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Events
September 2016 – July 2017
Contents Calendar Autumn Term 3 Spring Term 6 Summer Term 10 Music Course Important Dates 16 String Training Programme Important Dates 20 Drama Performance Dates 21 Staff Meetings 21 Special Events 22 Auditions 23 Term Dates 24
Calendar 2016 Autumn Term Sat 10 Sep
10.00 JHP
Induction morning for Year 2 STP students
STP staff inset
Week 1
Sat 17 Sep
08.30 LRR
Autumn Term begins – all courses Orientation meeting for new Music Course students
LRR Meeting for all Music Course students & staff
involved in String Chamber Music during their scheduled chamber music time
Week 2 Location key
CH ER FS GS JHP
Charlton House 142 Edgware Road Felsted School, Essex Guildhall School John Hosier Practice Annexe LRR Silk Street Lecture Recital Room MC Milton Court Concert Hall MCA Milton Court Acting Studio MH Silk Street Music Hall RH Regent Hall, Oxford Street WH Wigmore Hall
Photographs Paul Cochrane
Sat 24 Sep
String Chamber Music coaching begins
08.30 105 Meeting for all Musical Awareness staff
12.00 105
Senior Management team meeting
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Week 3
Sat 1 Oct Normal teaching day Week 4
09.30 LRR 12.00
Open House Concert
14.15 JHP
Kindergarten Year 1 Progression Meeting
Sat 8 Oct
09.30 LRR 12.00
Open House Concert
Music Course make-up lessons
STP half-term
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Sat 19 Nov
12.00 LRR Open House Concert
14.20 MH String Chamber Music Concert 15.20 17.00
15.00 LRR Piano Ensemble Rehearsal
Drama Course normal teaching day
Week 11
CH
Young Artists’ Award – First Round
Sat 26 Nov
Fri 28 Oct
CH
Young Artists’ Award – Final
Week 7
09.30 105
String Chamber Music Autumn Term ends
10.30 MC Junior String Ensemble Informal Concert
Thu 27 Oct
Open Rehearsal Concert
Sat 29 Oct
Junior Guildhall String Ensemble
09.30 LRR Open House Concert
Week 6
Sat 22 Oct
Fri 18 Nov FS 16.00 19.15 Week 10
Week 5
Sat 15 Oct
15.20 LRR String Chamber Music Concert 17.00
Normal teaching day Heads of Department & Co-ordinators meeting
Week 8
08.30 MC
Viola Club Open Rehearsal & Informal Concert
09.00 MH
Wind, Brass & Percussion Chamber Workshop
09.00 JHP STP Chamber Music Concert
09.30 MC
12.00 LRR Open House Concert
14.00 LRR Guitar Concert
15.00 LRR Piano Ensemble Concert
Intermediate String Ensemble Informal Concert
17.30 MC Junior Guildhall Public Concert – Junior Guildhall String Ensemble & Symphony Orchestra
Sat 5 Nov
09.30 LRR Open House Concert
11.00 LRR Second Study Concert
12.00 LRR Open House Concert
14.00 LRR Student Recital
Week 12
16.40 MH
Sat 3 Dec
Week 9
warning – Lord Mayor’s Show. There will be restricted road access to the School.
