Emerging Strings
The Emerging Strings is a performing group for young strings players to learn to play together in a group setting. The students play a variety of string instruments - violin, viola, cello, bass. The students should have private lessons prior to joining Emerging Strings, and their private teacher will know when they are ready to learn to play in a group. The director of the Emerging Strings is Perri Kiser.
The beginner-level students learn how to perform easy, yet lively and fun, arrangements for string orchestra.
The first rehearsal will be on Monday, March 3. Rehearsals will take place at 5:30-6:30 pm on Monday nights at Fayetteville Christ Fellowship Church** throughout the season.
**Directions to Fayetteville Christ Fellowship Church, 2855 Maple Avenue, Fayetteville, WV:
From the South (Beckley) on Route 19, at the stoplight after the Lochgelly Oak Hill exit, just past the Fayette Square shopping center, turn right onto Appalachian Drive. Go one block to the stop sign, turn left onto Route 16, go 0.3 mile, and turn left (up the hill) onto Maple Avenue, also known as Airport Road or Nickelville Road. The first driveway on the right is Fayetteville Christ Fellowship Church. You will see the red roof as you get close.
From the North (Summersville) on Route 19, not far past the Fayetteville Walmart on your left, at the stoplight before the Fayette Square shopping center on your right, turn left onto Appalachian Drive. Go one block to the stop sign, turn left onto Route 16, go 0.3 mile, and turn left (up the hill) onto Maple Avenue, also known as Airport Road or Nickelville Road. The first driveway on the right is Fayetteville Christ Fellowship Church. You will see the red roof as you get close.
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Audition Music - Etude
* Students wanting to audition for Concertmaster must audition on Violin 1 music and play a violin solo (minium one minute, maximum two minutes.)
Spring Season Begins March 3
The spring season will begin on Monday, March 3, 2025, at Faith Baptist Church* in Prosperity, WV. The Youth Chorus rehearsal is at 5:30-6:45 pm, and the Youth Symphony rehearsal will follow at 6:50-8:15 pm. Regular Monday rehearsals for Youth Chorus and Youth Symphony will continue throughout the season, except for May 5.
Children's Chorus and Emerging Strings will meet at Fayetteville Christ Fellowship Church** for rehearsal on Mondays throughout the season. The first rehearsal for Emerging Strings will be on Monday, March 3. The first rehearsal for Children's Chorus will be on Monday, March 10. Emerging Strings and Children's Chorus will both rehearse at 5:30-6:30 pm.
New students for the Youth Symphony will audition at 6:00 pm on March 3. The audition music and scale / rudiment to practice for your audition are posted in the Latest News section of each webpage.
The concert will be at 7:00 pm on Monday, May 19, at Faith Baptist Church.
*Directions to Faith Baptist Church, 480 Prosperity Road, Prosperity, WV:
Going south from Crossroads Mall ... Because the north end of Prosperity Road is closed for a few months to repair a washout, you will need to go past the south end of Prosperity Road (green water tower) to the next stoplight, turn around in the Cranberry Elementary School parking lot, and go a half mile back to the green water tower at Prosperity Road, turn left, and go one mile. The church will be on your right.
Going north from Golden Corral in Beckley, go two miles to the green water tower at Prosperity Road, turn left, and go one mile. The church will be on your right.
**Directions to Fayetteville Christ Fellowship Church, 2855 Maple Avenue, Fayetteville, WV:
From the South (Beckley) on Route 19, at the stoplight after the Lochgelly Oak Hill exit, just past the Fayette Square shopping center, turn right onto Appalachian Drive. Go one block to the stop sign, turn left onto Route 16, go 0.3 mile, and turn left (up the hill) onto Maple Avenue, also known as Airport Road or Nickelville Road. The first driveway on the right is Fayetteville Christ Fellowship Church. You will see the red roof as you get close.
From the North (Summersville) on Route 19, not far past the Fayetteville Walmart on your left, at the stoplight before the Fayette Square shopping center on your right, turn left onto Appalachian Drive. Go one block to the stop sign, turn left onto Route 16, go 0.3 mile, and turn left (up the hill) onto Maple Avenue, also known as Airport Road or Nickelville Road. The first driveway on the right is Fayetteville Christ Fellowship Church. You will see the red roof as you get close.