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Reflection from the Performers: Hugo, Gwen-Sofia and Chloe

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Chloe, Gwen-Sofia and Hugo gave their first recital on Saturday, 24 April. It was wonderful to hear their performances as they “looked back” at the Book 1 pieces from their perspectives as Book 2 students! For both cello and piano, Minuet 2 is the piece for Graduation Level 1. Hugo graduated from Level 1 in 2020; Gwen-Sofia and Chloe will graduate from Level 1 in May, 2021.

Please enjoy Gwen-Sofia, Hugo, and Chloe’s reflections on their experience:

from Hugo

Before the recital I felt very nervous I thought everyone would hate my performance.  After the recital I felt very proud of myself of finally finishing book 1. During the recital I took deep breaths to calm myself down.  I would tell other kids that are going to have recitals to not look at the audience and focus on playing.  I liked my perpetual motion the most.

from Chloe

Hi my name is Chloe Chung and on Saturday April 24, 2021 3pm, I had my first cello recital in Hong Kong. 

Let’s start. I felt very worried and I had butterflies in my tummy. I don’t like it. First song I played was Long Long Ago. It was a beautiful song and I loved it.  There were Hugo my cello classmate and Gwen Sofia the piano student too. We played Allegro and Twinkle variations together.  Later, I felt less and less worried and I started to enjoy my playing. My parents said it was really good. 

After we left school, my mom said she would buy me a new toy on Sunday but I was so tired, I took a day off school today.  I think I worked hard with my mom and I felt proud of myself. It is an amazing feeling.  Maybe next time I will spend more time practicing even more slowly, and I will listen to the CD more.  But I think the graduation went well and I really loved it because I feel more confident starting Book 2 now.

Thank you Miss Sandra, Ms Sonomi and Miss Lan for your help, and Dad, mom and Caleb for helping me and listening to my pretend recitals this month. I love my cellito very much and I am calling her ‘Harmony’ now cos I can play some harmonies now too! 

  • Hugo and family
  • Gwen-Sofia and family
  • Chloe and family
  • Performers and teachers
  • performers
  • Trio

Reflections from the Performers: Alice and Ayden

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Our last Book Recital of 2020-2021 was a Book 3 violin recital performed by Ayden and Alice. Please enjoy their reflections on the experience.

from Ayden

It was a very fun and exciting experience being able to perform in front of friends and family. I felt proud that I was able to do duets with people. Most pieces that I played were very exciting and I couldn’t wait to play them all. Even though I played a few wrong notes, I shrugged it off and continued to perform with confident. This was the best recital I have ever done!


from Alice

  • Ayden and family
  • Alice and parents
  • The performers with Ms Sonomi and Ms Diane
  • Alice and Ayden with Ms Diane
  • Ayden and Alice
  • greeting their zoom audience
  • performing one of the duets
  • waiting for the recital to begin

Reflections from the Performers: COSETTE & SOPHIE

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Cosette and Sophie performed their very first viola recital, giving their Book 1 recital on Saturday, 6 March. They each had family members attend in person, and there was a large audience of family and friends on zoom as well! Here are their thoughts about the experience.

Cosette

from Cosette

I felt nervous at first, but after awhile, I felt the nervousness go away and soon I was playing confidently. I think that it was great! I’m grateful to the Pandemic that I can focus and practise more. I start to enjoy learning the viola more and more.

Thank you Miss Monica, Miss Yuko, Miss Diane and Miss Marla for teaching me. It was a great journey that you all walked with me.

Sophie

from Sophie

I liked the recital. I think it was rather good because I practiced. And because it sounded good and I liked the songs. I felt good performing. At first I was a bit nervous, but during the performance I thought it was nothing to worry about.

Reflections from the Performers: SANDER & STEPHEN

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Sander and Stephen gave their Book 3 recital on Saturday, 6 March, 2021. They each had one parent and their private teacher as part of the live audience, as well as family and friends joining on Zoom. Here are their thoughts about the experience:

from Sander

Recently I shared a book recital with Stephen. It was a fun and enjoyable experience playing at the recital and practicing/preparing for it. I learned one important piece of information about practicing for a performance in the process, and that is the importance of perfecting the beginning as everything stems off of it, so if you have a solid and confident beginning the piece will sound great.

from Stephen

Before the recital started I felt really nervous but when it started I felt more anxious. On the first song martini govatte I felt ok because I had been practicing it. After that I felt ok with the over songs until  Bach Bouree before I even played that song my hands started to sweat because when  I practiced Bach bouree it was the hardest song to practice. After Bach Bouree I felt ok again and after the recital finished I felt Happy. I loved playing the pieces that either Sanders would play the harmony and I play the melody or Sander would play the melody and I play the harmony, because I don’t feel so nervous playing with Sander even if I feel a bit nervous when I play the hard parts in Bach minuet or Govatte in G minor. When it  was picture time I made silly faces because I love doing that when it comes to picture time.

Studio Recitals

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SMAHK was so fortunate to be able to have our studio recitals in person over the past several weeks. We all enjoyed having the opportunity to share music together in the same place! The audience was very enthusiastic, even though much smaller than usual due to distancing guidelines.

We hope you enjoy these photos as much as we all enjoyed the performances!

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