Spring 2018 Piano Recital

The kids had their piano recital at the beginning of May and they did a wonderful job!  Jack and Eliza both learned new pieces after their solo festival in February and I was proud of them for getting them ready so quickly.  It was a mad dash to finish preparing at the end, but they ended up getting it all together.

None of these kids love that they have to play piano, but they work on it anyway and I'm really proud of how far they've come.

Eliza started learning Zip-a-Dee-Do-Dah in the fall but we decided she wouldn't be able to finish it in time for the solo festival, so she substituted a simpler piece for the festival and took a break from Zip-a-Dee-Do-Dah, beginning work on it again in February.  She really enjoyed it, and her Ecossaise in G by Beethoven was really fun too.  Eliza had asked her teacher if she could play and let everyone in the audience sing Zip-a-Dee-Do-Dah at the recital, and Sarah agreed but we never practiced it or talked about it again.  Eliza was surprised and elated to be able to accompany everyone on it during the recital and she did a great job!

Jack was excited to finally learn a piece from Harry Potter.  It was very long and he really tried to learn all 6 pages, but at the last minute we decided it would be better to cut it down.  He was disappointed, but still enjoyed it.  And he performed it memorized!

Cat ended up playing the same pieces she performed at the solo festival and rocked them once again!

We take piano very seriously in our family.