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[quote=Anonymous]My friend's daughter was in AY before my daughter started with orchestras, and based on what she was experiencing, we chose to have my daughter go with a different orchestra. The environment (to me) seemed to be lots of pushy parents after prestige, more than just motivated kids doing their best. The additional deciding factor was that they tend to be fairly strict about the age of kids in the orchestras; a highly competent child will still be held back because they're young (for instance, a 10 year old playing a really good Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso). My (now) 13 year old is in a lesser orchestra, but in their highest one (a full orchestra, not just strings), and is learning a lot by virtue of having to come up to speed on some pretty challenging repertoire. She intends to audition for concertmaster next season.[/quote]
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