In May, there will be a concert for the choirs and strings ensembles. We will give you exact time and date soon. As Olympiad and Musical preparation subside, my classes will focus on preparing.
4th grade. When we play "Bile them Cabbages Down" or "Oats and Peas and Beans," every student plays something. The strength of folk music is that it embraces players of many different levels. That we can sing the songs to helps some of the players tremendously. We will likely perform "Cabbages," "Oats and Peas," and "Sourwood Garden." Students have been excited to play the next song in Basic Fiddler's Philharmonic--Arkansas Traveler. We will play this in class. I don't plan to play it in concert; it has many more technical challenges than other songs in the book.
5th grade. In addition to the songs we will play with 4th grade (above), we will perform "Classical Bash" from Strictly Strings 2. We may also add additional folk songs from Basic Fiddler's Philharmonic.
6th to 8th grade. We will definitely play Vive La France and Hymn of Praise from More Strings Extraordinaire. I want to find one more challenging piece in the classical realm. Some violinists are doing well with Handel's Rigaudon and navigating the shift to 3rd position; that said, the piece has counterpoint that is not coming together yet, so it is still a maybe.
We will likely play Mairi's Wedding, Alison's Waltz, and Indita and Polka (from the Southwest) from Fiddler's Philharmonic Encore. We may find additional songs to play from there.
4th grade. When we play "Bile them Cabbages Down" or "Oats and Peas and Beans," every student plays something. The strength of folk music is that it embraces players of many different levels. That we can sing the songs to helps some of the players tremendously. We will likely perform "Cabbages," "Oats and Peas," and "Sourwood Garden." Students have been excited to play the next song in Basic Fiddler's Philharmonic--Arkansas Traveler. We will play this in class. I don't plan to play it in concert; it has many more technical challenges than other songs in the book.
5th grade. In addition to the songs we will play with 4th grade (above), we will perform "Classical Bash" from Strictly Strings 2. We may also add additional folk songs from Basic Fiddler's Philharmonic.
6th to 8th grade. We will definitely play Vive La France and Hymn of Praise from More Strings Extraordinaire. I want to find one more challenging piece in the classical realm. Some violinists are doing well with Handel's Rigaudon and navigating the shift to 3rd position; that said, the piece has counterpoint that is not coming together yet, so it is still a maybe.
We will likely play Mairi's Wedding, Alison's Waltz, and Indita and Polka (from the Southwest) from Fiddler's Philharmonic Encore. We may find additional songs to play from there.
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