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[quote=Anonymous]She doesn't sound like she's playing at a stratospherically high level, OP, so I don't think either you or your husband should agonize too much about this.

The only thing you might consider for her is continuing violin all 4 years of high school, for college admission purposes. Given that she's already been playing for a few years, is in a youth orchestra, and you haven't mentioned another passionate hobby of hers, this might be a valuable extra-curricular she could list. Therefore, because of that, you do need to find another teacher and push her to practice a little bit, just so that she can stay at a level that will ensure she gets into the next levels in her youth orchestra. School orchestras are very low level, because they deal with kids who don't have private teachers - it's normal she would find that music really easy, even without practice. But depending on your state, the All-State orchestra she can join will require that she enroll in school orchestra. The older the kids become, the more selective the youth and All-State (or All-County, or whatever) orchestra groupings - she needs to understand this. She can't let herself stagnate while other kids her age are practicing diligently, otherwise she's not going to make the cut and all her years of instrumental experience won't show up on her applications. College apps are only interested in what students did in high school. They don't care about middle school.

Levine School of Music is a solid choice. For private studios, I only know the top ones of the DC area (Lea Stern, etc), and she would have to step it up massively to not feel out of place there! Emil Chudnovsky is a high caliber teacher who takes all levels of students, but he puts them through the wringer. Maybe someone will come along with a more middle-of-the-road studio suggestion.

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