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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP - to the poster who teaches there - how competitive is the audition process? My current 6th grader was accepted to the PVYO concert band based on her audition, but she didn't make it into MCYO young artists orchetra. Not sure how that portends for interlochen and don't want to get her hopes up. [/quote]

I’m the poster who works there. Just to be clear, I don’t teach, I’m on the health staff. I’m sorry, I really can’t compare those ensembles.
Percussion is a small world, and, by this point, I know the top kids in our state, and I can judge the level of play of the kids at camp. But strings is much bigger. That being said, I’d give it a try. We are pretty good friends with a string instructor there, and she’s pretty clear that the level of play varies /widely/ between the top kids in the top symphony and the lower chairs in the lower symphony. I just can’t tell you what the floor is, but not everyone there is a prodigy or preprofessional by any stretch.

For string kids, FYI, you don’t get any sort of pre camp placement. So, on arrival, you are placed not only in your chair, but also in either the full symphony or string symphony. They also change chairs midway through, but that can vary year to year. Some years they rotate violin 1 and violin 2, for example, and some years the conductor or teachers reseat individually.[/quote]

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