On Saturday, 26 November, Colin, Ashley and Andrew gave their long-awaited Book 2 recital!

Here’s what they had to say about their performances:

When I was performing Bourree I didn’t know why but I felt like I had some sort of stage fright, I just couldn’t play the dynamics properly, I felt very weird and once it was over I thought why did it happen. When the graduation was over, Colin was very kind to give Ashley and I a package of chocolates. I had so much in my mind that I left my jacket in Ms Diane’s room and Colin gave it to me when we were waiting for the lift. Thank you Colin!

by Colin Chiu

This morning, I woke up very early because I was so nervous about the recital this afternoon. I used to practise the violin with my parents, my teacher or by myself, but I need to perform in front of a crowd of people today. In order to calm me down, my mum brought me a big box of LEGO. I was touched.

In the afternoon, my dad drove me to the violin school in Wan Chai. I thought my family would not come. To my surprise, my family showed up suddenly during my recital. I was surprised. Sadly, I didn’t play well because I was shaking all the time. I hope I will do better next time. Today is memorable.

by Ashley Chiu

Last Saturday, it was me, Andrew and Colin’s Book Two Recital.  We were all excited and nervous, but my mom is not here, so she could not see us perform. So I was a bit sad. Colin’s mom was a little late so she lost a bit of our show. First we place two peace together, then we had three solo peace then it keep going on until we all take a bow and take pictures at last. When I pack my violin Colin gave me a pack of chocolate. This is the best day ever!

by Ms. Elizabeth

This past Saturday, the KSMA Vivace and Allegro orchestras presented their first performance since beginning work together this past August.  Orchestra students have been working for the past 3 months to learn not only how to play together as a group, but also about teamwork and individual responsibility.

      

Book 2 Cello Recital

By Lucas Cheng

Hello everyone! I had been waiting to do my cello recital for many months and finally on 22nd October 2016, it happened! I was very excited, nervous, happy and ready for this special event.

It was little different from my other recitals as I got the chance to play a few duets with my cello mate Zara. Not only did these duets sound awesome, they were also interesting to learn and fun to play. My favorite pieces were Musette – where I played the harmony part and also the many Twinkle variations in which Zara and I both took turns to play the theme and harmony.

We will be playing these duets again during musical moment on 12th Nov so if you happen to be around, come listen to us!!

A big thank you to everyone who helped and came to my recital …  Ms Sandra, my mum, my brother,  Zara’s mum and dad, Mr Jason, Ms Elizabeth, Ms Lan and Ms Diane.

The Recital

On October 22 the music school had a recital in the Vine. It was a book two recital. The players where Lucas and Zara. All our family and teachers were there.

(Zara’s point of view)

When Lucas and I played  together  we really sounded like one cello. I especially enjoyed it when Lucas and I where playing the harmony and melody pieces.  We really sounded nice together.

I have played some recitals by my self which is nice but I think I prefer to play with 2 people. When you play with 2 people I think if  one person plays the harmony and the other the melody,  together they sound very emotional.

When you play with the piano it is also a good sound, because the piano keeps the beat and the cello(s) mostly always plays the harmony. That is what we did in the recital and it sounded great.

When I heard Ms Yuko said, “We are going to have book 3 recital”, I was extremely happy because I was going to play with Naphat, my sister. It was easy to practice because we had to do it once a day every song. The hard part was we had to play duet. We had to listen to each other and play at the same speed.

On the recital day, I tried my best to play in a nice tune. The duet part was quite good. I was delighted because I played very well.

In the end, I was very excited because I was going to get an ice cream after the book 3 recital. I had a great day!

                                                                                     by Nithit

REFLECTION FOR THE BOOK 3 RECITAL

BY: NAPHAT CHANPONGSANG

When I started knowing more about the violin book 3 recital, I was very excited because I knew that it was going to be a very fun chance for me to play a duet with my brother Nithit. The year before when I had my book 2 recital, I did not really practice the duets from face to face. We had only a few practices together unlike this book recital with my brother. I could practice face to face every day with him.

Before the recital, I had to practice all the pieces ready for the book recital. There were altogether 9 pieces that we had to play. There were

1. Martini Gavotte (duet)
2. Bach Minuet (duet)
3. Gavotte in G Minor (Bach) By Naphat
4. Humoresque (Dvorak) By Nithit
5. Gavotte (Becker) By Nithit
6. Gavotte in D Major (Bach) By Naphat
7. Bach Bourée(together)
8. Gossec Gavotte (together)
9. Twinkle Variations (duet)

It was a hard job as I had to find all my precious time managing all my school home works and projects and practicing for my coming up assessments and book recital. Every day when I practiced, I felt like it was the real recital. I had to be serious and tried not to laugh when Nithit and I accidentally played something funny. In the end, it was a success when we were playing those pieces in the book 3 recital day.

I felt very proud of myself and my brother as without our hard work, we would not have been successful for our book 3 recital. I would also like to thank my mum and Ms. Yuko for helping me and my brother practice and polish the pieces for the recital.

THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT MY RECITAL REFLECTION BYE!!!!!!!