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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]rare yet needed instrument is good[/quote]

What sorts of instruments are needed?[/quote]

Don't think like that, because you can never predict what colleges will need for their orchestra or band on any given year. There is no constant shortage in one particular instrument. It's just that maybe their Principal violist graduated, and they're looking for a brilliant violist the year your viola-playing kid applies. I hope you understand this is a total lottery situation.

If your kid want to make it all the way to 12th grade with their instrument, he or she really needs to think about what they like about this instrument (ask teachers and students about all the nitty gritty - for example, French horn has that spit problem, oboe you're always fiddling with reeds, etc). Otherwise they will abandon it before it helps for college applications!
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That's true. I guess I'm just wondering because many of the school bands/orchestras I known (including the one at Oberlin) have [i]none[/i] of the instruments my kid is interested in, and I worry that applying with them would be a total non-starter.[/quote]

What instrument(s) is your kid interested in?

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