Please enjoy the photos from Ms. Monica’s studio recital, on 4 November, 2017.
Ms. Diane’s Studio Recital
Ms. Jennifer, Ms. Ryoko and Ms. Shoko’s Studio Recital
Mrs. A at KSMA!
On Monday, 6 November, some of our piano students were fortunate to have the opportunity to have a masterclass with Professor Carmencita Arambulo, Suzuki Piano Teacher-Trainer from the Philippines and Chair of the Asia Region Suzuki Association.
String students may have seen her on Saturday, as we were lucky enough that she had time to observe many of our group classes and chamber coachings, and also attended Mr. Jason, Ms. Monica, and Ms. Sandra’s studio recitals!
Here are the students’ reflections from their masterclasses:
Aidan: “I found the Mrs A masterclass interesting. I learnt that book one and twinkles are the foundation for everything, even for advanced piano students. I am going to use her techniques when I practise my songs to create a beautiful tone. I especially liked her “draw the line” tip and I found it funny when she drew on the piano.”
Anais: “I liked this class because it was interesting and it gave me more ideas on how to play my music. I think it was a good educational experience.”
Ayden: “I have learned how important of “Piano Technique” that can make good sound out of the piano”
Ezra: “She was happy with what I played and taught me how to get better. She helped me on how to play and the dynamics.
I feel happy and joyful because she has helped me with things.”
Hanson: “I have been practicing finger walking on the piano since master class. It’s very helpful to strengthen my fingers and helps me to make good rainbow finger.”
Nathan: “Mrs A says that twinkles are most important. I will do my twinkles everyday I do my piano practice. I especially liked her walking warmup technique but I am not a fan of Spider-Man stickers.”
On Tuesday, all of the Hong Kong Suzuki teachers got together and had dim sum lunch with Mrs. A!
Thanks for finding time for us during your visit, Mrs. A! We look forward to seeing you again in Manila next July!
From the Performers: Isabel, Katrina and Maho; Book 2 Recital
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
Today, me, Isabell and Macho had a Book 2 recital at suzuki. Our piano teacher is Ms Sonomi, Ms Diane is our violin teacher. I am so scared that its like every note I play is WRONG.
Every time I sat down I will ‘whew’ because my scary feelings could come out of my body. Some time I am SO scare that I forgot some notes. Today mom can’t come, but I REALLY want her to come and watch.
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!
