Music

In yesterday's post I briefly mentioned about Mulan's music.  Here's a bit more.

Mulan:

Mulan's in three orchestras/bands this year.  She

• continues to play flute in the West City Youth Concert Band,
• continues to play cello in the Westlake Symphony Orchestra,
• and has newly joined the Westlake Chamber Orchestra, also playing cello.

A couple of weeks ago the Westlake music groups performed at their annual Equinox Concert.  The Westlake Girls magazine wrote about it here.

Here's my shaky video of the Chamber Orchestra:

And the Symphony Orchestra:

Last weekend the Westlake Symphony Orchestra and Concert Band went away together for a four-day camp.  (Unfortunately it clashed with Mulan's athletics North Island competition, which I mentioned here.)  From what I hear there were a lot of hours of music, and not so many of sleep.  A good time, though exhausting, and awful timing just before their NCEA internal assessments this week.  The Westlake Girls magazine wrote about it here (Mulan is in one of the photos -- holding up the picture).

As part of playing cello in the school orchestras, Mulan is continuing to have weekly private cello lessons at school.

Even though Mulan plays cello and flute in the orchestras/band, recorder continues to be her main instrument, and she is continuing to have weekly private lessons at home.

Mulan has been asked to play recorder in a concert next weekend, playing Handel's Athaliah (tickets for Saturday and Sunday).

Miya:

Miya continues to play her clarinet in the West City Youth Concert Band.

She is continuing to have fortnightly private lessons, and is working towards sitting the Trinity Grade 7 exam at the end of the year.  (Miya's teacher thought that after sitting Grade 5 last year she may as well skip Grade 6 and go directly to Grade 7.)