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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 24/09/2026

@sarahfritz.bsky.social Listening to your podcast with Sandra and just heard the bit about Clara’s bust in the Musikverein. @classicalbeat.bsky.social had mentioned to me that originally there were other women’s busts but that they had been removed at some point?

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Sarah Fritz @sarahfritz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

MADAME COMPOSER: The Virtuosic Genius of Clara Schumann will be here in 6 days— Sept. 29🥳

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 11/09/2026

NEW little practice video up in which I work out a quick fix for a little tiny passage in a bassoon concerto accompaniment. Time was of the essence since I had to perform it right afterwards so repetitions weren't in the cards. youtu.be/iYDu-5N1AeI?...

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Practice video! A quick-fix right before performing

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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 05/09/2026

Sharing some of my thoughts about what my family's going through this World Alzheimer's Month. Together, we'll get through this.

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 23/08/2026

Yeeesss! Can’t wait to hear more about this!

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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Biggest thing I tell my students is to avoid thinking of their classmates as competitors. You are all on the same team, in the same community, with the collective goal being success. Their wins are your wins.

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 23/08/2026

So shocked to hear the news about @kleonardphd.bsky.social . She has given me such wonderful advice and support through the years.

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 23/08/2026

Love watching storms from my place. A good excuse to get cozy and watch nature do its thing. ❤️

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 22/08/2026

Important update! My website has been updated to more accurately show what I have to offer individuals and communities! Please do check it out and pass on the word about all I have to offer. It's time for me to break out of Virginia and take the show on the road! ericaannsipes.com

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 15/08/2026

Currently doing research on Agathe Backer Grøndahl and her friendship with Edvard Grieg. I find it interesting that in the Wikipedia articles (I know, I know...not the best place to get info but I like to start there) the Grieg entry says NOTHING about her. Seems like a huge oversight.

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 12/08/2026

I've been posting today about Anna von Schaden's B flat major piano concerto that I performed this past year. Truly an exquisite piece! And it was quite a project to perform it with orchestra. Here's an interview I did with pianist Sandra Mogensen about it: youtu.be/AJv2cauehdw?...

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Anna von Schaden Concerto

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 11/08/2026

Some more info to share about Anna von Schaden, the composer whose piano concerto I performed earlier this year. I fell in love with it. An incredible piece! youtu.be/wuGfW-GbE-E?...

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 11/08/2026

Want to hear the entire performance of the Anna von Schaden/Antonio Rosetti piano concerto in B flat, here it is! Well worth the listen...of course I'm a wee bit biased! I'll be posting tidbits about this project to bring this amazing piece to life throughout the day. youtu.be/wuGfW-GbE-E?...

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Anna von Schaden-Rosetti Piano Concerto in B flat

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 11/08/2026

Today I want to celebrate Anna von Schaden's B flat major piano concerto because it needs to be heard! I'm starting with the short cadenza I wrote that leads into the final orchestra tutti of the 2nd movement. Gave me chills every time we rehearsed it. youtu.be/wuGfW-GbE-E?...

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 10/08/2026

So glad we planted zinnias this summer! Whenever I see all the happy bugs it makes me smile. I feel like I’m contributing something of value to even the smallest creatures out there. ❤️

Beautiful swallowtail on a bright pink zinnia.

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 10/08/2026

Really enjoyed today's pop-up sightreading show. Like last time it was music all composed by women. Lots of Mel Bonis, a piece by Florence Price, and one fascinating one by Marie Jaëll. One of my favorites was a set by Alice Sauvrezis. youtube.com/live/icjQqRi...

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Sightreading Maverick LIVE - SPECIAL Summer Pop-Up #2!

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 09/08/2026

It's time for another special Sightreading Maverick Pop-up! Today, at 1pm ET, I'll be reading more newly-added-to-IMSLP piano pieces. Join us! youtube.com/live/icjQqRi...

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Sightreading Maverick LIVE - SPECIAL Summer Pop-Up #2!

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 07/08/2026

I just can't help myself! I have another free Sunday so I'm popping up at 1pm with another special edition of Sightreading Maverick. Join me and pass on the word!

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 02/08/2026

Getting ready to perform at An die Musik in Baltimore. What a cozy, warm, lovely space and piano. Looking forward to sharing lots of fantastic music here.

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 02/08/2026

Getting ready to perform at An die Musik in Baltimore. What a cozy, warm, lovely space and piano. Looking forward to sharing lots of fantastic music here.

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 01/08/2026

I’m performing my “Let them Soar” piano program at A die Musik in Baltimore tomorrow afternoon at 2pm. Grateful that they also offer the option to watch online until August 9th! Purchase tickets here! www.instantseats.com?fuseaction=h...

