Festival Orchestra

Festival Orchestra is an auditioned orchestra made up of 10th-12th grade students. Students perform grade 2-3 music and further develop skills in shifting, 2-octave scales, 3-octave scales, vibrato, increasing rhythmic complexity, and a higher standard of pitch accuracy. Fundamental technique is reviewed and reinforced in Festival Orchestra. Festival Orchestra performs at the Fall Concert, Winter Concert, ISSMA Organizational Festival, and Spring Concert. Festival Orchestra participates in the Indiana American String Teacher Association (INASTA) High School Orchestra Invitational held at Ball State University, where they perform for feedback from three veteran string educators and receive a clinic with one.