Welcome Back!
We hope you have all enjoyed the summer break and managed to take some time to rest and prepare for the new term. We are looking forward to returning to lessons from Wednesday 1st September.
Full term dates for the year can be found pinned at the top of our Facebook page and also on our website if you click on the banner at the very top of the homepage. All of the general documents including terms and conditions and term dates can be found by following the link below :
www.staffordmusicschool.co.uk/docs
Music School Events
Our annual concert is scheduled for Sunday 3rd April 2022 at Stafford Gatehouse Theatre and we are hopeful that this will go ahead after missing our usual event in 2021. Typically, we would take part in the Christmas Tree Festival at St Mary's Church early in December and we await further updates on whether this will go ahead in 2021.
Teacher update
In July we said a sad farewell to Keyboard Teacher Sarah who leaves us due to her busy weekday schedule and also vocal teacher Kelly, who has moved to Sheffield to start a PGCE in early years teaching. We will miss Sarah and Kelly very much and appreciate all the hard work and time they have given to the students in the past two years.
We are delighted to welcome vocal teacher Chris Allen to the team who will continue to work with our vocal students on Mondays and Tuesdays. Chris is an experienced performer and vocal teacher who has been highly recommended to us, having performed and taught in a variety of settings, working with theatre groups and teaching at both state schools and private music schools.
One of our existing teachers who many of you already know - Georgia Turner - will take over Sarah's classes from the start of the term. Georgia already teaches at the music school during the week and on Saturday afternoons and she is very much looking forward to working with our Saturday groups.
Since March, Georgia has been covering for Katie during her maternity leave which has now come to an end and we are delighted to welcome Katie back to the Music School from Friday 3rd September.
New Classes
Our Yamaha Keyboard classes cover both Piano and Keyboard skills and have a variety of styles and songs to enjoy. The Yamaha Guitar Course covers all aspects of guitar playing, with students learning many different styles as well as learning traditional notation and TAB.
Throughout September we are offering a free taster lesson in all of our group sessions. Places are limited so please get in touch to book and don't forget our immediate family discount which is also available where students learn on more than one course.
For beginners we have the following times available:
Guitar Encounters
Saturdays 3.30pm (7+)
Keyboard
Junior Play for Keeps (6-7years). Fridays 5.30pm
Play for Keeps (8+) Wednesdays 5pm
There is some availability in our vocal groups, including our adults vocal group on Mondays at 6pm. There are now very limited one to one spaces for vocal lessons during the evening, however we do have some availability on Tuesday afternoons before 3pm.
Exam Sessions
The next session of Rock School exams for Yamaha and Vocal students will take place towards the end of November or start of December at the Music School. Trinity Piano & Keyboard exams will take place at the exam centre in Stone at the beginning of December. Teachers will be speaking to students who are currently preparing for exams this term and further information on entering for the exams will be sent out by email. Please let us know if you have any questions regarding exams and remember to speak to your teacher if you need any help or ideas to make practice more fun and improve your confidence.
Please keep up to date with events and news by visiting our website or by following us on Instagram, Twitter (@musicstafford) or Facebook (Stafford Music School).
If you have any questions at all, please get in touch and we looking forward to see you all again from tomorrow!
Many Thanks
Laura
Principal
Stafford Music School