Thank you!
We would like to say a huge thank you to all of our students and parents for their continued support during this difficult period of the last few months. Our teachers have worked hard to ensure that lessons continue to enable students to keep working towards their goals and we are pleased to see how much progress has been made.
Online Lessons
There are no plans for us to reopen the Music School for face to face lessons this term. Teachers and students all seem happy with current online arrangements and while some measures have been eased regarding 'lockdown', we feel the safest option for our students and staff is to continue online teaching for the remainder of this academic year.
Term Dates
Our Final day of teaching this term will be on Friday 24th July and new term dates for 2020-2021 can be found here. We hope to be able to update you soon on our plans for reopening in September. There may be some timetable changes and measures put in place in order for us to comply with required social distancing measures. Some group sessions may need to continue online if our space cannot allow the distancing measures required and we will of course notify you in advance of any changes. Please check our website for updates.
Direct Debit Payments
As many of you will be aware, the monthly lesson fee payments made through Go Cardless are spread over the course of twelve months and are continuous. Therefore there will still be a payment on 1st August as this covers the total number of weeks we teach during the academic year. Please refer to our example which explains in more detail how fees are charged.
Concerts
The annual live band concerts held at Stafford Gatehouse Theatre on Sunday 8th March were a great success and we are so proud of everyone involved. We would still love to hear any feedback you may have for the shows. It helps us when preparing for future events. You can give us your thoughts here.
Concert Photos and Video
Photos from our annual live band concerts held at Stafford Gatehouse Theatre on Sunday 8th March concert are available to purchase and can be found by following the links below. There are some fantastic images which captured some great moments of the day.
Rehearsal - https://t.co/JTewb6VbVr
Concert 1 - https://t.co/7aLs3MAHCM
Concert 2 - https://t.co/cKKxBz2B7J
Videos are still available to purchase as a digital download via We transfer. If you would like to purchase a copy of the Concert Videos please fill out the order form on our website. The cost is £10 for one concert video, either 2pm or 4.30pm, or £15 if you would like both shows. We can accept bank payments only and a passworded link to download the video will be sent by email to the address given on the form. The video will be available to purchase as a download until 20th June 2020. After this time there will still be the option for us to transfer the video to a USB drive.
Exams
We are hopeful that exam sessions for Trinity and Rock School can go ahead in July. For students taking Trinity exams in the usual way, we expect exams to take place at the exam centre in Stone during the week commencing 6th July. We have provisionally arranged a session for Rock School exams on Saturday 25th July and the closing date for us to receive entries and payment is Thursday 18th June.
Yamaha Lyric Writing Competition
This is a great opportunity to be creative and write an inspirational song/anthem with some fantastic prizes to win. The competition is available to students aged 6 upwards learning on Yamaha Courses.
Follow these 4 simple steps:
1. Download the Backing Track and Melody Score by clicking on the links.
2. Read the terms and conditions
3. Write your song lyrics and give the song a title
4.Complete the Application Form and send your completed song lyric and title to office@staffordmusicschool.co.uk and we will forward this to Yamaha .
The competition opens on Monday 1st June and closes on Friday 3rd July. Further information and Terms and conditions can be found on our website.
Please get in touch if you have any questions and we hope you are all keeping well and staying safe.
Many Thanks
Laura Thatcher
Principal
Stafford Music School