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!!!!!!!

On Saturday, 17 September, KSMA string students and faculty joined with HKSMI students and faculty in a play-a-thon for Earthquake Relief.   Playing in front of the clock tower at the Cultural Centre, on a bright sunny day, students performed non-stop for about 75 minutes.  Selections ranged from the Twinkle variations to violin Book 8; including the Twinkle parades to begin and end the play-a-thon, the most advanced students played about 40 pieces!  After the playing was finished, students had a chance to get “refreshed” at Mobile Softee 🙂

We are excited to have students and parents turn in their donations to contribute to CARE and Unicef to help displaced families have access to clean water, food, and aid in rebuilding their homes.  Please make sure to turn yours in no later than 30 September.

Even if you were unable to join us on Saturday, you can still participate in the play-a-thon by getting sponsors and then making a special time to play, whether in front of friends, or just with your own family.

Congratulations to all of the students for their efforts, and for their good energy and attitude standing out in the sun for such a long time!

We were excited to welcome Ms. Caroline and Mr. Mark to KSMA in August.   Mr. Mark taught the first-ever “Where Love is Deep” course in Hong Kong!  Ms. Caroline and Mr. Mark both taught Unit 1 teacher training, as well as classes for our students.  It’s exciting that there are more people on their way to becoming Suzuki Talent Education teachers!

Families who participated in Intermezzo!  had a great experience – in addition to masterclasses and group classes with Ms. Caroline and Mr. Mark, they also had the opportunity to have eurythmics class with Mr. Jason.   String students also got to participate in fiddling with Ms. Yuko, and piano students had a special Performance Seminar with Ms. Caroline!    On the last day, Mr. Mark also gave a seminar for parents.

Eurythmics Class with Mr. Jason

fiddling with Ms. Yuko

group class with Mr. Mark

Masterclasses with Ms. Caroline and Mr. Mark

Parent Seminar

Thank you!  Ms. Caroline, Mr. Mark, Mr. Jason and Ms. Yuko….we are already looking forward to next year!