Chapter 865 Apprentices’ Approval
Fortunately, Susan managed to come back to her senses and correct her mistakes after one of the members beside her gently nudged her. However, her heart was still in panic and confusion. As the performance came to an end, they were received with thunderous applause from the audience, as the audience felt that they were perfect in their performance. In particular, they all felt that Tessa’s performance was outstanding and excellent.
“That was amazing.” Everyone sang similar praises.
Gregory was also clapping his small hands in excitement. Although his palms had turned red from clapping a little too hard, he did not feel even the slightest pain. “Mommy’s the best!”
As though she had heard Gregory’s praise, Tessa smiled sweetly at him before her eyes went to her mentor in hopes of her evaluation of the performance. The rest of the group members followed suit as they all looked at Sofia expectantly.
Sofia then waved her hand as a signal for the others around her to be quiet. As soon as everyone quietened down, she started her evaluation. “The overall harmony was on point. However, you’ll still need to improve your riffs and runs. Whether it’s playing the notes a beat faster or slower, it would give a different feeling to your audience. Kellen, you’ll be in charge of following up on this point in their training.”
“I understand. I will focus their training in that aspect.” Kellen nodded.
After a nod at Kellen, Sofia turned her attention to Tessa.
As Tessa knew her evaluation was next, her body inadvertently became tense.
“Although you’ve performed very well, there were several flaws you’ve made during the transition from the second theme to the third theme. By all rights, you should’ve been able to perform better than that.”
“It’s true that I didn’t handle that part well. I’ll pay more attention to my transitions in the future.” Tessa humbly accepted her mentor’s teachings.
The others who heard the conversation between Tessa and Sofia couldn’t help but sigh.
“I finally understand why Miss Sofia took Tessa under her wing.”
“Right? I already thought that it was a perfect performance, yet Sofia still said that it wasn’t good enough. It’s no wonder Sofia wouldn’t take us as her apprentices.”
“I’m just so jealous. Ah…”
Hearing these words, Tessa smiled as she came down from the stage with her violin in hand.
The moment they noticed her, Kellen, Jenny, and Daniela began singing Tessa’s praises.
“Your performance just now was amazing.”
“I’m very much looking forward to what you’ll be able to do when Miss Sofia’s done with your training.”
“My hunch tells me you’re gonna surpass me at some point.” Saying that, Kellen pretended to be nervous. “I’m done for. I’m suddenly feeling a sense of danger creeping up on me. If I’m surpassed by my junior, Miss Sofia would definitely have me undergo harsh training at that point.”
Although Tessa was amused by Kellen, she still needed to practice modesty. “I’m improving, but you are improving as well. So, it would be difficult for me to catch up with you, Kellen.”
As Sofia looked at her apprentices getting along with one another from the side, she discreetly nodded, as she knew that they had truly accepted Tessa as one of their own. Then, she turned her attention to the members of Group Six and said in an imposing tone, “As for the selection for the concertmaster, nothing has been set in stone yet.
However, all of you can see that you must at least have the same standard as the ones under me. As the final selection for the position would be in a month’s time, I hope all of you would work hard and improve yourself before then. Only those who are truly capable would be selected as the concertmaster!”
The members of Group Six immediately became invigorated by Sofia’s words, as they had all thought that Susan was to be the concertmaster. Her performance was much more seasoned when compared to theirs, after all. But now, they knew they still stood a chance to become the concertmaster.
“Nice, we’re still in the run for concertmaster.”
“For the sake of becoming a concertmaster as well as for my dreams, I’m gonna give it my all this month.”
“I’m going to work hard too. I’m going to increase my practice time by two hours a day, no, by at least four hours.”
Excited, everyone was planning their training schedules for the month.
However, among the excited members, only Susan was wearing a slightly twisted expression. All this while, she had thought that she would be the one in demand with her capabilities, regardless of where she went.
However, that couldn’t be further from the truth, as she had been facing countless obstacles one after another the moment she entered Sofia Symphony. Not only that, but she was being selected as though she was just some common woman.
