Dates for your Diary

• New student try-outs – November 27
• Current student auditions – Week of December 3
• Christmas Carols, December 7 – all string ensembles
• K-2 Presentation Day December 10 – Concert Strings only
• Instrument return – December 10
• Instrument pick-up (continuing students only) – December 11
• Yrs 3-6 Presentation Day – December 11 – Senior Strings only

Waikiki, you say? Why not!

That’s the spirit! If the idea of travelling to the palm trees and beaches of Honolulu with a bunch of your friends appeals to you, then all you have to do is register your interest to audition by this Friday November 23, and we will do the rest.

Sorry, but this offer is only to those who will be in Year 5 and 6 next year and are interested in the 2019 Hawaii Music Tour. Younger kids, your time will come.

This is not a commitment – we just need to know so we can organise the audition times accordingly. More information has already been sent to you.

Auditions will be held during your child’s scheduled ensemble audition (read on).

So log into your parent portal and register, or email me at strings@artarmonpandc.org.au, or email the school on artarmon-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au, attention Mr Coombes by this Friday.

New to Strings? Have you enrolled? Well, what are you waiting for?

If you want to join the strings program next year, your name should already be on our list – seeing as the deadline was last Friday an’ all. However, there are still people joining, so we are extending the deadline to this Friday November 23.

Go 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.

Strings Try-outs, Tuesday November 27, 9am-11am

Newly registered students will get to try the choices of string instruments. No experience is necessary.

Students will be brought out in class groups between 9-11am.

You do not need to do anything further to arrange times.

Current student re-enrolment/withdrawal by November 23

Please re-enrol or withdraw by this Friday so we can arrange audition times.

We also need to know what instruments are being returned or exchanged so we know how many we will have spare for next year.

Log onto your parent portal at https://portal.msmusic.com.au/artarmonmusic.

Instrument return Monday December 10/Pick up Tuesday December 11 

Return all instruments for cleaning and service before school on December 10 (or after the K-2 Presentation Day for those who are performing).

Pick up on Tuesday December 11 (before school for those performing in the Yr 3-6 Presentation Day).

If you are leaving school before this time, please let us know so we can arrange alternative times.

Auditions for continuing students

Current Senior Strings – Monday December 3

New OC students and non-string program players – Monday December 3

Year 4 students in Concert Strings – Monday December 3

Current Concert Strings – Tuesday December 4

Current Training Strings – Tuesday December 4

New OC students and non-string program players – Wednesday December 5

Current Junior Strings – Thursday December 6

If you have re-enrolled your child, you do not need to do anything further to arrange the ensemble audition.  

Exact times will be sent out next week.

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