Both Ben and Esther did very well in piano guild this year. They always do well but this year they got the highest scores they’ve ever had. Their teacher encourages them to play 10 guild pieces so they will get a national guild award certificate. Esther was the only one of her students who chose to do 15 pieces this year and get an international [more]
May 162009
Download video Esther’s school orchestra playing The Godfather Last night we went to Esther’s final school orchestra concert at her middle school. The video is of them playing the theme from The Godfather. Esther was concertmaster for this concert. She’s just to the left of the conductor, with the black headband. About two thirds of the way through Esther has a solo – she plays [more]
May 092009
Download Sarasate Download Prokofiev Esther playing Sarasate Ben playing Prokofiev Ben and Esther played in a violin recital this afternoon. Ben played the first movement of Prokofiev’s 2nd violin concerto and Esther played Zapateado by Sarasate (accompanied by Ben on the piano).
Download Rachmaninoff Download Turina Ben playing Rachmaninoff Esther playing Turina Download Barber Ben playing Barber Last night Ben and Esther’s piano teacher held a small recital in the Fazioli recital hall downtown which (of course) has a Fazioli grand piano in. Fazioli pianos are largely handmade and very high quality and Ben and Esther said it was very nice to play.
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