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An die Musik Live! - InstantSeats

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 01/08/2026

Want to hear more about a composer who is one of my heroes and whose sonata I’m performing TOMORROW at 2 pm at An die Musik in Baltimore? Take a listen to this and then LISTEN to her music! Even better, PERFORM her music! youtube.com/shorts/FREwy...

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🎙️Off the Record. Here’s the real story. Episode 3 Dora Pejacevic

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 01/08/2026

Today is Jeanne Danglas’ birthday. Although we don’t know a lot about her in spite of composing and publishing a lot of compositions, we do know her real name was Rosalie Crabos and that she briefly attended the Paris Conservatory. She was born in 1871, died in 1915. youtu.be/RnEzh2zhzr0?...

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Jeanne Danglas: Menuet

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 28/07/2026

First day of teaching Musicianship for Dancers class is in the books. Learned a lot but was slightly overwhelmed yesterday so I'm up early to come up with today's plan. I want to add here that I delivered a few tendus and pliés yesterday. Not something I thought I was going to do. 🤣 Ever. 🥰

Photo of laptop open showing a dance instruction video on YouTube. Off to the side is a book on Rhythm and Dalcroze activities.

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 26/07/2026

Woohoo! This is happening TODAY! In about 3 and a half hours, at 1pm ET. It's a great way to unwind while listening to some piano music you (or I) have never heard before! youtube.com/live/Q4eeuBt...

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Sightreading Maverick LIVE - SPECIAL Summer Pop-Up!

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 25/07/2026

This weekend's fun challenge is coming up with lesson plans for teaching a musicianship for dancers class at Star City School of Ballet next week. I've been doing research & planning this for weeks now and have found some of my original notions about rhythm & pulse challenged, in a good way.

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 24/07/2026

Happening THIS Sunday! SURPRISE! I have so much music to sightread I may have to do this another Sunday as well so stay tuned! This Sunday I'll be reading newly uploaded piano music on IMSLP by Mel Bonis, Hedwige Chrétien, and Dina Appeldoorn. Pass on the word and hope to see you there!

A fun drawing of a woman holding a glowing "Musician" Tarot card. That's supposed to be me. This is along with the announcement that I'll be doing a special sightreading pop-up with piano music by Mel Bonis, Hedwige Chrétien, and Dina Appeldoorn this Sunday, July 26 at 1pm ET on my YouTube channel.

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 23/07/2026

Surprise!!! I'll be doing my sightreading show THIS SUNDAY ONLY! There were so many new pieces composed by women that were added to IMSLP this past year I want an excuse to read through a lot of them. So this Sunday, 1pm, join me on my YouTube channel! @EricaSipes

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 22/07/2026

Another practice video! This one shows me working on a dense, complicated 3 measures from Heinrich von Herzogenberg's Andantino. youtu.be/drmEfrkcjyU

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Practice Video: Dealing with a dense, complicated passage

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 22/07/2026

Today is Polish composer, Helena Łopuska's birthday! 🎉 Born in 1886 she studied at the Warsaw Conservatory with Zygmunt Noskowski and married conductor Adam Wyleżyński. Unfortunately not many of her compositions were published. Here's her Song without Words, Op. 2. youtu.be/kvNeWdqyrqA?...

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Helena Łopuska: Chanson sans paroles (Song without Words), Op. 2

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 21/07/2026

NEW practice video showing how I bring up music to tempo quickly, musically, and efficiently without using a metronome. youtu.be/HV0kw-WpclE?...

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Practice Video: Bringing tempo up quickly WITHOUT the metronome!

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 20/07/2026

Happy birthday to Polish composer Helena Dorabialska. Here are her Preludes. I think the 2nd one is especially gorgeous. Helena was a pianist, composer, & musicologist who studied at the Warsaw and Moscow Conservatories. She taught harmony, musical form, history, & piano. youtu.be/gaLaeKFSP-g?...

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Helena Dorabialska: 4 Preludja, nos. 1 & 2

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 20/07/2026

Thrilled that I've been contacted about my new "Purposeful Musician Weekends." I have an array of different topics I love to work on with musicians (not just pianists!) of all ages & at all stages of playing. Communities can choose what best suits them. www.ericaannsipes.com/workshopweek...

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Purposeful Musician Weekends | Erica Ann Sipes

Erica can be booked for Purposeful Musician Weekends that go from Friday through Sunday. She provides an array of performances and services including recitals, live practice and performing sessions, c...

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 20/07/2026

This summer I've been using the Practice Space app with music students where I teach. It's been a game-changer. So easy for them to record little videos of them practicing sections they are having trouble with and then post them on the app for me to watch and respond with suggestions.

