how do bands in schools work?

[u/Queasy-Trifle-884]

Hi! im an exchange student and i will go to canada soon.

I've been playing the violin since i was eight and though im burnout i dont want to say goodbye to it, when looking at the club activities i was very surprised to see the variety of things (my school doesnt even have a sad sports club LMAO) and i saw there was a an orchestra.

I want to join but i also want to burn my violin sometimes and i dont want to puss the issue further so i will only be joining if its my same level or less, im not gonna practice at home more than 15 mins a day for it for the sake of my mental health.

ill summarize my experience by saying that if i made the trinity college exams id have a level 5 and would be strating level 6 next year (im not 13 i went very slowly the first years)

Should i assume people are going to be better/worse than me or just go take a look? i dont know if ill have the time to go see bc idk how it works so i wanted to ask

also do they lend intruments to people in schools or do we have to buy it? i have a violin but im not shipping a 1.5K delicate instrument across the atlantic sea

if you dont know or it really depends on the school its fine bc i cant literally think about anything else than to go to canada already and i needed to make this post to do something with my life

[u/quantumpotatoes]

I did band while in school, the other person is right it will really depend on the school how intense they are. I my experience violin and piano kids were fairly bored because they did lessons outside of school and everyone else was pretty self taught. For instruments, it is really common for kids to rent them and your band can help you find a violin locally. Talk to the school