Diana Springford

Thank you to all Year 2 parents who brought their children to our Instrumental Program information morning this week. There is always much excitement as students consider which concert band instrument they would like to learn for the next four years in IP.  

Thank you to the Mendelssohn Chamber Strings who performed at the Writer’s Awards on Monday evening. This hard-working ensemble are now rehearsing for their performance with the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) at Emanuel Synagogue on the evening of Monday 26 November. They will be joined by five members from Moriah College and will perform Mendelssohn’s Sinfonia II (First Movement) with the ACO at the beginning of the evening’s concert.

Important reminders this term:

• Year 2 (and New Years 3-6 in 2019) Instrument Allocation tests Tuesday 27 November for Year 2Y and Wednesday 28 November for Year 2T.
• Instrument Maintenance Check and Stocktake – Week 8 (commencing Tuesday 4 December).

All students who currently borrow a school instrument (including a percussion kit) must bring it to the Music Department on Tuesday 4 December for an instrument maintenance check. Instruments should be clean and have a student name tag attached with the instrument barcode on the reverse.  If this name tag is missing, please ask Mrs De Araujo in the music staffroom to label it for you. Full details of the instrument drop-off and collection procedure will be advised soon.    

Private Music Tuition and Infant Strings Program

Please note that from 2019, the cost of individual private music lessons will be charged at a rate of $44.00 per half-hour lesson (plus GST, if the tutor is registered to pay GST). This is the rate advised by the NSW Music Teachers Association. Lessons shared in pairs will cost $23.00 per student per half-hour lesson (plus GST where applicable). The Infant Strings Program (ISP) for students in Years K-2 will be charged at $255 per term on school fees, which includes the loan of an instrument.

Thank you to those who have already advised us of changes to private tuition and Infant Strings Program enrolments for next year. The deadline for new enrolments, notification of changes or intention to discontinue for Term 1, 2019 is Friday 23 November. All students currently receiving private music tuition, and students in Years K-1 who are currently participating in the Infant Strings Program, will be automatically re-enrolled into tutor schedules for 2019 along with students commencing lessons for the first time.  Parents should enrol or discontinue using one of the online forms accessed from the links below. If your child intends to discontinue, formal notification in advance must be received by the end of term to avoid being committed to the full term of lessons and liable for fees.                                                                                                           

Please contact Deborah Beder with any questions via email: music@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au

The schedules for Term 1, 2019 will be created at the end of this term and emailed in late January.

Links to online forms  

New enrolment requests for private tuition: http://tinyurl.com/NewPrivateTuitionEnrolment

To discontinue private tuition for 2019 :http://tinyurl.com/PrivateTuitionDiscontinuation

To enrol into the Infant Strings Program: http://tinyurl.com/InfantStringsEnrolment

To discontinue Infant Strings Program for 2019:http://tinyurl.com/InfantStringsDiscontinuations