Saturday, October 31, 2009

He Writes the Songs

On Halloween morning, Caleb had a piano recital. It wasn't your regular recital however. All of the songs that were played had a decidedly Halloween theme to them and most wore their costumes. Caleb didn't wear a costume and you will see why in a later post. In addition to the spooky songs that they learned, this year, Bonnie Kemp (the piano teacher) challenged them to do something else. This year they had to compose and play songs that they wrote themselves. Caleb really enjoyed writing his own song. I think some of the songs that were written by them were better than the ones written by the professional composers. (I might be a bit biased, but I don't think so.) Here is Caleb playing "Hedwig's Theme" from Harry Potter.



Here is Caleb playing his original composition "Lost in the Graveyard"

We sure are proud of him. I love him.

6 comments:

Caroline said...

I'm so impressed! I had to send it to Trent for him to listen cause I was so proud of Caleb!

T Fowler said...

I am so impressed! I had no idea Caleb was such a talented pianist. I love 'Lost in the Graveyard' - spooky! Keep up the great work, Caleb!

k8theriver said...

nice job, caleb!

Rachel said...

So cute, Caleb! Way to go. You are obviously very talented. Can't wait to see what you compose next year.

Leslie said...

Wow! Didn't he just start playing not to long ago? Amazing song composition. I always hated that part of lessons and so do my kids. He must have a special talent for that.

Heath said...

I'm blown away. His song was so fluid! It's time for the Stowell's to cough up the $$$ for a piano.