Music Contest for Breanna

Breanna played in 2 ensembles and played a solo for the music contest last Saturday. She got a gold and silver for her ensembles and a gold for her solo. Her solo was so hard. It had lots of 16th notes and her fingers were moving very fast over the strings. I had tears in my eyes as she played. When she finished all who were watching her (her private teacher, Matt and his parents, and two friends and one set of parents) were very impressed! That's when she said that she put her music on the stand and slid the second page over so both were showing. As she got to the second page, she realized that that sheet was upside down! She said she almost stopped but then realized that she could play it by memory. We never noticed a missed beat! We were laughing and laughing at her. I think her private teacher will tell that to all her students! It was so amazing that she could make it through that and not mess up. She said she changed her expression and kind of messed up a little but I didn't notice. Her private teacher said the only thing she did wrong was play it a little bit too rushed. I'm so proud of her. It was a piece hard enough to qualify for state but she choose not to be in the level that could go to state for her very first solo at contest.