Learned in June

After all of that learning that happened in April and May because of Mom School, June was a much slower month around here. It’s fine. Everyone needed a little learning break and we all welcomed time to vegetate with good books and do things outside in the beautiful weather. Here are some things I did learn in June:

• At the piano I learned a Scarlatti Sonata. It’s a fun piece.
• I was reminded on what a great thing it is that I decided to become a music teacher and not a music performer. After accompanying my kidlets for their violin/viola zoom recital (which was very casual and not a big deal) I was so relieved! I walked from the piano room into the kitchen after we excited the zoom room, and I literally wanted to do a dance because the accompanying was over. But teaching music, teaching brings me so much joy! I finish teaching and I’m tired, but excited about all things. I get so much energy from my students.
• On the cello I learned several etudes and a movement of a sonata. I started learning a piece by Faure that is supposed to sound like a pleasant dream, but everyone in the family, probably the neighborhood, actually, agrees that when I play it, the piece sounds like a nightmare. I’m working hard on making big shifts sound nice and that ever elusive vibrato (so frustrating!!!).
• After so much time isolated with just my family during our stay at home order, I was surprised about how exhausted I felt after starting to interact with small groups of real live people.
• I learned that with not a lot going on, my household of readers and easily knock out the whole entire library summer reading program challenge in 2.5 weeks (as in, most of them read more than 75 hours in that time frame).