Royal Strings

Royal Strings 

Royal Strings meets during fourth period with a professional strings coach and performs individually and/ or with the band as a full orchestra. Membership is by audition or Director approval. Strings is a yearlong class, open to all students who qualify. This group participates in concerts and sometimes also participates in music festivals during the spring semester. Strings class is where the basic fundamentals of being an instrumental musician are learned through quality literature and daily rehearsal throughout the school year. This class will provide students with in-depth knowledge of their instruments, other instruments, elements of music, proper fundamentals of position and posture, appropriate level string literature, and rehearsal techniques.  This course will also teach team-work, self-discipline, and the development of higher level thinking skills necessary to express one's self through music. This class consists of all grade levels.