Ben played very well on both piano and violin at the High School concerto competition. The three (equal) winners out of the ten competitors were Ben on violin, Robin on piano (Robin has the same piano teacher and played very well) and Cara on violin (different teacher, she has a very nice tone and vibrato). …
Ben qualified for the High School Concerto Competition finals on two instruments (piano – Liszt Piano Concerto no. 1 and violin – Shostakovich Violin Concerto no. 1, 3rd movement cadenza plus 4th movement). The competition is tonight and there are eight other people in it. He also qualified for West Suburban Symphony Orchestra’s Concerto Competition …
I was in the hospital for a couple of nights last week – my doctor asked me to go to the ER Monday evening because I had a low fever, high heartrate and high white count. Since I’m on 2 immunosuppressants for Crohn’s Disease, any infection is potentially serious and she wanted to make sure …