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Placement Guidelines

WKSA faculty and staff use the following guidelines to place students in different orchestra levels. Students need not have mastered all the goals and objectives of a particular orchestra in order to be placed at that level, although any student demonstrating all objectives of a particular orchestra will be placed, at a minimum, at that level.

Pre-Orchestra: No, or very limited, prior experience or contact with instrument Goals/Objectives:
	Learn instrument/bow hold
	Play “Twinkle” Variations by concert time
	Identify different strings by name
	Note reading / rudimentary theory

Beginning Orchestra: Goals/Objectives:
	Must be able to read notes.
	Identify dynamics
	Know basic bowings (slurs, ties)
	Be able to play a one or two octave scale
	Know basic key signatures: D, G, F, Bb

Intermediate Orchestra : Goals/Objectives:
	Shifting into 3rd / 4th position
	Vibrato
	Dynamics from pp to ff
	Mixed / Complex meter identification
	Articulations: staccato, leggiero, portato, spiccato
	Some 3 octave scale work
	Note reading

Advanced Orchestra: Goals/Objectives:
	Shifting into 7th position and above
	Active, musical vibrato
	All Dynamics/Tone colors
	Strong rhythmical sense at all tempi
	All articulations/bowings – including Ricochet, sautille, and up-bow staccato
	All key signatures
	All 3 octave scales in all keys

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