Music

Mark and Dax both got superiors at their Solo Festivals.

All of our boys love music! We are so grateful that they all have the desire to play and learn music.

Mark has been taking piano for over six years. He is just as good as his mom now. He can sit and play most hymns and has become quite talented. This year he competed in Solo Festival and he scored a perfect 15 from two of the three judges. He played extremely well on his two pieces. Mark also competed in a new competition called AIM. AIM is more than just playing pieces. They also have to sightread, take a theory test, and an ear training test. Mark did well in AIM, too. He was chosen to be part of their Honors Recital for his work. We are so proud of Mark and his piano skills.

Mark was chosen to play in the AIM Honors Recital. 

Here are the kids chosen out of around 200 kids. 

Dax has been taking piano for over three years. He is developing into quite the piano player. Dax works hard on his songs, and he practiced really hard for Festival and AIM. He scored a superior rating in both Festival and AIM. We are so proud of his hard work. Dax loves to play Beatles songs, and always asks Dad to play the guitar with him. Best of all, both boys love to play any chance they get.

Dax loves the piano, but he hates taking pictures.

Dax likes pictures when he can do bunny ears.

Mark and Dax make their family proud!

Seth started music this year. Our favorite piano teacher that Mark and Dax began with isn't teaching lessons, so we started Seth in a music class that is teaching basic music theory and skills in preparation for piano. Seth enjoyed his class and learned a lot. He played perfectly in his music recital. He is already transferring the knowledge to the piano at home. He sits at the piano and matches the notes to the keys. He even played his do-re-mi song on the piano by himself. Seth will continue with the next level of the music class in the Fall and start learning on the keyboards in class.

Seth played a Dinosaur song on the bells. He played it perfectly with no mistakes.  

He loves making the mean genie face in their puppet show. 

Seth was a great music student and will soon be learning piano. 

Sometimes Dad grumbles, "How much longer will these kids stick with music? We've already paid for years of lessons!" Mom always answers: "As long as they love it," which they all still do.