In-Person Recital

• Where: Greenlake United Methodist Church
• When: Sunday, November 20, 2022; 2:00-4:00
• Arrival time: 1:30
• What to bring: cello, rockstop, sheet music (if needed).
• Attire: performers should wear nice clothes. Girls in long dress, blouse & skirt or slacks, boys in dress or dark pants and buttoned dress shirt or polo. No flip-flops or light-colored tennis shoes.
• Parking: in front of the church or on the street.
• Attendance policy:
  • Cello Jello students must stay until intermission.
  • All other students must remain for the ENTIRE recital.
  • The only exception is if the student has a Youth Symphony or other sanctioned cello performance (please ask me first) that will result in a late arrival or a need to leave early. Otherwise, no exceptions.

Virtual Recital

***Note: the Virtual Recital is only for those students who are not participating in the in-person recital.***

• When: Sunday, November 20, 2022; 10:00AM-11:00AM on Zoom. Please log in at 9:50AM.
• Zoom link: here
• Attire: dress nicely
• Instrument set-up: please tune ahead of time, rosin bow, and clean cello.
• Program: here (scroll to page 2)

Video set-up:

• Choose a well-lit room with good acoustics and a good WiFi connection.
• Make the background as plain and clutter-free as possible.
• Place the music stand (if using) to the left side so you’re not blocked from view.
• Position the computer so you and your cello are fully in the frame (from the knees up is okay).
• Use landscape mode.
• Face forward – do not face to the side.
• See picture below as an example.
• When finished performing, you may move elsewhere in the house to watch the rest of the recital.
• When watching others, select “Speaker View” (not “Grid View”) to best see them.

Sound set-up:

IMPORTANT! Please make these adjustments to improve the sound quality. I believe these can only be made on a computer (not an iPad).

• Click the up arrow next to the microphone.
• Select Audio Settings.
• Automatically adjust microphone volume: OFF
• Suppress background noise: LOW
• Show in-meeting option to enable “Original Sound”: ON
• High fidelity music mode: ON
• Click Advanced
• Signal processing by Windows audio device drivers: OFF (Raw)
• Echo cancellation: AUTO
• Return to the main screen
• Original Sound (upper left corner): ON

Recital etiquette:

• Please set up before it’s your turn to play.
• Listen respectfully and attentively to the other performers.
• Encourage friends and relatives to attend!

I’m looking forward to our Fall Concert at Aegis Living Greenwood this Sunday, 10/23 at 3:30-4:30 PM! See below for important info.

Concert info

• Where:
  • Aegis Living Greenwood
• When:
  • Sunday, 10/23 at 3:30-4:30 (3:00 arrival)
• Parking:
  • Street parking
• Attire:
  • Girls: long dress, skirt, blouse, slacks.
  • Boys: dark pants, dark shoes, buttoned-down shirt, polo.
  • No flip-flops, shorts, or athletic garb.
• What to bring:
  • Cello
  • Chair or stool (label)
  • Rockstop (label)
  • Mask
  • Music stand (Cello Phil members)
  • Sheet music (Cello Phil members)
    • ***Note: Cello Phil members, please put music in a three-ring binder and in concert order. Please photocopy and insert in the binder any Suzuki pieces that you need. Program is attached here.
• Practice:
  • Please practice your concert music. Program is attached here.
• Attendance policy:
  • Immediate family and grandparents may attend! Please wear a mask the whole time.

General info

Join us Thursday, 7/7 at 5:00-7:00 at the Queen Anne Farmer’s Market for an awesome cello concert!  We’ll be performing classical favorites from Beethoven and Pachelbel along with selections from Hamilton, Moana, Harry Potter and more!  Look for us at the performer’s area on the lawn, and don’t forget to sample the many wonderful eats from the Market!  See you there!!

