Jimi Michiel

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This is a very good topic. I quite literally "own" the Brandenburg--it's a piece that I have performed several times and plan on playing regularly for the rest of my career, so for my last performance I finally bought a complete set of Barenreiter Urtext parts. I can fall out of bed and play it, but each time I've performed it, I've gained new incites into the music.

Another piece that comes to mind is the Hindemith Sonate. I did this piece in high school and it had a lot to do with the way I began to start conceptualizing my sound. I did it again on my senior recital in college and it proved to be a perfect way to display the phrasing and musicality that I gained during my four years in college. It's not a technically difficult piece, but it never finds it's way to far from my music stand.

The last piece that comes to mind is the Stravinsky Octet. At NEC, we call edit the school fight song. It was the first piece by Stravinsky that I ever performed and I've played both parts several times. Most recently, I played, as well as coached an un-conducted ensemble. It brought a whole new level of satisfaction to preparing and performing it.

-Jimi