CU Boulder Middle School Ensembles member + parent info

Community engagement

Ensemble placement

Although we accept all interested students into the CU Boulder Middle School Ensembles (MSE) program, we like to listen to each student individually on our first rehearsal to determine proper ensemble placement; this enables us to ensure our selection of appropriate repertoire for our performance.

To facilitate this, we ask each student to prepare a short étude for their instrument (see below). Additionally, students may be asked to play a few scales to help us better understand everyone’s strengths in terms of range.

While these placements should feel relaxed—all are welcome!—we do ask that students come prepared.

Band

Strings