Additional Information for Parents

This page is intended for parents of performers in the children’s choirs.

Dress

Children are to wear Platteville Children's Choir (PCC) T-shirts to rehearsal each week.

For concerts, children will wear the new concert dress uniforms. See this link for what and how to order these from Lands' End.

Rehearsals

Weekly, on Monday evenings, from 6:30 to 7:40, in Platteville, Wisconsin.

Apprentice Singers: Room 174 Doudna Hall, UWP
Choristers: Room 108/Choral Rehearsal Room, UWP Center for the Arts
Cantabile: First English Lutheran Church on 215 West Pine

Training Choir meets on Monday evenings from 6:30 to 7:30 during the spring semester (January to April) in the choir room at Platteville United Methodist Church on 1065 Lancaster Street.

Communications

Please check your child's folder each week for memos, and watch the announcements page for updates and cancellations. Critical announcements such as last-minute cancellations will be made on the home page. Weather-related cancellations for rehearsals will be made by 5:00 pm on the night of the rehearsal.

Fees

For 2010-2011, the fee is $100 for the first singer in each family. Additional singers are $90 each. These fees include the T-shirt. Make checks payable to Platteville Children's Choir.

Absences, planned or emergency

Advance written notices shall be given to the director for planned absences. For emergencies, phone or email the individual director before 5:00 pm, if possible.

Contract

Both the singer and parent will need to sign the contract. You can print out the contract from this website and bring it to the first meeting, but copies will be available at the meeting.

What to Expect

(Written from a parent's point of view!)

Parents Can Expect:

congestion in the CFA Parking Lot
that some will put a lot of miles on the car
to pay dues for each child
to pay admission to concerts
to inform the director about absences
to volunteer to help with special events
to purchase PCC T-shirts for each child
to check folders weekly for memos
to hear your child sing at home . . . a lot!
to be invited to make a cash contribution

Singers Can Expect:

to meet new friends
to learn much about choral music (sound, tone, pitch, rhythm, time, etc.)
to be at each rehearsal
to wear your PCC T-shirt EVERY week
to invite a friend for the first rehearsal in February!
to ALWAYS watch your director
to hear other choirs
to have lots of fun making good music
to sing with an accompanist

Everyone can Expect:

that all singers have a music folder in which directors will sometimes send information home to parents. Be sure to ask if there is anything for you in the folder!
that the November Concert is performed with the adult Chorale. It is a beautiful concert in which each of the children's choirs will perform pieces, the Chorale will perform pieces, and the children and adults will perform together. The Platteville Chorale is the parent organization which sponsors PCC.
that sometimes singers will be performing, sometimes listening, and always listening.
that the concert at the Rollo Jamison Museum is a great deal of fun and it's FREE. This concert proves to be a favorite of the kids, and activities are available to the singers and their families and friends at the museum. If you are inviting family and friends, please beware that there is limited seating. Plan to arrive early for a bench.
that the Potluck/Informance in March is very enjoyable and a special treat to parents. More details of this event will be sent home with singers close to the date. Volunteers are needed to help with organization.
that the Platteville Children's Choir All Day Tour may well be the highlight of the year. The singers will travel by bus to four or five area schools to give a half-hour concert. Lunch will be eaten at Culver's in Platteville, and each singer is required to have money to purchase their lunch. More details will be sent home closer to the date of the tour. Expect your singer(s) to be exhausted at the end of the day!

Further Explanations from Platteville Children's Choir:

To help alleviate some of the traffic congestion at CFA, children in Choristers can be dropped off and picked up in the semicircle right off Main Street in front of the CFA. If you also have singers in Apprentice Choir, you can use the parking lot.
Carpooling, if possible, is desirable. Contact Shelly Black for geographic lists.
Operational costs of PCC include:
- Hiring professional personnel (directors, accompanists, interns)
- Purchasing music
- Printing, postage, copying, technical services for concerts, hall rental, traveling, etc.
Income to pay the expenses of the operational costs comes from three main sources:
- Singer's dues (which you can expect to pay on the first night)
- Admission fees for concerts (which you can expect to pay at some of the concerts)
  - For 2010-2011, we expect admission to be $6 per adult and $3 per student.
- Tax-exempt contributions (which you can expect an invitation to make)