
Nominating your school for inclusion in the Combined Schools Recorder Ensemble and/or the Combined Schools String Ensemble for the 2010 Festival of Instrumental Music is easy. Using the links below, simply download and complete appropriate entry forms. Your completed entry form(s) needs to be lodged at The Arts Unit by the closing date - Friday 11 December 2009. A return fax or email acknowledging receipt of your application will be sent to your school before Friday 18 December 2009. If you do not receive this confirmation, it is important that you notify Sue Hill immediately, Susan.Hill2@det.nsw.edu.au
2010 Combined Recorders Entry Form [.pdf, 27 KB]
2010 Combined Strings Entry Form [.pdf, 27 KB]
Schools will be advised of the outcome of their application by Friday 29 January 2010. A non-refundable fee of $30.00 (plus GST) per student is payable upon acceptance into a Combined Schools Ensemble. Please note that due to concurrent rehearsals being held in different locations, individual students may only nominate for one Combined Ensemble (recorders or strings).
To nominate an individual item from your school, please download, complete and return the Individual Item Application Form by the due date - Thursday 1 April 2010. Use the links below to download the form. Don't forget - a DVD or video of your performance must accompany your application.
2010 Individual Item Application Form [.pdf, 30 KB]
For further information concerning the 2010 Festival of Instrumental Music, please contact the Festival Coordinator, Susan Sukkar, Sydney Regional Arts Coordinator, at The Arts Unit, on 8512 1183 or email Susan.Sukkar@det.nsw.edu.au.
Susan Sukkar
Festival Coordinator, Sydney Regional Arts Coordinator
Ph: 02 8512 1183
Fax: 02 9569 6878
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11 December 2009
Applications close for the 2010 Combined Recorder & Combined Strings
18 December 2009
Schools receive acknowledgement of applications
29 January 2010
Acceptances sent to schools for the 2010 Festival of Instrumental Music
17 February 2010
Recorder Teachers' Workshop
Conservatorium of Music, Cnr Bridge & Macquarie Streets, Sydney
1 April 2010
Individual Item applications close
19 April 2010
Successful Individual Item applicants notified
27-30 April 2010
Preliminary Recorder Rehearsal
Salvation Army Congress Hall, Elizabeth Street, Sydney
3-6 May 2010
Preliminary Strings Rehearsal
Croydon Public School, 39 Young Street, Croydon
Bookings open at Sydney Opera House Box Office
3 May 2010 (Acacia)
4 May 2010 (Jacaranda)
5 May 2010 (Banksia)
6 May 2010 (Mimosa)
31 May 2010
Acacia Concert
Sydney Opera House
1 June 2010
Jacaranda Concert
Sydney Opera House
2 June 2010
Banksia Concert
Sydney Opera House
3 June 2010
Mimosa Concert
Sydney Opera House