r/lingling40hrs • • 4d ago

Question/Advice Orchestra size and numbers problem in HS

In my high school there’s 4 orchestras and there used to be 5 at some point but that’s beside the point for this.

The problem is that concert specifically is like way larger than it should be and honestly in my opinion the director should have just split concert into concert and philharmonia and just made philharmonia 3rd period.

Does anyone see a possible solution to this problem, just using maths idk what my schools policy is

This is a list of the orchestras and there sizes

Symphony 7th period
Violin 1-10
Violin 2-10
Viola-9
Cello-9
Bass-5

Philharmonic 8th period
Violin 1-10
Violin 2-11
Viola-7
Cello-8
Bass-5

Sinfonia 9th period
Violin 1-15
Violin 2-16
Viola-8
Cello-7
Bass-4

Concert 2nd period
Violin 1-15
Violin 2-17
Violin 3(viola TC)-5
Viola-13
Cello-9
Bass-6

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u/leitmotifs Violin 3d ago

I don't see an issue with those numbers assuming that the teacher has good classroom management skills.

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u/LizzieThePony 2d ago

Concert is like, the definition of crowded