In celebration of our Baby Grand Piano's tenth birthday, Simon Tedeschi was invited to play for us at Wangaratta West. Simon, who is from Sydney, is one of the finest classical pianist in the world, and we were so lucky to have him come down for us.
Simon played some classical pieces, as well as some Jazz and Blues which are his real passion in music.
Those lucky people who came to his concert on the Wednesday night would know what a treat it was for us all to have Simon at our school on Thursday.
Simon was a very entertaining speaker, telling the children about many amusing anecdotes from his childhood. He amazed us with the fact that he started playing at aged 5, and at 8 he won the open aged eisteddfod competition in Sydney, beating a player who was 21!
He told us about the composers, and what the music was written for. This helped us to appreciate and understand what we were listening to.
Our brilliant senior group played for Simon too.
He listened carefully to them.
Then he showed us how he could improvise and play along with them.
Have a listen to this snippet of their performance.
A real highlight for us all was when Simon played a duet with Miss Wills. We thought that they sounded just great! It was a wonderful idea you had Miss Will, inviting Simon to our school. Thanks Miss Wills.
Thanks so much Simon for coming we all had a brilliant time listening to you, and we have all learnt so much.
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