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Anonymous wrote:I am shocked people advocate summer courses to fit an instrument in high school. That is sad

We will do this. Orchestra is important to my child as are other classes. They’d rather get things like health out of the way in a few weeks vs months. It’s important to them so why wouldn’t you allow it.

It's only sad to people who don't appreciate music. Some kids love it and it's their main EC. If they aren't in HS orch, they can't be in All-State and other advanced ensembles.

There are always the private orchestras.

DC does both school orch and outside orchestra and all-state. They aren't interchangeable, and some kids love it so much they want every possible orchestra opportunity. If that's their main DC, why is that bad?

It's not, often it's because parents don't want the responsibility. It's a huge expense and lots of driving. My kid couldn't do it at school and school wouldn't refer them to all-state and other programs so we only did private. Mine would love to do all three too.

Every student who is in school band or orchestra can apply for All-state auditions. My DS and many of his classmates at Blair SMAC did four years orchestra or band so they can audition for All-state. It is a commitment the students made. Audition is faraway but a lots of students carpooling so parents don’t have to go.

We were told no. So, our only option was private orchestra. Happy to drive.

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Anonymous wrote:I am shocked people advocate summer courses to fit an instrument in high school. That is sad

We will do this. Orchestra is important to my child as are other classes. They’d rather get things like health out of the way in a few weeks vs months. It’s important to them so why wouldn’t you allow it.

It's only sad to people who don't appreciate music. Some kids love it and it's their main EC. If they aren't in HS orch, they can't be in All-State and other advanced ensembles.

There are always the private orchestras.

DC does both school orch and outside orchestra and all-state. They aren't interchangeable, and some kids love it so much they want every possible orchestra opportunity. If that's their main DC, why is that bad?

It's not, often it's because parents don't want the responsibility. It's a huge expense and lots of driving. My kid couldn't do it at school and school wouldn't refer them to all-state and other programs so we only did private. Mine would love to do all three too.

Every student who is in school band or orchestra can apply for All-state auditions. My DS and many of his classmates at Blair SMAC did four years orchestra or band so they can audition for All-state. It is a commitment the students made. Audition is faraway but a lots of students carpooling so parents don’t have to go.

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Anonymous wrote:I am shocked people advocate summer courses to fit an instrument in high school. That is sad

We will do this. Orchestra is important to my child as are other classes. They’d rather get things like health out of the way in a few weeks vs months. It’s important to them so why wouldn’t you allow it.

It's only sad to people who don't appreciate music. Some kids love it and it's their main EC. If they aren't in HS orch, they can't be in All-State and other advanced ensembles.

There are always the private orchestras.

DC does both school orch and outside orchestra and all-state. They aren't interchangeable, and some kids love it so much they want every possible orchestra opportunity. If that's their main DC, why is that bad?

It's not, often it's because parents don't want the responsibility. It's a huge expense and lots of driving. My kid couldn't do it at school and school wouldn't refer them to all-state and other programs so we only did private. Mine would love to do all three too.

It’s no more expense than travel or club sports. HS teacher doesn’t refer kids to All State. Any kid who is taking orchestra band or chorus all year can audition. The big cost is the private lessons at $100+ per week. I can see parents not wanting to pay for that but not for orchestra.

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Anonymous wrote:I am shocked people advocate summer courses to fit an instrument in high school. That is sad

We will do this. Orchestra is important to my child as are other classes. They’d rather get things like health out of the way in a few weeks vs months. It’s important to them so why wouldn’t you allow it.

It's only sad to people who don't appreciate music. Some kids love it and it's their main EC. If they aren't in HS orch, they can't be in All-State and other advanced ensembles.

There are always the private orchestras.

DC does both school orch and outside orchestra and all-state. They aren't interchangeable, and some kids love it so much they want every possible orchestra opportunity. If that's their main DC, why is that bad?

It's not, often it's because parents don't want the responsibility. It's a huge expense and lots of driving. My kid couldn't do it at school and school wouldn't refer them to all-state and other programs so we only did private. Mine would love to do all three too.

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Anonymous wrote:I am shocked people advocate summer courses to fit an instrument in high school. That is sad

We will do this. Orchestra is important to my child as are other classes. They’d rather get things like health out of the way in a few weeks vs months. It’s important to them so why wouldn’t you allow it.

It's only sad to people who don't appreciate music. Some kids love it and it's their main EC. If they aren't in HS orch, they can't be in All-State and other advanced ensembles.

There are always the private orchestras.

DC does both school orch and outside orchestra and all-state. They aren't interchangeable, and some kids love it so much they want every possible orchestra opportunity. If that's their main DC, why is that bad?

It's not, often it's because parents don't want the responsibility. It's a huge expense and lots of driving. My kid couldn't do it at school and school wouldn't refer them to all-state and other programs so we only did private. Mine would love to do all three too.

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Anonymous wrote:I am shocked people advocate summer courses to fit an instrument in high school. That is sad

We will do this. Orchestra is important to my child as are other classes. They’d rather get things like health out of the way in a few weeks vs months. It’s important to them so why wouldn’t you allow it.

It's only sad to people who don't appreciate music. Some kids love it and it's their main EC. If they aren't in HS orch, they can't be in All-State and other advanced ensembles.

There are always the private orchestras.

DC does both school orch and outside orchestra and all-state. They aren't interchangeable, and some kids love it so much they want every possible orchestra opportunity. If that's their main DC, why is that bad?

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Anonymous wrote:You will need to plan ahead (summer online courses) to do 4 years of orchestra and the IB program. There are a lot of requirements to fit in and IB has no instrumental music class (very annoying!). I would ask this question to the magnet coordinator, I would guess there is a lot of overlap between orchestra and interest in the magnet.

Blair has a good orchestra program with some audition only ensembles. It is easier to fit orchestra into the AP curriculum.

OP) Thanks everyone. Quick question… are instrumental music class and orchestra electives are two different thing? RMIB mentioned about taking an audition and join the Google classroom for orchestra. Blair hasn’t given any information related to orchestra, so just thought maybe RM is more keen to orchestra program. Am I wrong?

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Anonymous wrote:I am shocked people advocate summer courses to fit an instrument in high school. That is sad

We will do this. Orchestra is important to my child as are other classes. They’d rather get things like health out of the way in a few weeks vs months. It’s important to them so why wouldn’t you allow it.

It's only sad to people who don't appreciate music. Some kids love it and it's their main EC. If they aren't in HS orch, they can't be in All-State and other advanced ensembles.

There are always the private orchestras.

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Anonymous wrote:I am shocked people advocate summer courses to fit an instrument in high school. That is sad

We will do this. Orchestra is important to my child as are other classes. They’d rather get things like health out of the way in a few weeks vs months. It’s important to them so why wouldn’t you allow it.

It's only sad to people who don't appreciate music. Some kids love it and it's their main EC. If they aren't in HS orch, they can't be in All-State and other advanced ensembles.

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Anonymous wrote:I am shocked people advocate summer courses to fit an instrument in high school. That is sad

We will do this. Orchestra is important to my child as are other classes. They’d rather get things like health out of the way in a few weeks vs months. It’s important to them so why wouldn’t you allow it.

Anonymous wrote:Mine was able to do 3 of 4 years at Blair. One year, her math class (only 1 section) conflicted with Chamber, and she didn't want to take Symphonic instead.

Anonymous wrote:I am shocked people advocate summer courses to fit an instrument in high school. That is sad