09.00 LRR Wind, Brass & Percussion Chamber Workshop
Percussion Platforms
Last day of term – all courses
Music Course & STP make-up lessons
Sat 12 Nov
09.30 LRR Open House Concert
09.30 MCA Poetry Showing
11.30 JHP
12.00 MCA Drama Showing
12.00 LRR Open House Concert
14.00 LRR Vocal Course Concert
16.00 MH Junior Guildhall Public Concert –
STP Year 6 Progression Meeting
14.20 MH Symphony Orchestra – Mark Wigglesworth visiting conductor
14.20 LRR String Chamber Music Concert
Brass Band, Wind Orchestra, Chamber Choir, Percussion Ensemble & Big Band
18.00 TBC Staff Christmas Event
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Calendar Spring Term 2017 Week 1
Sat 7 Jan
Spring Term begins – all courses
12.00 105 Senior Management Team meeting
15.00 JHP STP staff inset
Week 2
Sat 14 Jan
09.30 LRR Open House Concert 12.00
Week 3
Sat 21 Jan
09.30 LRR Open House Concert 12.00
12.10 JHP
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Meeting with STP parents considering applying for their children to enter the Music Course
14.30 MH Symphony Orchestra – Composers’ Workshop
Fri 27 Jan CH 11.00 13.00
Junior Guildhall String Ensemble
Rehearsal Concert
Sat 11 Feb
Music Course make-up lessons
STP half-term
Week 4
Sat 28 Jan
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Week 6
09.30 LRR Open House Concert 12.00
Drama Course normal teaching day
Week 7 Week 5
Sat 18 Feb
Normal teaching day
Sat 4 Feb
09.30 LRR Open House Concert
11.00 LRR Second Study Concert
12.00 LRR Open House Concert
Week 8
17.00 MC
Informal Jazz Ensemble Concert
Sat 25 Feb
09.30 LRR
Sun 5 Feb 10.30- MH 13.30
Brass Band rehearsal
10.30 MC Chamber Choir Informal Concert
12.00 LRR Open House Concert
Fri 10 Feb RH 10.30 13.00
Junior Guildhall Brass Band
Rehearsal Concert
14.00 LRR Second Study Concert
14.20 MC String Chamber Music Concert 15.20
16.40 MH Percussion Platforms
17.00 MC
09.30 105 Heads of Department & Co-ordinators meeting
Open House Concert
String Chamber Music Concert
Week 9
Week 11
Sat 4 Mar
String Chamber Music Spring Term ends
Sat 18 Mar
08.30 MC
09.30 LRR Open House Concert
09.00 LRR Wind, Brass & Percussion Chamber Workshop
10.30 MC Junior String Ensemble Informal Concert
09.00 JHP
STP Chamber Music Concert
12.00 LRR Open House Concert
09.30 MC
Intermediate String Ensemble Informal Concert
14.20 MC String Chamber Music Concert 15.20 17.00
12.00 LRR
Open House Concert
14.00 LRR Guitar Concert
15.00 LRR Piano Ensemble Concert
Fri 10 Mar CH 11.00 13.00
Junior Guildhall Scholars’ Concert
Rehearsal Concert
Week 10
Sat 11 Mar
Open House Concert
09.30 LRR 12.00
14.00 LRR Student Recital
15.00 LRR Piano Ensemble Rehearsal
17.30 MC Junior Guildhall Public Concert – Junior Guildhall String Ensemble & Symphony Orchestra
Sun 19 Mar 10.30 - 13.30
Brass Ensemble rehearsal
Wed 22 Mar FS 15.00 19.00
Junior Guildhall Brass Ensemble
Fri 24 Mar RH 11.00 13.00
Junior Guildhall Chamber Choir
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Viola Club Open Rehearsal & Informal Concert
Rehearsal Concert Rehearsal Concert
Week 12
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Sat 25 Mar
Last day of term – all courses
Music Course & STP make-up lessons
09.00 LRR Wind, Brass & Percussion Chamber Workshop
09.30 MCA Poetry Showing
12.00 MCA Drama Showing
14.00 LRR Vocal Course Concert
16.00 MC
Junior Guildhall Public Concert – Brass Band, Percussion Ensemble, Big Band & Wind Orchestra
Calendar Summer Term 2017 Week 1
Sat 29 Apr
Summer Term begins – all courses
Open Day for students who have been offered a
Music Course place for September
09.30 MH
Meeting with prospective new students and parents
12.00 105
Senior Management Team meeting
15.00 JHP
STP staff inset
