Caleb participated in guild again this year where he played 10 memorized pieces and their scales in front of a judge. The judge marks C's for areas that are commendable and A's for "areas needing attention." This year, Caleb was feeling a bit overwhelmed for guild due to baseball...he played the championship game the night before guild and went to bed after 10pm due to the long game. As he practiced through everything that morning, he was making mistakes and feeling especially nervous. We were able to have a good talk and prayer together as I encouraged him to do his best and that the results didn't matter.
He performed really well on all his pieces and was able to keep his nerves under control. The judge wrote things like "young artist award," "top talent," fabulous Clementi!" etc. He earned 39 C's and no A's this year, which is an improvement from last year (36 C's and 1 A). His final piece was actually ear training where he had to be able to name all the major intervals the judge played as well as the minor 3rd and 6th intervals and identify major/minor/diminished chords. Great experience and his hard work paid off!
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