Viola vs. Keyboard: a musical debate

Smash Boom Best: A funny, smart debate show for kids and family

American Public Media

Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.6 • 12.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Today’s debate is a matchup between two musical marvels. It’s viola vs. keyboard! Vying for the viola’s rich, velvety tones it’s violist Sam Bergman, and repping the keyboard’s versatility and funky beats is musician Katie Drahos! Who will be crowned the Smash Boom Best? Head on over to smashboom.org and vote to tell us who YOU think won!

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0:00.0	From the brains behind brains on, it's Smash Boom Best.
0:05.9	The show for people with big opinions.
0:09.4	Hi, I'm Molly Bloom, and this is Smash Boom Best.
0:12.8	The show where we take two things, smash them together, and ask you to decide which one is best.
0:18.7	Today's debate is a matchup between two musical marvels,
0:21.9	it's viola versus keyboard.
0:24.6	We've got violist and executive director
0:26.6	of the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music,
0:29.0	Sam Bergman, ready to vie for team Viola.
0:32.0	No, listen, I promise it's not a violin.
0:36.1	And keyboardist, musician and member of many bands, Katie Drehos is here
0:40.9	to rock the keys for team keyboard. It's Katie Dreos, and I'm here to boast that keyboards really do
0:47.5	be doing the most. And here to judge it all is Amira from Memphis, Tennessee. Amira loves theater, is in her school's K-pop club, makes short films with her pals, and raves about her mother's veggie pizza recipe.
1:02.4	Hi, Amira.
1:03.2	Hi.
1:04.2	So, Amira, what do you like about K-pop?
1:06.7	I like K-pop because it has a lot of different types of songs. So there can be like sad songs, happy songs.
1:15.1	Awesome. So I've listened to a lot of K-pop too. I really like K-pop, but I'm not in a K-pop club. So can you tell me what you do in a K-pop club?
1:22.5	We mostly just watch videos, talk about stuff that's going on. We kind of just hang out.
1:29.0	To kind of keep up on the latest, hang out, listen to music. Sounds fun. What's your favorite
1:33.2	K-pop band? Um, BTS. Of course. Okay. You're very wise, clearly. Do you have any advice for our
1:40.9	debaters today? I would say for the debaters, it's important to have a lot of
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