Miles: first violin solo recital!

Miles has now been playing violin for five months (he started when he turned five - it was his birthday present), and today he had his first solo recital. And he really rocked it! He takes a private lesson once a week and is also in the weekly group beginner class. And I have to take a moment to brag, since this IS my blog, and bragging is kind of what blogs are for sometimes: although he is the youngest in the class AND started the most recently (everyone else started in August, at the beginning of the school year), he was the only one who got to play TWO songs at recital (and he was playing the most advanced rep of the beginners). He'll be playing a few songs with the "intermediate" group (mostly 7-10 year olds, it looks like) at the upcoming April group recital, and probably moving up to join them in a few more months.

Here he is! OK, I have no idea what's up with the leg-thing he's doing in the first song - maybe that's the way his nerves express themselves? But he did a nice job, and his pitch is not too painful for a beginning string player!



Yes, he was forced to wear the outfit, and complained about having to dress up. He wanted to wear pajamas. To borrow a phrase from my mom's friend Kaye, "Oh well!"