Piano Recital
On Saturday, my piano students had a recital. I took Ty with me. We got there a little early, so we saw the ending of the recital before ours. Some people sang, most played piano. Then there was the familiar shuffle of bodies coming in and bodies going out of the performance hall. I told Ty that I would be going up to play for a few minutes so he would have to sit in a chair by himself.
I took the stage and introduced my students one at a time. They played their pieces and sat down. My last student is also a voice student, so I accompanied her on the piano while she sang a hymn. The audience applauded, and we stepped off stage.
The next teacher played a lot of duets with her students. Ty saw children who were just a year or so older than he step onto the stage, play their duets, and step off. He noticed that some of the students carried the same books that we have at home. I was hoping that taking him to the recital would inspire him to sit at the piano and receive formal instruction.
After a while, he asked me, “When is it my turn?”
I smiled. I told him that these children practiced everyday so that would be prepared to perform. “We will practice at home so that you can be ready for next year’s recital.”
That afternoon, he sat at the piano and attempted “Old MacDonald.”
