Musical Prodigy Gifts

Violinist.

"Harold, not only was it perfect, It was perfectissimo!!"

Orchestra

"I haven't started playing the violin. I hide my vegetables in here!"

Impressing dad.

Flautist

Grade 2

"Michael, your father and I are worried that you're awfully young to be singing the blues."

'Yah, Pelagia took to the mandolin like a native Cephallonian.'

Petey's first rehearsal!

'I have a feeling one day when he grows up he'll be an artist of some kind.'

'No, no, no! Attack the vivace passages! Slow down the andante! Where is this great memory I'm always hearing about?'

"Mom, will you put me in time out. You gotta pay the dues if you want to sing the blues."

Cello Player

"My pugni playing, snake charmer son received a scholarship to the Julliard school."

"Abstract Expressionism is definitely right for me at this stage of my career."

Felix Mendelssohn

'I know about the birds and the bees. Tell me about the bears and the bulls.'

'Wash your hands, it's time for your piano lessons.'

"This next one is my own quirky rendition of Berlioz's 'Symphonie Fantastique,' Movement 5, 'Dream of a Witches' Sabbath.'"

'I'm sure that you are highly qualified. It's just that we're not hiring anyone at the third grade level.'

"You're 5 years old now, Timmy. It's about time you retain an attorney."

Grade 2 Cellist

"... And his piano teacher says that he definitely has Van Gough's ear for music."

'I'm a virtuoso on the middle pedal.'

'After hours of rehearsing together, little Judy Barlow is going to play 'Three Blind Mice' while her father screams, 'Keep that racket down, will ya?''

"Viola player coming through!"

"You're just gaming down there? Shouldn't you be issuing your first IPO for some billion dollar internet enterprise you've created?"

"Nicole’s parents celebrated her curious mind, even in those moments when it really depressed them."

Gracie for Queen...of the universe.

'Is this any way to treat a budding genius?'

Take a bow!

'Teenage Beethoven.'

'What did I tell you about playing the piano in the house?'

"The treasury has hacked into his computer and asked for ideas to solve the deficit"