This summer, Degen joined Kyrie at The Conservatory of Piano for his own class: the preschool summer sampler. For six weeks, he participated in a weekly, hour-long introductory group class which helped establish a foundation to begin piano lessons. At the conclusion of the sampler, he was assigned a teacher to begin private lessons. Degen has shown a lot of interest in music and was always enthusiastic about going to the sampler class. On his first day of private lessons, he got his own COP bag and two books of music- what a proud, little boy!
Having a three year old in piano is a lot different than having a five year old, which is how old Kyrie was when she started piano. Degen is starting out at the very bottom skill level. Sitting down to practice is a bit like sitting down at the piano with a monkey...a very giggly monkey! Still, at the end of his second week of lessons his teacher gave the somewhat hopeful report that "I think we're actually making some progress." I am encouraged by other waiting room parents who share that their kids started off at the same age and still love piano years later.
(Kyrie continues to show improvement with her lessons. She has learned several key positions and has started to play chords.)
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