink lade flower up close
My music workstation with controllers, lots of knobs and buttons, and a 27 inch screen off in the distance with the notation program displaying some pages of a song I’m notating
A wall with pencil and pen markings all the bet it with names dates and lines showing growth spurts of students I’ve taught over the many years..
Close-up of the winners, with their teachers and the composers standing for a picture after the concert for the Fischer piano competition, in New Haven, Connecticut, at the neighborhood music school