• Tuition: $660
• The Lower Book program is for bass students in Suzuki book 1.
• You may add optional enrichment classes for $85 each. See enrichment section for listings. Your schedule has room for two additional enrichment classes.
  
• This program includes FOUR daily classes –
  
  • Masterclass: students should prepare and memorize a solo performance piece.
  • Technique class: no prior preparation is needed for this class.
    
  • Performance class: students will perform with their Performance Class on the Lower Book Concert on Friday at 12:45pm. Scroll down to view your performance class piece – bassists should have pieces at your level memorized and prepared prior to ISSI. Start learning your pieces NOW!
    
  • Music fundamentals class: students are assigned this class based on student age.
• Bass Performance Pieces – Bass Books 1
  Twinkles (D Major)
  Lightly Row (D Major)
  May Song (D Major)
  Rigadoon
  Happy Farmer (C Major)
  Minuet No. 1
  The Two Grenadiers
  Lully Gavotte

  *Performance pieces are subject to change based on enrollment*

• Tuition: $730
• The Upper Book program is for bass students in Suzuki books 2-3.
• You may add an optional enrichment class for $85 each. See enrichment section for listings. Your schedule has room for one additional enrichment class.
• This program includes FIVE daily classes –
  
  • Masterclass: students should prepare and memorize a solo performance piece.
  • Performance class: CLICK HERE to view your performance class piece – bassists should have pieces at your level memorized and prepared prior to ISSI. Start learning your pieces NOW!
    • Book 2-3 students will perform with their Performance Class on the Upper Book Concert on Saturday at 11:00am.
      
  • Chamber Ensemble: chamber music will be emailed to families by May 15, 2024, and students need to have their assigned part learned, but not memorized prior to ISSI.
    
  • Orchestra: orchestra music is passed out during the first rehearsal.
  • Core enrichment class: students are assigned this class.

• Tuition: $845
• The Young Artist Program is for bass students in Suzuki books 4-5 through the concerto level. Most participants are junior high school and high school students; however, all ages are welcome to participate.
• NEW! To help students prepare for their YAP Performance Class, preparation videos are due Wednesday, May 1, 2024. If students don’t submit a video, they won’t be assigned a chamber group and will receive an enrichment course instead of a chamber music course.
  • Click here for the link to submit your preparation videos (DUE May 1, 2024)!
    
• The ISSI Young Artist Program is not a traditional Suzuki program; therefore, traditional students who meet the playing level requirements are a great fit for this program.
• You may add an optional enrichment class for $85 each. See enrichment section for listings. Your schedule has room for one additional enrichment class.
• This program includes FIVE daily classes –
  
  • Masterclass: students should prepare and memorize a solo performance piece.
  • Performance class: scroll down to view your performance class piece – bassists should have pieces at your level memorized and prepared prior to ISSI. Start learning your pieces NOW! YAP Performance Classes will perform on the Friday concert at 5:15pm.
    
  • Chamber Ensemble: chamber music will be emailed to families by May 15, 2024, and students need to have their assigned part learned, but not memorized prior to ISSI.
    
  • Orchestra: orchestra music is passed out during the first rehearsal. YAP Orchestras will perform on the Friday concert at 5:15pm
  • Technique Class: no prior preparation is needed for this class.

**Please learn & memorize the pieces listed below for your performance class.  The link below will take you to the sheet music page – you have received the password to this page in your initial email confirmation of registration.**

B4 & B5 – Bass Books 4-5 – Robert Matheson

How High the Moon from Suzuki Book 5

Hungarian Folk Song #3 by Bartok (arr. Matheson)

Download music for B3/4 Summer 2023