Wow!! I'm very happy to say that FIVE of my flute students earned Junior All State honors this winter.
Junior All State is a statewide honor band that normally meets in person for a weekend of rehearsals and final performance. This year as that is not possible, the WMEA (Washington Music Educators Association) opted to instead hold taped auditions as usual and publish the Junior All State winners as an honors list. I am really glad they found a way to be able to continue the tradition, as it gave students something to work toward. In Washington state, 35 flutists were selected for the honor. I am humbled, but not surprised, that 5 of my own students are on the list. Congratulations to Abigail, Anusha, Liya, Matilde, and Varshini, for achieving recognition for your hard work!
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2020 was rough for a lot of us. 2021 looks like it may eventually be looking up, after a bumpy and windy road. What role can music play?
For some it is a chance to escape. Or perhaps meditation would be a word with a more positive connotation. Some people use music as a creative outlet. Some enjoy the aspect of playing socially; making music for or with family members or friends. For others it is simply the habit and routine of sitting down at the piano to end the day, or as a break between brain work sessions. Do you have a New Year's Resolution to learn to play music? To get back into it? Now is possibly a great time to start. Possibly not, and it's good to be honest about that. If it will be one more thing on your overloaded plate, it can wait. If it is something that will bring joy and satisfaction, don't delay. And if you're not sure? Talk with an instructor about what taking music lessons entails, and see how you feel about it. As far as my own New Year's Resolutions go (I call them goals), one of the important ones is to give back through my work. My studio is going to start off the year doing this with a practice challenge to raise money for Feed America, which will run for a month from mid-January to mid-February. I believe that together we can make a difference. |
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