Autauga County Schools
Teachers Prep for Online Learning
Local Student Performs
in 10th Piano Guild Audition
Lydia Van Cleave, 15-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Van Cleave of
Daphne, just completed her 10th piano
Guild audition held at the Daphne
Methodist Church on March 19.
Sponsored by the International Guild
of Piano Teachers with headquarters
in Austin, Texas, auditions are held
annually at various centers in the
United States and abroad and allow
students to be evaluated by professional
adjudicators. Six Baldwin County
piano teachers registered 8l students
to participate in the auditions which were held in the Baldwin County Center on
March 17-20.
Lydia prepared an International Program which consisted of 15 pieces making it
her 8th year to perform ten or more pieces. In two more years she will earn the
coveted engraved gold Paderewski Medal.
Lydia is a 9th grade home schooled student who has distinguished herself in
various piano competitions and auditions. She has won three 1st place trophies,
two 2nd place medallions and one 3rd place medallion in the Mobile Music
Teachers Sonata Contest; 1st and 3rd place cash prizes in the Piano Virtuoso
Competition; made Outstanding ratings in both the District and State auditions
sponsored by the Alabama Music Teachers Association; and performed in many
recitals as well as playing the piano every Sunday and Wednesday at her church.
She is an avid reader, loves animals and enjoys all types of handicrafts.
During Spring Break
During Spring Break, W. J. Carroll teachers and staff geared up to
guide their students through distance learning. Despite the distance,
through the effort of Mrs. Erin Jones, one of the fifth grade teachers,
everyone synergized their love of education and their students sending
a message of support as everyone prepared for distance learning.
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