Another year has rolled by.
Was fortunate to be back here in the US in time to see Jr.'s final annual performance as part of her school Jazz band.
Given all the other finals she has, this is one thing she really enjoys doing! I for one am glad that she has music in her life.
Videos of the songs their ensemble group played are below..
She is definitely getting more confidence as time goes by. Hope she keeps playing.. and more importantly keeps enjoying music!
Last week was a busy week. We also had the little one doing her summer recital as part of Galina Andre's music school. It was in a nice theater in downtown San Jose.
She has improved a lot, now that she plays the violin every day in school. Before she was only taking lessons once a week and practicing twice a week. Now that it is a daily thing, she has more confidence and we can see the transformation from a shy hesitant kid to someone who goes for it!
She made me very proud. I am sure there will be videos from the music school.. I took a few videos of the final group perfromances and they are below.
Glad she likes the school and glad she loves to play! Makes my day to watch her practice on her own without me having to sit there and turn pages on the notebook or be the stand for no reason!
Let's see what one more year will bring!
The next stop on our 2015 year end trip was to Suresh mama's house. Let posterity note that we stayed with them for days and did not make a flying visit!
As soon as we reached Suresh Mama's (uncles) house, the first thing Jr. saw was the nice Veena sitting in their family room. His mom plays the Veena and she let Jr. try it and was giving her a quick lesson.
Jr. loved it so much that she asked to say there and play while we wanted to keep traveling. We had to pull her off the Veena.
By day 2, she got the hang of it and with more coaching from Amala paati she was able to play "Vara Veena"
Now she wants us to buy her a Veena.
Guess nothing beats a Tanjavoor Veenai, to get a kid hooked to Carnatic music!
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