Music and music folders are the property of Cantabile and are monitored by the Program Manager. Choir members will be charged for lost or damaged music folders, ranging in price from $25 to $100. Singers return music in January and May.

Uniforms

Uniforms are required and are worn at all performances. The cost varies from $25 to $100 depending on need and availability of formerly owned pieces. Uniform changes may occur at the beginning of the season. The changes will be finalized before uniform orders are taken. Uniforms are required at all performances. Uniform order forms are provided for your information and convenience. Uniform coordinators will assist with sizing and pricing. Payment in full is required at the time of the order.

Senior Uniforms - Formal uniforms for Concert Choir and Chamber Ensemble are black pants, braided black belt, royal blue polo shirt, black closed-toe, hard-soled shoes, black socks, cross tie. Informal uniforms are black logo tee shirts. The formal uniform costs about $100.

Junior Uniforms - Preparatory Choir and Intermediate Choir singers wear blue Cantabile tee shirts, black pants or black leggings for girls, black socks and black closed-toe, shoes and a barrette for girls. During cold winter weather singers may also wear black long-sleeved turtlenecks under their logo tee shirts. The Junior uniform costs approximately $25.

Tour Uniforms - generally cost around $100.

Recycled Uniforms - Often lower-cost, used uniforms are available. The Program Manager makes them available to everyone and will inform you of availability at the Parent Orientation Meetings. Singers who have outgrown their uniforms or who are leaving the choir are asked to donate the uniforms back to the choir.

Additional Choir Opportunities

Retreats
Members of Concert Choir participate in a 1-day retreat in the early fall. Chamber Ensemble participates in a 2 to 5-day retreat held in late summer or early fall. Guest clinicians are brought in to augment our regular artistic teaching staff.

Camps
Cantabile hosts week-long Summer Music Day Camps. Current and new members of Preparatory Choir and Intermediate Choir have the opportunity to attend one or more of the week-long camps, which are held at Foothills Church from 9AM to 3PM. Activities include choral rehearsal, music theory, musical games, movement, arts and crafts, and time to bond with other young singers. The week culminates in a short performance for families and friends.

Registration

A non-refundable registration fee of $50.00 is required to register each new student and each former student returning after an absence of 6 months or more.

Singers who are in 6th grade or higher are asked to complete forms for Foothill College. There is no charge for this registration that benefits Cantabile by continuing our membership with the Foothill College Performing Arts Alliance.

For the safety of our singers, registration forms are completed annually, with special emphasis on parent contact, emergency and medical information. Please notify the Cantabile office at 650.424.1410 or at info@cantabile.org with any changes of address, telephone or emergency information.

Tuition & Payment Policies

Tuition covers rehearsals September through May, individual year-end assessments, extra rehearsals, workshops, retreats and performances as well as 5 tickets for each Cantabile-only concert in which the singer participates. Tuition is due on or before the first week of class and can be paid in full or broken into 2 installments. A $20 late fee is charged for payments received after the second week of class. The $50 registration fee is non-refundable.

Tuition is refundable on a prorated basis for the first 4 weeks of class. Tuition is 100% non-refundable after 4 weeks from the start of each semester. Any student with an outstanding balance may not return for the next semester.

Annual tuition

Preparatory Singers	$800 a year ($400 prorated if joining mid-season)
Intermediate Choir	$800 a year ($400 prorated if joining mid-season)
Concert Choir	$800 a year ($400 prorated if joining mid-season)
Chamber Ensemble	$1100 a year ($550 prorated if joining mid-season)

Family Discounts

Families with more than one child enrolled pay discounted tuition. The discount amounts to 10% of the total tuition expense, excluding the $50 registration fee.

Scholarships and Tuition Assistance

Cantabile offers a limited number of working scholarships. No child will be turned away because of financial need. Should you need help working out a tuition payment plan, please call 650.424.1410 for a scholarship application. Scholarships are granted per semester upon committee review.

Carpools

Families of choir members receive a roster to assist in the arrangement of carpools. The roster is for chorus use only. Respect the privacy of our families. Please do not share roster information with non-Cantabile families.

