Sunnyvale School of Music Student Recital

Me & Mike Bastien (May 29, 2009)
Originally uploaded by michele_sharik

I've been taking snare drum lessons for a couple of months now. A couple of weeks ago, my teacher asked me if I'd like to play on the music school's student recital. I said, "Sure!"

The recital was tonight & I played Morris Goldenberg's "No Roll Etude".

I had my regular lesson today at 3:00 & Mike advised me to "Count and breathe and don't go too fast!" When I got up on stage, I took a deep breath, reminded myself to count and hunkered down to play as best as I could.

I'm pretty proud of myself - I played it nearly flawlessly! I got about 3/4 of the way through and thought to myself, "Wow! I'm doing it!" and that made me hesitate slightly on one rhythm, but I caught myself and kept going until the end.

My husband told me "I've never seen you *work* so hard for the music."

He explained that when I play bells, I look relaxed and comfortable, but when I played the drum, I looked like I was concentrating and very determined. He even said I stuck my tongue out between my lips a couple of times, but I don't remember doing that!! LOL!

Anyway, here's a pic of me with my percussion teacher, Mike Bastien. YAY! :-)


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