Student Information

If you are new to CSM, there are a few things you might like to know about how we operate!

Location

The CSM office is located at 100 Fitzgerald Avenue, Unit 7A. The office is open from 9.30 – 4.30pm, Tuesday through Friday . If you need help with enrolment, wish to hire an instrument or have been sent by your teacher to pick up some music the office is the correct address.

Although teachers occasionally do teach from this address, mainly on weekdays, most of our teaching happens at Avonhead School, 55 Avonhead Road

Saturday Office

On a Saturday morning we have an office assistant who helps show people around, answers questions, takes payments and manages the tuck shop. We encourage our students to keep the focus on the music on a Saturday morning and deal with major administrative issues during the week as it is such a busy morning for staff. The Saturday office is run from the staffroom at Avonhead School.

Instrument Hire

Buying an instrument can be an expensive and daunting experience. For this reason, CSM offers low cost instrument hire to all students enrolled in lessons dependent on availability.

Lesson Scheduling

Most CSM lessons, orchestras and ensembles occur on a Saturday between 8:30 and 4:30. We encourage students to attend Saturday lessons if possible as this makes it easier for them to feel a part of our wider community. View our ensemble timetable.

At CSM, the whole family can easily learn together and, if you enrol early, we will do our best to schedule family lessons at similar times! If Saturday morning isn’t possible, lessons can normally be scheduled at a convenient time during the week.

Communication

CSM has approximately 1200 students so, in order to communicate effectively with students a combination of email messages, written notices and updates on our Facebook page are used to let students know what is happening. Please let the office know if computer access is an issue and we’ll do our best to communicate with you using other means.

What to bring

Your music in a clear-file folder – in most cases you will have a CSM folder issued. Please take care of it and return it at the end of the year.

A pencil (a B or 2B are softer and easier to erase)
An eraser
A music stand
Your instrument

Most importantly PLEASE make sure everything is well-named. Every year we end up with music stands and folders with no names on them so we cannot return them to their owner.

Please leave your digital devices away in your bag and turned off.

Concert dress

Unless otherwise advised, concert dress for performances is as follows:

White top
Long black skirt or long black pants or knee-length black skirt with black stockings
Black socks
Black shoes
Hair tied back off face
Minimal makeup and jewellery

Please note:

No sneakers
No clothes with obvious logos or printing
No coloured items under white shirts
No shorts
No ¾ pants

Tuck shop

There will be a great tuck shop operating all Saturday morning from the staffroom at Avonhead School

At the tuck shop you will be able to purchase tea, coffee, scones, chips and chocolate with the occasional surprise so come along, relax and enjoy a snack.

If your group would like to use the tuck shop for fundraising please contact the CSM office and we will arrange a date for you.

The Tuck Shop provides students with an opportunity to have a break and is a fantastic way to meet others so that you can feel more a part of our musical community.

We also have the occasional sausage sizzle throughout the morning. This can be used for fundraising for CSM groups or outside groups wanting to fundraise for other causes. Please contact the office – this opportunity will be offered on a first come first served basis

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