Christmas Piano Recital

 i have been teaching piano for about 18 months now. i have nine of the best students! all 3 of my girls are taking. lucy, is taking very informally. i typically don't like to start teaching until kids can read... but lucy gets her feelings hurt when i teach katie and julia, and not her.

(sorry the files are not all together! don't forget to come back to see how all 3 of them performed!)

we had our christmas recital on tuesday night. lucy can't read music.. so typically she just plays a couple of notes on the piano and we call it good. she decided that she wanted to play in the christmas recital because everyone else was... i said, 'lucy, what are you going to play?" and she said, "2-3-2-3" (those are finger placements on the piano) i thought there was no harm in giving her a turn at the recital.... click here for the outcome.

katie was next. katie practiced every time she passed the piano. she did a fabulous job also! click here to watch.

and julia. oh, julia. the sunday before the tuesday the recital was scheduled, julia had a melt down about how she hated her song, etc..etc.. so i said, "well, pick a new one and if you can't play it by tuesday you won't play at all!" julia is motivated by competition. she practiced without whining... and surprised even me.... click here to see for yourself.

i love music. it is a huge source of therapy for me. i hope my kids grow up with the same love and appreciation for it!

~s