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!
