Beginning of the year:
Click here for a copy of our Orchestra Syllabus.
6th Grade Information:
Welcome 6th grade Students! Please read "6th Grade Getting Started" for beginning of the year information.
ALL ORCHESTRA STUDENTS NEED A 1" hard cover black binder.
Binders need to be 1" in order to hold all of your music and fit into storage cubbies, lockers, and backpacks.
Smaller binders will not hold all of the music. Larger binders are too big for storage and backpacks.
Binders need to be 1" in order to hold all of your music and fit into storage cubbies, lockers, and backpacks.
Smaller binders will not hold all of the music. Larger binders are too big for storage and backpacks.
Private Lesson Information:
Are you interested in taking private lessons on your instrument? Click here for a list of private string teachers in our area.
Cello and Bass Students: ISD Instrument Rental Information:
CELLO and BASS STUDENTS, please complete the Issaquah School District Rental Policy form and return to me. You will be assigned a school district instrument once your form is returned and payment has been received. We will fill in the instrument information (i.e. Instrument Type, ISD #, etc) together when you receive your instrument.
Skyline High School Orchestras:
Skyline HS offers three Orchestra options for students:
Skyline String Orchestra, Skyline Chamber Orchestra, and Evergreen Philharmonic.
Please click here for more information about Skyline HS Orchestra options.
The information below is NOT current.
Audition information for 2021 will be updated late fall 2020.
If you are an 8th grade student and you are interested in auditioning for Skyline Chamber Orchestra, please click here for 2020 audition Information and please click here for audition materials. Auditions are due February 14, 2020.
A note from Mr. Cook: "For Chamber auditions only, if students find the excerpts too difficult, they do not have to record the excerpts. Students can record the scales only, at a slower tempo, using the same bowings."
Click here for a practice copy of the audition materials, which includes shifts and fingerings.
Registration information from SHS: "All students who wish to audition for the Chamber Orchestra or Evergreen should register for the Skyline String Orchestra (MUS200) and list Chamber and Evergreen as their alternate class choices."
EVERGREEN PHILHARMONIC auditions are due February 14, 2020.
Please click here for the middle school strings information letter, and please click here for audition materials.
Skyline String Orchestra, Skyline Chamber Orchestra, and Evergreen Philharmonic.
Please click here for more information about Skyline HS Orchestra options.
The information below is NOT current.
Audition information for 2021 will be updated late fall 2020.
If you are an 8th grade student and you are interested in auditioning for Skyline Chamber Orchestra, please click here for 2020 audition Information and please click here for audition materials. Auditions are due February 14, 2020.
A note from Mr. Cook: "For Chamber auditions only, if students find the excerpts too difficult, they do not have to record the excerpts. Students can record the scales only, at a slower tempo, using the same bowings."
Click here for a practice copy of the audition materials, which includes shifts and fingerings.
Registration information from SHS: "All students who wish to audition for the Chamber Orchestra or Evergreen should register for the Skyline String Orchestra (MUS200) and list Chamber and Evergreen as their alternate class choices."
EVERGREEN PHILHARMONIC auditions are due February 14, 2020.
Please click here for the middle school strings information letter, and please click here for audition materials.
Other Helpful Information:
Please see me if you are interested in summer music camps!