Rehearsals furnished excitement and anticipation. They would gather in a larger room to set up their music stands and decide on what composer's works they would play. Then they would choose the work, usually requiring a cello, viola and first and second violins. Persons were selected to play the parts. All unrehearsed, the four would take their places and begin to play under Abe's leadership.
Chamber music is more intimate, like a family having fun and expressing themselves freely.
Some were students from the University, all eager to learn, and they did learn under Abe. He was born with a gift of music. He never had to struggle with it. When Abraham became a professor of music at UTEP, he started giving scholarships to high school students. Some had already been introduced to the Symphonette, as well as the smaller chamber music groups.