Strings News  

Dates for your Diary

• Year 2 and 3 Demonstrations, November 1 – Senior Strings only
• New student try-outs – November 27
• Carols, December 7 – all string ensembles
• Current student auditions – Week 8

Senior Strings Thursday November 1 – bring music and instruments

You will be playing at the Year 2 and 3 demonstration tomorrow straight after lunch, so meet at the music room at 1:15pm to help bring stands and chairs to the kindy cola. Remember to bring your instruments and music to school.

Strings Program enrolment for 2019

Strings Demonstration, Thursday November 1, 1:40pm Abbott Road Cola:

Senior Strings ensemble and band will be performing for the current Year 2 and Year 3 classes. Here, the younger kids will get to witness both strings and band instruments being played and hear how they sound.

Information on the program will be handed out on the day.

Please read all information before committing to the program.

New student registration for 2019

If your child is interested in the strings program after seeing the demonstration, you can register your child by going to https://portal.msmusic.com.au/artarmonmusic.

Click on the New Student Registration button and complete the registration screens, including setting up a password for the parent portal.

If you already have a child in the program and wish to add a sibling, log on to your account in the MySchoolMusic parent portal and click on the Add Student button.

Deadline for new student registration is November 16 or November 23 for Year 5 OC.

Strings Try-outs, Tuesday November 27, morning: For those who expressed interest following the demonstration, there will be try-outs on all string instruments. Again, no experience is necessary. This is to see which students are suited to which instruments.

Please note:

We offer spaces for students in Year 3 and above only. No prior musical knowledge or experience is necessary, only a love of music and a desire to play a string instrument. For those in Year 2 or below, you will have to wait!

Instrument return

Current students will need to return all hired instruments by Week 9 for cleaning and checking, and pick them up before the end of term. Exact times for this will be sent out.

Auditions for current students, Week 8

Audition information has already gone out to all students.

If you have not received anything, let us know. Or check your email.

And have fun with the auditions – it’s a good chance to show Mr Mansukhani how well you’ve improved.

Volunteers 2019

Thank you for those who have already expressed an interest in helping out next year.

Remember that the program runs entirely with the help of parent volunteers, and volunteering is a great way to meet other parents and become involved in the musical side of the school.

Please let us know if you are interested in hearing more.

Committee Positions

Training Strings Coordinator – Lan Zhong

Junior Strings Coordinator – Karen P’ng

Concert Strings Coordinator – Ada Pan

Senior Strings Coordinator – Iris Zhang

Orchestra Coordinator – Atsuko Porman

Instruments Coordinator – Joanne Wang

Secretary and Events Coordinator – Arzoo Patel

Strings Treasurer – Rose Huang

Opera House Coordinator – Adrienne Byrne

Emma Nicholas, Strings Convenor – strings@artarmonpandc.org.au