Brennan, Cello, Orchestra, Mead High School, May 20, 2008

I'm very tired, so please pardon the brevity of this posting.
Brennan had his final Mead Beginner Orchestra performance tonight.
He has been working hard on his cello playing, even when he was sick, making the effort to put in some good practice time.
He's obviously having a great time with it, and his (private) teacher, Nina Petersen does a great job teaching and inspiring him.
You can see from this photo what a great time he was having:



And here the concentration and focus:


They are coming along very nicely. Each group, Advanced, onwards, were very impressive, and had a fun selection.
We all especially enjoyed the mor senior groups renditions of Orange Jam and The Lord of the Rings.
Brennan was "rockin'" to the music.

On a side tangent, the lead violinist  (Concert Master?) for the high school group, was Michael Mortier, the son of my voice teacher. He received numerous awards, and his violiln playing was wonderful. It was great to talk briefly with Steve (his dad) as well.
The audience actually gave a standing ovation for the final piece (which had the violin players scattered throughout the audience for a nice "surround sound" effect.

All very nicely done. Way to go Mead Orchestra!
Way to go Brennan!

G'night all.