They haven't tried orchestra instruments yet and he hasn't a clue other than he "wants to do it". Supposedly there are 4. I only saw cellos and basses in their room, obviously they have violins (somewhere), I don't even know what the 4th instrument would be. I know squat about orchestra. I also have no idea where his interest in it comes from.
Oh yeah, if he gets chosen for percussion... there are MANDATORY weekly private lessons REQUIRED. WTH?!?! Since when?
The 4th may be Viola if they are all orchestral strings. Similar to the Violin but it's bigger and tuned, I believe, 1/8 step lower than the violin. I think that's what I've heard.
And I've never heard that about weekly required lessons. I've been out of the public school scene for quite sometime now.