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I am a violinist of grade seven standard and need to find an ensemble piece to perform at school. Any ideas for suitable string quartet or duets for two violins of around grade 6 standard?
thank you in advance
rebecca
Hello, Rebecca,
Here's the problem. I have NO IDEA what grade seven and grade six standards are! I live in the United States. What ages are the students? In addition, my familiarity of string repertoire is about the more advanced quartets, which may be above what you are talking about. I am just guessing. Will the students be performing in quartets, or will it be a small string orchestra?
If you can tell me more, I can try to help, but I don't know how successful I can be at providing real guidance.
You might check out possible curricula for string ensembles; there may well be such guidance online.
Let me know, and otherwise, good luck!
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Pat G
Expertise
I am no longer answering questions asking me to identify music. Most music is either on YouTube, which crashes my browser, or on another site that crashes my browser. I am available for other questions.
Experience
I have been playing piano since I was 3, and I am now 66 years old. I took formal lessons for about 11 years, and took some piano and organ performance courses in college. I also sang in the Masterworks Chorale for a number of years, and can sing anything from baritone to first soprano. We performed twice a year, usually a major choral work, ranging from requiem masses to Carmina Burana. I also attended recorder society meetings once a month. We would read compositions and perform them together. I took several children to their music lessons and rehearsals and usually stayed and watched intensely. Our children studied violin, viola, flute, guitar, clarinet, French horn, trumpet, and trombone.
Education/Credentials
I studied piano and organ in college, and took courses in music theory. I have also taken seminars in pre-Columbian folk music with Xochimoki, as well as played a short while in a gamelan, and a balalaika orchestra, where I played autoharp.
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