Suzuki Music Academy of Hong Kong
"Music Exists for the purpose of growing an admirable heart" ~Shinichi Suzuki
The rain stayed away, and the temperatures were mild for our annual performance at the Stanley Christmas Market. There was a great crowd, and appreciative audience for our students as they shared Christmas music with visitors to the market, as well as with our own families.
The Market is such a fun way to welcome the holiday season!
Please enjoy some photos of the event
Aslan and Stephen gave their Book 1 viola recital on 24 November. Here are their thoughts.
by Aslan:
On the 24th of November 2018, Saturday I had my book 1 recital. The first song was Gossec Gavotte. Me and Stephen were playing good until Stephen forgot the repeat for the first part, but the rest of the song was good, The next song was me it was Etude it was good except the doubles, which was not that good. Then it was Stephen’s turn he played Minuet No. 2 it was good better than my Etude. Then after Minuet No. 2 it was my turn to play Go Tell Aunt Rhody. This song was the best one so far, because I had only slight mistakes not big ones. Then after Stephen’s next one it was me playing Minuet No. 3 it was not bad until I forgot a note which totally confused me. Again it was Stephen’s turn. Then it is more me again. I played May Song that wasn’t that bad. It was my second best one so far. The next was Allegro with Stephen. I first played the duet then normal. It was great because I never got something wrong, neither did him. Then it was my turn again. It was Andantino. It wasn’t all that bad. The next song I played was the Happy Farmer. I think it was the worst one of all because it had the most mistakes. In Long, Long Ago it was pretty good it wasn’t bad. Also French Folk Song was probably the best one out of all of them. And for Twinkles I played Melody for Variation C, E and Theme and that was the end of the recital.
by Stephen
I had been practicing for weeks then came the recital. I played Gossec Gavotte. I think I need a bit more work for remembering the repeats. I think Minuet 2 was my song that I played the best so far and my Twinkle song I was glad I remembered when I was playing the duet. In Allegro I think it was also quite good I just needed to remember the high 2s in Allegro. Allegretto I think I needed to make the bows a little more shorter. Minuet 1 I was glad I remembered to count 3 in the long bows.
On Saturday, 14 October, Maho Fujita, Katrina Ng, and Isabel Zeng gave their Book 2 recital, assisted by Ms. Sonomi on piano. Here are their thoughts on the experience:
Katrina
The first trio we play is Chourus, and I play the melody and so I am the leader. The second one is Gassic gavvote, Macho is the leader. The third one is Musset and Isabell is the leader. The forth one is Boccerhini Minuet and Macho is the leader. The fifth is Twinkle and the variations. The first solo I play is Boree. The second one is Luly Gavote, which I played that very bad. The third one is Gavotte Miniogn.
At the Twinkle variations, I only play harmony on one-two-shh-four and misisipi-misisipi because the other songs the second finger sticks to the first one, but this do not. So sometimes when I play the second finger, it sounds bad, but I already played it loudly, so it was embaressed.
Maho
Isabel
“The recital was quite nice I think. Before the recital, I was quite nervous, because I was not sure about Musette harmony as I mostly played with the CD. For Boccherini Minuet, I was not too sure about the repeats, but it was fun.”
Congratulations to the girls and their families on all of the hard work that went into their recital!
