CLAREMONT EVENING CENTRE

Queries 

If you have any queries please contact your ensemble leader by email 

or the BMS office: ensembles@brentmusicservice.com  Tel: 020 8204 8096

Emergency contact number on Monday Evenings:  07860 342701

Please also get in touch if you would like to be a parent volunteer on a Monday evening!

 Absence

• If your child will be absent please let us know by email so we know not to expect them. Emailing your child’s ensemble leader is best, but on the night, you can text the Centre emergency number on 07860 342701

If your child is absent and you don’t inform us, or if your child misses a number of rehearsals, they could lose their place in the ensemble or not be permitted to perform in the next concert. We expect all children to attend and perform in concerts as musical decisions are made based on the members of the group, and balance of parts. If for any reason you know that your child will be unable to perform in the next concert, you must inform the ensemble leader in plenty of time. 

Autumn 2025

• Monday 22nd Sep

• Monday 29th Sep

• Monday 6th Oct

• Monday 13th Oct

• Monday 20th Oct

HALF TERM - (Mon 27th-Fri 31st Oct) NO REHEARSAL

• Monday 3rd Nov

• Monday 10th Nov

• Monday 17th Nov

• Monday 24th Nov

• Monday 1st Dec

• Sunday 7th Dec - BMS Big Festive Concert, Preston Manor School, Timings TBC

• Monday 8th Dec - Graduation try out, selected students only

• Monday  12th Jan

• Monday 19th Jan

• Monday 26th Jan

• Monday 2nd Feb

• Monday 9th Feb

HALF TERM (Mon 16th-Fri 20th Oct) NO REHEARSAL

• Monday 23rd Feb

• Monday 2nd Mar

• Monday 9th Mar

• Monday 16th Mar

• Monday 23rd Mar

• Monday 13th Apr

• Monday 20th Apr

• Monday 27th Apr

• Monday 4th May - No rehearsal Bank Holiday

• Monday 11th May

• Monday 18th May

HALF TERM - (Mon 25th-Fri 29th Oct) NO REHEARSAL

• Monday 1st Jun

• Monday 8th Jun

• Monday 15th Jun

• Monday 22nd Jun

• Monday 29th Jun 

• Sunday 5th July - BMS Summer Festival, Venue & Timings TBC

It is important that your child's ensemble leader knows who is collecting them at the end of the evening, or if you authorise them to travel home alone. Please communicate these details by email. 

1. If a parent/carer will collect the child after rehearsal, we need no other authorisation or instruction from you.

2. If you authorise your child to make their own way home after rehearsal, please email this statement to your child's ensemble leader:  - I hereby authorise <Name of Child> to make their own way home after BMS rehearsals. 

3. If you want to authorise another person to collect your child (including a young person aged over 10 but under 18), please email the following details:

Name of Child:

Ensemble: 

Name of person collecting child: 

Relationship: 

Telephone Number:

Known to the child as:

Boys:-

BMS T-shirt, black trousers, black socks and black shoes.

Girls:-

BMS T-shirt, black skirt (below knee when sat down) or trousers, black tights/socks and black shoes. 

BMS T-shirts can be purchased from the BMS Office or at  the Evening Centre priced at £10. Cash purchase only. 

If your child has grown out of their t-shirt. please consider recycling it back to BMS so that it could be given to a child not in a position to purchase their own.

NOT PERMITTED:-

Jeans, Leggings, Cords, Chinos

Trainers, Shoes with white or other colours on them

Pinafore Dresses

Anyone not following this dress code will not be permitted to perform on the stage. If you have any questions, please ask. We do not want to be in the position of not allowing pupils to perform if they arrive with unsuitable clothing.