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Violet just had her last recital with the Junior Music Course in Yamaha. This semester will be the end of her group lessons. We really liked Yamaha. It was too slow and too easy, but Violet enjoyed the group lessons. She was always with older kids, and the school was flexible about moving her ahead a class or giving her different solo pieces. They have a strong ear training component, and the kids work on rhythm and intervals, and singing solfege. We would have pulled Violet from the group lessons last year, when she was clearly going faster than her class, but she felt strongly after leaving public school that she wanted to keep her piano class, and it was easy enough to oblige. I do look forward to her private lessons, though we are not yet settled on a teacher. I think it will be interesting to see what she does when she is not motivated by besting the other students or sitting in a lesson waiting for the others to catch up. First photo: The new barrette purchased to minimize hair-fussing during the recital.  Second photo: Playing 'Arabesque.' Violet's was the last solo of the recital -- she was pretty pleased to be the last pianist featured.  Third photo: The group playing "Endless Journey," a rhythm piece.  |
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Posted by Anonymous
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