June 18th - Piano Competition - Assignment #12

I went to the Arthur Fraser Piano Competition a couple of weekends ago to watch the first three contestants of the competition. I couldn't believe the talent that the students had. It was unbelievable to listen to them play. When I went online the next day I was reading about the contestants and I could not believe that they were all in high school or middle school. I thought they were extremely talented for their ages and thought they were a lot older when watching them perform. Looking at the results of the competition online I saw that Brook Zhang, the second performer I saw, ended up winning the discretionary award and the young jury award. He was really phenomenal to listen to. I played piano for a couple of years as a child so it was it was a lot of fun to see younger kids play. Being in the educational field I do enjoy watching children succeed as well as watching them do something they love. Those performers were all passionate about their performances and it made it that more entertaining to watch.