Recitals and Concerts and A Few New Blogs
We have had a busy month with many of the kids performing in concerts and recitals! While we'll touch a little on these events with some pictures, if you'd like to see more, you can click on the links to go to their music blogs.
Caleb had his fall piano recital. He played March Militaire by Schubert. While he did well, it was the longest recital we have ever been to lasting over 2 hours long. True, the performers were all spectacular, but it was just very very very long, especially when you are a little boy who is 2nd to the youngest student and so plays 2nd in a concert of like 16 performers, and with the oldest ones performing songs over 20 minutes long.
I suppose someday it will be Caleb who is playing the forever long songs at the end, but anyway, if you'd like to see more of Caleb's performance, you can see it on his piano blog if you click here.
This year, Micah has started Junior High and auditioned and made it into their Jazz Band. We have been so proud of him as he is one of only two 7th graders in the whole band and not knowing much about jazz guitar, he has come a long way and been learning a lot.
The day after Caleb's piano recital, Micah had his debut Jazz Band performance at the Junior High School. He looked so cute in his little white bow tie with all black.
He did really well, although we couldn't hear the guitars over all the other instruments. At times Micah really got into the music and he looked awesome among the other students.
If you'd like to see more of Micah and his awesome performance as well as updates of his current guitar songs, you can see it all on his musical blog or by clicking here.
Another performance we got to go to this month was Micah's first choir concert for the Junior High School. He is in an all boy choir of 7th graders this year.
Now please don't judge me, but really, I don't think many of these boys can sing. I think a few are pretty tone deaf, and maybe I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and say that it's because many of their voices are changing as to the reason that they all sounded very monitone, but it was actually kind of neat. Among all these boys who seemed to be droning the same note when the piano was actually playing a melody for them to sing, we could hear our little Micah's voice and we could hear he was singing the actual tune that you should have been hearing.
Sing louder boy!!!
I suppose many of these boys had to sign up for this arts credit and they couldn't get into anything else, and maybe it was their first experience with singing, but hopefully they will sound better as the year goes on.
We will hope at least. I would put a video clip on here, but I don't want you to be so horrified.
Anyway, we'll have many recitals and concerts to come, but we might not always put them on our family blog. Remember you can always check out our other blogs, especially the kids. Caleb and his piano blog, Micah and his musical blog, and don't forget Jewelia has her violin and singing blog. Plus, there is the kids' dancing blog.
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