A couple of days ago, I stumbled upon an interview during which the classical pianist Emmanuel Axe discussed the pieces he worked on during the COVID lockdown. He wanted to spend the time diving into compositions he had neglected during his career, and it turns out that he has not performed very much Chopin. So, he spent much of 2020 leaning into Chopin. He discussed his process of practice or rehearsal, and mentioned that the German word for rehearsal is 'probe'. 'Probe' also means to test, explore, investigate, check out, that sort of thing. A good example would be figuring out how to balance the left and right had parts in Chopin. You have to sit down at the piano and do some experiments -- explore some of the possibilities available to you. The same approach applies to a good studio practice in the visual arts, I would say.
So, what's on the rehearsal schedule this week?
