January 2022 Students of the Month

Harper N. 

Harper is 10 years old and attends Hill Elementary.  She has been studying violin with Ernesto since the fall of 2019.  Harper loves music because it’s fun and challenging at the same time.  She enjoys being able to express herself musically and loves playing for family and friends.
- Harper

I wanted to nominate Harper for my student of the month.  Harper's critical listening has improved so much especially over the past month, but what I wanted to celebrate the most is her perseverance in each lesson to work through to improve her playing.  I will give Harper challenging solutions weekly to improve the things that she hears that she wants to fix and she takes them with stride and doesn’t give up on her first attempts to learn them.  As we’ve started to finish up our CD project it’s been such a joy really seeing her transition from a beginner to an intermediate musician.  She’s held her composure with the sometimes difficult self awareness of our playing that comes with recording a lot of music and I’ve really seen this especially in working with her on her composition. Very happy to nominate her for our Cedar Park Student of the month.
- Mr. Ernesto

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Heeral A. 

Thank you so much!
- Heeral

Heeral is a fantastic new member of the Orpheus community. She has not taken lessons very long but impresses me every week with her fantastic progress and enthusiasm. Her eagerness to learn is apparent in every lesson and her joyful personality is present in her music making. I am so happy to have the opportunity to work with Heeral and I am excited to see what else we can accomplish!
- Mr. Jeremy

Ben W. 

Ben loves playing violin and making music because he thinks music is beautiful. He likes the way the sounds follow a specific order and pattern.
- Ben

Ben is 7 years old and is in his second year of playing violin. He is bright and silly and also very focused. Ben has been playing violin frequently and is currently playing songs in the middle of Adventure Through Sounds, Book 2! Now, he's memorizing his songs and really enjoys playing for an audience. Keep it up, Ben!
- Mr. Xavier

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Martha N. 

Music is very interesting and I really like the way it makes me feel while making music.  
- Martha

I'm so proud of how hard Martha has been working in her lessons! She's exhibited great curiosity and creativeness in her piano studies. Keep up the great work!
- Mr. Mike

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