Piano Guild 2013

In May, young piano players all over the nation compete in the National Piano Guild competition. The players must memorize ten pieces of music and play before a judge - since Matthew was seven and this was his first guild, he was entered in the "elementary A" level. He memorized ten pieces of music - most of them from Edna Mae Burnam's Basic Piano Book (level 2).

We drove up to the State University at Fredonia and he was very excited to play for the judge. I was a nervous wreck.

He went inside the room and we waited outside, listening through the door. He played his major scales and arpeggios as part of his guild. He came out of the room a little while later, and the judge handed his report card to Matt's piano teacher. He scored a Superior Minus, which is the equivalent of an A-.

He received his gold pin for completing a ten piece set. He worked hard all year for this award, and he was very happy to receive it!

We went out to lunch at the Southern Tier Brewing Company in Fredonia - Matt was happy to have lunch with Mom and Dad and a root beer.

We drove home after lunch. Matt was thrilled to have the day off school. We were very proud of our hard-working boy!