We went to River’s school concert tonight. She played a duet she’s been working on with her friend Grace.
At the End of the Rainbow
She recently joined the strings ensemble. They played this piece:
Olga Square Dance
Finally, River is also in the choir and they sang a few songs as well.
Simple Melody by Irving Berlin
and
To the [...]
There has been a lot of music in our house recently.
River and her friend Grace put together a duet for their school house performance called an “Evening with Tedder”. Apparently, they practiced during breaks at school. I was very impressed with their effort and I thought it came together pretty well, though they seem to [...]
One of Gail’s friends in their neighborhood has a beautiful baby grand piano and she generously offered to let the kids come down the street to play one morning.
It was really nice to hear everyone play. Evie and Henry have been playing for a couple years now, I think, and are both excellent musicians.
They all [...]
River has been singing in a chorus at school and I went to hear them sing carols last week. They sounded beautiful!
We’ve all been very busy recently. Here are some of the piano pieces River has been playing recently. Actually, I think she’s just been playing these from one of her books rather than learning them for her lessons.
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
The Can-Can
We had been learning Spanish in Massachusetts, but the kids have started French at Foremarke. [...]
We spent last weekend camping at a festival near Ashbourne, just into the southern end of the Peak District. Although it has dried up significantly from the previous weeks flooding, it had been raining fairly regularly last week and the festival was inundated with mud. Someone commented that you can tell how good a festival [...]
Now that school has gone into full swing, the kids have started some of the extra-curricular activities. River is taking up violin in addition to her piano lessons. Sage is continuing with her cello and ballet and is planning to start choir and recorder group lessons.
River started playing hockey in PE. [...]
We’ve been back in Massachusetts for about three weeks now. River has been enjoying playing our new piano, especially this piece, a rocking version of an old favorite. Grana is playing the accompaniment.
Old MacDonald Had to Rock
I just saw that my old friend Chris has a new recording available. Check out some of the his music and perhaps order the cd at chrisjamison.com.
Sage reported her first cello lesson was great! She was very excited to show us what she had learned. This is the first piece in her music book.
River started a drama course today. They are planning a production of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”. She’s also [...]
