This is what the girls were up to this morning. Can you spot what is wrong? It is easy - Anna is playing Sarah's violin and Sarah is playing Anna's cello!!!!
To all those that ask me why I choose to live in Italy - Here is the answer to your question. MUSIC! Where in the world would these kids have the opportunities they have here?
1. Sarah goes to a state supported, and funded, music conservatory. Cost to us. 200 euro a year plus books. For a reference, Juliard in NYC would set us back over $10,000 a year. Sarah studies violin with a master as well as piano and solfeggio. Solfeggio is basically a very advanced sight reading skill based on singing. Sarah loves the class, it keeps her in touch with her inner diva.
2. Anna has been studying piano and drums. She wanted to try the cello and within a week or so I found her a teacher and cello. Why? The cell teacher plays in the orchestra along with Sarah's previous violin teacher.
I could go on....
At the moment Sarah is in the local music store searching for the second day in a row through their old sheets of music. She just phoned and can't wait to tell me what she found. Yesterday, she brought home, arias from operas, concertos and a complete work of Ave Maria with all the pieces for violin, viola, cello, harp, piano and voice! I wish I could express in words the enthusiasm she had when she was showing me her treasures. Priceless.
So to all of you who ask me why we stay here in this chaotic country, where I cannot speak the language and struggle sometimes with the simplest tasks of everyday life - like sorting out a broken phone under warranty - To you I say, I do it for the girls. How could I ever walk away from these opportunities?
Just one more thing,
Tomorrow night Sarah and I are going to the Carlo Felice Opera House for an Easter Concert. There will be a Finnish conductor Pieteri Inkinen and Sarah and Anna's music teachers in the orchestra!
Happy Easter!
Krista
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