Description
Shall We Dance? was designed to help teachers produce a complete, themed “show” of fun violin chamber music within their own studios and classes. The arrangements are designed with flexibility in mind, cover a range of levels, and open doors to creative concert programming.
There are many ways to adapt these arrangements to your players. Piano accompaniment is provided, but all the pieces can be performed without. They function well with one person per part or several, such as with group class performances. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th violin parts are optional, so pick what fits your players best! Adaptations and performance options are provided within the repertoire notes before each piece.
These arrangements are graded according to approximate Suzuki levels. 1st and 2nd violin parts are kept very close to each other in level, but the 3rd and 4th violin parts allow the teacher or players of different abilities to play along with their classmates.
For studios and classes that like to have fun performances, this collection’s theme is a great springboard to creative concerts. Consider costumes, story-telling, listening challenges for the audience, and surprise performers and guests joining the action on stage. Ideas for these are included in the repertoire notes, too. Find solo pieces or other repertoire from your favorite places that fit the adventures them, and give students performance opportunities for the other music they’re studying at the same time.
Though this collection was designed with student studios in mind, it is hoped that the arrangements are useful to college players and professionals, too. Much of this repertoire works great for unaccompanied gigs, and the more advanced pieces are fresh, easily prepared additions to recitals and other programs.
Preview here this song from the collection, or view the entire playlist with this link. Enjoy!
