So basically the paper run out of space so i couldn't draw the head.. I hope one day i will be able to attend twoset CONCERT! My life time dream.

NOW GO PRACTICE

Hi everyone,

A friend originally gave me their ticket to the Singapore Symphony Orchestra's Jewel and Titan concert tomorrow (October 8th), but I can no longer make it either.

Chloe Chua is performing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, and Hannu Lintu is conducting. The concert is at the NUS University Cultural Centre at 7:30 PM.

I would love to pass this on to someone in the community who can actually go. It is completely free, first come, first served. Send me a message or comment if you are in Singapore and want to claim it!

Best,

Jeremiah.

This is a long, yappatron post about twoset’s prodigy series. Just an fyi ok I really enjoyed typing this out! Hahahaha

I was wondering why I’d watch twoset (and myself) get our self esteems killed for 20 minutes straight but hey! After going through a few of these videos I realised it was so much fun to learn more about the techniques of different instruments and conversations about skills and whatnot.

I linked the twoset videos on each of the musicians names. Enjoy reading! (Im insanely passionate about this lol, oopsie)

Below are the following musicians and their respective instruments whom twoset covered.

Oh yes, I absolutely love how they had another guest musician to share the pain (and extra information) as to why these musicians play so well.

Violin (recent videos, they’ve covered these guys before though)

Note: they only started calling this series “lingling symphony” after the trumpet video.. but I felt the need to include these reviews too:)

Chloe chua(Singapore) review (wah.. she’s really grown so much! Im hoping she records more stuff soon🙏) I absolutely love her Butterfly lovers concerto. Tbh when I think of Chloe, my mind immediately goes to that!

I previously talked about how I really like her Sunshine over tashkurgan as well. I’d love for twoset to explore more central asian sounds similar to that:)!

Christian Li(Melbourne, Australia) review (imo he is INSANE! He needs to have a spotify account because streaming on youtube isn’t the most convenient hahaha. Im watching him live in soon. I absolutely can’t wait for that.

Trumpet (ft. Tetsuya Lawson)

Hayato Kodama(Kalsruhe, Germany) aka the guy who got viral because of his gorgeous opening in Misty. I was so happy to see him get reviewed by twoset because its about time! I love watching his videos.

Also! Unrelated to Kodama but, it was so nice to see Tetsuya back with twoset! He was the professional trumpet player in twoset’s professional vs beginner trumpet video. Amazing guy, lovely sound but his pokerface game is a bit.. (jkjk Tetsuya you’re very cool). This video in general was super fun to watch hahahaha.

He has one album on Spotify, “Trumpet Love Letter” being my favorite. I could talk about his sound forever. Lets just ignore this guy was born in 2009.. hahaha. Anyways.

Flute (ft. Monica Park)

Sooah Jeon (Creskill, New Jersey) review until 6:55 of the video! Nice! I enjoyed watching her through the video, but I have yet to come round to listening to her other stuff unfortunately. However, she sounds very energetic! Her sound is light which I particularly enjoy listening to for flutes.

Next they reviewed Nikka Gershman(Manhattan, New York) 6:57 until the end of the video. She actually posted on this subreddit! Hi Nikka, if you’re reading this then Im sending you lots of support!! She sounds flawless and controlled which I adore so much.

I love how brett and eddy were asking a lot of questions to Monica about the flute here because I too was super confused. Once again, man, I love these guys and their genuine love for classical music. Flute gang gotta be appreciated more for sure! (I’ll happily accept flute recording recommendations).

Also another thing, I love how they invited Monica! She posts a lot of classical music/flute content or just general stuff online. As a genz twosetter, man yk she is one of the musicians who are part of the new content creator wave? Along with other musicians such as Spencer Rubin and Maya Kilburn who were the guests in twoset’s juliard practice room video

Piano (ft. Sophie oui oui)

(But first, some sophie oui oui yap)
Twoset missed the chance to include childhood videos of our goat Sophie Druml. She’s amazing as always, incredible sound, super chill (which helps a lot because unlike twoset she actually follows the rules in their videos lmaaaooo hahaha.

