Prerequisite: Audition with instructor and at least 1 credit in Orchestra (except 9th grade students). Students selected for the Honors Orchestra program will meet all of the requirements of the Orchestra course. Additionally, students will be active members of Parkland High School’s Strolling Strings and Chamber Ensembles and perform at community events. Rehearsals take place weekly after school. Once a student has successfully auditioned for the Honors Orchestra program, he/she need not re-audition in subsequent years, providing he/she continues to perform with the Strolling Strings. All students auditioning must take the non-honors orchestra course. After a successful audition for Strolling Strings, the student will be placed in the Honors Orchestra by y the director and the student’s guidance counselor. The grade is weighted upon successful completion of course and will be issued one time only, which will be in the junior year.