ABOVE PIANO LESSONS STUDIOPRESENTS

HOLIDAY RECITAL 2020

AUTUMN LEAVES ON THE PIANO

FRIDAY GROUP

Nithi Byreddy Atacama Desert (W. Rossi)

Helen Guan Pixies on Parade (T. Richert)I hear the band starting the Snowflake parade on a distance.Its marching closer and closer echoing from tall buildings. It stays next to me for a while and I spot little pixies dancing and making a pyramid on the top of each other! Wow!… Snowflakes start falling and dancing along with pixies in the final dance.

Esther Sun Mignon (R. Schumann)Summer and her sister, Autumn meet up only once a year, and this time, they went to a prairie. They went on a swing and had a nice conversation. Summer told Autumn about birds singing, thunderstorms bringing and kids playing in the sunshine. Autumn told her about stormy weather blowing leaves down the ground, so kids love to play with those colorful toys and laugh. They getoff the swing and walk away, holding hands, knowing that winter is around the corner.

Abhinav Iyer Sarabanda in D Minor (G. Handel)On a cold winter day, a boy comes to a pond. He sees some ducks and geese. He takes his bread out to feed them the crumbs. To his surprise he sees a beautiful swan swim by. He wants to touch it. But the swan swimsaway... he is heartbroken... The next day, he tries a little differently. He makes a heap of the crumbs and hides behind a bush hoping that the swan will come by and he can touch it. Seeing the swan feeding on the crumbs, he creeps quietly behind it but slips and falls on the grass... When he gets up, the swan is gone. Lying on a bench, he thinks that he will never see the swan. But to his delight, the swan comes to him. He becomes happy realizing that he has just met a friend.

Tiger Sun Rondo from Sonatina in G Major (J. Dussek)

Isaac Patton Menuet in D Minor (J. Buttstett)

Melika Arvan Foggy Day Blues (M. Springer)

Aaliyah Wilson Interlude in D Minor (W. Gillock)On a cool, cold, cloudy winter morning a young girl peers out her frosted window to gaze at the bare trees outside. She remembers when they were decorated with leaves covered in vibrant hues of red, orange, and gold. She remembers the leaves abandoning the trees as they danced delicately to the ground. She remembers how the cool fall air felt on her skin.As the beauty of autumn begins to fade, winter replaces it with its glistening ice and sparkly snow.

Sophia Birnbach Imagination (Spyair, arr. T. Otto)

Alaia Stewart Faded Letter (W. Gillock)She would write about spring, parchments filled with depictions of honeyed, pastel flowers that would fill your nosewith the sweetest scents.

During summer, she talked about the warm air, and the lush green grass that would always flowed under the beating sun.

In autumn, she said the air would turn crisp, and she loved how the trees would blossom into plumes of beautiful crimson and golden shades.

Winter was cold, and the land would be enveloped in blankets of white snow and pure, glistening ice. Dangerously frigid, yet, so beautiful.

The seasons would come and go, but as the distance only grewever larger, her stories faltered and her love was a mere memory, left only in a pile of faded letters.

Vincent Phung In Armenian Style (A. Khachaturyan)

Ian Todd Fluttering Leaves (S. Heller)

Kyle Reed Prelude in D Flat Major (F. Chopin)

Tanya Otto Gnome from “Pictures at the Exhibition” (M.Mussorgsky)

Little Music for Piano #11 (G. Kancheli)

SATURDAY GROUP

Surya Suresh Old McDonald Had a Farm (T. d'Urfey)After weeks of rain comes clear sky and frost, so a little horse is excited about a good run! Even a little chicken is happy to step outside! They meet each other at the farm when the sun is rising. Time goes fast in the sunny afternoon when the little horse and the chicken play outside. Too sad the sun is setting too soon! all of a sudden it's dark and they have to go back to the barn.

Elvin Anand Wendy the Whale (N. Faber)Wendy is a healthy and happy big whale. First thing in the morning he goes swimming to find some food. He dives deeperand deeper til he gets enough of yummy fish! He becomes sleepy and the ocean drifts him away til I see a little tiny dot almost at the horizon...

Hoai An & Anh Thu Ngo Magic Tree (N. Faber, arr. T. Otto)A mystery thunderstorm came this autumn! Rain and sunshine bring a nice rainbow! We play all its colors from bright red trough orange , yellow green and blue... like a clear sky! Lastraindrops fall and the rainbow miracle is gone...

Kangan Agarwal Chimes (J. Thompson)

Fall brings big windstorms! It blows very good this night, so Ican hear the wind chimes on the front porch loud and clear! Then gentle breeze makes them sound quiet. The last gust of wind brings them back to stormy sound, and as the wind is dying down the chimes fall asleep.

Evan & Lucas Omdal Monsieur Mouse (N. Faber, arr. T. Otto)

Monster Mouse is chasing Mini Mouse because it has a slice ofcheese! Mini Mouse made it though a whole and enjoys the cheese by himself. That's why being small can sometimes be great!

