ATTENDANCE POLICY AND ABSENCE NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES
The very nature of the orchestra experience requires a concerted effort by individuals doing their best at all times. By accepting membership in the Tacoma Youth Symphony Association, each student is expected to fulfill the obligations associated with all performances, retreats and tours as well as the rehearsals for their preparation. A rehearsal schedule will be handed out at the beginning of each concert set to assist the students and their families with planning. In all aspects of this experience, punctuality is essential as is communicating extraordinary personal circumstances to the conductor through the Rehearsal Assistant. Student attendance record is reviewed at the beginning of each season as a factor affecting orchestral placement.
ABSENCE NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE
1. Each student is required to attend all performances, retreats and tours of the orchestra of which he/she is a member.
2. If a conflict occurs, the student should identify it as many months in advance as possible and attempt to resolve it to avoid the conflict with the TYSA event.
3. If these efforts do not resolve the conflict, the student should fill out
a Notification of Absence From Rehearsal card and submit it to the
Rehearsal Assistant.
THIS SHOULD
OCCUR RARELY. For students in
leadership positions (principals, assistants and players with one on a part)
this is a very serious matter.
4. EMERGENCY absences (sudden illness, death in the family, etc.)
must be referred to the Rehearsal Assistant as early as possible.
DO NOT CALL THE
TYSA OFFICE regarding attendance problems; you must speak
directly with the Rehearsal Assistant.
5. After two absences a letter will be sent home to the parents. After three absences the student needs to meet with the conductor.
REHEARSALS
Each student must attend every rehearsal and stay to its conclusion. Some works do not require all instruments. Players of such instruments must be in attendance only for that portion of the rehearsal for which they have a part. They may leave only after being dismissed by the conductor.
PUNCTUALITY
Students are expected to arrive at the rehearsal site, be tuned and warmed up by the beginning of the rehearsal; arriving at starting time would make the student late. Being late greatly detracts from the planned group objectives. It is also a requirement to be in place and on time after scheduled breaks. Students who enter a rehearsal late for any reason must check in with the Rehearsal Assistant.
ABSENCE REQUEST
FORMS
Forms are available from your
Rehearsal Assistant or you may right click the form below to print it on your
computer. Please remember that by accepting membership in the Tacoma Youth Symphony Association, you have
agreed to attend all rehearsals, performances, retreats and tours.
If you have a conflict with a particular event and it is not possible to
work out an alternative arrangement, it is important for our planning that
we know as far in advance as possible the details of your proposed
absence. Your attendance record is
reviewed each Fall as a factor affecting your orchestral placement.
One card must be submitted for each anticipated absence
regardless of whether you have verbally notified your Rehearsal Assistant.
This card may be turned in at rehearsal or it can be mailed directly to
your Rehearsal Assistant. His/her
name and address appear at the top of your rehearsal schedule: this
information is also listed in the TYSA handbook.