Sat 6 May 09.30 LRR Open House Concerts 12.00 Week 3
Sat 13 May
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Sat 20 May
09.30 LRR Open House Concert
12.00 LRR Open House Concert (Jazz)
14.00 LRR Second Study Concert
Week 5 Open House Concert
Sat 27 May
09.30 LRR
12.00 MC Junior Guildhall String Ensemble Informal Concert
12.00 LRR Open House Concert
17.00 MC Junior Guildhall Jazz Concert
Week 6
Week 2
Week 4
LRR Lutine Prize First Round
10.20 JHP
Sat 3 Jun
Music Course make-up lessons
STP half-term
Drama Course normal teaching day
10.00 GS
Music in Higher Education Seminar
14.00 MC
Lutine Prize Final Round
STP Year 4 Assessment Procedure meeting Week 7
Sat 10 Jun
Normal teaching day
09.30 105
Heads of Department & Co-ordinators meeting
09.30 LRR 12.00
Open House Concert
14.20 MC String Chamber Music Concert
15.00 LRR STP Concert
Week 8
Sat 17 Jun
15.20 MC String Chamber Music Concert 17.00
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Week 9
Sat 24 Jun
Week 12 String Chamber Music Summer Term ends
09.30 LRR Open House Concert 12.00
Sat 15 Jul
Last day of term – all courses
Music Course & STP make-up lessons
09.00 LRR Wind, Brass & Percussion Chamber Workshop
13.30 JHP STP Year 4 Performance Assessments
09.30 MCA Poetry Showing
14.00 LRR Guitar Concert
12.00 MCA Drama Showing
14.20 MC String Chamber Music Concert
14.00 LRR Vocal Course Concert
15.00 LRR Second Study Concert
15.20 MC String Chamber Music Concert 17.00
16.00 MC Prize Giving Concert – Brass Band, Chamber Choir, Junior Guildhall String Ensemble & Symphony Orchestra
17.00 MH Percussion Ensemble Informal Concert
Sun 25 Jun 10.30- MH 13.30
Brass Band rehearsal
Fri 30 Jun RH 10.30 13.00
Junior Guildhall Brass Band
18.00 MC
Reception for Y13 students leaving Junior Guildhall
Rehearsal Concert
Week 10
Sat 1 Jul LRR Composition Open Day 12
10.20 MH Wind Orchestra Workshop & Informal Concert
10.30 MC
17.00 MC
Chamber Choir Informal Concert Junior Guildhall Public Concert – Junior String Ensemble, Intermediate String Ensemble & Viola Club
Week 11
Sat 8 Jul
09.00 LRR Wind, Brass & Percussion Chamber Workshop
09.00 JHP STP Chamber Music Concert
11.00 JHP STP Leavers’ Concert
12.00 LRR Open House Concert
14.00 LRR Student Recital
17.30 MC Symphony Orchestra Public Concert
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Music Course Important Dates 2016/17 Brass Band
Sat 3 Dec
16.00 MH
Public Concert (jointly with other ensembles)
Sun 5 Feb
10.30 MH
Rehearsal for 10 Feb
Rehearsal Public Concert – External
Sat 18 Mar
17.30 MC
Public Concert (jointly with Symphony Orchestra)
Sat 27 May
12.00 MC
Informal Concert
Sat 15 Jul
16.00 MC
Prize Giving Concert (jointly with other ensembles)
Junior & Intermediate String Ensembles & Viola Club
Fri 10 Feb 10.30 RH 13.00 RH
Rehearsal Public Concert – External
Sat 19 Nov
10.30 MC
Junior String Ensemble Informal Concert
Sat 25 Mar
16.00 MC
Public Concert (jointly with other ensembles)
Sat 26 Nov
08.30 MC
Viola Club Open Rehearsal & Informal Concert
Sun 25 Jun
10.30 MH
Rehearsal for 30 June
Sat 26 Nov
09.30 MC
Intermediate String Ensemble Informal Concert
Fri 30 Jun 10.30 RH Rehearsal 13.00 RH Public Concert – External
Sat 4 Mar
10.30 MC
Junior String Ensemble Informal Concert
Sat 18 Mar
08.30 MC
Viola Club Open Rehearsal & Informal Concert
Sat 15 Jul
Sat 18 Mar
09.30 MC
Intermediate String Ensemble Informal Concert
Sat 1 Jul
17.00 MC
Public Concert – Junior String Ensemble, Intermediate String Ensemble & Viola Club
16.00 MC
Prize Giving Concert (jointly with other ensembles)
Brass Ensemble
Sun 19 Mar 10.30 MH
Rehearsal for 22 Mar
Wed 22 Mar 15.00 FS Rehearsal 19.00 FS Public Concert – External
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Fri 27 Jan 11.00 CH 13.00 CH