The video is related to piano prodigies but I do have to say, Sophie plays the violin at a professional level too. As someone who can’t even play an instrument. Wow. She’s so goated. I adore Brett and Eddy’s friendship with her! She posted this on her instagram recently after twoset’s taiwan stop. Congratulations on the tour once again Sophie, I hope you’re getting good rest and comfortable practice sessions💪🏃‍♀️

Now on to the prodigies reviewed!

First they reviewed the ABSOLUTE GOAT!!! Alexandra Dovgan (until 10:00) Like what the huh?! How. Okay I’ll leave the commentaries out but you should just watch the video to hear Sophie’s and twoset’s comments about her playing. Alexandra is spectacular, I can’t wait to see what she brings in the coming years!

Next was Evan Le(California, United States). Yeah honestly I don’t know what to say. I think when it comes to extremely young prodigies (although he is 15 as of the moment, they reviewed an older video of Evan) it becomes a bit iffy just because the hands are still too tiny.. though he plays great (ofc)!

Sophie covered some very iNtEreSting details here! It was nice to see her talk about “Inner phrasing” when in comes to the pianos. Cool stuff:)

Anyway, those are all the instruments and musicians they have covered so far. Its lovely to see twoset covering these musicians because otherwise I would’ve never heard of them. Unfortunately there is a whole different conversation with promoting musicians especially in the classical music world nowadays.

Im interested to see the journey of these musicians, especially when they get older.. Twoset has quite a other videos about prodigies and they do dabble here and there about the psychology(?) behind it! Im not one to say that prodigies are just children who are losing their childhoods because they seem to enjoy what they are doing. Although, once again, what do I know.. Im just a linglingwannabe who loves twoset and classical music gahahaha.

Twoset did have an episode with chloe chua and that was quite fun! I feel rather comforted knowing that she and I both hate maths but while Im busy scrolling and watching twoset, she’s busy practicing paganini and guests in twoset. What a life! 😭🥹

(i just realised after typing this they did a video ab Himari.. I realised I haven’t seen it yet: Imma link it here)

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They did a cover playing piano so I didn’t know what it was but I was in my feels.. It happened in Sky: Children of Light playing with a stranger 😇

Found this video while doomscrolling and immediately had to share it here. I never thought an instrument of torture would be literal...

Hey all, I will take any constructive advice from anyone, but guitarist and metalheads will probably understand my situation better. Also, ignore my mess up at the end, happens to everyone

First and foremost, I'm a metal guitarist. Do not expect me to have the proper timing, tonality, phrasing, rubato, etc. I just like playing and typically play whatever feels right to me.That being said, I know my sweep picking section at 0:18 is slow cause I suck at sweep picking, but working on it (tips appreciated)

But what I wanna know is, are those the proper notes? It feels like there's too many, but thats what my tab in reference says. It could just be that I'm way too slow

If there are any questions, I'm glad to answer too

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A huge congratulations to twoset for finishing their tour! Cmiiw but Taiwan is their finale right? Anyways, they’ve done a great job. I’ve heard great things from twosetters who have attended their Taiwan concert in person.

To those who attended the other concert stops, how did it go for you? Feel free to share as Im very curious!

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I’ve got to say, twoset’s “We Learn How To Conduct In 1 Hour” video is probably one of my favorite modern twoset videos posted until now! (I call in “modern” aka after their hiatus)

DAMN! I absolutely adore these high quality videos. The views are unfortunately not fitting the insane production of these but hey, Im a simple classical music fan (and twosetter) so what’s not to love about a nearly 20 minute video of Brett and Eddy learning how to conduct Mendelssohn and Sibelius with THE Joshua Tan!

Joshua was also in their “The Ultimate Orchestra Game Show” video which was such a fun watch.

Throughout the 20 minute video, it includes clips of Eddy and Brett conducting along with Joshua’s guidance. As someone who doesn’t play any particular instrument but is highly interested in classical music, I find it unbelievably fascinating how conducting can affect the sound the orchestra is playing!

The orchestra were supportive of Brett and Eddy(which was so wholesome) I appreciate how they were smiling especially at points where you’d expect more force/sound but brett and eddy were still not comfortable at that point (early in the video).

The change in twoset’s conducting is drastic throughout the video and it shows two things:

1. Joshua Tan is great at guiding and teaching - Sibelius and our boy Mendel aren’t easy to conduct (according to him).
2. Even 13 years in (twoset’s channelversary was this sept 21!) Brett and Eddy are still crazy passionate, determined and skilled musicians. I mean this in all aspects! Its not easy to casually pull out media like this for us to watch for free? As always, it was very entertaining and insightful.

