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Erica Sipes
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A musician with an addiction to helping people practice and enjoy music-making. Co-founder of the Alma Ensemble and the Piano Music She Wrote project. https://linktr.ee/ericaannsipes https://www.ericaannsipes.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcH8S2V
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A custodian at the university where I work moved away this week. I missed saying goodbye to him but found this note on my desk. Meant the world to me to receive this.

Never question whether you should take a moment to leave words like this to someone. ❤️
The more we can see mistakes as stepping stones to solving problems and getting us to a better place, the easier we'll be on ourselves.
A favorite find on this past Sunday's sightreading show were some Toccatas by Leonardo Leo. Bright, bubbly, energetic, and not too difficult to read.

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Sightreading Maverick LIVE - Sunday, October 12, 2025
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Starts in 1 minute! Join me LIVE or watch anytime after I've streamed.
Sightreading Maverick show is ON for tomorrow afternoon...same place...same time!

And as always you can watch anytime after the show has streamed live.

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I traveled to Kentucky to see for myself what conductor Teddy Abrams is doing there. My conclusion: In a time of extreme division, he and the Louisville Orchestra are forging common ground in rural communities—& pointing a way forward for our embattled nation.
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Can Music Help Bridge America's Divide?
In a time of extreme division, The Louisville Orchestra forges some common ground in Kentucky—and points a way forward for our embattled nation
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On today's sightreading show will be works by Henri-Joseph Rigel, Richard Langellotti, Lodewijk Mortelmans, and Daniel Steibelt.

Join me on my YouTube channel at 1pm ET or watch anytime afterwards.
On today's sightreading show will be works by Henri-Joseph Rigel, Richard Langellotti, Lodewijk Mortelmans, and Daniel Steibelt.

Join me on my YouTube channel at 1pm ET or watch anytime afterwards.
My sightreading show is on for tomorrow! Same time, same place! Not sure what will be on it yet so it'll be a surprise for us all.

Makes sense. It is sightreading after all!
For what it’s worth, I find this way to notate a key change frustrating. Especially when I’m sight reading, which I do a lot to make a living, it takes too much energy to time to discern if the black is a natural, sharp, or flat.
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Silk embroidered fox created by Helen Richman, professional hand embroiderer, based in Somerset, UK #womensart
Yes! Just got done with the show! Very interesting little set but a bit daunting to sightread. SO MANY FLATS!

And I thought of you when that was requested. I wondered if you'd catch that it was on today's show.
Show starts in 15 minutes! Please drop by or watch anytime afterwards!
Sightreading Maverick, my weekly sightreading show, is on for tomorrow at the normal time - 1pm ET. Tomorrow I'll be sightreading piano music by Henri-Joseph Rigel, Franz Joseph Haydn, Mikhail Glinka, Robert Schumann, Paul Ladmirault, and Edvard Grieg.

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Sightreading Maverick LIVE - Sunday, September 14, 2025
YouTube video by Erica Sipes
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Sightreading Maverick, my weekly sightreading show, is on for tomorrow at the normal time - 1pm ET. Tomorrow I'll be sightreading piano music by Henri-Joseph Rigel, Franz Joseph Haydn, Mikhail Glinka, Robert Schumann, Paul Ladmirault, and Edvard Grieg.

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Sightreading Maverick LIVE - Sunday, September 14, 2025
YouTube video by Erica Sipes
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I do feel very lucky. Every day. 😊
So thankful for the beauty of where we live. ❤️
I had a good time on my sightreading show today! I especially enjoyed this set of pieces by Peruvian composer, Manuel Lorenzo Aguirre. Always refreshing to read music by a new-to-me composer.

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Sightreading Maverick LIVE - Sunday, August 31, 2025
YouTube video by Erica Sipes
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Starts in 30 minutes...please consider joining me LIVE as I'm streaming or watch anytime afterwards.
Join my tomorrow at 1pm ET to discover some music that's definitely new to me! Always fun to sightread in a livestream. 😱 But why not? It's a new sort of fun.
My work at Radford University in southwest Virginia has started back up for which I'm grateful. Summertime is always a mix of relaxation but also mind-boggling confusion as to what I should be doing with my time. Always glad to be back in a routine and working with students who inspire me daily. ❤️
@zenebabowers.bsky.social , and if it helps at all, here's a link to the musical folks I follow and converse with here. I'm sure I'm missing folks but maybe it's a start?

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