Sweet Son's Spring Recital and Evaluation

Last week I posted about Sweet Daughter's Spring Recital. Now it is Sweet Son's turn. He will be continuing with private piano lessons again next year.

During the performance

He requested this photo, in this pose, with the piano. 

He performs two songs.

This photo was taken just before Sweet Son walked into his music development program evaluation.

This was a really big deal. He had to go in by himself and play 4 songs each showing a different technique/genre/skill, plus any of the list of scales the judge requested. He was also tested on his sight reading and ear training. We had to wait 5 weeks to find out if he passed. Not only did he pass, he passed with High Honors!!! This is judged based on the level, not on the age of the performer so there were adults taking the same level he was.

He also took the music development program theory test. This was intense. He had to sign in, line up with the others (He looked so tiny next to all of the high school students. He was the youngest by a great margin.), go in and open his test folder and take it without asking any questions. The instructions were in both English and French and there were no multiple choice. It was in a location he had never visited before and he didn't know anyone else in the room. It took over 6 weeks to get the results. He passed with Honors!

Almost 6 months after he completed both evaluations, we found out he also won an award. He had the highest combined score for anyone at his evaluation center on any level. Yeah, I think he will stick with piano for awhile.