Student info

• Time: 5:00-7:00 (4:30 arrival)
• Schedule:
  • 5:00-5:45, All students
  • 5:45, Pizza!
  • 6:00-7:00, Cello Phil & Cello X only
• Where: Queen Anne Farmer’s Market (Performer’s tent on the grass)
• What to bring:
  • Cello
  • Stand (readers)
  • Busking folder (readers)
  • Cello X binder (Cello X members only)
  • Clothespins
  • Rockstop
  • Chair or stool
  • Sitting blanket (optional)
• Pizza: Free pizza at 5:45! 🙂

Program

• Advanced Twinkle (Twinkle Theme)
• Ashokan Farewell*
• At World’s End**
• Aura Lee*
• Autumn*
• Blow the Man Down*
• Canon*
• Chorus from Judas Maccabaeus
• Dear Theodosia*
• French Folk Song
• Go Tell Aunt Rhody
• Hedwig’s Theme*
• How Far I’ll Go*
• How to Train Your Dragon**
• James Bond*
• Lightly Row
• My Favorite Things*
• Ode to Joy*
• Old Town Road**
• Pirates of the Caribbean*
• Russian Dance Tune*
• Seven Nation Army*
• Song of the Wind
• Somewhere Over / I Love to Tango (Rainbow Twinkle)
• Viva la Vida**
• What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor*

*Cello Phil & Cello X only

** Cello X only

Even in a pandemic, learning and FUN goes on! Here are some Christmas Carol videos we created during recent group lessons.

Apologies for the low audio quality, but online ensemble playing has technical limitations. More to come! 🙂

The Fall Recital 2020 is Sunday, 11/22 at 2:00 and 4:00 and will consist of a LIVE Recital and a VIDEO Recital. Refer to the program for which one your child is performing in. You are more than welcome to attend and watch the other one as well!
Read carefully and complete the steps.

LIVE Recital

General set-up:

1. Sunday, 11/22, at 2:00-3:30 on Zoom. Please arrive at 1:45.
2. Zoom link is here.
3. Program is here.
4. Please tune ahead of time.  Use a tuner if needed.
5. Dress nicely.
6. Rosin bow and clean cello.
7. Adjust stool and rockstop (if using) to the correct height and length.
8. Put music on the stand (if using), and place the music stand to the side so you’re not blocked from view.

Video set-up:

1. Choose a well-lit room with good acoustics and a good WiFi connection.
2. Make the background as plain and clutter-free as possible.
3. Position the computer so you and your cello are fully in the frame (from the knees up is okay).
4. Use landscape mode.
5. Face forward – do not face to the side.
6. See example picture for best set-up.
7. When finished performing, you may move elsewhere in the house to watch the rest of the recital.
8. When watching others, select “Speaker View” (not “Grid View”) to best see them.

Sound set-up:

IMPORTANT! Please make these adjustments to improve the sound quality. These can only be adjusted with a computer (not an iPad).

1. Click the up arrow next to the microphone.
2. Select Audio Settings.
3. Turn off “automatically adjust volume” under Microphone.
4. Click Advanced.
5. Turn on “Show in-meeting option to “Enable Original Sound” from microphone.
6. Disable “Suppress Persistent Background Noise.”
7. Disable “Suppress Intermittent Background Noise.”
8. Return to main screen.
9. “Turn on original sound” which is located in the upper left corner.

Recital etiquette:

1. Please set up before it’s your turn to play.
2. Remain for the full recital and listen respectfully and attentively to the other performers.
3. Do not roam around the house, do chores or play on your phone during the recital.
4. If you need to use the bathroom, wait until the current performer is finished playing and turn your video off.  Turn your video back on when you return.
5. Encourage friends and relatives to attend!

VIDEO Recital

General info:

1. Sunday, 11/22 at 4:00-5:30 on Zoom. Please arrive at 3:45.
2. Zoom link here.
3. Program is here.

Recital etiquette:

1. Please stay for the entire recital, and give each performer your full attention! The recital is 4:00-5:30 including announcements.

Pre-recital tasks:

1. Add the Vimeo app to your Smart TV. If you do not have a Smart TV, add the Vimeo app to your computer.
2. Add the ‘Seattle Suzuki Cello‘ channel to your favorite channels on Vimeo. The recital will be debuted there. Search for keywords such as: “Seattle Suzuki Cello” and/or “Fall Recital Spectacular 2020” if you can’t find it. Note: the video won’t be published until shortly before the recital.
3. Tell you friends to tune in!

Day-of recital tasks:

1. Log in to the Zoom Meeting at 3:45. The Zoom Meeting is for pre-and post-recital talk. It is NOT for watching the recital – you will do that on your television or computer through Vimeo.
2. After the recital, please return to the Zoom Meeting for acclamations and congratulations!