Poly High’s Piano Recital took place during April 24, 25, and the 26. Students played pieces recognizable to all audiences like Dreaming of You. They also played classic romantic pieces such as Valse Romantique, performed by Megan Heng. The song was originally written in 1890 as a solo piece by French composer, Claude Debussy. Melissa Martinez played Renesmee’s Lullaby, which was originally written by Carter Burwell for the score of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn part II.
Junior Anahi Vega played Mia and Sebastian’s Theme from “La La Land”. After playing the piano for nearly 3 years, Vega is able to pick up and memorize music quickly, “It took me about a month to memorize this piece. I still messed up, but it was okay.”
Although memorizing sheet music is a skill Vega posses, but after all her performances, Vega still at times, lets her nerves get the better of her. “I actually hit the note I was messing up on, but I need to work on my stage fright. I look at the audience sometimes and just stop.”
This program in a way told a story, “It started kind of sad, then went to a weird place, but it ended on a happy note.”
Junior, Maya Cheav, began playing piano 9 years ago when her mother brought home a old piano from work one day. She considers music as a pastime and not her career path. She doesn’t think much about the memorization of music, although she agrees it is key when learning the piano, “ With sheet music, it depends on the song, anywhere from a few days to a few weeks.” Cheav recently started playing Jazz and now can tell the similarities between the two styles and embrace their differences. “I’m in Jazz as well so I know how to work with the whole team instead of just solo. Classical music is about sheet music, Jazz is more about expressing yourself, both are nice in different ways.”
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