Recital Time

Our next studio recital is in two days.   My students from Book 1 will be performing their solo pieces at 2 pm at the Allen County Public Library downtown theater.   I am proud of all their achievements.  I think this might be the best semester my students have had.  

  

Recitals are such a great learning experience for all of us.  Recitals teach important skills, unique skills.  Such as:

1.  Public Presentation. 

2.  Personal Confidence. 

3.  Concentration under Pressure.

4.  Professional Preparation. 

5.  Memory.

6.  Collaboration.

One of the best things about my recitals is how young and inexperienced all the performers are.  Years from now, if they continue studying and performing, they are going to be highly experienced when they are performing difficult works, and when they are in judged competitions and auditions.   

By the way, while I am bragging here:  all of my students and former students who have auditioned for college, orchestras, or lessons with advanced teachers, have succeeded in those auditions.  One former student, and one current student are now concertmasters of their youth or school orchestras, and two of my younger beginners (age 7 now) are playing in middle school orchestras.  All students who have moved or "moved on" have gone straight into the studios of university-level teachers.   

Do you know what I think of when I consider these successes? Months of lessons on "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."