Our guided monthly play-ins are geared to have FUN and are not meant to provide individual instruction or lessons. However, this workshop is geared towards ensemble skills and instruction to play with others with the goal that more beginner cellists are able to join our sessions with confidence and play comfortably with others.

The music we will work on will be in first position and would work for those first-year students in Suzuki Book 1. The difficulty level of the music was chosen so attendees can also focus on listening and their ensemble skills.

Instructor: Clayton Vaughn
Cost: $75.00, includes 4 hours, and snacks and drinks
Date: Sunday, December 9, 2012

Schedule :
2:00pm - 4:00pm Workshop
4:00pm - 4:30pm Break with food provided
4:30pm - 6:30pm Workshop

Some information that will be covered:

• Ensemble etiquette: what to expect when playing with others and your role as a member in an ensemble
• Practice tips for our play-ins: how to use audio, scores, signup sheet, etc. on our website
• General practice tips: how to practice in a group without a moderator
• Music road map: reading common notations
  
• Ensemble skills: listening for dynamics, rhythms, intonation, etc.
• Led Q&A session

We will provide Part IV of the pieces that will be played for the upcoming session (January 2013) so attendees will know what to expect for their first playin!

To sign up for this workshop, visit our meetup page .

• November Moderator - Clayton Vaughn is an enthusiastic caring cello teacher who is passionate about sharing his love of cello and music with others. As an active teacher he is a sectionals coach for a local middle school and high school in Boulder, and is a string faculty member of the Parlando School for the Arts. He was also a cello Teaching Assistant for Judith Glyde from Fall 2009 to Spring 2012. Clayton is an avid orchestral musician and is the principal cellist for the Boulder Chamber Orchestra , and a member of the Greeley Philharmonic and the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra . Currently, Clayton is enrolled at UC-Boulder where he studies with both Judith Glyde and András Fejér, and will be receiving his Doctorate of Musical Arts in cello performance at the end of this year.  For more information visit his website at: www.ClaytonVaughn.com