• Instrument choices: (violin, viola, cello, or bass with an appropriate bow)
• Method Books:
  • Beginning Orchestra 6th and 7th grade: Essential Elements for Strings Book 1 (violin, viola, cello, or bass)
  • Intermediate 7th grade: Essential Elements for Strings Book 2 (violin, viola, cello, or bass)
  • Advanced 8th grade: Essential Techniques for Strings Book 3 (violin, viola, cello, or bass) 
• Rosin (for bow) 
• Pencil (every day) 
• Shoulder rest: (Violin and Viola students only)
• End Pin Holder: (Cello and Bass students only  
• Music Folder

Mustang Orchestra Handbook

• Fundraising
• All-County Orchestra (Virtual Auditions)
• Winter Orchestra Concert
• All-County Orchestra Clinic
• Elementary School Recruitment Field Trip
• Music Performance Adjudication (MPA) Field Trip
• Spring Orchestra Concert
• Festival Contest and Carowinds Field Trip
• Other events (TBD)

Fundraising Information

All-County Orchestra Audition Information

• Solo Requirement (All Instruments):
• Scale Requirements: (must be memorized)
  • Violin: 2 octave G major + arpeggio
  • Viola: 2 octave C major + arpeggio
  • Cello: 2 octave C major + arpeggio
  • Bass: 1 octave G major + arpeggio (2 octave optional)

Winter Orchestra Concert