Yesterday, I had my first concert! I was playing the cello. All the people at the concert were from the Merton Music Foundation(MMF). We meet up every Saturday morning from 9 o'clock to 10 o'clock.
I have been learning to play the cello for 8 weeks along with 4 other people, Aimee, Dylan, Ivy, Ifeoluwa and our teacher Debra. We learnt quite a lot of pieces and we can play with the bow as well as pluck now. I didn't think That concert though, Ivy didn't make it so we managed on our own. All of us went really mad before and after we played.
We played 4 pieces, Hot cross buns, the Alphabet song, Rolling along and Twinkle Twinkle in the style of pepperoni pizza, so ta ta ta ta bom bom. We did pretty much something special for each one. For Hot cross buns, we played it twice and on the second time, the teacher joined in with a harmony. For the Alphabet song, me, Aimee and Dylan started first and after we played the first two notes, Ifeoluwa and Debra joined in so us three finished first. For Rolling along, a pianist played on the keyboard along with us. As for Twinkle twinkle, we added the little pepperoni pizza rhythm. We also held a pose on each one which was holding the last push or pull until the audience started clapping.
I always thought that concerts would be:
at night \/= tick
all dark / = half tick
quiet /
spot light >< = cross
classical /
fun \/
scary /
Now I know what real concerts are like and I have conquered my fear of being in a concert, only in a group though.
:)
