A Harmonious Combination : a dream come true with an orchestra.

Monday, January 7, 2013

a dream come true with an orchestra.

Alexandra & her partner Nat tuning up and getting ready to head on to the stage to perform.

As parents we all want our children to succeed and to do their very best in the things that they love. Whether it's a favorite subject at school, a sport that they love, or an instrument that they love playing. With our love, help, words of encouragement, & continued support our children can succeed to their highest potential.

Alexandra has been playing the violin for almost five years now, and has had three different teachers. She has learned something different from every one of them, and has taken those lessons and experiences that they have taught her with her as she continues to play the violin.

As I have sat in on her lessons for the past year and a half with her current teacher Ms. Madeline I myself have learned a lot as well. Witnessing the student develop a relationship with their teacher is very important. I have learned that if the teacher has passion for music, so will the child.

I am so grateful that she has learned so much within the past five years when it comes to music, the composers, and her instrument. She has a lot of passion for music and you can feel it as she plays.

The concert was beautiful, and everyone played exceptionally well. I was very impressed, and I knew that they would sound amazing.

Just listen for yourself:

The conductor had so much fun with these kids. In the end she mentioned how all of these kids had so much passion during rehearsals, and how quickly they learned four pieces in two days! That is how good this string ensemble is!

And our daughter was in it y'all!

I was lucky, and chose the perfect seats to watch her closely! I zoomed in as much as I could without trying to make the picture look grainy, and this is as good as the picture gets!

Alexandra is so grateful to have had this opportunity to be a part of the All South Jersey Jr. Orchestra, and even though she didn't make it in at first she is so glad that she did try out, and for those seven viola players that didn't show up, hence having the cochairman choose the next seven from the original cut off list.

Alexandra wanted me to tell you this, "Don't ever ever give up on something you love to do. You should still audition even though its a competitive world out there. Have faith because you never know what can happen. Your dreams just might come true."