CMNC

Explanation of Terms

in the Membership Application

Types and Benefits of Membership

• Mailing Only members receive e-mail notices of workshops. They pay non-member workshop fees and are not eligible for workshop financial aid.
• Full (paid) members receive e-mail or postal announcements, online newsletters and an annual member directory. They attend workshops for reduced fees and are eligible for financial aid.
  Full membership dues are $40, may be paid annually, and expire June 30. Dues paid by non-current members March 1 or later confer membership until June 30 of the following year. Current annual members become non-current in early July. See Member Account Dues images - pdf

User Name

• Your user name will be used to log into your Member Panel to keep your information current. User names may contain 5-40 characters and are not case sensitive. Existing members were assigned user names and passwords and notified by e-mail when the online data base was created. If you have forgotten your user name please contact us to recover it.
• If you are applying as a new member, please choose a user name that is unique, permanent and easy to remember, such as your first or first and last name. If the name you choose is being used in the system, you will be asked to modify it.

Password

• Passwords may contain 5-12 letters or numbers in any combination and are not case sensitive. Forgotten passwords may be replaced automatically or manually. If you have registered a working email address with us click the "Forgot Password?" link on the login page and the system will e-mail you a unique password of random characters. You may keep it or use it to log in and replace the new password with one you can more easily remember.
• If you need a new password and do not have a working email address in your account information please call us at 510-828-4148. Please include your name, phone number and the best time to reach you.

Log-In Problems

• You may use our contact form   or leave a phone message at 510-828-4148. Please include your name, phone number and the best time to reach you.

Unaccepted Characters

• To avoid confusing our computers, paragraph returns will be automatically replaced with spaces and ' with ` when typed in a comment field.

Contact information

• Your city, zip, email and telephone fields will be included in workshop rosters and as described below in Member Directory. If you don't want some telephone numbers included, for instance, don't enter them. We need a working email address to contact you, as well as a working phone number.
• The third box of each phone number input area will accept up to 20 digits, parentheses and spaces to accommodate phone numbers in European formats.

Instruments

• CMNC makes workshop assignments for the following instruments: violin, viola, cello, double bass, flute, oboe, english horn, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano. Other instruments may be accepted in preformed groups or at the discretion of the workshop director.
• The CMNC Directory will list a main and second instruments from the list above, and up to two others.

Availability

• You may indicate your availability to play chamber music on Evenings, Weekdays, and/or WeekEnds. This information will be published in the CMNC Directory for members' convenience in recruiting ensemble members who can play at the same time.

Member Directory

• For paid-up members only: as of 2020, we will create annual directories of full members in pdf digital format rather than print. Our directory entries will now be in this format, without street address:
  

      Wolfgang Beethoven - Violin, Piano 
       Vienna, CA, 94555 
       wab@example.com 
       510.555.5555 (h) 
       408.555.5566 (w) 
       415.555.5544 (c) 
       Available Eves WkDays WkEnds
  

• You may choose whether to allow inclusion of your contact information, similar to the sample above, by logging in and selecting
      Include me in the next Member Directory     O Yes    O No
  
• If you do not make a choice, your information will appear in the next annual directory (in other words the default is opt-in ).
• Your choice will be remembered by our system, so you only need to make it once. You may change it at any time, but it will only take effect with the next annual directory.

In the Workshop Application

Workshop Fees

• Please pay the workshop fees when you apply
• Fees for any day(s) that you are waitlisted will be refunded in full prior to the workshop
• For current fees and application deadline, see the Workshop Details page

CMNC Policy on Workshop Payment for Recruits

• Approved by CMNC Board of Directors, March 30, 2014.
• Preformed Groups. Cancellation by any group member must be submitted to the Workshop Director by using our Contact Form or CMNC Message Phone: 510-828-4148. If a player in a preformed group needs to cancel, it is the responsibility of the group members to recruit for replacement player(s). The CMNC workshop committee does not recruit for preformed groups. Recruited participant must apply online within two days of committing to play at the workshop and pay fee according to the rules for that workshop.
• Assigned Groups. Participants recruited for the workshop are expected to apply online within two days of committing to play at the workshop and pay fee according to the rules for that workshop.

Financial Aid

• Thanks to your donations and membership fees, CMNC is able to offer financial aid to substantially reduce the workshop fee for those who would not otherwise be able to attend.
• Paid CMNC members may request financial aid if needed.
• Where payment to another organization is required, financial aid recipients are asked to pay that fee.
• For example, at COM, there is a course fee of $50 payable to COM. So CMNC financial recipients pay $50 to COM, $0 to CMNC.
• If you can pay an intermediate fee, more than $0 but less than the full fee, you are invited to make a donation of that amount at the time of registration.
• Persons requesting financial aid are encouraged to volunteer to assist at the workshop. The volunteer coordinator will contact you with specific requests.


• If you have just paid membership dues, and are looking for the financial aid workshop fees for members, be sure the fees listed are now for members.
• Below the list of workshop days and fees, there should be a box to check for financial aid. After checking the box, the fees should all change to one considerably reduced amount.
• If you do not see the box to check, refresh your browser page.
• If the box to check still does not appear, log out and then back in, again refresh your browser page if needed.
• If still not successful, log out, wait about 5 minutes and then log in and refresh again if necessary.
• More to try: Log out, turn off your computer, wait a minute, turn it back on, or try a different browser if possible.
• If all this fails, use our contact form  
  or call the CMNC Message Phone: 510-828-4148

Coached Sessions

• The day or days with coached sessions varies: please refer to the Workshop Announcement.

Attendance

• Players of instruments with an excess of applicants may be asked to attend one day only. Players who cannot be accommodated will be waitlisted.
• Please apply for the day(s) you would like, and let us try to accommodate you.
• Unfortunately our venues are limited in size despite the growth of our popularity.  Applicants should know that we consider all applications up to the deadline date, but sometimes have to wait-list or drop people to one day to manage instrument balance and oversubscription. 
• Also indicate your availability for one or both days.

Preformed groups

• Preformed: a chamber music group, trio or larger, formed by individuals outside of the workshop. For example, you and three friends have been playing together as a quartet and your group would like to attend the workshop to receive coaching.
  Your group decides on the piece, perhaps a movement or more, works on it prior to the workshop, and comes prepared to be coached, bringing your parts plus a separate score for the coach. It will save time in your rehearsals and at the workshop to measure-number your parts and the score.
• A limited number of preformed groups will be accepted for the workshop.
• Minimum group size is a trio, but preference may be given to larger groups, depending on the number of applicants and available rooms.
• Groups must provide their own music plus a separate copy of the score for the coach. Groups unable to meet these requirements will not be accepted.
• Each member of a preformed group must submit a workshop application
• All members of preformed groups must be listed on the initial application and all applications must be submitted, including payment, by the deadline stated in the Workshop Announcement.
• If a player in a preformed group needs to cancel, it is the responsibility of the group members to recruit for replacement player(s). The CMNC workshop committee does not recruit for preformed groups. See ...Recruits.

Request

• Please let us know your assignment preferences (familiar classic, unknown modern, specific composer or piece, etc.) and any other relevant personal preferences (assign with others from your area, okay to group with multiples of oversubscribed instrument such as flute quartet, etc.). 
• We like to know, although many factors influence our ability to honor your preferences.
• You may also use this space for any other comments concerning your application, participation, improvement in your playing, etc., which you'd like us to know.

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