We love to see what will come to the yard to listen to the cello. Usually it’s robins and a family of cardinals (2 babies!), and sometimes we get some house finches (always house sparrows). Today we had some new special guests! Chickadees, a blue-gray gnatcatcher, and a ruby-throated hummingbird!
This week is Wren’s second cello camp of the summer. She was planning on staying with friends in Omaha while I taught in Yellowstone. That didn’t work out, but we’ve had a lot of fun this week together! The Omaha camp didn’t fully cancel, but they allowed Wren to attend only the online portion of the camp (the kids living in Omaha are rehearsing for chamber in person). Wren is taking lessons and technique. She’s also enjoyed zoom lunches with her friends, and some evening seminars on conducting and composers. This camp has a composition competition, and Wren was very excited to submit some of her compositions to this! We recorded for this today, so we don’t have a new recording to share tonight…but after we find out the results of the competition next week, we will post some things here!
Here is an older video for you! This is a recital from the fall of 2017. Wren was playing Chanson Triste.
The hummer is beautiful and so is the performance of your 8-year-old. Wonderful!!