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[quote=Anonymous]Musical PP here. (I'm carefully avoiding all identifying information. The professional music community here isn't all that large.)

You cannot "play professionally in a community orchestra", because a community orchestra is made up of unpaid volunteers. The only exceptions are those community orchestras that pay some/all principal players, and competition for those spots can be fairly fierce -- certainly as competitive as any other professional audition in this area.

Many Juilliard pre-college graduates can't pass a professional orchestra audition, by the way. And a significant number of them won't pass major conservatory auditions either, and will go to second-tier schools (or they'll choose non-musical careers).

In any event, this is all off-topic, I have no need to prove anything to anyone, and I'm not sure why Doubter PP is so intent on trying to put down the various other posters in this thread.

My intent, in mentioning some musical background, was to point out that sometimes it's useful for PG kids to be able to channel their abilities in multiple directions, rather than putting it all into academics. The real goal is to produce functional adults who have happy lives. That doesn't mean maximizing potential, but rather producing an adult who can lead a life that makes them happy and gives them the intellectual and creative stimulation they need.[/quote]

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