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[quote=Anonymous]I replied above about maintaining participation in school band in order to do most (not all) outside bands. IME, it's not about what they are learning in band class, it's more about the outside bands not taking  the better players from the schools. Most will make exceptions for unsolvable conflicts, but yeah, there are definite schedule sacrifices that might need to be made.

My kid is a serious percussionist, about 3 years older than yours. Early high school is a great time for them to discover exactly what they love to do in music. Percussion is similar to brass in a way - you can do jazz, small group, wind band, orchestra, solo, marching... my kid tried just about all of them. By 11th, she really did have to pare down but she knew what she loved by then - orchestra. Like brass, you won't have the most notes, but if that's the sort of music you love, there's no replacement for a really excellent full orchestra that does classic repertoire. She's been preparing excerpts for summer programs for several years now, and there's a skill to this type of playing that's very different, but no easier than, say, drum set or marching. At this point, she's "good" at drum set and jazz, but she couldn't keep up with kids that focused on that. So there will be choices to be made; but that can wait if he wants to spend more time exploring. Which I would encourage![/quote]

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