Piano Recital

Finally, last Friday May 18th was the annual spring recital for my piano students. I had 24 of my 28 students particiate--I was very excited to have such a good turnout. All of them did really well and it was fun to hear other people comment on the progress they had made since the last recital. All their hard work paid off. I hope that many of them were inspired to practice more after hearing some the more advanced students play.




I was so grateful to my parents and several of my friends who came beforehand and stayed afterward to help. I definately have a greater appreciation for all the work that goes into any event of this kind and for the piano teacher I had growing up who had 3 or more recitals a year! I think two is enough for me. :)


Here are most of my students and I--two had to leave before the end of the recital. Also, the littlest boy in the plaid shirt infront--Charles Simpson--is not my student, but wants to be. ;) He gets up on the piano bench every week when I arrive at his house to teach his brothers. Sometimes he even cries when his mom takes him off. A couple of times I have played a song or pretended to teach him from a book for a few minutes to make him feel better. I wish some of my real students were that excited about lessons. :)