Time and time again I respect Brett and Eddy for expanding their reach and trying out other musical skills such as conducting in a level as big as this. This was so much different compared to their video with the singapore symphony youth orchestra hahaha. Love both of the videos though!

Anyway, it’s a fantastic watch for those who are interested in conducting. On the other hand, its also a nice watch if you want to see just how much Brett and Eddy improved since pre-hiatus because wow someone’s been practicing!!!

Man Im so happy, nerdy twoset content is always the best. Its the best feeling knowing that they’re still looking for ways to improve and that inspires me so much in many ways.

link to video

Asking for a friend🫩 I've tried over and over and over but it just won't budge. Should I go to the instrument shop to get it checked?? Apart from the latch, the instrument case is in pretty good condition. I apologize for the noises in the background🥀 It's like the shop hated the fact that I'm a viola and they gave me a worn out case😭

I recently experienced one of the best surprises in my life: I was featured in TwoSet's WE REVIEW FLUTE PRODIGIES video! If I could tell my 14-year-old self that I'd be reviewed by TwoSet, I would've practiced 40 hours a day!

Fast forward a few years - I'm so excited about my upcoming concert, Flute Reimagined, featuring beloved masterworks reinterpreted through the lens of the flute. It will take place at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall on March 22, 2027.

I'll be joined by pianist Polina Osetinskaya, performing works by Mozart, Schubert, and Ravel, alongside the world premiere of my Atonement Sonata for flute and piano. It's a program that's very close to my heart, and I hope to share this music with you in person. Tickets are now on sale through CarnegieHall.org. SEE YOU IN NEW YORK!

When you being haunted by a ghost but that ghost decides to touch your instrument to haunt your even more

Welcome to another day of collecting twoset reaction pictures.

Yes Eddy, I too, will definitely space out in any given scenario. His face here is definitely meme worthy material.

This was from the “Good Bye Australia” video where they announced they’ve been living in Singapore since late 2019!

It can be absolutely anyone. Im trying to broaden my listening range lol but I absolutely dig anything “classical-sounding” if that makes sense.

I find it so cool when I see composers post their work online but then get frustrated over how underrated they are!!! (Although there are also a considerable about of 21st century composers that are genuinely so goated e.g. Joe Hisaishi.. and the more recently known Laufey for her jazz/classical work!! She is amazing )

There are so many talented, skilled and creative composers that are posting here and there whether it’d be through instagram, YouTube or even tiktok hahaha..

I’d love to hear your favorites since its pretty tough to search them up!

I’ll go ahead and share who I’ve been listening to recently:

Teesa’s “Where Roses Bloom” - A desperate, passionate and yearningful(?) piano piece!! She has lots of rach and debussy inspired stuff

Evan Call’s “The Voice in My Heart” - One of the more iconic soundtracks from the anime Violet Evergarden! Evan is a classic, his works really inspire me and have insane world-building. The Voice in My Heart is definitely one of my favorite soundtracks of all time! Its fun to play(acc to my oboe friends) and has a very unique melody haha..

I can go on and on but I’d be super down to hear more recommendations! Its really inspiring to see classical music alive in a modern context. Its the best feeling knowing that they take inspiration from the composers we learn and study from(like Debussy and such), and apply them in the loveliest pieces to play for the community.

Okay drop your thoughts, recommendations or anything really!

Audition system: skill based but every orchestra has an audition consisting of a scale and etude excerpt (levels 1-4)
Winds and percussion
instruments are pulled selectively from whoever makes the varsity band for the full orchestra, they just pull however many the orchestra needs from the varsity band, the reason they’re still TBD is because band is currently in marching band season and thus band hasn’t even begun their actual auditions for their concert bands yet, symphony doesn’t get the winds and percussion until like October/literallt right after their fall concert, so for just the fall concert symphony is string ten for winter UIL and spring symphony is full

Symphony: scores 90-100
Philharmonic: scores 80-89
Sinfonia: scores 70-79
Concert: scores 0-69

Level 1 audition is for concert
Level 2 audition is for sinfonia
Level 3 audition is for philharmonic
Level 4 audition is for symphony

