Ben played the 1st movement of the Liszt 1st piano concerto in the Chicago Symphony Young Artists Competition on Monday. That was the last in a series of competitions in recent months in which he’s played the Liszt. I listened and thought it was the most expressively I’d heard him play it. His piano teacher …
Steve and West enjoy painting together when they have time. At Christmas Steve bought West a surprise present of canvases, paints and paintbrushes for their next painting project. They’re painting the canvases one by one but they are going to fit together into one big picture. Although they’re painting separate ones in this photo they …
Ben’s school team came first in the ICTM regional event a few weeks ago. That means they’ll be going on to participate in the state finals in May. Ben went to the tryouts for ARML last week. He got a high score and made their A-B team. One of his friends was on the ARML …