I was teaching a unit on ecstatic dance and music today in my course on Special Topics in Music at the university and was about to demonstrate a number of ideomotor effects related to ecstatic experience, one being automatic drawing, when my daughter Kaye sent me a text message on the phone . ....
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My daughter, Kaye Elizabeth Phillips, performs the solo piano version of her original composition MERMAID’S LAMENT . . . you may remember her earlier video of Kaye and two of her friends performing a trio version of the same song, Kaye’s original composition for flute, piano, and cello on 9 June 2011 at Tamkang...
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My daughter, Kaye Elizabeth Phillips, and two of her friends perform MERMAID’S LAMENT, Kaye’s original composition for flute, piano, and cello on 9 June 2011 at Tamkang Senior High School in Tamshui, Taiwan, where Kaye is a student in the music specialty program, majoring in Composition and Piano. If you would like to watch...
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My daughter Kaye Elizabeth Phillips improvising at piano . . . she’s at home just letting her fingers move . . . fellow hypnotists may note that her improvisation is very much based upon a musical ideomotor movement of her fingers which take on a life of their own as she plays . ....
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Here we go . . . this one’s SPECIAL! Here is a video and some images of my daughter, Kaye Elizabeth Phillips, as she performs MAIDEN FLIGHT OF THE BLUE WHITE DRAGON, her original piano composition on 14 November 2010 at Wang LaoShr’s Annual Student Recital in Taipei, Taiwan. Kaye was invited to come...
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Here are some more video framegrabs of my daughter Kaye Elizabeth Phillips and her as yet unnamed band performing at a music festival invitational for high school rock bands. The band, while rough around the edges, was names one of the top bands performing at the festival. Kaye plays drums for the band which...
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Some of you may not know that my daughter Kaye is now also in a band and plays drums . . . yes, drums. Oddly enough, not keyboards even though she is a double major in Piano and Composition but drums, an instrument she has no formal training in and one in which she...
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Well, I finally got some photos . . . well video framegrabs . . . of my daughter, Kaye Elizabeth Phillips, performing MEMORIES OF CAMELOT, her original piano composition on 4 June 2010 at Tamkang Senior High School in Tamshui, Taiwan, where she is a student in the music specialty program, majoring in Composition...
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The tuner just left … Kaye’s new grand piano (a #3 to those that know piano sizes) was delivered today. It’s installed in the living room on our first floor. We originally had considered a mini grand but opted for something with more oohmph. For some reason Kaye is happy. I took the photo...
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So, my daughter Kaye had practice today with her band . . . a group of kid she’s been friends with since she was kneehigh to a grasshopper’s younger brother . . . they’ve talked about starting a band for a while but today they had their first real practice . . . of...
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In this video . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7k1yCm4CAM . . . my daughter Kaye Elizabeth Phillips performs "MEMORIES OF CAMELOT" . . . her own original piano composition. This performance took place on 4 June 2010 at Tamkang Senior High School in Tamshui, Taiwan, where Kaye is a student in the music specialty program, double...
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Tonight is the year-end performance for my daughter Kaye's class . . . and . . . this is a big deal . . . she will be performing one of her own compositions in the program. As regular readers know, Kaye is finishing her first year in a music specialty high school program.  She...
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On 5 Sept. 2009, we took in the recital for students of Kaye's piano teacher . . . here is Kaye Elizabeth Phillips performing a piece by Schubert (Impromptus op.90 d.899 n.4) . . . If you can't see the video embed in your stream, then go to my main blog at http://briandavidphillips.typepad.com/brian or...
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My daughter Kaye (www.kayephillips.com) has begun reporting to her mother and myself that when she plays the flute or the piano she has been noticing that her "head gets hot" . . . the room may not be particularly warm but she notices a particular warmth in her head after she finishes playing.  She...
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Kaye Elizabeth Phillips plays Schubert’s Impromptu Op. 90 No. 2 in recital on 1 March 2008 in Taipei, Taiwan. See http://www.kayephillips.com for more of Kaye’s music (including original compostions). I’m in proud father mode!
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