For eight year old Madison Nguyen, her motivation for learning a new song is to perfect the song so that she can perform it for her family. Her latest goal is to master the songs from the French film Amélie, which her teacher Lea helps her achieve. “She's a great, self-motivated piano student,” Teacher Lea compliments. When asked about her weekly lessons, Madison brightly chimes quickly but thoughtfully. “I think it’s fun, and well, she helps me with all my songs, and figures all of them out when I have mistakes.”
She is part of a musical family – her dad plays the guitar and her mom, brother, and sister play the piano. Madison asked to be signed up for piano lessons after seeing her sister start them. Her mom then signed her up with her first and current teacher, Lea. “I can play the songs right and get better with Lea,” Madison says. Her uncle, who also plays the guitar and piano, is helping Madison learn the rest of the songs from the Amélie soundtrack. “Sometimes, I play all day and usually practice 15 to 30 minutes everyday,” Madison explains. Despite Madison’s busy schedule and holidays, she does her best to practice regularly. Her discipline is coupled with her love for the Amélie songs – Comptine D'un Autre Été: L'après Midi is her favorite. “It’s a really pretty song,” she explains. Madison has not performed in a recital yet and recently expressed her nervousness getting up and playing in front of a crowd. We hope Madison takes the stage and charms the audience as she would her family.
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