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[quote=Anonymous]Depending on the school strings starts in 4th grade - choice of violin, viola, cello or string bass.  Students may begin in 4th, 5th or 6th grade at many schools but a few will not take 6th grade beginners.  There are also a handful of schools with 3rd grade violin through the Kennedy Centers CETA program.
Band begins in 5th grade - choice of clarinet, flute, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, baritone and percussion (bell kit with snare or drum pad) - other winds are at the discretion of the teacher (French horn, oboe, bassoon) Also some schools will do 6th grade beginners and some will not.
Most schools have chorus on a different block so playing an instrument and having chorus are possible, but you pretty much cannot do band and strings since they usually meet at the same block.
Each school has a different schedule for the instrumental music but most are now having them part of the specials block so instrumental music students gets 1 general and 1 instrumental music a week (and maybe chorus)
Contact the director at your school to get specifics of the program there.[/quote]

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