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...master class," a teacher instructs students in front of the rest of the class-Blacklow describes this as "the hardest type of playing situation." He adds, "at first, I saw these classes only as something to get nervous about," but he says that now he has cultivated an enjoyment for this and all types of performance...
...Blacklow recalls one particular master class he enrolled in at Tanglewood one summer as the most challenging. He says that, at Tanglewood, "suddenly, nobody's impressed with what you're doing at all. They criticize and make suggestions, and can see through all your mistakes...
...Blacklow adds, "a piece is something really personal that I've been working on for a long time, and they see it objectively...
Despite his extensive experience playing solo concerts and recitals and accompaniments for other instruments, the Boston native says that he would like to study the works of more composers and perhaps learn to play more instruments. In high school, Blacklow played the trumpet, but explains, "I wanted to practice two hours of that and two hours of piano, so I dropped it." Now, he is interested in taking up other keyboard instruments, like the harpsichord...
...Blacklow says that he has no all-time favorite pieces of music. Although his piano teacher gives him a choice of materials to work on, he says. "Whenever I'm playing a certain piece, that's the one I love at a particular moment...