These are things I’ve been working on lately (click for bigger images)
The piano needs shades around it to keep the direct sunlight off. Continue reading »
Esther played the first movement of the Mendelssohn Violin concerto in E Minor for the Oak Park River Forest Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition yesterday.
As always, the issue with competitions is the competition; she was up against some other excellent violinists and one of them won. I thought it was some of Esther’s best violin playing ever and the chair of the orchestra seemed impressed. As he walked Esther out he said “nice job” and then to me “She’s really coming along!”
You can listen to the audio recording on Steve’s site.
Last week was a good week for Esther. Not only did she get to go to the White House, she was finished with her braces and had them taken off!
Here are photos from a) March 2008, before braces; b) August 2009 with them and c) this weekend – no braces!
(Click on the photos for somewhat larger versions, or go to flickr and click ‘All sizes’ above a photo to see the largest available)
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