Esther and I went to the finalists concert this afternoon. Judges were there listening and would decide which one of them would go on to play with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (in this concert they were accompanied by a pianist). There were five violinists, a viola player and a cellist who made it to the finals. They were all very impressive players. The cellist played [more]
Mar 152008
Mar 092008
In the afternoon we attended (most of) the violin teacher’s recital – Ben and Esther weren’t actually in this one. They’ll probably be in the May recital: Esther playing the last movement of the Beethoven Violin Concerto and Ben playing the last movement of the Tschaikowsky. In the evening we went to the piano teacher’s recital. It was the annual ensembles and concertos recital. In [more]
Ben participated in these two days ago. I thought he played the best he’d ever played his piece (the last movement of the Brahms Violin Concerto) but he didn’t make it to the finals or honorable mention list. He was presumably competing against the best 13-16 year old string players in the state – who wouldn’t want to be a soloist with the Chicago Symphony [more]
Feb 232008
Ben participated in the regional finals of the North Suburban Math League competition today. He tied first for individual, came first for calculator round and was second in the two person round. So he will go onto the state competition in April for individual and calculator. Ben’s judges’ comments from the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition arrived today. He was surprised and pleased to discover [more]
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