{"id":19,"date":"2015-08-17T12:45:52","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T02:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brindabellaorchestra.wordpress.com\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2025-11-30T21:17:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T10:17:42","slug":"joining","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brindabellaorchestra.net\/?page_id=19","title":{"rendered":"Joining"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a <strong>U3A ACT<\/strong> activity, the Brindabella Orchestra especially welcomes musicians aged fifty and above, as these people are eligible to join U3A ACT<\/p>\n<p>The Orchestra is also interested in recruiting\u00a0younger players to extend the range of instrumentalists available to the Orchestra and to \u00a0strengthen its instrumental sections so as to enable the Orchestra to perform\u00a0a wider and more varied repertoire.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment the Orchestra is interested in recruiting more <strong>string players<\/strong> across all the instruments, and <strong>brass players<\/strong>, again, across the full range of instruments.<\/p>\n<p>The Orchestra welcomes players who play at an intermediate level or above. \u00a0The required level of proficiency varies for different instrument groups. \u00a0If you are interested in joining our Orchestra, or would like to find out more about us, please read the <a href=\"https:\/\/brindabellaorchestra.net\/?page_id=60\">information for members<\/a> page and contact us via email: info@brindabellaorchestra.net.<\/p>\n<h3>Fees<\/h3>\n<p>Membership<a href=\"https:\/\/www.u3acanberra.org.au\/membership.html\">\u00a0of U3A<\/a> ACT is a requirement for Orchestra members aged fifty years and above. \u00a0Annual Orchestra membership fee for U3A members is $110, or $150 for non-U3A members.<\/p>\n<p>Potential new members are welcome to attend one or two rehearsals, without obligation, to see if they would like to join the orchestra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a U3A ACT activity, the Brindabella Orchestra especially welcomes musicians aged fifty and above, as these people are eligible to join U3A ACT The Orchestra is also interested in recruiting\u00a0younger players to extend the range of instrumentalists available to the Orchestra and to \u00a0strengthen its instrumental sections so as to enable the Orchestra to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brindabellaorchestra.net\/?page_id=19\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Joining<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brindabellaorchestra.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brindabellaorchestra.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brindabellaorchestra.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brindabellaorchestra.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brindabellaorchestra.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/brindabellaorchestra.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1489,"href":"https:\/\/brindabellaorchestra.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/1489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brindabellaorchestra.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}