Auckland Primary Principals Association AUCKLAND PRIMARY SCHOOLS 75th MUSIC FESTIVAL 2015 Dear Principals and Choir Trainers A. CHORAL SECTION It is now time to confirm your school s participation in the 2015 APPA Music Festival to be held in the Auckland City Town Hall during. If you would like your school choir to participate, please complete the registration form at the end of this section and fax or post it to the Festival Chairperson at Bayfield School, so that it will arrive before Friday 13th March. No registrations by email thank you. Late entries may not be accepted. REHEARSALS AND PERFORMANCES IN THE AUCKLAND TOWN HALL Concert Rehearsal Date Evening Concert Date Conductor 1 Monday 2 Tuesday 3 Felicity Auvaá 2 Tuesday 3 Wednesday 4 Jonathan Lambert 3 Monday 9 Tuesday 10 Mary Cornish 4 Tuesday 10 Wednesday 11 Maria Winder 5 Monday 16 Tuesday 17 Kim Bulluss 6 Tuesday 17 Wednesday 18 Marian Sinclair (Burns) 7 Monday 23 Tuesday 24 Judy Inkster 8 Tuesday 24 Wednesday 25 Pip Faulknor All Choirs are expected to attend all scheduled area rehearsals, the Town Hall rehearsal and their performance night. Schools should note on the entry form if they are unable for any reason (e.g. school camps, sports days) to rehearse or perform on any of the above dates. 1
A.P.P.A. CHOIR TRAINERS MEETING 2015 Wednesday 25 th March 4-6 pm Dilworth Junior Campus Hall 27 Omahu Rd, Remuera. Choir trainers from every school registered SHOULD attend this meeting at Dilworth Junior Campus. If you are unable to attend please send an apology to your APPA conductor and arrange for a substitute to come to the meeting in order to collect your choir music, lyrics and CD accompaniments. At this meeting your Town Hall conductor and their team will introduce some of the repertoire to be performed in. You will be given your copies of the music, words and accompanying CDs for all or part of the programme. You may be asked to provide a USB stick or blank CD for later use. Please read the following Commitment Form. It contains important information for the School Principal School Choir Trainer School Office Manager/Accounts Manager. If your school wishes to enter a choir or instrumental/dance group the Principal must be a financial member of the APPA, and the choir/school must pay a $100 registration fee. After reading the commitment, please sign the festival Choral Entry Form before faxing or posting it to reach the festival chairperson prior to Friday 13th March. Thank you. Sheryl Fletcher Music Festival Chair Person Principal Bayfield School 2-12 Clifton Road Herne Bay Auckland 1011 Phone 09 3765703 Fax 09 3762398 sherylf@bayfield.school.nz 2
APPA MUSIC FESTIVAL - SCHOOL COMMITMENT The Music Festival Committee aims to ensure that the APPA Music Festival represents the highest standard of musical performance by primary and intermediate school children in the Auckland area. In order to achieve this, all participating schools should adhere to the commitment guidelines as follows: a) Provide a school Choir Trainer who has the musical knowledge or, with assistance from others, can ensure that the choir will reach a high standard of disciplined performance. b) Provide a keyboard accompanist and/or a quality sound system for choir use; c) Audition and select children in the Years 5 to 8 range who have the necessary self discipline, singing ability and commitment to perform at a high level; d) Schedule suitable and adequate time slots in the weekly timetable for choir rehearsals. At least one weekly rehearsal should be of at least 45 minutes duration; e) Demonstrate support for the choir by scheduling at least one rehearsal period during class contact time each week. Children will not then be in the position of having to decide between sport team practise, lunchtime leisure activities and choir practice; f) Be responsible for transport costs to all rehearsals (usually four or five) and the Town Hall performance.(if not using private transport) g) Commit to actively selling tickets to parents/friends for your night h) Pay a $100 entry fee to the APPA (this will be invoiced to schools once the entry form has been received and accepted) Massed Choirs of 400 450 are finely balanced for part singing by the APPA Festival conductors so it is imperative that school choir trainers keep their massed choir conductor informed of any changes to the information given on the registration form. It is particularly important that your APPA conductor is made aware of any changes to your choir numbers. Health and Safety regulations are becoming increasingly strict which means we must adhere to the choir sizes and ensure the massed choir is definitely no larger than 450 on every night. Occasionally, school circumstances change and as a result the choir has to be withdrawn. If this should happen please contact your APPA Festival conductor immediately so that changes to the choral balance of the massed choir can be made or a choir on standby can join the festival in your choir s place. 3
APPA MUSIC FESTIVAL CHORAL ENTRY FORM 2015 SCHOOL NAME: Street address: Rehearsal Hall: Y / N Suburb: Office email: School ph: Fax: CHOIR TRAINER S NAME:... Email: Home ph: Mob: 2015 CHOIR NUMBER - Please circle: 30 max. (U4 schools) 35 max. (U5 schools) 40 max (U6 schools) 45 max. (Full intermediate & U7 & 8 schools only) Do not exceed the choir number circled. My actual choir number You may wish to indicate a preference for a particular conductor. The committee will take this into consideration but reserves the right to make the final decision. Festival Conductor Preferences: (1) (2) Transport Keep your costs down by sharing a bus to rehearsals with another school performing on the same night. This information will be available at your Choir Trainers Meeting. Please indicate here the schools you could possibly share transport with if they register for the festival School: (1) (2) Signed:... Principal or Deputy Principal Signed:... Choir Trainer Choir Trainer PLEASE retain a copy of ALL pages. Fax this completed entry form to: or post to arrive before Friday 13th March Sheryl Fletcher Principal Chairperson; APPA Music Festival 09 376 2398 Bayfield Primary School 2 12 Clifton Rd Herne Bay Auckland 1011 4
B. INSTRUMENTAL SECTION 3 DAY COURSE This is also organised by the APPA Music Festival Committee. It is for primary and intermediate children (usually Year 5 8) who have been learning a musical instrument for at least 2 years and who wish to participate in one of the instrumental groups and perform on two nights during the Festival in in the Auckland Town hall. Festival Orchestra; Festival Sinfonia Concert Band; Jazz Band. Application forms for interested children will be sent to your school later in Term 2 2015 Please make sure that all instrumentalists in your school are informed and encouraged to register. The 3 day course will take place in the last week of Term 3 Monday 21, Tuesday 22 September, Wednesday 23 8.30am 12.30pm. Venues to be arranged with centrally located schools C. CULTURAL GROUP PARTICIPATION On each night during the Festival an item is performed by a cultural group usually, but not always, from an intermediate school. These groups are very well trained and perform at a very high level. We are particularly interested in providing a cultural balance and would like to have a range of groups performing during the Festival. For example, groups may be Kapa Haka Maori, Cook Island, Samoan, Tongan, Chinese, Korean, Indian, Filipino to name but a few. Consideration will be given to all applications. The group s item should be no longer than 10 minutes in duration. This includes stage entry and exit. If you would like your school cultural group to be considered for the 2015 festival please complete this page and fax or e-mail to: Festival Chairperson, Mrs Sheryl Fletcher Fax: 09 3762 398 or E mail: sherylf@bayfieldprimary.school.nz School name: School phone: Group name: Circle year levels: 5 6 7 8 Group size: Tutor names and contact details. Comments: 5