At the time of writing this Blog post, planning is underway for our 26th annual Christmas Student Recitals! The planning season always causes me to reflect on why we do Recitals at The Piano Studio. We will host 15 Recitals over 3 weekends; we are expecting to hear over 600 students perform approximately 16 hours of music. It’s an exciting time and…it’s a LOT of work!
So why host Recitals at all?
Planning, hosting, preparing students and participating in Recitals have many benefits for everyone involved!
Students will be building resilience. Walking up on a stage and playing in front of an audience is hard. But doing hard things strengthens character.
Students will also feel a sense of accomplishment by setting a goal, working hard, and then achieving it.
Performing also builds confidence – receiving applause and praise for their music warms the heart and affirms they are doing something great.
Teachers will feel a great sense of pride, watching & hearing the result of lots of hard work they have done together with students each week.
The audience receives the wonderful gift of live music being shared. Parents experience wonder in their child’s abilities, and satisfaction knowing that their time and money is being well spent on helping their kid(s) gain such valuable skills.
As studio owners, we look forward to our Recitals each year – we love hearing the students perform, watching parents smile from ear to ear, seeing teachers swelling with pride, and most of all experiencing the MUSIC. Recitals are a highlight every year and remind us how blessed we are to do what we do!
