This is a separate post in addition to "Fencing at WinColl vs Sevenoaks School" as we thought that these are niche extras and parents with experience in one may not have experience in the other.
DS is a 11yo musician and keen to join a school (and municipality) orchestra(s). We are in the process of making a decision between the above two senior schools (age 13-18) and orchestra provisioning is another important consideration.
He is very musical, but more of a generalist (grade 4 piano, grade 3 horn) so likely middle set and we were wondering if anyone has personal experience at any of these schools.
1, How competitive is the entry to the school orchestra, or musical scholarship. Are there different sets for different levels so that anyone can play at some school orchestra?
2, How often does the school orchestra meet per week? Does it depend on the set, music scholarship, etc?
3, How many internal and external concerts in an academic year?
4, How supportive is the school to allow a musician to join the municipality orchestra (say once a week) as an extracurricular, assuming academics are fine.
5, Anything else worth considering?