Piano Recital

Saturday was Zachary's first piano recital!  He was so very proud!  He played 3 songs, including The Crawling Spider, Boogie on Broadway and Silent Night.  Zachary has been taking piano lessons for over a year now.  At first he took lessons at home and was instructed by our church pianist, who is an amazing piano player.  After about a year of lessons, his teacher decided Zachary wasn't ready to study piano.  His main concern was that Zachary was distracted during lessons.  I was especially upset and didn't know how to tell Zachary that he would no longer be taking lessons.  Kyle and I discussed it and after a lot of consideration, we decided that we were most likely contributing to the Zachary's failed first attempt at piano.  First, during lessons there was the dog and two kids running around while we did dishes and chores...not helpful for concentration.  Then there was the method of practice.  It was always rushed!  So, we slowed things down and let Zachary play around more during his practice at home, then we got him out of the house for lessons. He began taking lessons at the Louisville Academy of Music.  The results were amazing!  He enjoys playing so much more now and he has really progressed tremendously in the past 3 months!  We were all proud of him too!