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Reflections of the Performers: Ana, Caitlin & Fashan’s Book 1 violin recital

December 3, 2025 By Suzuki Music Academy of Hong Kong

Fashan, Caitlin and Ana have been preparing their Book 1 Violin recital. Here are their reflections on their first-ever Book Recital experience!

~from Ana

The experience was ok. Sometimes it was hard to practice or it was ok.

I liked the joint lessons. They felt fast though.

It was interesting to see the others perform, and to perform.

It was fun and interesting.

~from Caitlin

I’m very proud and happy about what I did in today’s recital. Me, Fashan and Ana collaborated well with each other, as we looked at the leader, we didn’t blame each other because of playing the wrong note, and most importantly we played very neatly and the whole recital went as predicted.

I think I did pretty well in all the pieces. But most importantly, I think I did the best at: keep going when I played a note wrong and quickly fixing the mistake. For example, in Variation B, I played the harmony wrong and I stopped and after five notes, I kept going with the others. Also, I think I did the best in Minuete 1, because I have good dynamics and the tone was good.

Next time, I would want to improve my que, because in two pieces, I think my que wasn’t very strong and it didn’t show Ms. Sonomi the pace I want, and also how loud I want to whole piece to be. Plus, I will also want to improve my Variation D. I think I played a little slower than the normal pace, and because I was the leader my companions have to follow my pace. In addition, I always get mixed up by Variation D and Variation E.

~from Fashan

Overall I think that my effort for the recital was really good.

I practiced (almost all) or (all) every day and i really worked hard on my gavotte cues (even though i
missed one), and my gavotte fingers and everything i’m supposed to practice.

In the end, at the book recital, I am 10000% confident that my hard work payed off. Even though i was
tired i still practiced until i got it right. (૭ ｡•̀ ᵕ •́｡ )૭

I really liked everything that happened on that day, and even to this day i still feel the feeling of being
proud of myself to what came on that day.

I hope this same feeling will continue to boost me forward so i can complete this ~~long~~ LONG journey
ahead.

Reflections from the Performers: Lincoln & Miles ~ Book 2 Violin Recital

April 26, 2024 By Suzuki Music Academy of Hong Kong

Miles and Lincoln were excited to welcome the largest in person audience to a Book Recital since before COVID! They have some thoughts to share about their experience together:

~from Lincoln

I believe that the recital was quite successful. One of the reasons is that there were no major mistakes and I firmly believe both me and Miles played beautiful music that allowed the massive audience to clap loudly. In Twinkle, I think I should have paid a little more attention to Miles as I was completely focused on myself. I would like to thank you for helping me develop my music and Ms Sonomi for being piano accompaniment. I think that I have prepared a lot for my recital in the 20 mins of time to practise. I think that I should have practised more pieces rather than just a few. I believe my playing with Miles of Musette has significantly improved. We were together more and we played it better than the last time. I firmly believe that overall, the recital was a success, however had some flaws such as the twinkle where I accidentally played theme instead of harmony for a few seconds in variation E.

~from Miles

My recital went well, and I am proud of how I did. I think I worked well with my partner and have done good ques for both Ms.Sonomi and my partner while leading. Overall I did much better than last time, and hope all future recitals are as good as this. The main concerns I had when I was told the recitals’s date was me forgetting the forms of the pieces, but after getting used to the pieces again, I found the forms not too difficult. The joint lessons also helped a lot as we focused a lot on ques and how to lead, which neither me or my teammate really did well before the joint lessons.

Reflections from the Performers: Book 1 Recital ~ Isabel and Chloe

November 22, 2021 By Suzuki Music Academy of Hong Kong

Isabel and Chloe collaborated on their preparations, and performed their Book 1 Recital together…their very first recital! Here are their reflections on the experience.

from Chloe

I liked the Book – 1 Recital on Saturday, because I played everything correctly. (Expect for the beginning of “Song of the Wind”, because I thought it was “Perpetual Motion”!)But there was something I forgot to do – in the middle part of “Allegro”, I didn’t have eye contact with my partner Isabel… For the whole recital, at first I felt a little bit nervous, but after the first three pieces, I started to feel really confident.

from Isabel

I think that the recital had gone well in my opinion and at the recital I felt nervous and ecstatic and because this was my first recital ever and it had gone better than I had expected.

And I think when I practiced at home I felt more and more proud of myself after each practice and when I practiced I felt more and more confident about my solos and the other pieces, also I felt I was getting something out of each practice.