学习钢琴三年之后

湘湘终于在学习钢琴三年之后，今年5月一口气跨出了二大步。第一是终于答应并且完成了钢琴汇演。这种汇演每学期一次，主要是把学琴的小朋友召集在一起，在众多家长面前表演。至今，我们还记得湘湘五岁时，学琴半年要参加表演，还特地买了衣服领带，结果一到表演场地，就开始哭，那哭得惊天动地。后来，也曾试过一两次，均已失败告终。这次，为了再给他一个机会，我们使出了杀手锏---金钱的诱惑。答应，若参加，就给100块奖励。加上妈妈今年拿到专业资格证书，加了工资，再给100块奖励。总共200大洋。这小子果然是有点继承了他老爸的优点，见钱眼开，还真答应了。虽然临到最后表演的那天，据孩子他妈讲，还是哭得一塌糊涂。孩子他妈就想出了一招说，要不要先拿点钱放在口袋里？湘湘点点头，就拿了张20的放在胸前的口袋，深呼吸了几下，也就不哭了。最后在钢琴老师先陪着弹一曲的情况下，坚持把第二首也独立地弹完了。可惜的是，那天，妹陀在车上睡着了，孩子他爸我也只好陪着，无法亲眼看到这些场景。等她哥哥弹完回到车上，我们妹陀也正好醒了。

这个是湘湘那天钢琴表演的视频， 我们湘湘那两个鞠躬可是货真价实的。



在youtube上也 有


在钢琴表演后的当月，听老师介绍和大力推荐，说belmont钢琴学院有个奖学金，老师认为湘湘有实力去申请。于是，我们展开金钱诱惑，跟湘湘说，只要参加，不管能不能拿到，就有50奖励，如果最后拿到，则总共200块的奖学金就都归他（也就是还可以多拿150）。一开始，湘湘也还是有抵触情绪的，比如说，这个奖学金需要写个申请，其中有项内容需要申请人写个东东谈谈为什么要学钢琴，为什么要申请这个奖学金等等。湘湘因为年龄问题，所以可以不用写文字，而代以画画等形式来表示。结果在离申请书最后截止日的前一晚，我们要湘湘画这么一副图，他就有开始闹情绪了，这时候，用钱也收买不了他了。他哭着喊着说：又不是我要学的，都是你们要我学的，我根本不想学！想着他说的也是实情，我们就最后逼迫他说，可以，没关系，就画这么一副图，说明你都是被逼的，说明你每次学琴都是因为有麦当劳吃.....结果，他还真画了这么一副效果逼真的图。



下面是他去面试时弹的两首曲子，非常好听。

曲子一：youtube， 土豆网



曲子二, youtube, 土豆网







这个是钢琴学院的director写信通知：

Dear Bob,

Congratulations! It is my pleasure to notify you that you have been chosen to receive a scholarship of $200.00 for the upcoming fall and spring semester ($100.00 for each semester). Our judge was extremely complimentary of your performance, and also encourage you to continue your studies. Comments from your adjudicator will be made available to your instructor. It is our hope that these comments will enhance and aid your studies for the upcoming year. Expectations of you for the upcoming year in conjunction with receiving your scholarship will be sent to you at a later date. With these expectations will be an agreement that you will need to sign and return to us.

We are proud to have you here at Belmont Academy and hope to continue our partnership in your musical education. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call me at 460-6346 or email us atbelmontacademy@belmont.edu.

Sincerely,

Director, Belmont Academy

在之前，就给钢琴老师写了个感谢信，孩子他妈看了表扬说写的很好，应该放在网上，就是这个了：

Hi, Judy,

First we'd like to say many thanks to you for being piano teacher of Bob. We have seen lot of improvements during this semester. After the very first lesson you gave, Bob's mommy told me how much she liked you and the way you taught. She said millions of times that she was so glad to have you teach Bob. Bob has been learning piano since his five, and his mommy has spent same time by sitting and watching his learning in the same room which gives her the best place to judge the progress Bob has made. As a father, I have never been qualified to be such a good chaperone but I am a very lucky listener.I can tell there is a lot better change in the way how he hits the keys. I have been feeling Bob is more like a serious piano player only since this semester. All of this good would not occur toBob without your great teaching and patience. Yes, Bob's mommy mentioned a lot that she was amazed by your endless enthusiasm and patience when you teach. We just couldn't say enough about how much we are so grateful.

Honestly, when we decided to let Bob start piano lesson, we didn't expect him to be a great piano player one day.I guess Bob would agree this very much too:-). Bob has been through a lot when we keep forcing him to practise at home. It was difficult for us to watch when he hit the keys with tons of tears in his eyes. One of the reasons for us to insist bob is that we hope he could learn lots of fun from playing piano and enjoy such a splendid life via music. While it might take long time for Bob to appreciate how his life is blessed, the other reason I guess Bob has already agreed on is that only practice makes perfect. Now, he is much calm and cooperative when he thinks of 20 minutes TV time after 10 mins of piano practice.

Speaking of the coming recital, We were actually very surprised and excited when he agreed to play in recital. He never successfully tried piano recital before. Magic things happened after you talked with Bob about recital. It would be his first milestone if he finally made it, which wouldn't be possible without you. We promised Bob no matter how he plays in the recital, he will get his rewards for his efforts. We only hope this will work:-).

Last thing is about the Merit Scholarship you mentioned today. We all thank you very much for sharing this information and your kindness for the recommendation. We talked about this with Bob and he kind of agreed although he didn't know the details yet. We decided to give a try and I attached two PDF file including one reference form for you to fill. My best hope is that if Bob could make it inpiano recital, he will survive the audition. I noticed that a list of appropriate scales are required and Bob also needs preparation for the audition. If you don't mind, we would like to compensate your extra time and effort if you think it is necessary. Just let us know.

Many thanks again.