String Orchestra
The String Orchestra class is open to all students (freshman-seniors) with experience on the following instruments: violin, viola, cello, and double bass. No audition is necessary to participate.
Performance, music history, music theory, and musical techniques are learned throught music of different styles and from different time periods. Basic performance skills included in this course are note recognition, rhythm recognition, key signatures, musical vocabulary, and bowing technique. Basic theory skills included in the course are knowledge of the circle of fifths and intervals. A freshman or sophomore may take two consecutive semesters of string orchestra instead of the one semester fine arts course in order to complete the fine arts graduation requirement.
