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Here are some cool links/videos to check out, if you want!


Bass Player Joseph Conyers and the Philedelphia Orchestra playing Trepak from Nutcracker!

Don't Stop Believing (Glee cover) Sam Tsui: ONE GUY!!!

Taio Cruz "Dynamite" (cover) - Mike Tomkins: ONE GUY!!! (watch for cymbals...!)

Owl City "Fireflies" (on harp) - she taught this to herself by ear!

B.o.B "Airplanes" (violin cover) - Eric Stanley

One Republic "Apologize" (violin cover) - skip the first 40 seconds of talking!

Always Room for Cello! - (She's a cello teacher!)

The Power of the Pentatonic Scale - Bobby McFerrin

Coolest duet ever played on one bass! - the amazing Victor Wooten and Edgar Meyer!

"Emily's Reel" - my favorite trio: Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, and Mark O'Connor

"Slumber My Darling" - the same trio, with Alison Krauss singing a beautiful lullaby

Crazy synthesizer! - what happens when classical piano meets techno DJ!

Cello Rondo - ONE dorky GUY, 37 cello parts!

Tone Matrix! (or possible try here)

Best Conductor Ever! - Pines of Rome

Great Venezuelen Youth Orchestra - conducted by Gustavo Dudamel

Cello Beat-box! - He's great at both!

Gravity Xylophone - This is amazing!

Classical Cello plus Modern Dance - What a cool collaboration!

A performance of the orchestral piece titled 4'33" written by John Cage - Is it really music???

'Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies' performed on Glass Harp - Does Nutcracker make anyone else thirsty???  :)

Bach's "Cello Suite No. 1 Prelude" by the Master!

Bach's Cello Suite for EIGHT CELLOS!!! - A "new" version by one guy!

Cello Wars! - This is the same guy...

Muppet Ode To Joy - Remember the last piece you played at your 5th Grade Spring Concert???

What Makes You Beautiful (One Direction Cover) - 5 Piano Guys, 1 Piano!

"It's Worth It" - This is why I do what I do!

Let It Be - Can you do what these 15 and 16 year olds can do?  :)

Every Teardrop is a Waterfall (Coldplay) - Two guys. One cello.

Every Teardrop is a Waterfall - Jenison's own Kevin Sweers!

So Happy Together (Turtles) - ThePianoGuys - No cellos were harmed in the making of this video.  :)

Shadows by Lindsey Stirling, the Hip-Hop violinist

Music video by violinist/fiddler Kiana June Weber (She's from Michigan!)

Bohemian Rhapsody by students from the orchestras at Indiana University - with solo viola!

Funny British animal voiceovers - just for fun!    ALLEN! ALLEN???

You know you're a big music nerd when...  you watch this metronome video all the way to the end!

Pagagnini String Quartet - Pachelbel's Canon - very funny!

The Spectrum Song!  Flashback to 5th Grade Orchestra class???   :)

Secrets cover - Bryson Andres and his electric violin looping - very cool!

Another Secrets cover - ThePianoGuys and a youth orchestra

Four very competitive musicians play here

This girl does really cool cover tunes on her viola!

This video shows what playing music does to your brain. :)

Two Cellos do a cover of Thunderstruck by AC/DC.

Piano Guys do a video of Angels We Have Heard on High.

Peter Lee Johnson does a violin cover of Roar and Royals. It's cool!

Pentatonix with Lindsey Stirling doing a cover of Radioactive (Imagine Dragons)

These "monks" have nothing to do with orchestra, but they make me laugh every time!

This Landfill Harmonic video will make you very grateful for what you have! Short version here.

Don't make your instrument feel bad by leaving it at school...!

Amazing cover of Sam Smith's "Stay With Me" by Kevin "K.O." Olusola on beatboxing cello!


Summer Fun Packs!  :)

Click on your instrument to view and print your awesome 5th Grade SUMMER FUN PACK!!!    VIOLIN    VIOLA    CELLO    BASS
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