At the elementary schools in our area, orchestra and band start in 5th grade. Brayden wanted to do it right away and we warned him to think very carefully about his decision because it would mean more time doing something else and less free time. I will give credit to Brayden, he did weigh the decision carefully and spent time thinking about it seriously, but in the end he did choose to play. Chris and Brayden went to an informational night where basically all the musical instrument vendors in the area are there and you pick an instrument and rent an instrument, etc.
Brayden chose viola and I am super excited about that because I love the sound of stringed instruments and always kind of wished I had learned to play one.
As we kind of figured, since Brayden can already play the piano, read music, count the beat, etc, he picked up viola fairly quickly. In fact he was pretty bored the first few weeks of orchestra at school because his teacher was teaching really, really basic stuff and he was far beyond that. He enjoys the instrument very much though, so I think he will stick with it awhile.
Last week, there was an area-wide orchestra concert. Brayden did great and the kids sounded pretty good for how short of time they had been doing it.
Brayden chose viola and I am super excited about that because I love the sound of stringed instruments and always kind of wished I had learned to play one.
As we kind of figured, since Brayden can already play the piano, read music, count the beat, etc, he picked up viola fairly quickly. In fact he was pretty bored the first few weeks of orchestra at school because his teacher was teaching really, really basic stuff and he was far beyond that. He enjoys the instrument very much though, so I think he will stick with it awhile.
Last week, there was an area-wide orchestra concert. Brayden did great and the kids sounded pretty good for how short of time they had been doing it.
I'm so excited to see Brayden continue to improve!
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