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I'm a stealth Tiger Mother, and my fourth grader completed his violin year then did not pursue it for 5th grade. He has many other extra-curriculars, including music, and violin was not his thing.

Your daughter can finish the year, do the school concert, and then stop.

I would NOT let her quit mid-year. Violin in 4th grade is very basic (my preschool child started violin and was doing much more difficult stuff at 4 than my 9 year old), and there is no individual recital to get all hot and bothered about. More importantly, [b]you can't quit gracefully before a concert, it's letting down your friends and teacher, who need you there[/b]. The concert is usually a cacophony - so many students play out of tune that no one will notice if *she* plays out of tune! But she has to be there. It's work ethic, if nothing else.

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A fourth-grader who is playing first-year trombone for instrumental music in school is not letting their friends and teacher down by quitting before the concert.

-a musician[/quote]

And why was she started on the trombone?  How does it get transported to school?  Were flutes and trumpets and clarinets filled?  I have a child who was assigned a large instrument because of the child's size.    Let her quit-this is ridiculous.  [/quote]

A little tangential, but I think sometimes it makes a difference if a kid picks an instrument versus being assigned an instrument or having a parent pick. [/quote]

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