Recital time

Here are a few pics of Evan and Grace at their music recital in February. They are both in Music For Young Children lessons, where they learn piano as well as doing some singing, rhythm instruments, solfege, and other things. I like MYC because the lessons are parent participating so I am learning along with them (and wishing I hadn't given up on piano lessons when I was younger.)

Grace's class singing their song together

We have a different MYC teacher this year and she requires each child to introduce themselves before playing their pieces on the piano, which is something last year's teacher did not ask. Any of you who know Grace at all, understand that this was a huge deal for her. When we first found out that she was going to have to talk in front of everyone in her class (never mind all the parents at the recital) she freaked out and wouldn't do it. After much encouragement and practice at home, Grace was feeling pretty confident and she got up and spoke clearly into the microphone, saying her name and the titles of the songs she would be playing. We were so proud of her!



Here's Evan playing his songs. He did a great job too, despite feeling nervous the day of the recital. We weren't worried about Evan because he's usually a very confident guy, but he was actually more nervous than Grace was when it came time to go to the recital.

Evan's class playing a rhythm ensemble with wood blocks.