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Where Young Strings Players Find Their Spirit
There's a moment in every young musician's life when playing alone stops being enough—when they want to feel the cello sitting under a violin line, the viola filling in the middle, the double bass anchoring the whole thing from below.
Con Brio focusses on being a musical team.
It's our intermediate strings ensemble for young players in Hong Kong, guided every week by the Third Note philosophy of exploring
What your child will gain
Con Brio is designed around clear, achievable goals. Over the program, your young musician will:
Build confidence in performing and deepen their knowledge of music techniques and concepts
Develop teamwork and cooperation through the give-and-take of playing in a group
Refine listening skills, organisational skills, and eye-hand coordination
Sight read with confidence, interpreting and expressing music stylistically
Consolidate rhythmic and pitch patterns until they become second nature
Develop the personal habits and processes that make learning music sustainable and rewarding
Perform a range of genres, from Bach to film scores and beyond
We didn't choose the name by accident. Con brio is exactly the energy we want in the room: young players engaging with the music, not just getting through it.
In music, brio is an Italian word that translates to liveliness, spirit, or vivacity. You'll most often see it written as con brio—an expressive directive on the page, telling the performer to play with vigor, energy, and enthusiasm.
It's the difference between a child who practices because they have to and one who plays because they can't imagine not to.
More than notes on a page
Most ensembles teach you to play your part. Con Brio teaches you to listen for everyone else's too.
Our intermediate program introduces increasingly complex ensemble concepts and technical expectations, all delivered by experienced instructors who hold genuine music and education degrees—people who've sat in orchestras and led classrooms, and who know how to teach differentiated instrumental music levels.
Your child will explore a range of repertoire, from Classical to Contemporary, and come away not just a better player, but a better listener and musical team player.
How the program works
One class a week. Two hours together. That's the rhythm of Con Brio.
Each weekly session runs for two hours, giving the ensemble enough time to warm up, work through challenging passages, and actually make music together—not just rush through a checklist. The small-group format means every player gets attention, and no one hides at the back.
The weekly class is where the ensemble comes alive, but the real progress happens in the days between.
We ask that students set aside regular time at home to work on their individual parts, so that the group can focus on the music that only exists when players listen to each other.