Advanced Orchestra Expectations
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The ARIS BACH ADVANCED ORCHESTRA EXPECTATIONS
- Students must try-out to get into the Advanced Orchestra. The try-out music is available by asking Mrs. Petrucelli for it. The only exception to a try-out is, if the student took the entire Summer Program (all 4 weeks of July), than they are automatically placed into the Advanced Orchestra. However, all the rules for the Advanced Orchestra still apply.
- Rehearsals are after school on Wednesdays, from 4:00 – 5:15pm.
- Students are expected to make every rehearsal, due to the higher expectations of being in this Orchestra. If you are absent in school on a Wed., do not worry, you are excused from coming to the rehearsal. With this in mind, please realize that every rehearsal will be important (only once a week is tough), and you will only be allowed 1 unexcused absence per marking period. If you know in advance (not the day of) that you can not make a rehearsal, send in a letter from your parent. This will be counted as an excused absence.
- To reach our goals for the year, the expectations are that your child will practice 180 minutes a week. This can break down to ½ hour - 6 days per week or approximately 40 minutes - 5 days per week. Of course, if you do more we will get even better! Minutes will be collected every Wed., during Orchestra, rather than in their small group lesson.
- Once your child is officially in the group, a permission slip will be given to your child for both you and your child to sign.
- There are 2 books that we work out of: Orchestra Expressions Bk.2 & High Tech for Strings.
- The Advanced Orchestra is the only performing orchestra group that get to play for an assembly in May and they also will play for the 4th Gr. Orientation in June.