The Symphony

Sergey Sukhobrusov Photo copyright the Federal Way Symphony  Bernadette’s violin teacher plays for the Federal Way Symphony and the Rainier Symphony. She encourages her students to attend these or another symphonies’ concerts. After looking at the schedule and reading that a guest violinist would be performing in Federal Way, my husband agreed to accompany my two oldest daughters to…

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June Piano Recital

Summer Day by Jean Baptiste Duvernoy Sonatina in C MajorOp. 792, No. 8 by Carl Czerny My daughters’ piano teacher is retiring. I know that the girls will miss having her as their teacher (so will I). She has a gift for working with children and knowing how to motivate them.

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Piano Recital

Yesterday evening, my two eldest had their first piano recital of the year. As usual, they were a little nervous. They made a couple of mistakes, but recovered fairly well. Both girls can play their pieces perfectly when not in front of an audience, but music is to be shared, so I am thankful for…

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Children’s Music

Ever since I can remember, my children have referred to classical music as “children’s music”. They will invariably ask to listen to children’s music when we are driving somewhere. Recently, as I took my two eldest to a birthday party, Patrick exclaimed, “Mommy, I really like this children’s music. Can we listen to it again?”…

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