On March 5, the local Solo and Ensemble Competition is held, where students from the Fox Valley compete by playing practiced pieces either alone (a solo) or in a group (an ensemble). Pieces are divided by difficulty into A, B, and C classes; A is the hardest and C is the easiest. A judge scores the performance and gives it a rating of 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, or 1*. A 1* rating is given for a very good performance of a class A solo and makes the performer eligible for the state competition.
I am currently working on a class A horn solo and a horn choir, which is a large ensemble. I do not know the rating of the horn choir, but it is probably a class A. My solo is coming along quite nicely as I have been practicing it quite a bit. Our horn choir is meeting every morning this week to hone the piece so that we sound good on Saturday the fifth.
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