Orchestra Concert

Hubby taught lessons all summer, like usual, but this summer he also invited a select group of students to be part of a summer orchestra. These were all first year students and were from the different schools he teaches in.

Our church was nice enough to allow him to use the facility for rehearsals and the concert (that’s why you can see the cross in the photo). It was fun to bring the boys to this. Normally his school-year concerts are late enough at night that they don’t get to go. I was proud of them – they sat nicely and clapped only when ‘appropriate’ and paid attention to the music, the way the students played, and they noticed the connection between Hubby directing and the student’s playing!

Instrument petting zoo times throughout the year are fun, but it was a neat musical experience for them to see the instruments play songs their Daddy wrote and see them up close! The Orkidstra concerts we go to are wonderful and have petting zoo opportunities, but the performance portion is far away. (See previous posts about these here and here.) Sitting so close to the orchestra playing at this time really made an impact on the boys! I think it also helped them understand a little bit more of what their Daddy does when he’s working!