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Accommodation
Resident accommodation consists of single and twin-bedded rooms** and includes all meals. Students wishing to attend on a non-residential basis (with or without meals) will find many websites listing hotels, b&bs and airb&bs that are available in Sherborne. ** Students attending as part of the SSSM Scholarship Scheme will be accommodated in dormitories.
Arrival
You are welcome to arrive at the School from 13.00hrs onwards on each Sunday (27th July / 3rd August). Lunch will be available for those who require it. Both resident and non-resident students are asked to register their arrival at the Music School Reception and collect their Welcome Envelope. All students (including those on the Wind Conducting Course and the George Hurst Conductors’ Course, whose first session starts at 14.30hrs on each Sunday) are asked to arrive in time to register, settle into their accommodation and attend Introductions in the Dining Hall at 16.00hrs. At 16.30hrs, all students will be escorted to their courses and we ask that they bring instruments, etc to Introductions.
Daily Timetable
08.00 - 08.55
09.15 - 10.45
10.45 - 11.15
11.15 - 12.45
13.15 - 14.00
16.30 - 18.00
18.45 - 19.45
Breakfast
First Session
Morning Coffee
Second Session
Lunch
Third Session
Dinner
Your first course session will be on the Sunday at 16.30hrs and the final one will be on the following Saturday at 11.15hrs. The remainder of each Saturday will be devoted to concerts and an end of week party.
Conducting courses’ students will have additional course sessions during the week, which will be listed in the Welcome Booklet you all receive on arrival. Many of these additional sessions will use a Repertoire Orchestra, formed by volunteer instrumentalists.
Departure
Resident students are requested to vacate their bedrooms before 09.00hrs on the Sunday of their departure, taking all their belongings with them.
Music Stands
Music Stands will be provided
Pets
Pets cannot be accommodated.
Sports Facilities
Sherborne School boasts a superb sports centre with a 25m swimming pool and a fitness suite for which our students are granted temporary membership and thus pay reduced entrance fees to the various facilities.
Car Parking
The School’s main courtyard is available as a car park for all students.
Concert Dress
Instrumentalists attending the Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonia, Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra are asked to wear black for concerts. Choristers attending both Cappella and Choral Masterpieces are also asked to wear black for concerts and to have a black folder for their music. Members of The Lighter Side Choral Course are asked to wear a ‘loud’ outfit for their concert and have a music folder.