2026 ORCHESTRA OLYMPICS - All Classes

Tuesday, February 17 - Preliminaries during class
Friday, February 20 - Final competition - Each class has their own competition

Medals for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners for each event.

Here are the events for the  
2026 Billinghurst Orchestra Olympics 

You have been placed in teams and have a preliminary round within your teams on Tuesday, February 17th.  On the day of the Olympics, February 20th, each team will have one person competing in each event and one “judge” who will be monitoring a student from another team.  

EVENT #1 – FASTEST PLAYING 
Beginning -D MAJOR SCALE – 3 times 
Intermediate, Advanced, Concert – Perpetual Motion 

EVENT #2 – LONGEST NOTE 
Down bow – must make a sound the entire time. 

EVENT #3 – BEST POSTURE 
Bow position, left hand position and head/instrument position 
Beginning – Mary Had a Little Lamb 
Intermediate, Advanced, Concert – Perpetual Motion 

EVENT #4 – SPIDERS & CRABS RACE 
3 Spiders and Crabs – No cheating and if you drop your bow, you have to start over. 

EVENT #5 – NOTE NAME CHALLENGE 
Speed note naming.  If you miss a note, it adds 5 seconds onto your total time. 

EVENT #6 – MAKE UP YOUR MIND – ALTERNATING ARCO AND PIZZICATO 
Beginning – D Scale 
Intermediate, Advanced, Concert – Perpetual Motion 

EVENT #7 – LOUDEST NOTE 
Open D – 5 bows to make that loudest note without a crunch 

​EVENT #8 – FIERCE FOCUS 
Competitor plays while a student from another team tries to break the competitor’s focus.   
This is not a race. 
Beginning – Mary Had a Little Lamb 
Intermediate, Advanced, Concert – Perpetual Motion