1st Year Registration

1st year Orchestra Information

2024-2025

Orchestra is offered at all elementary schools in the Cache County and Logan City School Districts.  No prior musical experience is required.  Classes are offered at every elementary school 2 days per week.  Class is held either before or after school.  Class schedules for the 24-25 school will be published in the summer. School assemblies are held at each elementary school before registration nights. Watch for a flier to come home.

Cache District- Orchestra is offered to all 5th & 6th grade students. 

Logan District- Orchestra is offered to all 4th and 5th grade students.

Students that are homeschooling or attending a charter school are welcome to join also.  You can pick the school that fits your schedule.  Students have to be in at least the 4th grade for Logan classes and 5th grade for Cache classes. 

Students can choose to play one of the following instruments:
Violin  
Viola
Cello
Bass (with approval from Director)*

*All students interested in playing the bass MUST contact Laura Morgan at mountainweststrings@gmail.com or 435-760-1743 BEFORE September 3rd or you will not be allowed to play bass.  All students wanting to play bass must also commit to attending the Friday afternoon bass lab classes or take private lessons.

All 1st year registrations take place in person. We do not register 1st years online.

  • Registration Dates- September 5 & 6 Mount Logan Middle School

  • Bass Registration only - September 4th (by invitation)

  • Registration sessions are held every 20 minutes starting at 5:00, 5:20, 5:40, 6:00, 6:20, 6:40, 7:00 or 7:20.  Come either night!

  • Registration Fee is $70.  This includes music books, MWSA workbook, bag, and t-shirt.  Stands are available for $15. 

  • Classes will begin the week of September 16th.

Please call 435-554-1021 with any questions or send an email to mountainweststrings@gmail.com.

Instrument Information

Rent

Cache District-  Students can rent a violin, viola, cello or bass from MWSA on registration nights.  Rentals are assigned on a first come, first served basis.  Rentals are $75 for the school year with a $50 refundable deposit.

Logan District- Students can rent a cello or bass for $60 for the school year on registration nights.  Students who choose to play the violin or viola are responsible to purchase or rent their own instrument

Purchase or Rent

Classical Strings 801-786-1605 KSM Music 435-753-6813

Coda Strings 435-452-1049 JK Stringz 435-757-3776

The Book Table 435-752-3055 Southwest Strings www.swstrings.com

Please do not buy an instrument from Ebay or other online bidding sites.  These instruments are often poorly made and require a lot of work to even be playable. 

Mountain West String Academy (MWSA) is the official elementary orchestra program for the Cache County and Logan City School Districts.