BHS Primary #1
I am in awe of Michael Certalic. I arrived at BHS at 7:15 am and he was in the middle of teaching a violin lesson. Why on earth would he teach that early? More importantly- what student wants to play that early?? The answer to both- they love music. I was pretty skeptical about having an orchestra at 7:30 am. I know that in high school, and even now, I am not particularly alert before 8:00 am or so. I am not sure how excited I would be to sit in a room full of instruments playing fff that early in the morning. But somehow, Mr. Certalic and all of his students arrive on time and in good spirits.
Mr. Certalic spent the entire period showing us different warm ups that the ensemble does on a regular basis. I was very impressed by the quality of these young musicians. They played scales, etudes, folk tunes, you name it... just as warm ups! The best part of all of this is that they really seemed to enjoy it. I feel very nervous about warming up this ensemble. I do not play a stringed instrument. At all. And Mr. Certalic plays all of the warm ups in a call-and-response style. Getting up in front of a high school-age ensemble is quite a bit more intimidating than elementary-age students. I feel slightly too close in age to these students!
I guess if you have to get up early, you might as well be doing something you enjoy!
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