Chamber Choir
Sat 3 Dec
16.00 MH
Public Concert (jointly with other ensembles)
Sat 25 Feb
10.30 MC
Informal Concert
Percussion Ensemble
Sat 3 Dec
16.00 MH
Public Concert (jointly with other ensembles)
Sat 25 Mar
16.00 MC
Public Concert (jointly with other ensembles)
Sat 24 Jun
17.00 MH
Informal Concert
Symphony Orchestra
Fri 24 Mar 11.00 RH Rehearsal 13.00 RH Public Concert – External
Sat 26 Nov
Sat 1 Jul
10.30 MC
Informal Concert
Sat 18 Mar
Sat 15 Jul
16.00 MC
Prize Giving Concert (jointly with other ensembles)
Jazz Ensembles
Public Concert – Big Band (jointly with other ensembles)
Sat 4 Feb
17.00 MC
Informal Concert
Sat 25 Mar
16.00 MC
Public Concert– Big Band (jointly with other ensembles)
Sat 27 May
Public Concert
Sat 3 Dec
16.00 MH
17.00 MC
Junior Guildhall String Ensemble
Fri 18 Nov
16.00 FS
Open Rehearsal
19.15 FS
Public Concert
Sat 26 Nov
17.30 MC
Public Concert (jointly with Symphony Orchestra)
17.30 MC Public Concert (jointly with Junior Guildhall String Ensemble) 17.30 MC Public Concert (jointly with Junior Guildhall String Ensemble) Sat 8 Jul
17.30 MC
Public Concert
Sat 15 Jul
16.00 MC
Prize Giving Concert (jointly with other ensembles)
Wind Orchestra
Sat 3 Dec
16.00 MH
Public Concert (jointly with other ensembles)
Sat 25 Mar
16.00 MC
Public Concert (jointly with other ensembles)
Sat 1 Jul
10.20 MH
Workshop & Informal Concert
Scholars’
Fri 10 Mar
11.00 CH Rehearsal 13.00 CH Public Concert – External
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Vocal Course
Sat 3 Dec
14.00 LRR
Public Concert
Sat 25 Mar
14.00 LRR
Public Concert
Sat 15 Jul
14.00 LRR
Public Concert
Wind, Brass & Percussion Chamber Workshops
Sat 26 Nov
09.00 MH
Internal Workshop
Sat 3 Dec
09.00 LRR
Internal Workshop
Sat 18 Mar
09.00 LRR
Internal Workshop
Sat 25 Mar
09.00 LRR
Internal Workshop
Sat 8 Jul
09.00 LRR
Internal Workshop
Sat 15 Jul
09.00 LRR
Internal Workshop
Student Recitals
Sat 5 Nov
14.00 LRR
Internal Concert
Sat 11 Mar
14.00 LRR
Internal Concert
Sat 8 Jul
14.00 LRR
Internal Concert
Piano Ensemble 18
String Chamber Music
Sat 26 Nov
15.00 LRR
Internal Concert
Sat 12 Nov 14.20 LRR Public Concert 15.20 17.00
Sat 18 Mar
15.00 LRR
Internal Concert
Sat 19 Nov 14.20 MH Public Concert 15.20 17.00 Sat 25 Feb 14.20 MC Public Concert 15.20 17.00
Guitar
Sat 26 Nov
14.00 LRR Internal Concert
Sat 18 Mar
14.00 LRR
Sat 24 Jun
14.00 LRR Internal Concert
Internal Concert
Second Study
Sat 4 Mar 14.20 MC Public Concert 15.20 17.00
Sat 5 Nov
11.00 LRR Internal Concert
Sat 4 Feb
11.00 LRR Internal Concert
Sat 17 Jun 14.20 MC Public Concert 15.20 17.00
Sat 25 Feb
14.00 LRR Internal Concert
Sat 20 May
14.00 LRR Internal Concert
Sat 24 Jun
15.00 LRR Internal Concert
Sat 24 Jun 14.20 MC Public Concert 15.20 17.00
Percussion Platforms
Sat 5 Nov
16.40 MH Internal Concert
Sat 25 Feb
16.40 MH Internal Concert
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Open House Concerts on Saturdays
8 Oct 15 Oct 5 Nov 12 Nov 19 Nov 26 Nov
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Drama Performance Dates 2016/17
2017
2016
14 Jan 21 Jan 28 Jan 4 Feb 25 Feb 4 Mar 11 Mar 18 Mar 6 May 20 May 27 May 17 June 24 June 8 Jul
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Poetry Showings
Sat 3 Dec
09.30 MCA Internal Performance
Sat 25 Mar
09.30 MCA Internal Performance
Sat 15 Jul
09.30 MCA Internal Performance
Drama Showings
Sat 3 Dec
12.00 MCA Internal Performance
Sat 25 Mar
12.00 MCA Internal Performance
Sat 15 Jul
12.00 MCA Internal Performance
Times as listed in CALENDAR
Staff Meetings
String Training Programme Important Dates 2016/17
Senior Management Team 12.00 on 24 Sep 2016, 7 Jan & 29 Apr 2017
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Heads of Department & Co-ordinators