Screenshot of some of the feedback I've given.

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 19/07/2026

Currently doing research for the new piano program I'm putting together which I'm calling, "With Regards - composers inspiring composers." Just got done researching the friendship between Nannette Streicher and Beethoven. Really fascinating to me. serenademagazine.com/women-in-mus...

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Women in Music: Nannette Streicher, Beethoven, and the Hammerklavier Sonata - Serenade

Background: Augsburg and Vienna Maria Anna (Nannette) Streicher (1769-1838) was a piano maker, composer, teacher, and writer who is perhaps best known for her Viennese pianos and for her friendship wi...

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 15/07/2026

If anyone is in the Baltimore area, I’m giving my piano program, “Let them Soar!” there on Sunday, August 2nd at 2pm. I’ll be at An die Musik Live. Attend in person or buy tickets to watch online! www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fu...

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 12/07/2026

I am absolutely thrilled about my next piano recital program. It's always magical, and a huge relief, when you realize how it's going to feel and come across all together. Proof will be in the pudding though so we'll see how it actually does come together. Back to piano to practice!

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 08/07/2026

What a great offering! How many times have I heard friends say, “That would make a great opera!” Here’s your chance to see what’s involved and to experience it yourself.

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 07/07/2026

Just found one of my favorite articles I wrote during COVID years as I was on social media way too much and comparing myself way too much to other musicians. Thankfully I reigned it in and gained a new perspective along the way. flypaper.soundfly.com/hustle/accep...

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Accepting and Embracing the Musician That Is You – Flypaper

If you're an apple, don't compare yourself to an orange. If you're an orange, don't hold yourself up against an apple. You are what you are and that's okay!

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 06/07/2026

I'm ready to get on the road to come to talk about & play music in your community! So many people have asked if I'm ever going to write a book with all of my tips, strategies, methods, etc...that idea has always made me hesitate. This is my solution. www.ericaannsipes.com/workshopweek...

Image of a webpage describing my new Purposeful Musician Weekends. It includes info on the various types of offerings that can be selected for these weekends - workshops, coaching/masterclasses, community music concert faciliation and performances and also includes a sample schedule for what a weekend could look like.

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 05/07/2026

Also a happy birthday today to Polish keyboard player and composer Wanda Landowska. Here's my fellow co-founder of Piano Music She Wrote, Sandra Mogensen, performing her Valse. youtu.be/BTqNw-otSbw?...

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 05/07/2026

A happy birthday to Agnes Zimmerman, a pianist & composer born in Germany but who lived in England. She published works by Beethoven, Mozart, and Schumann and made her debut performing Beethoven's Emperor concerto at the Crystal Palace. Here's a recording of her Gavotte. youtu.be/clqr1G0NmQE?...

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 05/07/2026

NEW practice video up today in which I come up with a plan for a Chopinesque-like florid passage. youtu.be/3RxbJqMbyh8

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Practice video: Chopin-esque passage planning

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 28/06/2026

Just finished watching the musical, "Suffs" on PBS/YouTube, with my 21 year old daughter by my side. Brought me hope, pride in being a woman, and determination that although it may be difficult, slow, and frustrating, change is possible. youtu.be/YQxsbcOa2Gs?...

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Suffs | FULL MUSICAL | Great Performances | PBS

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 23/06/2026

Excited to post this interview I did with fellow co-founder Sandra Mogensen about my project to bring into the United States Anna von Schaden and Antonio Rossetti’s B flat major piano concerto. youtu.be/AJv2cauehdw?...

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Anna von Schaden Concerto

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 05/06/2026

What a precious and profound picture book written by Laufey with a simple but profound message for musicians young & old. It makes heart along with the composer’s & musician’s voices the center of musicking which can make performing & sharing much more of a joy. ❤️

Photo of the cover of Laufey’s picture book called Mei Mei the Bunny. In the picture a sweet little white bunny (Mei Mei), in a blue jacket, plays the violin on stage with stars, clouds and waves in the background.

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Tripwire @tripwire1001.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Reposting with image caption: Online directory of piano music composed by women updated with > 120 new compositions, 23 new-to-imslp composers, new adds from Marion Bauer, Mel Bonis, Louise Farrenc, Helen Hopekirk, and more.

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Erica Sipes @ericaannsipes.com · 04/06/2026

It's been a LONG time since I've updated our online directory, but now it has been! Check it out! Exciting to see a lot of new composers and pieces, including engravings that wonderful folks have been making from manuscripts that have been on IMSLP. More info at PianoMusicSheWrote.com

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