How to Practice while Sheltering from the Virus

Beth Levin

[May 2020.]

1. Brew coffee
2. Consider learning new repertoire
3. Visualize a recital you would have given last week. Imagine 4, 5, 6 encores! Well, with a little luck it might have gone that way!
4. Consider learning new repertoire
5. Go to the music stacks, pick anything and start sight-reading (hopefully it won’t be Islamey)
6. Listen to a recording of yourself in recital to remind yourself that, yes, you know how to play
7. Brew more coffee
8. Consider learning new repertoire
9. Daydream about a tour of China when this is all over
10. Brew more coffee