{"id":8060,"date":"2013-10-27T08:41:20","date_gmt":"2013-10-27T15:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=8060"},"modified":"2013-10-27T08:41:20","modified_gmt":"2013-10-27T15:41:20","slug":"marks-first-piano-recital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/marks-first-piano-recital\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark&#8217;s First Piano Recital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0444.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8064\" alt=\"DSC_0444\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0444.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0444.jpg 650w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0444-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0444-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>The kids are posing with their piano teacher at the Fall Recital, which also happened to be Mark&#8217;s first piano recital. The younger children in the studio played Halloween pieces and dressed up in their costumes. Mark is Boba Fett from Star Wars. He played a spooky song called <em>If You Dare! <\/em>and he did a great job.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0443.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8063\" alt=\"DSC_0443\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0443.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0443.jpg 650w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0443-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0443-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>Daniel played Rondo Sonatina Op. 20 #1 by Frederic Kuhlau and <em>The Entertainer<\/em> by Scott Joplin. Daniel is very expressive and I don&#8217;t think I will ever get tired of hearing him play Joplin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0441.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8062\" alt=\"DSC_0441\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0441.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0441.jpg 650w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0441-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0441-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>Timothy played <em>A Neat Beat<\/em> by Mier and he rocked the house. He is a wonderful pianist. Just&#8230; wow!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0440.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8061\" alt=\"DSC_0440\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0440.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0440.jpg 650w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0440-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0440-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>This is a picture of Paige and her teacher rehearsing the Shostakovich Concerto No. 2 Op. 102 for two pianos before the recital.\u00a0Paige has two performances in the next few weeks for this piece. It&#8217;s beautiful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0439.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8065\" alt=\"DSC_0439\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0439.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0439.jpg 650w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0439-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_0439-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>Paige played Sonatina Op. 88 #3 Mvt. 1 by Frederik Kuhlau for the recital. She did a lovely job and she always has the grace to smile and give a confident bow after her performances. That&#8217;s hard to do.<\/p>\n<p>Watching our four children perform at this recital was really something special.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The kids are posing with their piano teacher at the Fall Recital, which also happened to be Mark&#8217;s first piano recital. The younger children in the studio played Halloween pieces and dressed up in their costumes. Mark is Boba Fett from Star Wars. 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