Middle School Concert
I've said before that the last six weeks of the school year are like the last two minutes of a fireworks show - they seem to fire off half of the shells at the end. Last week we had one more in a long line of end-of-the-year events - Nick's band concert.
Nick's brief musical career has already been varied and distinguished. He has played recorder, piano, viola, and trumpet at school so far, and has been learning a little guitar on the side. He was first chair viola at one of his concerts last year, and has often been chosen to serve as an instrumentalist for school events.
Here is our boy on the trumpet at his concert last Thursday, with his wonderful music teacher Chris Buzby conducting:
With Anna on the violin, Nick roaming around the entire orchestra, and Maria coming along fast with her piano lessons, we have an entire house full of musicians! I'm planning to join their ranks myself - I've arranged with Maria's piano instructor to take lessons this summer. I've always wanted to learn how to read and play music. Having all these budding musicians around has given me just the push I needed to make it happen.
Nick's brief musical career has already been varied and distinguished. He has played recorder, piano, viola, and trumpet at school so far, and has been learning a little guitar on the side. He was first chair viola at one of his concerts last year, and has often been chosen to serve as an instrumentalist for school events.
Here is our boy on the trumpet at his concert last Thursday, with his wonderful music teacher Chris Buzby conducting:
With Anna on the violin, Nick roaming around the entire orchestra, and Maria coming along fast with her piano lessons, we have an entire house full of musicians! I'm planning to join their ranks myself - I've arranged with Maria's piano instructor to take lessons this summer. I've always wanted to learn how to read and play music. Having all these budding musicians around has given me just the push I needed to make it happen.
