SYO Absence Form

Attendance at SYO rehearsals, tutorials and performances is a vital part of your SYO membership, and musicians are expected to make arrangements to avoid clashing commitments and attend all orchestra activities as per the SYO Participant Code of Conduct. 

If any SYO musician is unable to attend a scheduled activity, they must seek permission, at least two weeks in advance of the activity by completing the form below. Agreement to requests of this nature is not automatically guaranteed and will be treated on a case-by-case basis. 

If you are submitting a form the day-of rehearsal, please contact your orchestra's mobile phone via text or call. 

Where musicians are unwell, we encourage you to stay home from rehearsals/activities for your own safety, and for the safety of your fellow musicians, conductors, tutors and SYO staff.

SYO management will receive your online notification and contact you if it requires further discussion. If you do not hear from SYO, please consider your absence accepted and noted.



This is the username you use to log into your SYOnline classroom - please make sure this is correct or your absence may not be registered.
It can be found at the top of all SYO emails and your Musician ID Card


Please fill in one request per rehearsal/class.

To submit an absence for an Orchestral Musicianship class, please use the Orchestral Musicianship Absence Form.  



Please make sure you have selected the correct date before submitting your form. Absences must be submitted at least one day before any activity.

Please be as detailed as possible! If arriving late or departing early please clearly state your estimated arrival or departure time e.g. Arriving at 2:30pm due to school athletics carnival.
Click on submit to proceed. If you wish to insert another request, do not click on return on your browser. Please refresh the form or click on the link on the confirmation page.

If you are a woodwind, brass or percussion player and you cannot attend rehearsal, it is your responsibility to find someone else to fill in, so the orchestra is not missing your part when they rehearse or perform. However SYO is always happy to help you out. After you fill out this form: 

1. Email info@syo.com.au to let us know that you can't attend and you are looking for a replacement player to fill in on your part/with the name and contact details of your replacement player. If you can't find a replacement player we are able to help, but we expect you to include a message for us including the date, times, part and repertiore to forward to the other musicians in the program.

2. Let the rest of your section know you won't be able to make it! (This is important even if you've been unable to make it last minute due to illness. This means you section knows to prepare to cover your part if needed. They may also be able to help you find a dep.)

3. If you know in advance that you are going to be away, it is important that you let you conductor know in person at rehearsals as well.


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