Holiday Course Information 2025

Provisional Dates for 2025 : Monday 21 July – Friday 25 July 2025 and Monday 28 July – Friday 1 August 2025

Provisional Venue: Katherine Warington School, Lower Luton Road, Harpenden AL5 5FH

Provisional Times: 9.30am – 3.30pm. Please arrive and collect your children promptly each day.

Monday 9.30am

Arrive and register through the main entrance of KWS. Parents and carers will need to sign children in and check their contact details are correct.

An emergency mobile number to contact Musicale at KWS will be made available on the first morning for parents.

Please do not arrive early as we will be having a staff meeting to ensure your children are kept safe during the week. Musicale will not be responsible for your children until 9.30am during the week.

Step up to Music students will be escorted to their classroom.

At about 9.45am there will be a short introduction from the Course Director for all the students on the 8 – 18 year old courses in the hall. Parents do not need to attend.

Tuesday – Friday 9.30am Arrive & head straight to your rehearsal rooms to register

Daily timetable (just for guidance and varied for each course):

  • 9.30am Session 1
  • 10.45am Break
  • 11.15am Session 2
  • 12.45pm Lunch
  • 1.30pm Session 3 / Activity time
  • 2.45pm Break
  • 3.00pm Session 4
  • 3.30pm Home

Friday Concerts

  • 3pm Step up to Music in the Drama Studio @ KWS
    • Wear Musicale T-shirt (made on the course) and leggings, shorts or trousers
  • 6.30pm Orchestras and Wind bands in the Main Hall @ KWS
    • Wear all black, no trainers
    • Please be back at KWS at 6pm to warm up
  • 6.30pm Musicale Theatre in the Main Hall @ KWS
    • Costumes TBC
    • Please be back at KWS at 6pm to get ready

Essentials to bring for Orchestras and Wind bands

  • Your instrument in a named case.
  • A named music stand
  • A pencil and a rubber – students will be expected to write instructions in their parts (NO pens please!)
  • Cellists need a spike protector, string players need rosin and spare strings, woodwind players need spare reeds and cleaning cloths and brass players need valve oil. (Call the Musicale shop now if you would like to order items for the course and collect on the first day – 01582 712769)
  • Packed lunch each day and enough snacks for morning and afternoon breaks. No nuts, including peanut butter, please.
  • A named water bottle
  • Sun hats and/or waterproofs as necessary. Please put sunscreen on your child before arrival. Breaktimes, lunchtimes and activities will be outdoors come rain or shine so please send your child with appropriate clothing .

Essentials to bring for Step up to Music

  • Packed lunch each day and enough snacks for morning and afternoon breaks. No nuts, including peanut butter, please.
  • A named water bottle
  • A named recorder. These can be purchased from the Musicale Shop on 01582 769712 and collected on the first day of the course.
  • Sun hats and/or waterproofs as necessary. Please put sunscreen on your child before arrival. Breaktimes, lunchtimes and activities will be outdoors come rain or shine so please send your child with appropriate clothing .

Essentials to bring for Musical Theatre

  • Packed lunch each day and enough snacks for morning and afternoon breaks. No nuts, including peanut butter, please.
  • A named water bottle
  • Your script that will be given to you on Day One, don’t forget to bring it each day
  • A pencil and a rubber – students will be expected to write instructions in their parts (NO pens please!)
  • Sun hats and/or waterproofs as necessary. Please put sunscreen on your child before arrival. Breaktimes, lunchtimes and activities will be outdoors come rain or shine so please send your child with appropriate clothing .

Before the course, so that we can all have fun, please talk to your child about:

  • Respecting the school property and grounds.
  • Not dropping litter
  • Looking after their instruments. Musicale takes no responsibility for the safety of instruments or personal belongings on the course.
  • Students will be supervised at all times and members must not leave the school grounds during the day. (Please bring lunch with you, even if you can drive!)
  • No phones are allowed during rehearsals. No photos should be taken of other members of the course or staff unless permission is granted. It is an offence to share a photo of someone else without their permission.
  • We will encourage all of the students to be thoroughly involved in all the activities and not staring at a screen when outside of rehearsals!

 All of our summer course policies are on our website.

If you have any further questions, please call the office on 01582 713333 or email info@musicale.co.uk

Best wishes,

The Musicale Team