Riley Joins Up Too

Hildegard and Riley have been doing a lot of talking this week about the possibility of Riley taking Cello lessons also. They have become best-friends-forever, and Hildegard wants to give her lessons "just for fun". Riley had a lot of deep thinking, analyzing, worrying over it, and decided finally to go ahead. She has never had musical training of any sort before, and is a little nervous.

Here is what Hildegard had to say about it.


This past Sunday (11/12/06) I discovered that Riley had a sincere interest in learning the cello. Although I haven’t ever required a mother to learn the cello as well, I have taught a couple of adults and was excited by the thought of doing this. I wonder how Riley’s playing the cello will motivate The Maestro. Will it increase, or decrease? Or not make any difference? The two mothers I taught before experienced increased motivation in their children, but both cases had teenage daughters who were already quite far along. We’ll have to think about how to go about this, but I think for sure Riley’s lessons should be her own experience, distinctly separate from his. The rest will fall into place.