What are the benefits to playing in a Recital?

-Stathia Orwig
​Yep- it’s that time of the year! Recital time! As teachers, we always get the parents and students who are not sure they want to participate in end of the year recitals. Want to know why your student should prepare and play on a recital? What’s the big deal? Well, there are a lot of amazing things that happen from preparing and participating in a recital. Here are just a few:

• Usually a more challenging piece is given to work on long-term, which helps build persistence. It’s a great learning experience to learn, polish, and memorize a recital piece!

• Gives the students a goal to work towards; goals include a certain time to have your piece learned, have it memorized, & performance ready! These are time management skills!

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• Students get to hear their peers play on recitals and learn recital etiquette!

• Creates an opportunity for students to come together within a studio to celebrate their accomplishments as a group.​
• Stage presence! It’s not easy getting up in front of a crowd of people- big or small! Being in front of an audience is a very common phobia. Overcoming this fear early in life is essential to helping this phobia.

And the most satisfying reason of all?

• ​​Parents enjoy hearing the progress their student(s) are making while in music lessons.

As a teacher, I am always proud of my students who perform at recitals. It takes a lot of time and dedication from parents and students (and teacher)  to perform- not an easy task! 
As a parent, there is nothing better than watching your well-deserving child perform and be so proud of what they can do. Not every child is given the gift of music lessons, so let this day be a day to let them shine and the hard work pay off at the recital!