A text from the kids' wonderful piano teacher, Becky. This note is such a great snapshot of their piano progress and their lives right now, I just needed to record it. The way the teacher talks about the kids . . . . it fills me with so much joy to know that others observe these great qualities and work to bring them out.
Hi Shannon.
It is great to have your children back to piano this week. We went over goals for the coming school year. Here’s a brief synopsis (I will send home a written copy of their goals the first week of September)
Anna: level 3A- 1st semester. 3B- 2nd semester. She likes popular music like “A thousand years” and Nasty Majesty” - her favorite instrument to play is flute and her least is piano! Ha! She’s doing well and I love her spunk!
Payton: he has just blossomed this past year- a light has gone on inside! He loves playing his downloads and his arrangements are amazing. He used to hate playing octaves- now he embraces them!!! We are looking forward to him playing his glockenspiel in our Oct rep class. He is finishing Level 4 in a couple of months and then jumping into level 5! He is also taking his 2nd year of HS credit!
Conner- our SENIOR! He wants to do some fun music this year - one of which is Clair De Lune by Debussy. Also, he wants to learn a duet with a young woman for a school concert in the spring- (talent show?) I have several pieces we will look at next Thursday. Conner will also study theory & technic exams level 9 this year. There are only 10 levels so you can see Conner is quite accomplished by studying the concepts found in these exams the last few years.
Your 3 children are talented, humorous, and diligent in their piano studies. Makes for wonderful piano students! Also, they enjoy each other. I love the friendship they share with one another at piano lessons.
Thank you Shannon.