Safety

Singers must remain inside the building after rehearsal until a parent arrives to pick them up. Cantabile cannot be responsible for singers outside of the rehearsal time. Singers should be picked-up promptly after rehearsal.

Each semester Cantabile maintains an Emergency Notebook containing medical information for each child. Please be sure to provide complete and accurate information on your registration form as well as notifying our office of any changes or updates. A First Aid kit is available in the Cantabile storage locker at the top of the stairs.

Orientation

Families will be asked to attend mandatory orientation meetings within the first few weeks of each semester. Meetings will be scheduled during the same time as your child's rehearsal.

An orientation meeting is held February for families joining mid-season.

Communications

Newsletters Cantabile families receive a quarterly ?family” newsletter, emailed to each family and made available in hardcopy at rehearsal locations. Please update schedule information on your home calendar. Information in each newsletter supersedes the previous newsletter, however, the most current information is available on the website.

Web Site/email All Cantabile information, calendars, etc. are posted to our website. Our Program Manager, administrative staff, and instructors often communicate information by email. If you change your email address, please be sure to notify the office or your choir parent so we can keep you current on all information and changes.

Messages News may be sent home between newsletters. Please ask your student(s) for any information that may have been sent home with them. We will send messages only for urgent, last-minute changes.

Fundraising

As a member of the Cantabile Choral Guild, Cantabile Youth Singers is a non-profit organization funded by student tuition, honoraria, contributions, grants and fundraising. Since tuition covers less than 60% of the costs of the excellent music education we provide to our singers, we must raise at least $300 a year for each student through fundraising. All families are encouraged to participate in several fundraising programs.

Holiday and Spring Concerts Boutiques, open before and after each concert, are run by volunteers. 100% of the proceeds go to Cantabile. Boutiques are an excellent place to buy gifts, purchase snacks and donate items to sell. Items with the Cantabile logo: sweatshirts, T-shirts, mugs, and bears are available for purchase as are Cantabile?s performance CDs.

EScrip Î an easy, no-cost way to raise money for Cantabile. Register your credit card at www/escrip.com. Participating businesses contribute to Cantabile a percentage of your purchases on the credit card you register. Register your credit cards today. Cantabile ID #1193816. EScrip has proven to be a rich source of revenue.

Corporate Matching Grants - many employers as much as double the amount of tax-deductible donations made by their employees. If your employer does so, please consider making a generous gift to Cantabile. If you are uncertain about your company?s policy, the office staff, 650-424-1410, will be happy to work with you.

Friends of Cantabile is an organization of people interested in furthering the artistic goals of Cantabile by giving annually. All families are encouraged to join this non-profit group and to ask grandparents, friends, and associates to give their support as well. www/escrip.comÎ is a way to honor

Signe Boyer Scholarship Fund – is a way to honor Signe Boyer, founder of Cantabile, and to provide scholarship money for interested and needy students who might not be able to afford the full tuition for the excellent music education provided by Cantabile.

Drawing Ticket Sales - Proceeds from the annual fundraising drawing benefit the choir in many ways. Families are asked to solicit donations for drawing prize and sell drawing tickets.

Volunteers

The active support of parents is central to the success of Cantabile Youth Singers. Parents are asked to participate in many different areas to enhance the work of Cantabile. Volunteers are needed to assist with rehearsals, performances, retreats, tours, publicity, social events, hospitality, and fundraising. We ask you to sign-up for at least one job listed on the Volunteer Sign-Up Sheet.

If you have not signed up for a specific position, our Program Manager will contact you to fill in where we need assistance.
Cantabile regularly needs a parent volunteer specific to each of the 4 different choirs who attends the rehearsal and assists the Music Instructor with attendance taking, music distribution, and the general well-being of all present.

Chaperones are needed for different Cantabile events including performances, outings, retreats, workshops.

Concerts require teams of people working on a specific performance event.

Promotion activities are ongoing and are also done more on your own schedule rather than on that of a performance or rehearsal.
Fundraising is an essential part of any organization these days. Special skills and talent and imagination are treasured by all of us.
We also invite parents in medical professions to accompany the choir on tour to take care of possible medical needs.
When completing your Volunteer Sign-Up Sheet consider your talents and how they might best be used to help us help our singers.