Dd2 did grade 8 recorder today. Went ok she thinks , except she and the accompanist realised that they'd only rehearsed 2/3 movements of one piece , at which point dd realised she wasn't actually expecting to do that movement at all 😱
Fortunately she had studied it somewhat as was planning it for a2 recital anyway so she wasn't too shaken, though as she said " the ornaments were very spontaneous !
The perils of a blind teacher I guess. BUT we should have been on our toes, dd1 did a singing exam once when fairly small and didn't have a folk song prepped. Her teacher gathered her up and thrust her back in with instructions to " Go sing the ash grove " and again was fine :)
And now dd2 who has been practicing scales really quite a lot for her, is just blasting through old repertoire. It's really lovely, however she's supposed to be coming on a music course in the summer with us and she's not going to fit in I fear as she's really very good at the moment !! Bodes well for A2 recital as long as we don't get a recorder hater.
Only another 2 grade 8s this year..... eep. though are their really advantages for a non music student to have grade 8 piano? She's approaching that from " underneath" iykwim and it's not her natural strength ( and teeny hands lol). I wonder if I can persuade her not to bother...
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