The atmosphere was both studious for the most stressed children and electric for the most impatient, on the evening of Thursday, March 26, at the Château de Cousances-les-Forges. The EIM, the inter-municipal music school of Codecom des Portes de Meuse, invited 19 of its apprentice musicians out of the 107 enrolled to perform in front of about sixty people, parents, or friends.
“This mid-season audition aims to assess the progress made by these students, whether beginners or advanced after several years of practice,” said Pascal Boudier, a teacher of classical and electric guitar. Except for Laurent Mathieu, a guitar teacher who could not attend, all the other teachers were present to support their students. Geraldine James accompanied the young musicians on the violin in pieces such as “The old castle” and “Clare’s song”. Jean-Claude Lemoine supported the beginner piano students in “A good duty” and “Sandman”. Pascal Boudier led his students in “We write on the walls” and “Washington Square”. Anaë’l Adamczyk set up her students on the drums for solos on music by Bruno Mars and Shaka Ponk. Pierre-Emmanuel Gillet suggested to the amateur electric guitar children “May song trad” and “Song of the wind”. Hubert Rache, on drums, set the tone for the budding guitarist with “Blue sky”. Despite stage fright for some children performing in public for the first time, each one applied themselves to demonstrate their skills and progress made since the start of the school year. All these efforts were rewarded with enthusiastic applause from an already supportive audience, as an encouragement to continue on the chosen path.
