LIMA, OH (WLIO) - It is never too early to foster young children’s love of music. Fresh off his performance with the Lima Symphony Orchestra on Friday night, Cellist Henry Shapard entertained a different crowd at the Mornings with the Maestro hosted by the Lima Public Library. During the event, he showed the kids just how fun and versatile the cello can be, by demonstrating how it reflect different emotions and even mimic some animal sounds. Shapard started playing the Cello when he was three years old and says playing for children are his favorite performance.
“Because when you have been doing this as a career, sometimes you miss the “WOW” part of the job and if you are showing to a kid for the first time, you kind of get a little bit of that feeling too,” says Shapard. “So, it is special. I love watching them react.”
Shapard says that if kids have an interest in music, no age is the wrong age to start kids down the path. He says his parents and teachers encouraged him along the way to try new things when he was a young child.
