Senior Pianists Perform for the Last Time

Poly seniors took to the Longfellow Elementary School stage for the KeysTone Piano Quartet senior recital on Friday, June 5th.
This was the last time the advanced pianists would play as Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits. The quartet is made up of seniors Mayvera Doaran, Phoebe Hao, Jasmine Kay, and Damian Nguyen.
Junior pianist Tre’von Robinson said he was “excited to see all the seniors perform so exceptionally after all their hard work in the classroom.”
The hour long recital featured the entire advanced piano class and four solos, two duets, and four quartets. The quartets included the Scot Joplin Rag Rhapsody, Champagne Toccata, and the Moldau.
For senior Phoebe Hao, ten years of practice and performing paid off, as she played throughout the entire recital, including a Debussy piece.
Hao ended up enjoying “every performance of the recital,” and was excited that her years of practice did allow her to achieve perfection on Friday night.
As an encore, the quartet premiered Damian Nguyen’s arrangement of Rhapsody of Blue for melodica and six hands
“It was an honor and a privilege to be part of the quartet, especially since this was my first year in Poly’s piano program, and I am so proud that we are the first at Poly to have a piano quartet recital separate from the annual recitals that the piano classes have,” said Nguyen.i