Music

Please see a registration evening flow including all documentation available for download here

Dear Parents/Guardians

WIND/BRASS DEMO
TUESDAY 29th MAY
2.45 – 4.00PM
THE BIG ROOM. – MR CROWLEY’S ROOM
ST CANICES SCHOOL

This will be a demonstration of all the Wind/Brass Instruments available to learn at the school (Flute, Saxophone, Clarinet, Trumpet, Trombone, Baritone, French Horn and Recorder).

Bring along your child, try out an instrument to see if they like it.

You can hire the wind instruments from for the first two years of their lessons. This, along with group lessons makes learning an instrument affordable to all.

There are opportunities to join the school Jazz Bands and Orchestras.

Come and join the fun!

Enquiries: Eamon Cahill 086 8175158 or Mark Fitzgerald 087 9873503.

Dear Parents/Guardians

CELLO DEMO for Children moving into Senior Infants or 1st Class next year and wish to try out a cello.

TUESDAY 29th MAY
1:50 – 2.50PM
ROOM 20 MRS MORRISSEY’S / MS HANRICK’S ROOM
ST CANICES SCHOOL

Mrs Morrissey shall be holding a senior infants/1st Class cello trial and demo session on Tuesday 29th May at 1:50pm in her classroom.

Any child currently in Junior Infants, moving into Senior Infants, or Senior Infants into 1st Class that might like to try out the cello and commence playing in a cello group lesson next year is more than welcome to attend.
There are limited spaces available per year so if your child is interested it would be good to try the instrument ahead of the music programme registration evening.

Registration evening for 2018-2019 shall be 31st May 2018 between 7pm – 9:30pm in St. Canice’s Hall (Hall behind the school). More information to be circulated on this & group classes schedules in the coming days so keep an eye on your emails.

Regards,
The Music Committee

The RIAM Theory Exams shall be held in the School from 2pm – 4pm aprox Saturday 26th May 2018. Parents are advised to bring children at 1:45pm & ensure they bring well sharpened pencils, a rubber and a pencil sharpener.

Preparatory 1 hour duration
Grade 1 1.5 hours duration
Grade 2 1.5 hours duration
Grade 3 2 hours duration

While the exam times are outlined above the children are generally finished the exam long before the allotted time, therefore we would ask you to please be at the school early to collect your child.

Details of the names and the classroom where your child will sit the exam will be put on the window of Mr Crowley’s classroom on the day of the exam. Please ensure your child has well sharpened pencils, a rubber and a pencil sharpener. If you have any queries please call / text Shirley on 0851252233.

Good Luck to everyone.

Dear Parents / Guardians

We shall be soon approaching next years Music Registration Night – Thursday 31st May 7:30pm.

As last years registration process worked very well last year, we shall be running it the same this year. Feedback from parents was that signing children up in May for their classes the following September assisted greatly by enabling them to plan their children’s extra curricular actives for the following academic year well in advance. It was also noted that it gave parents the opportunity to meet the music teachers fact to face.

We are conscious however that some parents did find that when they looked at the schedule that some offerings were only on specific days, but not branched out and therefore left them no room for movement within their own personal schedules. We have taken note of some of these and are working with the music teachers to rectify for next year, but if there is anything specific that you think should be looked at this year could you please send in that feedback via email and we shall try our best to address it prior to circulation of the 2018-2019 schedule. Obviously we have to consider all offerings as a group offering rather than individual but we are open to any suggestions of making it easier for all to attend all required classes.

Thanks in advance
Shirley