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Happy Birthday Joanie!!!!
Friday, March 20, 2020
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Monday, December 09, 2019
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Friday, July 05, 2019
Sunday, April 07, 2019
Oboe recital April 3 2019
Warning, this video is almost 6 minutes long!
This recital got off to a bad start when I arrived a good 15 mins early only to discover it had already begun and we had even missed Estelle's "spot" in the program!
Estelle's professor had moved up the recital by 30 mins and Estelle had sort of slipped thru the cracks to be told about it because of her juggling other rehearsals for other concerts.
Anyways, no big deal but she was a bit rattled by it all and things got off to a rocky start when she began to play. My filming as you'll note ALSO began poorly since I was stuck in a corner of the room balancing between chairs etc due to my late entrance.
All in all, not her best work but not bad for someone who had been in a cast just 3 weeks prior and hadn't played for a month before that!
Sunday, January 27, 2019
Wednesday, December 05, 2018
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Saturday, June 09, 2018
Estelle - oboe ensemble at Music Camp
At the beginning of May, the girls spent 5 days at music camp at a spot right on the water about 1.5 hrs from Nice, near Toulon. Estelle's oboe group played many numbers. This is one!
Léna - Romance en Ré Mineur - Guy Destanque
Same recital as my other post. This is a piece published in 1978. I moved to the back of the room to not have her backlit so much. I winged at one or two light mistakes then heard other kids play the same song and realized she was doing pretty good comparatively!
Hard to know when you're a parent but not a musician if your kid is doing well or not. This recitals are a good reality check - for better & for worse!
Léna - Songe de Roi Arthur - Hamid Medhebeur
On Monday, Léna had a recital. She played two pieces. The first one is rather long.
She was the first student to play of the whole recital and it was a bit rushed so I wasn't prepared to film.
Apologies for the quality, I had many distractions.
At one point you see a boy (long hair, but yes it is a boy) so inspired by
Léna's playing that he floated about as a bird, climbed up on the
little stage in front of the piano, was scolded, then returned to his
seat.
Léna amazingly did not break concentration though everyone else did! Bravo.
She was the first student to play of the whole recital and it was a bit rushed so I wasn't prepared to film.
Apologies for the quality, I had many distractions.
At one point you see a boy (long hair, but yes it is a boy) so inspired by
Léna's playing that he floated about as a bird, climbed up on the
little stage in front of the piano, was scolded, then returned to his
seat.
Léna amazingly did not break concentration though everyone else did! Bravo.
Friday, May 04, 2018
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Estelle's Recital: Sur les Bords de la Vistuve - Ciesla
Estelle had 2 lessons to prepare this piece. I had one of those moments where I sat there and all the obligations whirling around me, the commitments and work and stress just halted, suspended and me, ice queen of emotion when it comes to my kids, got teared up thinking when did this happen that she learned to play like this....
Thursday, June 29, 2017
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