High School Orchestra
High School Orchestra is a two-semester course that meets 5 days a week. The class is divided into two groups: students that concurrently participate in Concert Band (“ConcBnd/Orch” on your schedule), and those who do not (“Orchestra” on your schedule). Students also in Concert Band perform in the STRING ORCHESTRA component of the course. Students not involved in Concert Band perform in the STRING ORCHESTRA and CHAMBER STRINGS portions of the Course. String Orchestra meets on Monday and Thursday, while Chamber Strings meet on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday.
String Orchestra is a continuation of 4-8 Orchestra. Students continue to build performance skills, and musical sensibility idiomatic to string instruments, and string literature by performing in a String, and Full Orchestra as well as solos, and chamber ensembles. In addition to music of the western tradition, students will also explore and perform the string music of other cultures.
The String Orchestra meets twice per week (Mondays and Thursdays) for a total of 90 minutes/week.
Chamber Strings is also a continuation of 4-8 Orchestra, is a group that meets opposite the large group orchestra, and will focus on a separate set of literature. Students in this group will have a required performance at the Solo/Ensemble festival, in March, and possibly the State festival in April.
Chamber Strings meet three times per week (Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday) for a total of 135 minutes/week.
High School Orchestra is a two-semester course that meets 5 days a week. The class is divided into two groups: students that concurrently participate in Concert Band (“ConcBnd/Orch” on your schedule), and those who do not (“Orchestra” on your schedule). Students also in Concert Band perform in the STRING ORCHESTRA component of the course. Students not involved in Concert Band perform in the STRING ORCHESTRA and CHAMBER STRINGS portions of the Course. String Orchestra meets on Monday and Thursday, while Chamber Strings meet on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday.
String Orchestra is a continuation of 4-8 Orchestra. Students continue to build performance skills, and musical sensibility idiomatic to string instruments, and string literature by performing in a String, and Full Orchestra as well as solos, and chamber ensembles. In addition to music of the western tradition, students will also explore and perform the string music of other cultures.
The String Orchestra meets twice per week (Mondays and Thursdays) for a total of 90 minutes/week.
Chamber Strings is also a continuation of 4-8 Orchestra, is a group that meets opposite the large group orchestra, and will focus on a separate set of literature. Students in this group will have a required performance at the Solo/Ensemble festival, in March, and possibly the State festival in April.
Chamber Strings meet three times per week (Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday) for a total of 135 minutes/week.