Choir and band concerts

So far the younger kids have had their choir and band concerts. The first one was with the elementary school. Corbyn was the only one performing this time. He participated in the choir and seemed to have a lot of fun doing so. The kids did a great job singing. The 4^th graders for band and orchestra were definitely beginners but moving along. The 5^th graders had moved on to some challenging music for them.

The following week we attended the band concerts with the middle school where Jade participates and plays the flute. She is progressing nicely and getting more confident with her flute playing. In the 6^th grade band there were 75 students, in the concert band (7^th and 8^th graders) they had 110 students playing. The middle school really pushes and challenges the kids with the music they are learning to play.

Our next concert coming up will be Celidah’s orchestra concert. We are looking forward to seeing the differences between the elementary, middle, and high schools music programs here.

In our house music practice gets quite interesting at times with all the kids learning to play something. Zach and Ellie are working on the piano until they get a bit bigger and Ellie is also working with the xylophone. Jairon will  start with the clarinet as soon as we get a pad for the one missing pad, until then he is working with the piano for now. Corbyn has been learning to play his dad’s bassoon. Then we have Jade with the flute, and Celidah’s main focus this year is her violin.

However, our newest instrument collection piece is the cello we now have. Frank has been practicing on his bassoon as well as learning to play the cello and Jade is so excited we have a cello in the house. This has been her favorite instrument since she was in the 2^nd grade. Well she is working on teaching herself how to play the cello using YouTube videos. This child really wants to learn the cello as well.

The kids are getting better with focusing on their instrument sound when all kids are working on something. However, with each child at a different level we get some rather interesting sounds right now in the house. Yet, this is fun to watch the kids learning to play and so excited about progressing.