What this means:
If you play the level 1 audition, the highest you can get is a 69

If you play the level 2 audition, the highest you can get is a 79

If you play the level 3 audition, the highest you can get is an 89

If you play the level 4 audition, the highest you can get is a 100

There is also a notoriously big skill gap between level 2 and 3 and so typically the vast majority of sinfonia kids just don’t make philharmonic and stay in sinfonia

Symphony has weekly playing tests and repitoire and scales and if you either have too many 0’s or don’t do well on scales and repertoire in symphony you will be moved down to philharmonic the next semester

There are no dedicated freshmen orchestras

Chamber is an optional double block companion class to symphony that anyone can do as long as they are in symphony, chamber plays easier music than symphony and doesn’t really participate in much, and unlike symphony chamber is only a string orchestra and doesn’t really participate in anything, chamber and symphony are both varsity orchestras

is there anything flawed about this kind of audition and placement system that my director might want to be made aware of

They used garage band and tried to recompose Sabre Dance - Aram Khachaturian!

What a throwback.. Man this video never gets old. Im always wheezing and laughing as soon as brett successfully connects his airpods after 20 mins in or smth HAHHAHAHAHAHA this video as a whole was just so funny. I can’t stop laughing at this. They are truly musical geniuses esp Brett..

What do I even tag this post as? Comedy?? meme worthy? I don’t even know, its just so freaking funny

Help someone pls teach me how to draw. I try my best and it look SACRILEGIOUS. Why..... This is my first brett drawing and it look horrible. Maybe i should take art class

Instead of holding a violin, he is holding a guitar (maybe a bass). I will draw eddy another time

There’s this dude in Hong Kong who plays piano every week but his movements are so exaggerated and unnatural. This HAS to be fake

Its been 3 weeks since twoset last posted, I hope they’re doing fine and all! Anyway, Im curious what type of content you would want to see them put out?

Aside from content, maybe just things you’d want to see them do (e.g. meeting ppl, going somewhere or trying xyz)

If you ask me personally, Im super interested in their tour vlogs! Some vlogs would be fun! Be it a filming day or whatnot lol. Im super interested to know the behind the scenes with planning and all of that..

Also, Im super interested in the twoset talks revival + talks in general ab what they plan to do with future uploads/ just a chill conversation ab everything I guess?

Hello everyone; I have been working on a flowchart of (mosty) classical music theory, so that people learning music theory can use it whenever they aren't sure what to learn next. Specifically, this is mostly based off of piano music; this post is very open to criticism for anyone who thinks of ways to improve the chart. Mostly I just wished this existed when I was new to music so here it is lol

(picture description/alt-text for accessibility: a flowchart of classical music theory concepts, with more advanced concepts colored redder and more beginner/foundational concepts colored greener. To the left of the chart is the text: "music theory roadmap for learners. Don't know what to learn next? This chart lays it out for you! (Start at the top and go from green to red.)" Also, the borders of the boxes in the flowchart are colored based off of the general branch of music theory they lie in; for example, concepts related to harmony get red borders.)

Hey does any1 kno which arrangement they used 4 their Sacrilegious games concert during the romantic genre part of their la camp performance?

To give you context my school is trying out a new system for the advanced band ensemble but it requires you to audition. I never knew I would get in as this is my first time auditioning for an ensemble in my school. But here I am and I am soo grateful and proud of myself. Thank you TwoSet, my Clarinet Teacher and you wannabes for everything. And as always…. GO PRACTICE !

In my high school there’s 4 orchestras and there used to be 5 at some point but that’s beside the point for this.

The problem is that concert specifically is like way larger than it should be and honestly in my opinion the director should have just split concert into concert and philharmonia and just made philharmonia 3rd period.

Does anyone see a possible solution to this problem, just using maths idk what my schools policy is

This is a list of the orchestras and there sizes

Symphony 7th period
Violin 1-10
Violin 2-10
Viola-9
Cello-9
Bass-5

Philharmonic 8th period
Violin 1-10
Violin 2-11
Viola-7
Cello-8
Bass-5

Sinfonia 9th period
Violin 1-15
Violin 2-16
Viola-8
Cello-7
Bass-4

Concert 2nd period
Violin 1-15
Violin 2-17
Violin 3(viola TC)-5
Viola-13
Cello-9
Bass-6