I found myself very inspired and motivated after the competition yesterday...I got very excited to help this guys improve even more. There's little things in each of theirs' playing that I want to help them refine to get better for their next performance, particularly my students who aren't seniors and can do this again next year.
But one thing's for sure: I am relieved that it's done...for now. It was a very busy couple of months helping these students work on these solos and get them in top shape, and have piano rehearsals and extra lessons. It was a lot of work! It's pretty much all we worked on in their lessons this month! I'm happy to work on other stuff with them now...but if any of them get to State, we gotta get back to the grind soon. I'm excited to work on some new music with the Penn Cove Brass, and I'm sure they are, too.
I'll let you know how they did in the rankings.
Take care and value music.