Playing piano for others

[sonia]

I've been taking piano lessons for nearly 5 months now (wow, the weeks piled up fast!). My teacher gathers her adult students occasionally to play for each other, and I played a short little Latvian folk song in 5/8 tonight. Not perfectly, but I did it. They were all kind, warm people, with a range of skills and performance anxieties.

We all went around to introduce ourselves, and most people had played a bit as kids and then come back to it in their forties, and then again at retirement. I wonder if I'll follow that pattern (except the kid part) or stay with it. One woman looked to be around 80. I want to be learning new things when I'm 80!

I'm liking this focus on music.

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[sonia]

:-) Practice socks!