Tomorrow is another Live Music in the Lounge!

Live Music in the Lounge is when I perform for the students at the Wisconsin ESL Institute on their last day of classes.

Live Music in the Lounge started because of the students. When I first started teaching, I would bring my guitar to my classroom and play some songs for students. After a while, other students heard I was doing this and asked if I could perform in the lounge so that all the students, not just the ones I was teaching , could hear me perform.

Live Music in the Lounge
Photo by Khaled Alyousef

The first time I performed in the lounge, I brought a bunch of sheet music and sat on a couch and performed a bunch of covers. I was nervous about performing for more people than my classes of ten students, so I wanted to have sheet music and the couch there as a safety. 😉

Live Music in the Lounge Photo by Khaled Alyousef

The students really liked it!

Live Music in the Lounge Photo by Khaled Alyousef

Some of them even started dancing.

Live Music in the Lounge Photo by Khaled Alyousef

 The students wanted it to happen more, so I decided to have Live Music in the Lounge every session. It became a big party, where I would put out a bunch of snacks and perform standing without the help of the sheet music. (I became more brave!)

Live Music in the Lounge
Photo by Manuel Gomez

I often performed covers that the students requested and some of my original songs.

I was performing every last day of classes, until over a year ago, when things got too busy to have it. 😦

The students are very overdue for another one!

I love Live Music in the Lounge because it gives me an opportunity to perform, and I LOVE performing!

Tomorrow I will be performing songs from my debut album, TEMPTATION at the Wisconsin ESL Institute, at 12:30pm. It’s free, and it will last about a half hour.

I’ll bring some copies of TEMPTATION that you can purchase for $10. 

I’m excited for Live Music in the Lounge tomorrow! 🙂