Important Announcements
In this section you will find regular updates and weekly announcements for the program. Please check back each week.
Saturday November 1 - Regular Program this week.
Please remember that all of our program dates appear each week at the end of these announcements. Believe it or not we are only 4 weeks away from our final concert for this session. Please mark it in your calendar.
LYS - This week the London Youth Symphony will be selling tickets in the lobby for their concert on November 16. The concert features Cameron Crozman as a soloist and several senior FCTE students as members of the orchestra. They have offered us an excellent ticket deal by providing a free ticket to FCTE students with the purchase of one paid adult ticket ($10).
Tickets for Cinderella at Mother Teresa can be purchased from Ed MacNeil. We will continue to run Irene's class and orchestra in the pit for now.
A special thanks to small ensemble members for finishing up on time each week. We certainly appreciate your cooperation.
Crowd noise in the lobby is still a problem. It is becoming increasingly difficult to run recitals and rehearsals due to the volume of the socializing in the lobby during these events. We are asking that you remember that the sound in the lobby is quite lively and does carry into the cafetorium. It is particularly disruptive when a young child is performing. It is also helpful if we do not open the doors to the cafetorium in the middle of a performance. It is important that we develop good performers and good audience members.
Program Dates for the rest of the year are:
November: 1,8,15,22,29 (November 29th is the Concert day for the first session).
Program resumes - January 10, 2009
January: 10, 17,24,31 (second half of fees are due on the 17th.)
February: 7,21,28 (February 14 is the family day holiday weekend)
March: 7, 28 (March 14 and 21 - no program during March break)
Chamber music workshop - tentatively February 28/March 1 weekend)
April: 4,18,25 (no program April 11 - Easter Weekend)
London Kiwanis Festival - April 14 to May 2
May: 2,9,23,30 (no program May 16) Final concert for the year is May 30.
Research study - A professor from Huron College is doing a study involving 4 to 9 year old children who study music. Here is a brief excerpt from the request for participation.
We are exploring the link between musical skills and reading skills in children aged 4 to 9 years.
Your child will be asked to complete a series of music and reading tasks, and you will be asked to
complete a short questionnaire related to your child’s music experiences. The total duration of
the study will not exceed 60 minutes of your time. Unfortunately, your child may not participate
if he/she has a known and documented hearing and/or language deficit.
The study consists of one 60 minute testing session that will take place in a child development lab
at Huron University College at Western. Participation in this study is voluntary. You or your
child may choose not to participate in any task or to answer any questions. You or your child may
choose to withdraw from the study at any time, without any effect on your child’s status in his/her
music program. All the data provided by you and your child will remain confidential. No child
will be identified by name in any reports of this study. There are no known risks associated with
your child’s participation in any aspect of this research.
Please note that participation in this study is completely voluntary and FCTE has particular role other than agree to providing the forms and information for Dr. Tang. You can contact her for more information at:
Christine Tsang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Huron University College at Western
(519) 438-7224 ext.260
Forms are available at the desk or you can view them by clicking Parent Letter and Study Background
For Sale: If you have items for sale on our site, please let us know if they have been sold already. The For sale section has been updated as of October 11. IF you have any items on the site that are already sold please let us know and we will remove them.
We encourage you to write us with comments, concerns, criticisms, "offers of help". We have many jobs around the school and are glad to "share". Send your comments to infofcte@rogers.com
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