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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What if you kid plays an instrument not typically part of an orchestra or band, can they join one of the ensembles at school; meaning teacher doesn't have to provide weekly or daily lessons but kid plays together with other students for fun and concerts. Kid takes lessons outside school.[/quote]

It depends on the teacher.  In MS and HS, generally they can play it in the orchestra, no issue.  In ES, it's teacher dependent.  Our child did one of the approved instruments but teacher let them do their main one at the concert.  There are no daily lessons, only weekly in elementary school.  In MS and HS there are no lessons, just general orchestra.[/quote]

What are the approved instruments?[/quote]

It depends on the teacher and amount of time they have.  [/quote]

What if you are already taking private lessons for an instrument? Do you continue with lessons at school for the same instrument? This is for ES.[/quote]

You can, but some people learn a new instrument in ES and continue with private lessons in their main instrument. So they may take private violin lessons, and do an outside orchestra, but play clarinet in elementary school.[/quote]

Based on our experience with music in ES, I probably wouldn’t bother having my kid do in-school music if they were already doing private lessons. I would wait until MS when they could do band or orchestra as a class. Unless, like the PP said, you wanted them to learn a different instrument in school, but then you have a lot more practicing to do. 
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I disagree.  My kid had outside lessons but doing IM at school for the same instrument was a nice compliment, because they would not have had ensemble experience otherwise (at least until middle school).  I mean, learning a second instrument is great, but it's also nice being an advanced player in your elementary school orchestra, maybe getting the opportunity to do a solo.  For many kids that age it's their first performance before a big audience even if they have outside lessons.

Also missing the class period was NBD.[/quote]

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