Ericksens and their Half Dozen: A dream realized

Sunday, February 8, 2009

A dream realized

Today was a dream realized when all three of my girls played in Sacrament together. One cannot imagine the work that goes into a piece multiplied by 3 players and complicated by Timing. However, after a lot of hard work, practice and heavenly help they did a beautiful job. Jessica's cello teacher was kind enough to join us to even out the voice of the cello. Sorry it is not complete, my camera died. (this was taken in the foyer the night before we preformed.) They are playing the same song that is on my blog but because we could not find any written music for it Diane Austin (violin teacher) listened to the track and wrote the music for the two violins and Jessica's teacher wrote the cello part.

2 comments:

Violadiva said...: wow! It brings a tear or two! What gorgeous tone, vibrato and intonation, I love it!

You're lucky to have Rosie, she is so great.; February 11, 2009 at 10:50 AM
Patty and Kevin said...: Beautiful! You're girls are amazing. Jessica has come a long way in the last 9 months! Thanks for sharing this video.; February 11, 2009 at 1:36 PM

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