Kevin Anand Tub Time (N. Faber)As its getting late Kevin steps out to call his doggy home. its echoing in the woods and seems like the doggy is close by. Kevin is calling louder and hears more echo but no doggy yet! Finally he shows up so dirty that the only way to get home is if to take a bath first!

Hoai An Ngo Yankee Doodle (Traditional)My Mom is riding a big horsy! Im riding a small horsy! My sister is riding a pony! We make a circle around a Christmas town and get back home. Then we turn all the lights on a close the door.

Mugdha Singh Goldfish (N. Faber, arr. T. Otto)Goldfish Mama is teaching her baby how to swim. Its her first time and the baby is shy, but then becomes more confident! Mama shows her how to move around and encourages her and saying: Swim baby, swim! The little Goldfish is swimming away...

Alka Athipatala Sleigh Bells (C. Donkin)With all fresh snow a reindeer is prancing, excited to start its Christmas ride. I hear its bell jingling with joy! Its heading to the forest looking like a winter Wonderland. Its bell jingling farther and farther, softer and softer until it makes a circle around the hill and comes back with the sleigh full of presents from Santa!

Vinay Prakash Let's Waltz (E. Pearce)When blizzard blows first snowflakes waltzing up above in theair. The higher the wind, the higher they are dancing! I go outside, open the door… Snowflakes are waving to me and gracefully landing on the ground.

Mina Arvan Haunted Mouse (R. Faber)A mouse quietly tip toeing down the hallway and tries to open the kitchen door. Yum.... cheese smells so good , so it becomes brave and tip toeing even closer and opening the doorwider! Got in the hot kitchen!! Oops... someone’s steps aroundthe corner... Grab the cheese and run away!.. out of trouble.

Ethan Ing Curious Cat (T. Richert)I hear two cats in these piece: left hand is a big sister, righthand is a little brother kitten. They like to climb up the trees and older sister is always first to the top. Once they are so curious and brave that decide to climb the tallest tree!The little kitten feels a bit shaky but they fearless help eachother and make it up to the very top !

Taynou and Suji Xiong C is for Cookie (J. Raposo)One night when everyone was sleeping somebody opened the door and went to the kitchen. He tip-toed to the table to find a cookie jar. But our parents woke up and the Cookie Monster had to hide in a closet. He tries again to get to the table, cookies are calling! The parents turn the light on and figure out… that the Cookie Monster is my brother!

Fiona Au New Shoes (L. Niamath)Right before this holiday season I got my shiny new shoes. When I first wear them I go to visit my friend Samantha. We both go to pick up Alaina and heading to a big Christmas party! We see a house full of lights and enter the front door to join a big crowd to celebrate the holidays!

Suji Xiong Pop Goes the Weasel (English folk song, arr. A. Markow)A circus is calling for a magical show! The certain is is rising and there is a Weasel in the stage. It’s a bit shy, a crowd issilent. The Weasel feels braver and makes magical tricks jumping up , down and finally turning into a bird!

Lucas Omdal Distant Chimes (J. George) What a windy night in November! It starts with a gentle breeze echoing in the woods. Then the wind picks up and blowing the leaves all around the forest ground. Its echoing from the hills and starts whaling louder and louder! It pretends dying down for a while til the last gust of wind blows all the colorful leaves away...

Ayaan Siddique Smooth and Crunchy (E. Milne)I grab crunchy cookies and smooth milk from a countertop to share them with my next door friend. His house is just down the street. When he opens the door we figured that he wantsto share his cookies with me! so I bring home the whole treasure basket of them. What a feast!

Vitaly Koval Melody Study (P. Vasiliev)

Melanie Ayodeji Minuet in D Minor (J.S. Bach)When I perform this Minuet I can see nice ladies and gentlemen at the Christmas ball. I spot a young lady in a purple sparkling dress dancing the best of all. Everyone is starring at her, looking bright like a beautiful flower bloominghere while snowflakes are falling outside. At the end, she bows to the audience with all her grace. It was an outstanding performance!

Rachael Ing Autumn Schetch (W. Gillock)You can see the leaves on the ground starting to gush around on the floor when a slight breeze starts to pick up. Suddenly,the breeze becomes a heavy wind making the leaves dance in the air like crazy. Thankfully, there was a window in the cloud with light shining through making everything seem so colorful. Focusing on just one leaf, as it’s gracefully landing towards the ground. The single leaf is on the ground now swaying just a little.

Alisa Alonichava Air in B Flat Major (G. Handel)

Kevin Wang Sunset in Rio (M. Springer)

Tanya Otto Gnome from “Pictures at the Exhibition” (M.Mussorgsky)

Little Music for Piano #11 (G. Kancheli)

Notes

Thank you to all the students for their hard workand making beautiful music!

Congratulations to

Elvin Anand, Kevin Anand, Anh Thu Ngo, Kangan Agarwal, Evan Omdal and Mugdha Singh

on their recital debut in the studio!

Thank you to all parents and grandparents for their support!

Big Thanks to Zoom and the Biggest to my husband Sam for technical

support in this recital!

Happy Hoidays, stay healthy and enjoyyour piano music!

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