Tools for recruitment

Idea Box:

• Get yourself personally in the schools talking to MS and HS directors about the open house OR  ask the directors to allow you to talk to the students during their class.
• Offer to coach solo and ensemble groups in January in MS and HS and tell the students directly about the open house.
• Set up a Snapchat account and cultivate followers.
• Spread the word in as many ways as you can think of (social media, emailing friends, teachers at U of M, etc.)
• Get your current student and parents to help promote!

EMAIL TEMPLATE:

Dear (teacher or director name)!

Thank you so much for letting me come in a talk to your students the other day. I am looking forward to as many students signing up for (your class) as possible!

Also if you can share this email with private music teachers or any other music teachers at your school please feel free! 
 Some things to note:

• Over the past year, CMSa2 has focused its programming to the small ensemble experience - so all of our offerings are some kind of chamber ensemble.  (Read more about our specific approach to teaching collaborative music here: cmsa2.org/approach)
• We accept video auditions anytime.
  • audition sign-up: cmsa2.org/audition_inquiry)
  • Audition Requirements: cmsa2.org/audition_requirements 
• Programs will start the Spring Term at the end of January.  

Below are copy and links that you can forward directly to parents or post in your newsletter.
We thank you for your continued support!  Looking forward to hearing from you!
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Thank you, 
(Your name)
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JOIN US! At the Community Music School of Ann Arbor – strings, winds, brass, percussionists, vocalists – for the collaborative small ensemble experience – from Baroque to jazz to hip hop!

• Explore Our Programs: cmsa2.org/youth
• Sign-up for an audition: Live or Send a Video: cmsa2.org/audition_inquiry
  • See Audition Requirements: cmsa2.org/audition_requirements

• What do we do that's different? Learn more: cmsa2.org/approach

Questions?  Contact Cynthia at cmsa2programs@gmail.com or call 734-213-2000

When sharing information to potential students these are the links and information they should see!

The email templates are a way for you to have some guidelines. Please  supplement with these links:

Chamber Roots Ensemble 
The Art of Chamber Music 
The Brandenburg Project 
The Breath Ensemble 
FOUND! Percussion Ensemble 
New Wave Brass Project
M.I.X @ NZ 
M.I.X @ West
Youth Jazz Combo
Adult Jazz Combo
New Horizons Senior String 

To know more about our programs:
https://www.cmsa2.org/youth_programs.html
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Enrollment Process:
https://www.cmsa2.org/enroll.html

Audition requirements and how to sign up for an audition:
https://www.cmsa2.org/audition_inquiry.html

Scholarship Application:
https://form.jotform.com/81925337984167

CMSa2 Faculty and Staff Handbook

Handbook Acknowledgement