How he looked.

How he felt!

August 19, 2011 4:50 p.m.

Okay, it is time for the update on music plans for this year.  This year, there is

beaucoup de musique

buckets of music

Boo-Koos of music  …. 

for both my musicians to learn.

Our violin teacher is always at work behind the scenes dreaming up multiple labors for my children to slog through  use as a means of developing their musical skills and raising the bar annually.  Her scheming planning begins as early as the evening of the final competition and/or recital for the season.  This year is no exception. 

I’ll begin with Sweet Girl’s musical “plate”.  Besides being new in an orchestra this year, Miss S has Sweet Girl moving along on these pieces:

1. She is finishing up Book 3 of the Suzuki series right now as she polishes up Bach Bourree – allegro (piece #7 in the book).

2. For Federation next winter/spring, she will be playing a Rondo by J.F. Dandrieu for her required solo piece.

3. She will be playing Bourree and Minuet by Hasse for her elective solo piece, also for Federation.

4. She hasn’t announced it yet, but she might be planning a concerto piece for Sweet Girl’s first attempt at competing with a concerto piece.  We shall see.  Hopefully this will be the year that Sweet Girl perfects her vibrato as well.

Now here is the musical plan for Chips.  Chips, too, has joined orchestra, and has been selected as the Concertmaster for the orchestra he is in (hence the photos above).  I am not sure what impact this is going to have on his musical workload this year.  Again, we shall see…..  I think he will be very, very busy.

Other music on Chips’ “plate” includes ..

1. MTNA Junior String Performance Competition – first time Chips is old enough for this.  Miss S says it is a “prestigious competition”.  Not sure what that means, but he will be playing three pieces by memory, one after the other.  They will be:

Haydn Violin Concerto No. 2, 1st mvt., allegro moderato

J.S. Bach Partita II, 4th mvt., “Giga”, BWV 1004

Paganini Cantabile in D major (a piece with a million shifts!!)

This competition is going to be in November, but I am not saying in what city it is going to be held.  Ha!

2. In addition, he will be studying Dancla’s Air Varie Op. 89,  No. 5 as his elective Solo piece for Federation in 2012.  As well as hopefully recycling two of his MTNA pieces for Federation.

Unless, of course, Miss S has other tortures ideas planned.

That’s my musical update!  I am hoping for a good musical year in our family!