Velma Piano Students- Advanced , Doug Finley

Douglas.

Another one I could go on and on about.

He came to me as a 5th grader. And 5 years later he still has the same insatiable desire to learn music. He went through 3 books a year the first 2 years.



This year he had some major set backs- neck surgery in FEbruary. He missed only 2 weeks of lessons but has not competed like he could. We took the down time and did a lot of theory. Doug received a high score on the OMTA level 7 theory test in March.

Here he is playing a piece we've worked on all year called "Moonlight Rapsody" by Melody Bober.

Doug has taken on accompanying this year. He played for Sidney at Christmas and joined the Velma Show Band, playing keyboards. They performed at a benefit concert and at Miss VA this spring.

Doug, like Sidney, is a pleasure to work with. He tackles Beethoven and Chopin even when he doesn't care for it. He is a work in progress. You'll want to stick around to see the finished product. I have a feeling this one's going places.

He is actually going to a particular place in July- England. With GO missions, he'll spend a week in London doing mission work.

Go Doug! We are proud of ya!

Besides piano, Doug plays the tuba as well. He is an excellent academic student and also does Karate.

And....

I've had the privilege of snow skiing with him before in Colorado.