Meet Derek Banks. He is a 15-year old concert pianist who recently returned from a concert tour with his teacher and other talented students in New Zealand.
Before he left, he took some time to visit
"Starry Night" made out of balloons at the Orem Library. He spent about 3-4 hours writing and memorizing his own arrangement of Don McLean's "Vincent," also known as "Starry Starry Night." Pretty impressive, right?
Jeremy took some footage of Derek playing "Starry Starry Night" in front of "Starry Night" and made a youtube video of it.
Take a look at it on
Derek's youtube channel. Jeremy will later make a more balloon focused video for his own channel.
Also, watch
this video of Derek playing another classical piece for a competition at a piano store. The video with the most views will win an upright piano. Derek's mom is in need of a piano that she can give piano lessons on.
And see my kids in their usual positions when we spend time in a library. If there are books somewhere where we are, they will find them.
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