Fall Recital 2021 – Info

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In-person Recital

  • Where: Olympic View Community Church
  • When: Saturday, November 20, 2021; 4:00-6:00
  • Arrival time: 3:30
  • What to bring: cello, rockstop, sheet music (if needed).
  • Attire: performers should wear nice clothes. Girls in long dresses or slacks, boys in dress or dark pants and buttoned dress shirts or polos. No flip-flops or tennis shoes.
  • Parking: park in the lot off of 5th Ave (north side of the church) and enter through the main doors on 95th St.
  • Saturday students will have lessons on November 20th.
  • Searching for a parent volunteer to record the recital. Please let me know if you’re interested.
  • Program here (Virtual Recital participants, scroll to page 2).
  • Attendance policy: Cello Jello students must stay until intermission.  Cello Philharmonic and Cello X students must remain for the ENTIRE recital.  No exceptions.
  • COVID policy: due to the limited size of the church, only immediate family may attend. Please wear a mask and stay socially distanced.

Virtual Recital

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

  • When: Sunday, November 21, 2021; 2:00-3:00 on Zoom. Please arrive at 1:45.
  • 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 example picture for best set-up.
  • 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. These can only be adjusted with a computer (not an iPad).

  • Click the up arrow next to the microphone.
  • Select Audio Settings.
  • Automatically adjust microphone volume: OFF
  • Show in-meeting option to enable “Original Sound”: ON
  • Suppress background noise: LOW
  • Return to the main screen.
  • Original Sound (upper left corner): ON

Recital etiquette:

  • Please set up before it’s your turn to play.
  • Remain for the full recital and listen respectfully and attentively to the other performers.
  • Do not roam around the house, do chores or play on your phone during the recital.
  • 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.
  • Encourage friends and relatives to attend!