If you are new to CSM, there are a few things you might like to know about how we operate!
The CSM office is located at 60 Ferry Rd. The office is open from 9 – 5, 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, most of our teaching happens at Avonhead School, 55 Avonhead Road
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
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
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.
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.
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.
Unless otherwise advised, concert dress for performances is as follows:
Please note
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
These are the Saturday dates. If you have a lesson or ensemble during the week it will generally take place in the week following the Saturday. However this may be negotiated with the teacher
TERM 1 (8 weeks)
11 February
18 February
25 February
4 March
11 March
18 March
25 March
1 April
TERM 2 (9 weeks)
22 April
29 April
No classes on the 6th May
13 May
20 May
27 May
No classes on the 3rd June
10 June
17 June
24 June
1 July
TERM 3 (9 weeks)
22 July
29 July
5 August
12 August
19 August
26 August
2 September
9 September
16 September
TERM 4 (8 weeks)
7 October
14 October
No classes on 21st October – Labour Weekend
28 October
4 November
11 November
No classes on 18th November – Show Weekend
25 November
2 December
9 December