When We Play
Schedule
8:15 WoodWorks string quartet
10:00 Bunny Ballads, Books 2 and 4
11:00 Books 1, 3 and 5
1:00 Acorde Quartet, and then Book 6 Handel D major sonata
1:30 Viola Power Half-hour (viola-only segment)
2:00 Mixed book repertoire
2:30 Hello Cello Fellows! (cello-only segment)
3:00 PLAY-DOWN # 3
4:00 String Orchestra Mini-festival (in Chestnut Hall, next to Founder's Hall)
Concert!
6:30 SoundPoint Strings youth orchestra opens for East Tennessee Symphony Orchestra Fall CONCERT (Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf, and Beethoven Symphony No. 4)
Please stay to for the concerts: They are free, and so inspirational for young players!
About Play-Downs
PlayDowns are a time-honored tradition in the Suzuki string world. In a PlayDown, we begin with advanced repertoire (Book 6, 7 or 8, depending on who is there). Then we work our way backwards through the Suzuki books down to Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. As we move down the list, we add the students who know that work, to those who are already playing. More players join for the next piece, and so on, until, by the time we reach Twinkle, all the students can play together. We couldn't possibly play every song from every book, so we've selected representative pieces from each book into a list that can, hopefully, fit in the hour designated. There are 3 short hymn tunes that everyone can also play. Look at the Repertoire Downloads page to find them.
