A student whose mom is a doctor called me on my studio phone with a question about a piece and asked, "Are you in with a patient?"
A new student who had never played in a recital before asked me, "When is the funeral?"
I asked a student what he had left out of his performance and he answered, "The damnamics." Then being a good little Catholic, he profusely apologized!
I told a 6 year old prodigy that she was a really good pianist. Without batting an eye, she looked at me and said, "I can hang upside down on the monkeybars."
From a 7 year old: "You're a strange little man." She had to say it twice before I realized she was quoting from Toy Story!
Reason for missing a lesson: "I had to go to the cemetery with the church members to visit the people who have died."
An 11 year old's response to me asking why kids like to blame me for their mistakes: "You're an easy target."
An 8th grader had a little trouble at the beginning of her recital piece.
She stopped, threw her hands in the air, turned to the audience and proclaimed, "I can do this, people!" Then she started over and played it perfectly.
A student whose mom is a doctor called me on my studio phone with a question about a piece and asked, "Are you in with a patient?"
A new student who had never played in a recital before asked me, "When is the funeral?"
I asked a student what he had left out of his performance and he answered, "The damnamics." Then being a good little Catholic, he profusely apologized!
