Our Parent Council/Mentor meeting is scheduled for Sunday evening August 21st , at the Harris home 705 CA-139 (Ash Street) in Susanville. The gathering begins at 6 PM and we will begin preparing for the events of the season, as well as developing our procedures for the months ahead. If you are a Mentor, or an interested Parent, this is your opportunity to be in on the cutting edge of our Academy as we grow and develop our program through this year. You need not bring anything but yourself.

The season begins with a Registration event, Monday August 29th, 2022 at Richmond Elementary School. This event will begin at 5:30 PM and run until 7:30 PM. There will be no rehearsal that evening, but we will distribute folders, with music, as well as rehearsal schedules and other information about this year’s academy. We will also be able to take a look at instruments, to make sure they are in working order, or (if you are renting an instrument) assign an instrument to you for the season.

Last day to register for the season is October 3, 2022.

– 1 Student (Child or adult) | $75 per term or $140 for
the entire season
– 2 Students (Same family) | $100 per term or $180
for the entire season
– 3 Students (Same family) | $150 per term or $250
for the entire season
– Additional Students will be $40 additional or $75 for
the entire season (If your family has 4 or more
students)

Your Tuition money goes to cover these items
– Facility rental (for rehearsal and performance)
– Honorariums for our Directors
– New Music Purchases
– Honorariums for clinicians
– Food/Snacks for rehearsals and performances
– Seed money for Fundraising projects’
– Purchase of new instruments (as needed)
– Repair of current Academy Instruments and equipment
– Publicity for our concert events and
– T-shirts for concerts

You will note that we are adding a Beginning Musicians Class for the 1st Semester and a Beginning
Band and Beginning Strings in the 2 nd Semester. (This group runs from 5:30 – 6:25 PM). During the 1st Semester our Beginning Musicians Class will meet every week. During the 2nd Semester our Beginning Musicians will then meet every other week with either the Strings (if they choose to play Violin, Viola or Cello) or the Winds (If they choose to play a Band instrument.). Percussionists will also go with the Winds. We are pleased to add this program to our Academy. 

All current Academy musicians will be asked to perform an “audition” during our first two rehearsals. This will help our leadership assess the skills of musicians and better give instruction on how to improve your skills. We will place each musician in ranks (1 st Chair, 2 nd Chair, etc…) and incorporate a “Challenge” system where our members can move up in ranking throughout the year.

Our Concert Dress Code is the same for every event. It will not change, as we have in the past, to match the occasion, but every time we perform, the dress code is as follows:

Ladies:
Knee length (or longer) dark skirt (or pants)
T-shirt provided by the Academy

Gents:
Dark slacks
T-shirt provided by the Academy
(Suits: Dark Coat, White Shirt, Ties are optional, but they always nice.)

All:
Nice shoes please

Avoid:
Jeans, Tennis Shoes, Flip-Flops, Army Boots, Scuba Gear

Note: The one exception to this Dress Code is for our recitals, which
are of a more relaxed nature. However, at Auxiliary Performances for
the general public we should all adhere to our Dress Code.

For our students who are still attending school (sorry adults, you are still on the honor system) we are offering a reward for verified rehearsal time away from our regular rehearsals. If a student rehearses 2 ½ hours per week (signed off by a parent) then they accumulate points for prizes that will be distributed at the last rehearsal of the month (for their particular ensemble). We really do not get enough time to rehearse like a typical school program that meets every day of the week, so we have to compensate by disciplining ourselves to practice on our own. Some of our Academy students do practice on a regular basis and we want to encourage and reward this good discipline. You will be able to pick up Practice Record Sheets at all of our rehearsals. We’ll explain the full details at our first rehearsals.

We will be doing a Butterbraids Fundraiser for the Academy. More info coming soon.