09.30 on 29 Oct 2016, 18 Feb & 10 Jun 2017
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Musical Awareness staff
08.30 on 24 Sep 2016
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STP Inset
JHP
10.00 on 10 Sep 2016, 15.00 on 7 Jan & 29 April 2017
Christmas Event
18.00 on 3 Dec 2016
TBC
There are informal concerts held most Saturdays during term time between 11.00 and 11.30 in the John Hosier Practice Annexe. STP Concert
Sat 17 Jun
15.00 LRR
Internal Concert
STP Leavers’ Concert
Sat 8 Jul
11.00 JHP
Internal Concert
STP Chamber Music Concerts
Sat 26 Nov
09.00 JHP
Internal Concert
Sat 18 Mar
09.00 JHP
Internal Concert
Sat 8 Jul
09.00 JHP Internal Concert
Year 4 Performance assessments
Sat 24 Jun
13.30 JHP
Assessments
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Special Events Charlton House Young Artists Award
Thu 27 Oct
CH
First Round
Fri 28 Oct
CH
Final
Open Day
Sat 29 Apr
For students who have been offered a Music Course place for September
09.30 LRR Meeting with prospective new students and parents
Lutine Prize
Sat 13 May Sat 3 Jun
LRR
14.00 MC
First Round Final
Music in Higher Education Seminar
Sat 3 Jun
10.00 GS
Composition Projects 22
Sat 1 Jul
LRR
Reception for Y13 students leaving Junior Guildhall
Sat 15 Jul
18.00 MC
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Composition Open Day
Auditions The main audition period for the Music & Drama Courses is 11 February to 28 April 2017. Online applications are accepted from 5 January with a closing date of 1 March 2017.
Summer Term
Term Dates 2016/17 Music Course 2016/17 Autumn Term
29 Apr
week 1
Teaching week/staff inset
6 May to 27 May
weeks 2-5
Teaching weeks
3 Jun
week 6
Half-term
10 Jun to 8 Jul
weeks 7-11
Teaching weeks
15 Jul
week 12
Make-up
17 Sept to 15 Oct
weeks 1-5
Teaching weeks
22 Oct
week 6
Make-up
29 Oct to 26 Nov
weeks 7-11
Teaching weeks
Drama Course 2016/17
3 Dec
week 12
Make-up/rehearsals/concerts
Please note that there are no half term breaks for the drama course Autumn Term
Spring Term
weeks 1-5
Teaching weeks
11 Feb
week 6
Make-up
Spring Term
18 Feb to 18 Mar
weeks 7-11
Teaching weeks
7 Jan to 25 Mar
25 Mar
week 12 Make-up/rehearsals/concerts
weeks 1-5
Teaching weeks
3 Jun
week 6
Make-up/Lutine Final/special event
10 Jun to 8 Jul
weeks 7-11
Teaching weeks
29 Apr to 27 May
weeks 1-12
weeks 1-12
Teaching weeks Drama & Poetry Showings on 3 Dec Teaching weeks Drama & Poetry Showings on 25 Mar
Summer Term
Summer Term
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17 Sept to 3 Dec
7 Jan to 4 Feb
15 Jul week 12 Make-up/rehearsals/concerts
29 Apr to 15 Jul
weeks 1-12
Autumn Term
Autumn Term
24 Sept to 15 Oct
Induction day for Year 2 students Staff inset
29 Oct to 19 Nov
17 Sept to 15 Oct
weeks 1-5
Teaching weeks
Spring Term
22 Oct
week 6
Half-term
7 Jan to 4 Feb
29 Oct to 26 Nov
weeks 7-11
Teaching weeks
18 Feb to 4 Mar
3 Dec
week 12
Make-up
10 Sept
Summer Term Spring Term
29 Apr to 27 May
7 Jan
week 1
Teaching week/staff inset
14 Jan to 4 Feb
weeks 2-5
Teaching weeks
11 Feb
week 6
Half-term
18 Feb to 18 Mar
weeks 7-11
Teaching weeks
25 Mar
week 12
Make-up
25
String Chamber Music 2016/17
17 Sept
String Training Programme 2016/17
Teaching weeks Drama & Poetry Showings on 15 Jul
10 Jun to 24 Jun
Meeting with students & chamber music staff
Proposed Junior Guildhall Term Dates for 2017/18 Autumn Term
16 Sep to 2 Dec
21 Oct is make-up week for Music Course / half term for STP
Spring Term
6 Jan to 24 Mar
10 Feb is make-up week for Music Course / half term for STP
Summer Term
28 Apr to 14 Jul
2 Jun is make-up week for Music Course / half term for STP
Disclaimer
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