BAND NEWS

Welcome back to school and welcome to all those students & families who have joined the band and music program for the first time this year. We are all looking forward to a great year of music at Artarmon Public.

Band parents, in addition to email communications, we encourage you to check Newsflash regularly for upcoming events and important band updates. We will publish advance dates as soon as we know them to help you plan your year!

Tutorials

Small group tutorials and individual in-school tutorials commenced last week (week 2) and are now up and running. By now students should know their tutorial time, day and location.  

Band Rehearsals

Junior Concert Band, Concert Band and Senior Concert Band rehearsals have started for the year!  

Rehearsal times for Concert Bands:

• Junior Concert Band: Mondays 12.50pm to 1.40pm & Thursdays 8am to 8.50am
• Concert Band: Mondays 8am to 8.50am & Thursdays 12.50pm to 1.40pm
• Senior Concert Band: Tuesdays 8am to 8.50am & Thursdays 2pm to 2.55pm

Rehearsals for Training Band will commence in week 4 or 5. Training Band rehearsals will be held weekly on Fridays from 8am to 8.50am. Look out for email updates from your Training Band Coordinators confirming start date.

Orchestra rehearsals start this week and will be held weekly on Wednesdays from 8am to 8.50am

Jazz Band rehearsals also start this week and will be held weekly on Thursdays from 3pm to 4pm.

All band rehearsals are held in the school music room. For rehearsals before school, students should arrive at school promptly at 7.50am so that the band rehearsal can start by 8am.

Creative Kids Voucher – Reminder

If you wish to use your Creative Kids voucher for Band, please log into the Parent Portal and provide details by completing the form online. If you wish to use the Creative Kids voucher you must pay $100 less than your invoice total. We will then credit the $100 against your invoice when we have redeemed the voucher from Service NSW. You must do this before you pay your band invoice.

Parent Portal

Classes for 2020 have been confirmed.

If your child is enrolled in Band, please log into the Parent Portal and update your child’s class details this week. This is important information we need for scheduling & communication purposes.

https://portal.msmusic.com.au/artarmonmusic

Questions?

For general questions, please refer to the Band Information Pack which is available in the Parent Portal. Band rehearsal times for your child(ren) and the name of your Band Coordinator(s) will also appear in the Parent Portal when you log in.  

If you have a question about your hired instrument or instrument tutorial, please contact your Tutor in the first instance. Alternatively, contact our Instrument Coordinators or Tutor Coordinators if required.

• Instrument Coordinators: Kirsteen Daly & Emma Maple-Brown (APSbandinstruments@gmail.com)
• Tutor Coordinators: Rebecca Wall & Tomoko Sasage (tutorband@artarmonpandc.org.au)

Please welcome our Band Coordinators for 2020!

Training Band Coordinators: Xiaochan (Susan) Mou & Vani Jain

Junior Concert Band Coordinator: Husain Rajkotwala

Concert Band Coordinator: Erica Ferrier

Senior Concert Band Coordinator: Xin (Lucy) Lu

Jazz Band Coordinator: Jess Wells

Orchestra Coordinator: POSITION VACANT

For other general enquiries, please contact your Band Coordinators.

THANK YOU!

Email: band@artarmonpandc.org.au