<p>So I've been playing in orchestras for quite some time now, and I might want to continue with my musical instruments through college, as an extracurricular activity.</p>
<p>However, I have been able to find out next to nothing about the NYU orchestra (the one for the whole school, not the Steinhardt one). Is there anyone here who can tell me at what level it plays at, the repertoire, that sort of thing? Is it difficult to get in/get a good seat in (for strings or woodwinds, for example)? How big is it, anyway? How is the conductor (strict/lenient, mean/nice)? (I don't really care about that one much -- I've had a bunch of different conductors.) How often does the orchestra perform, and how much time do you have to commit to it?</p>
<p>Anyone? Help would be much appreciated. :)</p>
<p>Yeah, I saw that page. But thanks anyway.</p>
<p>NYU community orchestra is for whole Universty. You can see the information on the left link in the same page. Click NYU community orchestra.</p>
<p>It's the same page as before (thanks anyway, though)... does anyone know more than what's on that page?</p>
<p>I'd contact the conductor whose email is linked from the page.</p>
<p>Could someone correct/confirm this:</p>
<p>Basically the community orchestra is less prestigous than the symphony orchcestra, thus it should be easier to get into??</p>
<p>Well, I'm assuming the symphony orchestra is Steinhardt's... which means only Steinhardt students can get in it. I'm not sure if that means it's more difficult to get in or not (talent-wise), but since Steinhardt has the music majors...</p>
<p>I'm majoring in music performance next year and this is what I was told by my teacher to-be. The symphony orchestra is for steinhardt music majors. The community orchestra is for the entire university including steinhardt majors if they wish. Both orchestras require auditions. This is my understanding of it. He also mentioned a third orchestra, but he didn't give me any information on it.</p>
<p>Regarding the third orchestra, my understanding is that starting this year Steinhardt will have two orchestras for music performance majors rather than one. The two Steinhardt orchestras sounded more or less like an underclassman orchestra and an upperclassman/grad student orchestra. The community orchestra will remain the same.</p>
<p>really? That's pretty cool.</p>
<p>Yeah, this came from the head of the String Studies program. I think it reflects both the growth in music performance at Steinhardt and their belief that everyone should have playing experience with a set of common works in the early years. It makes sense. If they think it's important that everyone play pieces A, B, and C, how can they accomplish that without subjecting older students to playing the same pieces they played in their freshman and sophomore years? This way, everyone can have a common foundation in some standard rep, and can also be free to explore more diverse rep in their later years.</p>