{End of Summer Recital}

One of my favorite parts of life right now is running my piano studio!  I look forward to lessons and love the look on a student's face when they nail a song.  Hopefully I am helping some of these kids start a lifelong journey filled with music.

As the great composer Sergei Rachmaninoff said - "Music is enough for a lifetime -- but a lifetime is not enough for music."

Teaching really pays off when I see my students perform.  It can be so intimidating for these young kids to get up and play the piano in front of a large audience (hey, it's still intimidating for me) so I LOVE when they overcome their fears and share their musical talent. 

This past week we had our end of summer recital.  They all worked so hard and you can tell by the smiles on their faces it meant a lot to them!  Or maybe they were just relieved to be done - either way - it was fabulous!  

Here are some of the pictures of my talented kids!  I consider myself pretty lucky to be their teacher! 

Cute Abi played "Give Said the Little Stream."

Trent & Rora - brother and sister duo - Trent composed his own piece that was SO impressive!

Anora memorized "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and can sing it while playing.

Ellie opened our recital by playing "Angel of Music" from Phantom of the Opera

Sisters Sophie and Liz.  Sophie did awesome (her first recital) and Liz wowed the audience with William Tell's "Get Away" song.

Sofia played "Twinkle Twinkle" 

These two take lessons together and have been with me since I opened my studio a year and a half ago!  They are so much fun and great friends

Serenity just turned four.  She played the "I Love You" song from Barney

This was Marcus' first recital - He did a wonderful job of "Old MacDonald"

Elijah also performed for the first time - he memorized a song called "Gee We're Glad" and played several different variations of the piece.

Garry is one of my most advanced students!  He combined two songs called "Hoe Down" and "Square Dance" - it sounded awesome!

Sweet Lydia's parents are away on a vacation to Scotland - and she still made the effort to be at the recital and perform BEAUTIFULLY!  

Rachel worked hard to memorize a song called "Waltz Time."  She has improved sooo much since she started lessons!  I love teaching her.

LOVE this picture of Kenzie taking a bow.  She knew she nailed her song ;)

Chase went the extra mile and learned a duet this time!  I loved to play the song with him. 

Some students got cut out.. oops! Grateful for all these fun kiddos!