Who can join?
Level:
Intermediate
Instruments:
String musicians only (Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass)
Age/Repertoire:
Suzuki books 4 through 7 or equivalent. Generally grades 5 through 10.
Essential Information
Rehearsals:
7:00–8:45pm every Thursday
Rehearsal Location:
University Presbyterian Church, Rochester Hills, Michigan
Tuition:
$425 a year; $25 is non refundable after August 30th
Financial Aid available
Conductor: John Kennedy
Audition Requirements
3 to 4 minutes showing technique and tone quality. The solo will be heard unaccompanied and does not need to be memorized.
Sight reading: All auditioning students will be asked to sightread. Materials will be chosen by the conductors.
Scales are not required for any audition.
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2021-22 Season Concert Repertoire
April 28, 2022
Hoedown from Rodeo,, Aaron Copland; arr. Stephen Bulla
A Prayer for Peace from Munich,, John Williams
March of the Resistance Hoedown from Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015),, John Williams; adapted by Paul Lavender
A Prayer for Peace from Munich,, John Williams
March of the Resistance Hoedown from Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015),, John Williams; adapted by Paul Lavender
February 3, 2022
Inverno - Scenes from Vivaldi’s Winter,, Antonio Vivaldi; arr. Parrish
Intermezzo, David Bobrowitz
The Inner Planets - Themes from Mercury, Venus and Mars, Gustav Holst; arr. Gruselle
Intermezzo, David Bobrowitz
The Inner Planets - Themes from Mercury, Venus and Mars, Gustav Holst; arr. Gruselle
November 2, 2021
The Thing Under the Bed, Lauren Bernofsky
¡Nunca te Rindas! (Never Give Up!),, Thom Sharp *
Concertino in D Major, Op. 5 in the style of Antonio Vivaldi, Ferdinand Kuchler
Andante Festivo,, Jean Sibelius
¡Nunca te Rindas! (Never Give Up!),, Thom Sharp *
Concertino in D Major, Op. 5 in the style of Antonio Vivaldi, Ferdinand Kuchler
Andante Festivo,, Jean Sibelius
2016-17 Season Concert Repertoire
May 4, 2017
Melrose Avenue, California Guitar Trio; arr. Carrie Lane Gruselle
Melodia En La Menor, Astor Piazzola
Skylife, David Balakrishnan
Melodia En La Menor, Astor Piazzola
Skylife, David Balakrishnan
February 2, 2017
Bach’s Lunch, Johann Sebastian Bach
Symphony No. 6, 3rd Movement - Scherzo, Ludwig von Beethoven
Symphony No. 104 “London”, 1st Movement, Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 6, 3rd Movement - Scherzo, Ludwig von Beethoven
Symphony No. 104 “London”, 1st Movement, Franz Joseph Haydn
November 3, 2016
Faeries (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies), Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky; arr. Chip Davis
Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 24, 1st Movement, Oskar Rieding *
Danse Bacchanale, Camille Saint-Saëns; arr. Jamin Hoffman
March of the Resistance from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, John Williams
Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 24, 1st Movement, Oskar Rieding *
Danse Bacchanale, Camille Saint-Saëns; arr. Jamin Hoffman
March of the Resistance from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, John Williams