Celebration Concert

Last week was a busy week. It ended with the girls performing in the LDS Conference center as part of an 2000 person ensemble with violins, pianos, violas, cellos, basses, flutes and voice. It was awesome to be a part of and there is nothing so inspiring as seeing young people play music together! The last song was written just for this event and was not an easy piece as it was very orchestral (meaning they had to learn parts not just melody with long measures of rest in between and synchopated latin rhythms.) However it sounded great! Grandma and Dad came to watch. Where was mom?

Well I was down in the front with the 10 grand Steinway pianos helping seat students. For the last 3 weeks, I've been part of rehearsals for a Ten Piano concert that occured the night before and part of which was repeated at the big Gala event. I coached a couple of the songs and some of my students participated as well. Lots of work but well worth it!