Music In the Air---But I Missed It!
The last two evenings, my younger son played his upright bass in concerts at his school. Unfortunately, I was working both nights and missed the performances. My husband was able to go, though, so I am borrowing the photos he took for this post.
On Monday night, he played with the junior high orchestra at their spring concert. Last night the eighth graders were invited to join the high school orchestra on stage for their spring concert. He is in the center of this photo on stage at the Arts Center holding his bow down to his side and waiting for the cue from the director to be ready to play.
You may remember a previous post when I mentioned that he was auditioning for a scholarship for summer strings camp. At last night's high school concert, the winner was announced. No, he wasn't the one chosen, but his girl friend was! In this next picture, he is making a pretend pout face because he didn't win and she did. Actually, he was very happy for her, as we all were.
She is a sweet, smart, and talented young lady and very deserving of the award. She plays violin and piano, and will be going to the same summer strings camp as my son at Bowling Green State University with her violin. She was given a trophy that she is holding in this picture to go along with the scholarship check. They have been teasing each other back and forth for a while now about the fact that they were both competing for the scholarship money.
On the left in the photo below is the orchestra director for both the high school and the middle school students. There was a reception for the orchestra students with refreshments served in the gymnasium after the concert. That is where this photo was taken.
Although I wasn't able to attend these two concerts, I am glad that they went well and that my son's girlfriend won the scholarship.
My son, his girlfriend, and three other students are considering the idea of forming a quintet with him as bassist, a cellist, two violinists, and a viola player. They want to practice together and get a repertoire of songs together that they can play well, and then make themselves available for hire to perform at weddings, club meetings, and other such gatherings. It is still in the "talking about it" stage right now, but I really hope they follow through with it, because I think it is a great idea and would be a fantastic opportunity for them.
On Monday night, he played with the junior high orchestra at their spring concert. Last night the eighth graders were invited to join the high school orchestra on stage for their spring concert. He is in the center of this photo on stage at the Arts Center holding his bow down to his side and waiting for the cue from the director to be ready to play.
You may remember a previous post when I mentioned that he was auditioning for a scholarship for summer strings camp. At last night's high school concert, the winner was announced. No, he wasn't the one chosen, but his girl friend was! In this next picture, he is making a pretend pout face because he didn't win and she did. Actually, he was very happy for her, as we all were. She is a sweet, smart, and talented young lady and very deserving of the award. She plays violin and piano, and will be going to the same summer strings camp as my son at Bowling Green State University with her violin. She was given a trophy that she is holding in this picture to go along with the scholarship check. They have been teasing each other back and forth for a while now about the fact that they were both competing for the scholarship money.
On the left in the photo below is the orchestra director for both the high school and the middle school students. There was a reception for the orchestra students with refreshments served in the gymnasium after the concert. That is where this photo was taken.
Although I wasn't able to attend these two concerts, I am glad that they went well and that my son's girlfriend won the scholarship. My son, his girlfriend, and three other students are considering the idea of forming a quintet with him as bassist, a cellist, two violinists, and a viola player. They want to practice together and get a repertoire of songs together that they can play well, and then make themselves available for hire to perform at weddings, club meetings, and other such gatherings. It is still in the "talking about it" stage right now, but I really hope they follow through with it, because I think it is a great idea and would be a fantastic opportunity for them.
