Steph teaches Kate. (Have I not done a blog post titled, "Never Teach Your Own Child Piano Lessons"? I should. I'm grateful every day that such a competent pianist is willing to teach my child so I don't have to.) Kate played "The Snow Castle Waltz" by Melody Bober, and she did a really nice job. This is, by far, the hardest thing she's played. She came home with the music a couple of months ago and said, "...and I'm going to use the PEDAL!" Sometimes I forget how exciting these musical milestones can be.
Recital days make me a bundle of nerves! I want my students to well, and just as importantly, I want the PARENTS of my students to think they are doing well. I think I am just as nervous when a student of mine performs as when I perform myself.
It was a relief for all of us when it was over, then. I usually book the recital hall for 2 hours and have 2 separate recitals, but when I booked this year, only a 90 minute block was available, so I had to have just one. long. recital. I felt very grateful that so many people came and supported we teachers and cheered on their kids.
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Leighton has recently started piano lessons, and not only because I began to plot my death by slamming my head in the piano lid over and over and over!!!! Yes, you should NEVER give your own child piano lessons when there are perfectly competent people who can and do enjoy teaching your child.
Kate was fabulous! And I totally agree on never teach your own child. I've tried to teach a little violin to Lucy but it's been pretty much an epic fail. Most of the money I make teaching voice goes right back to the studio to pay for the 3 kids' piano lessons, but it's totally worth it to me.
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