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Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.34,0:00:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello everyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.68,0:00:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you may or may not have heard,\Nmy name is Steffin Johnson
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.56,0:00:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I play piano.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.54,0:00:22.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, an interesting thing happens \N
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.23,0:00:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I say that to people sometimes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.76,0:00:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They immediately think: Art Tatum,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.04,0:00:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or they think Oscar Peterson, \Nor maybe Herbie Hancock.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.81,0:00:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that got me thinking:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.83,0:00:35.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Does music have a color?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.83,0:00:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I want to make sure\NI get this out there:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.61,0:00:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love the jazz greats!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.28,0:00:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Nat King Cole's performance
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.94,0:00:47.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of "Tea for Two" on YouTube\Nwill change your life!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.53,0:00:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm probably responsible\Nfor half the views
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.15,0:00:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on that video myself. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.47,0:00:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm much more of a Mozart player, \Nwhich I owe to my mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.81,0:00:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She just got me introduced to \Nclassical music at a young age.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.74,0:01:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I have a story for you guys.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.00,0:01:03.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Currently, I study at \Nthe Jacobs School of Music
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.61,0:01:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Indiana University.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.79,0:01:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And on my very first day there,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.42,0:01:10.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I heard someone playing \Nin the recital hall.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.13,0:01:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was amazing! \NI was like this was probably
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.06,0:01:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this world famous professor \Nor performer or something.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.77,0:01:18.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I was like\N"I'm going to check it out."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.65,0:01:22.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I run over to the window \Nand I peek in, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.45,0:01:25.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ah! It's a student!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.11,0:01:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the dude is a savage!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.11,0:01:29.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's all over the place! \NHe's got like 13 arms.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.95,0:01:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's like an octopus! \NHe's just like --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.98,0:01:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my honest thought was\Nthat's absolutely not cool at all!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.03,0:01:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, I didn't want to hear that --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.06,0:01:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be my first person that I hear there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.70,0:01:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm in way over my head!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.39,0:01:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, now I'm going to fast forward \Na couple days.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.50,0:01:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm in the practice building.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.10,0:01:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you've got to know about \Nthe practice building is it's a circle.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.34,0:01:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's another circle inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.31,0:01:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like a concrete doughnut.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.08,0:01:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no windows, \Nno natural light gets in;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.67,0:01:59.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like a tomb of music. All right?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.45,0:02:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I'm in there \Nand I'm practicing this piece --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.64,0:02:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Piano)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.05,0:02:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm getting kind of frustrated!\NI'd been there for hours.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.37,0:02:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not working how I want it to work.\NI need to take a break.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.04,0:02:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I open the door \Nand standing right there is the guy
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.50,0:02:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I saw playing on the first day.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.02,0:02:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's messing around on his phone.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.68,0:02:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, he's never seen me before
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.08,0:02:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he doesn't know \Nthat I saw him playing earlier.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.71,0:02:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we meet eyes and we do\Nthe guy thing -- ah, uh, oh, uh.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.88,0:02:42.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we walk off and I'm coming back.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.64,0:02:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, you don't actually need to know \Nthis part of the story,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.40,0:02:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's a circle building, \Nthere are no distinguishing marks.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.43,0:02:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got lost! It took too long \Nto get back to the room.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.60,0:02:51.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know what the problem was.\NI finally get back
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.61,0:02:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's still standing out there\Nmessing around on his phone.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.49,0:02:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I'll go back in \Nand I start practicing again.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.51,0:03:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Piano)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.50,0:03:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Boom!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.04,0:03:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The dude just busts in my door!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.76,0:03:12.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm like, "Hey, man,\NI think there's some explanation
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.95,0:03:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's needed here, \Nyou just gave me a mild coronary.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.09,0:03:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to understand \Nwhat's happening right now."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.89,0:03:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he says, "I hope \Nyou don't take offense to this,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.22,0:03:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you are the first black person \NI have ever heard
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.66,0:03:25.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,playing music like that."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.11,0:03:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I wasn't offended.\NHe just said how he felt.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.04,0:03:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to be honest, we actually \Nbecame pretty good friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.64,0:03:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So. Now, I'm going to take you\Nback in time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.40,0:03:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1905.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.32,0:03:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maurice Ravel is \Na French Impressionistic composer.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.66,0:03:45.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And actually that piece I was playing \Nis by Maurice Ravel.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.61,0:03:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that kind of washes sound \Nas your traditional
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.45,0:03:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,impressionistic sound, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.26,0:03:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, in 1905 he writes a set of pieces \Ncalled "Miroirs".
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.51,0:03:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are five in the set.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.07,0:03:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the fourth one\Nis particularly interesting,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.44,0:03:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it is a Spanish piece.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.97,0:04:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a stark contrast
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.72,0:04:04.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the calm watery-like sound \Nof Impressionism.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.79,0:04:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's much more of a clean kind of --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.73,0:04:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's evoking the Spanish idioms
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.98,0:04:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Flamenco guitar and all this stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.33,0:04:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, without further ado,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.89,0:04:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I, Steffin Johnson, \Nhopefully changing your perceptions
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.14,0:04:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what the classical musician \Ncan look like,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.56,0:04:23.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will play a piece from a composer
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.11,0:04:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who changed perceptions with his music:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.48,0:04:30.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maurice Ravel's Alborada del Gracioso.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.89,0:04:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Piano)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.54,0:11:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers) (Aplause)