Example of how to SLOWLY built up to concert speed.

• 3 vibrato vibrations per beat, then
• 4 vibrato vibrations per beat, then
• 5 vibrato vibrations per beat….

via ▶ Vibrato Master Class: Wieniawski Concerto no. 2 – YouTube.

via ▶ Vibrato Master Class: Wieniawski Legende – YouTube.

Kurt Sassmannshaus talks about Dorothy DeLay:

• “Talent is just a mood.”
• “If you think you can do it, or you think you can’t—either way, you are right.”

via ▶ Kurt Sassmannshaus talks about Dorothy DeLay – YouTube.

Dorothy DeLay’s inspiring lessons are remembered by Kurt Sassmannshaus

By JOANNE LIPMAN

• Which Instrument do you want to play? → Join the OTA Orchestra!
• Why we teach music at OTA.

CONDOLEEZZA RICE trained to be a concert pianist. Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, was a professional clarinet and saxophone player. The hedge fund billionaire Bruce Kovner is a pianist who took classes at Juilliard.

Multiple studies link music study to academic achievement. But what is it about serious music training that seems to correlate with outsize success in other fields?

The connection isn’t a coincidence. I know because I asked. I put the question to top-flight professionals in industries from tech to finance to media, all of whom had serious (if often little-known) past lives as musicians. Almost all made a connection between their music training and their professional achievements.

The phenomenon extends beyond the math-music association. Strikingly, many high achievers told me music opened up the pathways to creative thinking. And their experiences suggest that music training sharpens other qualities: Collaboration. The ability to listen. A way of thinking that weaves together disparate ideas. The power to focus on the present and the future simultaneously

via Is Music the Key to Success? 

Mr. Nettles’s 6th Grade “Orchestra Experience” Class Plays (5th, 7th, & 8th also performed)

*Video: 6th Grade “Orchestra Experience” Class Concert:
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the symmetry is suddenly visible… this pattern helps children memorize the staff…

For everyone to know: The keys of any piano, keyboard, harpsichord, organ or any other key instrument and the lines and spaces of the Grand Staff are connected with a bold, unambiguous and visually clear bond. The Grand Staff is perfectly symmetrical.

Use the following visual tricks to help your child learning Gentle Piano with ease:

suzuki-violin – 1. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

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At OTA all students learn piano in the piano lab and then move on to violin, but Orchestra gives students a choice to move on to other instruments. Some day we will add these instruments. In the meantime, think about…. What Instrument do you want to play?

*** Violin ***

More great music has been written for the violin than any other school instrument. Whether you want to harmonize with the orchestra or solo stage center, violin will take you where you want to go

• America’s Got Talent- Violin Duo Video Clip
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MphdRo5_7Us
• Katy Perry’s Firework Video Clip
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4CLYKFzmoY
• Maroon 5 Moves like Jagger
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxFeLkhLkqQ

*** Viola ***

The beautiful tone of the viola has attracted students for hundreds of years. It is slightly bigger than the violin but with a richer, deeper sound. Viola is a great choice.

• Watch this video clip of the viola “Arpeggione Sonata”
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNVmKrqGOr8
• Adele’s Rolling in the Deep
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylAqNAOiPuc
• Katy Perry’s Call Me Maybe
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TK3n3okLes

 *** Cello ***

The Cello makes the room shake and your bones vibrate! The great cellist Yo Yo Ma, performs for audiences all over the world and plays on soundtracks for movies (including the Last Samurai and Shrek). He started playing cello at age 4.

• Watch this video clip of the great cellist Yo Yo Ma
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM9DPfp7-Ck
• Cellos2 with Thunderstruck
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT3SBzmDxGk
• Bohemian Rhapsody
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuwaThYdS20
• Coldplay’s Paradise
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7z9cgxLcLc

 *** Bass ***

Bass rocks! Did you low that the bass is the most versatile instrument? You can play the bass in the orchestra, a jazz band, and a rock band. Also string bass is the heart of the orchestra and you can’t live without your heart!

• In this video, Paul McCartney (Beatles) talks about the double bass and plays a little Elvis! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uzC5KC_260
• Coldplay’s Clocks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=419i7Sd_lig&playnext=1&list=PL291712F4DD589EC3&feature=results_video
• Red Hot Chili Peppers Can’t Stop
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_dttkuqJwM&playnext=1&list=PLDfa1T2Wwd3ry_YtZ8nCezmkE7O-k6k3p&feature=results_main

Adele – Set Fire To The Rain Violin & Piano cover by Maya & Ruby

via Adele – Set Fire To The Rain Violin & Piano cover by Maya & Ruby – YouTube.