Diana Springford – Head of Music

The Music teachers and tutors are looking forward to welcoming Years K-12 students back on campus full time next week. There will be many new protocols in place, some of which are outlined below. 

Ensembles and choirs for the full return to school

No choirs will resume rehearsals until Term 3. This is because of the science of the way aerosolised water droplets are produced and spread by singers and the fact that these linger in the air. Many ensembles will return to rehearsing in modified form and with specific protocols, from the 1 June 2020. Since the variables we must consider include: ensemble size, room size, whether the ensemble includes string, wind or percussion players, whether there are singers, and whether ensemble musicians share instruments or use microphones, each ensemble is in a different situation.

Conductors and band mentors will inform you of the situation for their ensemble. We ask students to pay particular attention to their conductor’s direction with regard to new rehearsal routines, as keeping to these new routines is the prerequisite for the resumption of rehearsals from Week 6.

Please check this spreadsheet which shows the basic intention for each ensemble and choir. Please note that some rehearsals will now start later so as to enable students and conductors to have their temperature checked before rehearsals. 

Private tuition and Infant Strings Program for the full return to school

All tuition will return to normal (the old normal!) with lessons live and onsite. There will be no more Zooming from Week 6 (1 June 2020).

Thank you to those who have already advised us of changes to private tuition and Infant Strings Program enrolments for next term. All students currently receiving private music tuition and ISP will be automatically re-enrolled into tutor schedules for next term along with students commencing lessons for the first time. The deadline for new enrolments, notification of changes or intention to discontinue for Term 3, is Friday 5 June 2020. 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 the term to avoid being committed to the full term of lessons and liable for fees.

Please contact Matilda Grieve: music@emanuelschool.nsw.edu.au if you have any questions about private music tuition.   

The schedules for Term 3, 2020 will be created at the end of term and emailed in July.

Links to online forms for Term 3 enrolments and discontinuations 

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

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

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

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