Mildred Portney Chase (1921–1991)

Mildred Portney Chase writes: Consciousness of the self is a barrier between the player and the instrument Nowhere is it more important to be in the here and now than in playing the piano. Just being-at the piano-egoless-is to each tune seek to reach that place where the only thing that exists is show more the sound and moving toward the sound. The music on the page that was outside of you is now within you, moving through you; you are a channel for the music playing from the center of your being show less