One more year of AIM down! These kids have been working really hard in their piano lessons in order to pass off all of the required material for their levels in AIM (Achievement in Music). This is not an easy thing, there were many tears shed and frustrations but they did it! Their latest recital was to show off their AIM Performance pieces.
Emily is in level 5 this year. This was a hard level for her especially the theory and chord inversions. Her performance song, "The Great Smoky Mountains," was one of her favorite pieces to learn though. She loves playing it. Colby passed of Level 3 this year. His hardest part was sight reading. He is a perfectionist player so when he misses a note, he likes to go back and fix it. Unfortunately this is marked down on the sight reading test. They really want you to just keep playing without fixing. Oh well he still passed. His song "On the Move" was a really fun upbeat song. He memorized it pretty easily. Logan was in level 1. This was his first year doing AIM and he did really well. Logan is a play by ear piano player. Sometimes it is hard for him to learn new songs until he has heard it played a few times. This was the case with his performance piece "The Locomotive." This song sounded so fun to play because it sounded like a train. The bad thing was after hearing it played, Logan tried to play it by ear and go as quick as he could. I had to keep telling him to slow down and actually read the notes. Finally he got it and his judge said he played it with great feeling!
All three of them were able to pass of their levels with high marks and received their completion medals. I love seeing and hearing them progress. Good job kids! You are all so talented!
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