Hi,
I'm Ethan Lenczycki, currently a music education student at the University of South Florida. I am looking in the future to enter in competitions such as IET, or Falcone.
One of my biggest weaknesses is maintaining a steady pulse throughout a piece and I have been working with my professor on it for over a year. It's certainly improved over the past year but it's getting to the point where it's not where it's supposed to be. It's been quite a frustrating time as I'm really trying to get better at it.

My professor told me that this weakness is the only thing holding me back. We came to the conclusion that I may be overthinking it far too much and not focusing on feeling the beat instead. Currently he has me listening to recordings alongside piano accompaniment parts for my pieces. With a focus on feeling the tempo internally and keeping it all throughout. Alongside that, I often record myself with and without a metronome. I also verbally count my parts with the subdivisions.

I forgot to mention that I play Euphonium.

Any help or other advice is much appreciated!