Orchestra

All students are required to attend all rehearsals unless otherwise indicated. Dress rehearsals and performances are mandatory. Grades are based on attendance, as well as the quality of your preparation, participation, leadership, and performance.

One letter grade will be deducted for each absence. Two late arrivals will be counted as one absence. Please email the Orchestra Director prior to any absence or late arrival. Being on time to play tests, dress rehearsals, and performances is required in order to receive a passing grade. Students can make up an Absence or Late Arrival by submitting a video of the work they missed, in consultation with the director. 

All students are required for ballet and opera performances (November and April), unless otherwise notified. 

Students can miss rehearsal for a professional orchestral engagement, given timely notification and approval by the music director. (Attendance at dress rehearsals and performances are required in order to receive a grade.)

Requirements of this class may include class meetings and/or performances that will be held off-campus. Students will provide their own method of transportation to the off-campus location.

PSU values diversity and inclusion; we are committed to fostering mutual respect and full participation for all students. My goal is to create a learning environment that is equitable, usable, inclusive, and welcoming. If any aspects of instruction or course design result in barriers to your inclusion or learning, please notify me. The Disability Resource Center (DRC) provides reasonable accommodations for students who encounter barriers in the learning environment. 

If you have, or think you may have, a disability that may affect your work in this class and feel you need accommodations, contact the Disability Resource Center to schedule an appointment and initiate a conversation about reasonable accommodations. If you already have accommodations, contact Ken Selden at kselden@pdx.edu to discuss.

By playing in the PSU Orchestra, you must authorize PSU to record your likeness, use you name in connection with these recordings, and use, reproduce, exhibit or distribute to any person, including the general public, and in any medium, or any other educational purpose the University deems appropriate.