This is a bit late, but here is the link for the recital, for those of you who care....You can go here to watch the recital.
(His eager-beaver-bow cracked us up.)
I've been having some thoughts about kids and lessons and mommies and stuff. Hope I can get around to writing about it.
Recitals are so very important. They should be a big, formal, special ordeal (in my humble opinion).
and....This is maybe a sort-of secret (snicker...guess it isn't now), but my Dad has another book up his sleeve that our family is collaborating on. "Raising Musical Kids" - A book for Christian parents about how to deal with many aspects of music...from choosing a private music teacher to guiding your kids in what fills their ipod. Thoughts are swirling and I'm so excited about getting the writing going....
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PROGRAM:
From the Music Studios of
Jody Johnson and Sarah Fry
Winter Recital
2009Frankfort Bible Holiness Church
November 21, 2009
6:00 pm
A Song about Cats (duet)........................................................Faber
Banana Split........................................................................... Faber
Fur Elise..........................................................................Beethoven
Musette with Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah........... arr. Durgan
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas (duet)..............................................Bastien
Moonlight Music..................................................................Bastien
Jingle Bells................................................................. John Pierpont
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star...........................................Traditional
Rowing Together........................................................Wartberg/Fry
I’ve Got Music (duet)...............................................................Faber
Frère Jaques.....................................................................Folk Song
Wonderful, Merciful Savior (acc. J. Barnard)............Rodgers /Wyse
The Elf’s Silver Hammer..........................................................Faber
The First Noel....................................................Traditional English
Etude (acc. Sarah Fry)...........................................................Suzuki
Beaded Moccasins................................................................Bastien
A Quiet Song.........................................................................Alfred
In Chirst Alone (acc. Merilee Barnard)...................Getty/Townsend
Ode To Joy......................................................................Beethoven
Church Bells........................................................................ Bastien
Pachalbel’s Cannon in D.........................arranged by Rachel Maker
Student’s Concerto No. 2 – 1st Movement, Opus 13.........Fr. Seitz
The River Is In You...............................................................Yiruma
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“Music washes away from the soul
the dust of everyday life.”
:: Berthold Auerbach ::
Karissa is 5. She is one of those kids who....how should I put it....doesn't deal well with the patience of physical discomfort. This is, obviously, a major issue with the strength-building of the violin muscles. We press on. I actually think her muscles could be very natural at the violin (some are more than others, did you know?) But she has most-definitely not relaxed into the instrument yet. (major understatement)
Caiden is 3. He recently had a major practice meltdown with tears and everything...because " (pathetic sobbing) the biowin (violin) is swow (slow) moosic and I wike WILD moosic!" So after his practice session, I had to take him to Youtube to prove to him that the violin CAN play wild music. He said, "You're wight, mommy! It IS wild!!" It seemed to help. What a goober.
Okay...so we did this sortof-string quartet. Don't get too excited. It was Row, Row, Row Your Boat. Wouldn't win any musical honors.....But we had fun, anyway.
Oh mercy, mercy...what AM I going to do with that boy?
After I watched the recital video, my crazy self started feeling all worried and discouraged about how my own kids aren't progressing very quickly and how it seems all I'm getting done is the discipline of practice and how Karissa's bow arm angle wasn't right and blah, blah, blah.
But when we walked off the platform after our song, Karissa said excitedly, "Are we going to do it AGAIN?" De helped me to remember that that in itself is plenty of success for this stage.
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