Schedule

The schedule is flexible. If you have a special schedule need, please contact Mrs. Francisco right away.

7:30 a.m. HOPE TWINKLES 2021 BEGINS

8:00 a.m. Twinkle on the hour *, mixed book repertoire  

9:00 a.m. Twinkle on the hour, PlayDown # 1

10:00 a.m. Twinkle on the hour, Bunny Ballads, mixed book repertoire

11:00 a.m. Twinkle on the hour, Book 4 complete

    11:30 a.m.  Viola Power Half-hour (Calling all violists. . .)

12:00 noon Twinkle on the hour, PlayDown # 2

1:00 p.m. Twinkle on the hour, Hello Cello Fellows! (Cellos, take the stage. . .)

   1:30 p.m. Book 3 complete

2:00 p.m. Twinkle on the hour, Quaterinty String Quartet

        Book 6, 7, and 8 repertoire (younger players may go on a playing walk, if the weather is good!)

2:50 p.m.  Bunny Ballads

3:00 p.m. Twinkle on the hour, PlayDown # 3: Starting with Bach Double, with recording artist Jaime Jorge, founder of the Zan Young School of Music and Hope, and its director, Janelle Glass!

4:00 p.m. Twinkle on the hour, mixed book repertoire (4:30 SoundPoint Strings rehearsal)

5:00 p.m. Twinkle on the hour, Book 3-2-1 Final PlayDown

5:30 p.m. HOPE TWINKLES 2021 OFFICIALLY CLOSES

5:30 p.m. SoundPoint Strings youth orchestra debut CONCERT

6:00 p.m. East Tennessee Symphony Orchestra Fall CONCERT

      Students, please stay to hear the concerts.  These are inspirational players, and someday you can play with them!

    * Twinkle on the hour. . . We mark the changing of each hour by playing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star with anyone who is present. Every student can play at least once an hour!

    The three hymns are "wild cards" which can happen anytime throughout the day. Be ready!

About PlayDowns

PlayDowns are a time-honored tradition in the Suzuki string world.  In a PlayDown, we begin with advanced repertoire (Book 6, 7 or 8, depending on who is there).  Then we work our way backwards through the Suzuki books down to Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.  As we move down the list, we add the students who know that work, to those who are already playing. More players join for the next piece, and so on, until, by the time we reach Twinkle, all the students can play together.  We couldn't possibly play every song from every book, so we've selected representative pieces from each book into a list that can, hopefully, fit in the hour designated.  There are 3 short hymn tunes that everyone can also play.  Look at the Repertoire Downloads page to find them.