Piano Recital 2010!

Last night was the culmination of several months worth of piano lessons and piano practicing. Why do I write it like that? Well, because, I gave some of the piano lessons, and I had to listen to the practicing of the girls at home!!

Below are the pics of the recital itself:




Yes, I'm definitely "proud" (I use that term loosely Aldergrove bible study ladies!) ....of their effort! Alanna played a grade 3 piece "Musette in D Major" by Bach, and as well, she played a piece that she composed with 2 friends. One of those friends actually came that evening, and sang the song with her. They titled it "Set Me Free". Very impressed that those girls actually went through with it! She played both pieces by memory.
Danielle played three pieces, and also played them all by memory. She is almost finished the beginners series, and soon will be moving on to the Introductory book of the Celebration series (formerly known as the Royal Conservatory).

My 4 students - J, E and L (nieces) and R (friend's daughter) all had lessons from the beginning of January onwards. So, a little less time than everyone else. And yet, they all did well! The two youngest did it all from memory (R and L) ....and the other two needed their books for 1 piece each. Over all, I'm "proud" of what they accomplished!

And yes, to be truthful, I am glad we're done with piano. I've been giving lessons for about 4-5 years now? Can't quite remember. It's definitely not my passion. I LOVE playing, I love music, I love to sing, I love to direct choir, but I definitely don't love teaching piano. Not sure why. I will not be continuing on in the fall because my new job just won't allow for it. But I do hope that each of my students can carry on with someone else and take their musical talent a bit further!

Here's a couple video of my daughters playing:
(excuse the first video of danielle .... Nick V behind me was whispering "don't hold the camera that way, it won't look good on the screen!" ...so I slowly turned it) :-)