Sooooo... I traded in my piano for a different piano! I also made a video explaining why, if you're curious. Also, there's a video of me playing it (both are Shorts; the two most recent ones!) Also, YouTube sent me this nifty clapperboard. Also, whee! 🎹
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I was in Cape Cod a couple weeks ago for a concert and found this monument at one of the local dog parks 🌹
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There is a new "community post" feature apparently, where subscribers can post things and chat amongst themselves. I'll just be sitting here drinking my tea then, I suppose...
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✨My latest album, "How Suite It Is!" is out now!✨ It's on streaming platforms and is also available to buy from my shop (Links to both will be in the comments below)
💿As usual there is also an exclusive Bonus Track available ONLY on copies purchased from my Ko-fi Shop🎵
This also coincided nicely with reaching 10,000 Subscribers and the release of a special duet video: the "English Folk Song Suite" by Ralph Vaughan Williams (which is also featured on the album.) I arranged and recorded all three movements and it's live now 🎹
The album includes works by: Sousa, Gottschalk, Lehár, Victor Herbert, Harry Lincoln, and more 🎼 Full track list is in the shop listing on Ko-fi
🎨 Artwork for the album was created by the amazing @drawnbykrishna
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To celebrate reaching 10,000 Subscribers on YouTube, I whipped up a little something (no big deal, it was a total breeze and definitely didn't take dozens of hours 😪) Today's video is Ralph Vaughan Williams' "English Folk Song Suite", arranged for piano duet by myself.
This suite is one of Vaughan Williams' most famous pieces and consists of three movements: the march "Seventeen Come Sunday", an Intermezzo "My Bonny Boy," and another march based on four "Folk Songs from Somerset". It was originally written for military band, was later arranged for orchestra, and this is (to my knowledge) the first piano duet arrangement.
💿 It's also included on my newest album, "How Suite It Is!" which is out today! (more about that in another post) 💿
I know 10,000 isn't the most impressive milestone and isn't necessarily a big deal to anyone other than me, but to everyone who has subscribed, shared, and listened to my various piano endeavors over the years, it means so much. 💖
🎵 Link to the video will be in the comments and under recent uploads! 🎵
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Well, would you look at that... 🥰
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🌟 It's that time again... My latest album, "How Suite It Is!" will be releasing one month from today, May 23rd, 2025! 🌟
This one is a 'concert' collection of sorts, with a variety of classical, ragtime-adjacent tunes, marches, and other music from the years 1853-1923. You'll hear some Sousa, some Herbert, a Gottschalk or two, and even a Vaughan Williams. Two of my own piano duet arrangements appear on it too!
💿 I'm trying something new and opening my Shop for Pre-Orders of the CD right now - the link will be in the comments, and you can see the full track list!
✅ You can also 'pre-save' it on Spotify; link to that below as well.
🎨 Many thanks to @drawnbykrishna again for the incredible artwork, and Gray Comer for mixing so that everything sounds polished.
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My YouTube Channel is 15 years old today. They grow up so fast... *sniffle*
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Happy New Year, everyone! 🎉 Last year I shared a six-hand video of "Rolling Thunder" (arranged by Gary Davis) which was such a hit I decided to do another for this January 1st, and my own arrangement too! This is "Circusdom" by Fred Jewell (1909) and it's another 'screamer' which is typically faster and more technical than your average March, and written specifically for the circus.
Head over to the 'Videos' tab to watch, or find the link in the comments below! There's also a link to the sheet music if you're interested in learning it yourself(selves!) 👐👐👐
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Hmm, where do you all think I should hang my new pepper light? 😄
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Welcome to Christina Pepper Piano! This channel is dedicated to making performance videos of Classical music, Ragtime, the occasional video game cover, and other caprices. In 2018 I expanded the channel to also include piano accompaniment videos, primarily for vocal repertoire. Collaborative playing has become a real love of mine, and I make these for people to use for their practice, auditions, performances etc. I've also launched a 2nd channel dedicated entirely to this very thing: Christina Pepper Classical (find it in the links below!).
If you'd like to commission me to custom-record an accompaniment track, purchase one you heard in a video, order my albums, or just leave me a tip, all of that can be done over on my Ko-fi page. Your support is greatly appreciated and helps keep the channel going!
For other inquiries, please send an email:
📨 christinapepperpiano@gmail.com
💲 Virtual Tip Jar: @Christina-Austin-Piano
☕ Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/christinapepper