Brian Lewis Master Class

Maya has been very fortunate to have been selected to receive master classes with Brian Lewis.  He is quite fun and engaging, and clearly quite the master of both performance and teaching.  We were treated to a faculty concert Monday evening which featured Brian.  As an encore he played one of his signature pieces called The Hot Canary.  Take a look:



Now, imagine it ten times better in-person, in a nice theater, with an orchestra backing him up.  It was a blast. I should mention that I didn't know this clip would be on YouTube but we were discussing Monday's performance earlier today and he mentioned there was a take of it on YouTube, and that he wasn't all that thrilled about it (but what the heck, it's there).

Here are a couple of shots of Mr. Lewis and Maya at work earlier today:

In addition to master classes the kids all participate in an ensemble.  Half will perform tonight and the remainder tomorrow night.  Most of my gang are coincidentally scheduled for tomorrow night but Abby J. is playing tonight.  We will be watching them all with great interest.