Vincent plays his JOC piece, Flight of the Gargoyles
We had a wonderful time at the Junior Original Composition (JOC) Concert on Sunday, March 27th. Although I appeared so calm and relaxed, I was actually more nervous than my little pianist. I felt that my heart was pounding and racing even faster than the tempo of Vincent’s music. My hands were as cold as ice; they were too shaky to hold a camera. I thought I had stopped breathing for 3 minutes and 50 seconds!
This particular JOC Concert was the most challenging experience ‘ever’ for Vincent, not to mention the composing process where I had to fork out extra ‘patience’ and ‘energy’ so that I could give my boy necessary supports. I’m glad everything went through smoothly even though Vincent wished he could have done better. I told him he’d shown his best and his performance could be felt by the audience. I’m sure.
Usually, on our BIG day like this, I prefer hanging around with Vincent just to make sure he’s comfortable and relaxed. However, this particular JOC Concert, I left him with his teacher and the concert coordinators the whole time backstage. I was a little worried about his emotional state as he usually get very jumpy before the show or exams. I knew Vincent had to learn to go through this on his own somehow. In fact, he was ready for this mission, but there were so many ‘accident-prone spots’ in his composition that often gave him some frustrating moments whenever he practiced Flight of the Gargoyles on the piano.
After the concert, we had to rush to the airport and head to Penang right away. We got home quite late and had to wake up very early for school the next day. Our next musical missions are, the ‘usual exams’ in May and June. Until then, I guess… my boys and I still have to keep up with the school routines and do the best we possibly can. Thank you for visiting. Enjoy the slide show of our journey to the JOC.
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