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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP - At least your kid's school has a band.  Ours doesn't even have that, but that's unfortunately understandable because a HS would have to both have a critical mass of students interested in continuing with band in HS and figure out a time in the schedule that most of them could attend.  [b]You can't have a band director teaching 4 classes a day of band with 20 kids in each class[/b] (unless the school is rolling in money).  If your kid is a really good trombonist, and particularly if they are interested in playing in a regional orchestra, it should be sky's the limit at what they can do outside of school.[/quote]

Why not?

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Because half of the skills taught in band and other groups are ENSEMBLE skills. These are measurable, objective skills (blend and balance, intonation, phrasing, etc) that need to be worked on together.

Very hard to work intonation when your whole low brass section is in a different class. Very difficult to work on phrasing in a specific section if only 2 flutes are there out of 5.

No harm in asking the question, but it would be like asking the basketball team to practice separately except for like a half hour before each game. Ensemble skills and team skills are very similar. [/quote]

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