“百老匯搖籃曲…大提琴演奏！”

This class is a fun way to learn our most beloved tunes from popular musical theater shows with music theory concepts cleverly disguised in the class. This class would be best for cellist who have been playing for at least one to two years. I teach to the class. So in each session, I will keep with a part of tune until the class fully understands before moving on the next concept. We will do a lot of playing at the same time then at the end of class we can solo to present the understanding of the material. All Learners should come with their own cello in good working condition and properly tuned to A=440. I suggest you sign up to perform your newly learned pieces in our studio class!

Class One and Two: Learners will become familiar with "Let's Go Fly A Kite" from "Mary Poppins" by The Sherman Brothers in C: major. We will play the piece using standard notation. We will go over briefly the musical and composer. This class will also discuss playing in waltz rhythm. I have a print out of the song in standard notation.
Class Three and Four: Learners will become familiar with "The Phantom of the Opera" from the musical of the same name by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber in d: minor. We will play the piece using standard notation. We will go over brierly the musical and composer. This class will also discuss different basic left extension and chromatics. I have a print out of the song in standard notation.
Class Five and Six: Learners will become familiar with main theme from "Singing In The Rain" from the musical of the same name by Arthur Freed and Nacio Brown. We will play the piece using standard notation. We will go over brierly the musical and composer. This class will also discuss complex dotted rhythms. I have a print out of the song in standard notation.

If the class is filled advanced cellists we can speed up and learn more pieces during the six weeks and I will take suggestions from the class. If the class needs more time with a specific piece, we will stay 3 weeks with the tunes from Mary Poppins and 3 weeks with "The Phantom of the Opera".

The goal of the class to have fun with popular melodies from musical theater and to have each cellist confidently perform these melodies reading the sheet music.