MMTA Convention

Princess E was blessed to be able to play at the MMTA Convention this past week.  She participated in a program called Music Bridges.  The purpose of the program is as follows: "Music Bridges offers teachers the freedom and flexibility to design a program to fit each individual student, at any age, and at any level of ability.  In addition to repertoire performance, a student's program may include an original composition, dance, drama or visual art."  Therefore, Princess E played a piece of music  which her teacher chose called "A Little Flower" by Cornelius Gurlitt.  Based on the song, she composed a poem, also called "A Little Flower."  She played "Lost Toy" by Christopher Norton.  She also composed two of her own songs, "Angry Clouds" and "Clear."  She sang on "Clear" while she played.  She received a perfect score when she did the program back in April.  The organizers decided to have a class on the Music Bridges program at the convention.  The judge was asked to choose two students who could best represent the idea of the program who could perform their program again.  Princess E was one of those chosen. 

We had to be up there by 7:45am.  Princess E was the first to perform, and ended up doing her whole program twice through.  She also was asked a lot of questions about her songs, and how she went about writing and composing.  One funny point was when she was asked about the overarching theme in all of her pieces.  She replied, "Well, I'd tell you  if I knew what it was."  So the judge asked the audience and one man volunteered that it was about becoming comfortable with who you were and what your talents were.  I thought that was pretty good.  The practice judge brought out the fact that she thought that all of the pieces greatly reflected Princess E's faith.  That was quite the compliment!   Here are two pictures from the event.