BLYAP Week One Wrap

It hard to believe we've been here in Ottawa for a week.  The students have been very busy with concertos, sonatas, show pieces, technical studies and conducting class.  The weekend allows the kids to unwind a bit.  On Saturday (after morning practice time) they took an excursion to Lawrence, KS, to see a movie, have lunch on the lawn but the theater, then roam around town for a while.

 Here is Maya's conducting class with Mr. Barg, Dustin, Rachel and Kelsea.  I only attended one of the classes but it was very interesting.

Note to self:  Remember Survival Delay.

On Friday Mr. Lewis gives a lecture called something like "Name That Person".  Most of the images are of musicians or composers but not all, and many of them are out of context or unusual in some way.  Mr. Lewis presents information about the person and the kids have to figure out who it is.  It's a lot of fun.

Here's a random shot of Maya and Kelsea from the Thursday night lecture on violin technique presented by Bryan Hall.  I'm not sure exactly what they were doing here but Kelsea is keeping a close eye on Maya's technique.

Here is an ID card of Maya at the movie, and below are some of the kids having lunch.  It was a very nice day though the wind gusts were over 20 mph.