<p>Fiddlemom, you might want to check out Sewanee Summer Music Festival. When our daughter went there 3 years ago, there was an age range of about 12 through college and two orchestras with different levels of difficulty. The strings were sometimes moved from one orchestra to the other, so they must have had mini-auditions throughout the summer.</p>
<p>At that time, they were offering lots of scholarships to get strings because they still had openings late in the spring. My impression is that it is easier to get in there than other places.</p>
<p>It is a beautiful setting and it might be worth checking out.</p>