Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Extra-curricular activities

Find advice on the best extra curricular activities in secondary schools and primary schools here.

See all MNHQ comments on this thread

Original poster

January to March 2019 music thread (Title edited by MNHQ)

712 replies

CruCru · 14/01/2019 09:46

Hi all

Here is the new music thread for January - I hope no one minds me starting it.

I am mum to a son (7) who is learning the piano and trumpet and a daughter (5) who is learning the piano and violin. I am having piano lessons and played the trumpet as a child.

Some of the people on these threads (and their children) are fantastic musicians. Some are more like me. All are welcome.

Thank you to Wafflenose for all the time she has spent managing these threads.

OP posts:
Luckyfab · 31/03/2019 07:43

@BBLY my DD auditioned yesterday at GH, the mum of the girl who auditioned before my Dd said that once the audition was over one of the examiner would come out to give us detailed feed backs. In our case the examiner came out but did not say much so I was wondering if it could be a good or a bad sign. I guess I just need to wait Smile
Good luck to all the young musicians on their auditions.

Doubleup · 31/03/2019 08:41

Yay, another budding bassoonist! Excellent exam result too 4strings!
Good luck with the audition results for those that have had those recently.

BBLY · 31/03/2019 09:07

Luckyfab Haha that’s so confusing! It’s really just a game of wait and see now. Good luck to your dd x

Mendingfences · 31/03/2019 10:16

Excellent exam result!
I dont have any real tips for performance anxiety apart from as much performance as possible in different settings until og becomes less of a 'thing'
On other news im playing a triangle solo later today Grin

Doubleup · 31/03/2019 10:37

A big solo Mending? Is there much repertoire for triangle? 😁

4strings · 31/03/2019 10:58

I’ve just discovered that dd appears to have taken the sight reading book home that was used in her audition 😬 I can’t remember ever buying it.

Yesterday I had to make two trips to music centre for stuff she’d forgotten and needed.

11 year olds - argh!

Mendingfences · 31/03/2019 11:19

4 whole bars double Grin
Before the euphonium solo starts, slightly complicated by the fact that the euphonium player can't hear the triangle even with his hearing aids.....

SwayingInTime · 31/03/2019 19:14

We used to have seasonal threads rather than monthly.

Great results for everyone. 4strings does your daughter want to do three instruments at specialist school?

Re. trembling legs, my daughter gets trembling hands but focuses on the fact that they stop trembling as soon as she starts playing (obviously!) so tries to acknowledge it and accept the nerves in the run up. She's had some meditation classes and would love to go more but timings are tricky. It's a very useful skill for soloists though I think.

thirdfiddle · 01/04/2019 14:46

Hope your starring role went well mending! I'll go and start a summer term thread then if that's okay.

SlaaartyBaaardFaaast · 14/04/2019 16:01

How quick is the turnaround for the ABRSM piano results this spring? Did you have to wait long between exam and online results?

I took mine on Friday (out of session) but I suspect Easter may delay them.

QueenMabby · 24/04/2019 16:30

SlaaartyBaaardFaaast my daughter took an ABRSM piano exam on 3rd April and we’ve not heard yet...

New posts on this thread. Refresh page