Esme’s violin teacher, Ms Cami, hosted a recital tonight. She also invited Sloane and Soren to come perform, since Mr Finch hasn’t been in the habit of hosting recitals in the past year. Corbin also could have played on a whim, but his most recently polished piece is the Concerto for Two Cellos, and we did not have anyone available to play the duet on no notice. But Esme, Sloane, and Soren each had a lovely recital tonight. Cami had an accompanist there and since we just sort of sprung this whole recital on the kids anyway, she also had them play with piano accompaniment cold right then and there in the performance. They adjusted really well.
Soren played Sonata in e minor by Vivaldi, from Suzuki book 5. His tone and vibrato are getting better every day. It was fun to hear Soren play this piece as a 7th grader that Quincy played in 9th grade and Corbin played at the end of 8th. I hope Soren continues to practice diligently, it really shows in his technique and sound. Surprising him with hearing and playing with piano accompaniment for the very first time during the performance was probably not the move. I think he will keep working on this piece and perform it in the spring with some practice and maybe rehearsing using a metronome. I wish I had prepped him by telling him to just play, and accompaniment will follow. There were a few spots where he tried to speed up to catch the piano part.
This was a great experience for all three of them because it was so casual and supportive.
Diligence pays off! Way to go, kids!
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