Using our songs and resources
Everything in our shop is for teaching. This page sets out what your purchase lets you do, and when you need something extra.
| If you want to… | You need |
|---|---|
| Teach with one of our books, manuals or albums in your own classes | Nothing extra. See what you can copy. |
| Copy a choral score for your choir | Enough choral arrangement sets for your singers |
| Perform our songs at a concert, free or ticketed | Nothing extra. Credit us in the program. |
| Film, livestream or post a video of your students performing | Nothing extra. Credit us in the video. |
| Run paid music classes with our songs (a private studio, a music school, or a school or centre that charges families for music classes) | A Commercial Licence |
| Anything else | Ask us |
Copying our sheet music, books and recordings
Books, manuals, lyric books and albums
Each one is licensed to the teacher who buys it, wherever they teach. If several teachers at your school will use it, buy one copy each, or ask us about a site licence.
- You can copy pages for your own classes, but not to sell.
- Anything you share with students online, pages or recordings, must be behind a login or password (for example Google Classroom or Seesaw).
- Don't give students the MP3 files. They can listen to the vocal tracks on Spotify and Apple Music: search for Susie Davies-Splitter & Phil Splitter.
Choral arrangement sets
Each set is one PDF score, stamped with your licence details, plus permission to copy it:
- Schools in Australia and New Zealand: 25 copies per set.
- Everyone else (schools in other countries, and adult, community and professional choirs and festivals anywhere): 5 copies per set, one per singer.
- Teaching by ear, or only handing out the lyrics? One set is enough.
How many sets? A choir of 50 at an Australian school needs 2 sets. A choir of 50 anywhere else needs 10. A choir of 53 at an Australian school needs 3 sets (75 copies): keep the spares as replacements or for next year.
Tip: print scores back to back as a booklet, on A4 paper of 100 gsm or more.
Choral packs
The choral packs for The Power of You and Anything Is Possible are for reading through only and can't be copied. To copy a song, buy its choral arrangement set.
Performing our songs
Schools and groups can perform our songs at concerts at no cost, including concerts that sell tickets. Please credit us in the program, for example: "Songs by Susie Davies-Splitter & Phil Splitter, welcometomusic.net".
Filming, streaming and posting online
- Your students performing: you can film or livestream the performance and post it publicly (your school website, YouTube or social media) for families and friends. Credit us in the video description or on screen: "Songs by Susie Davies-Splitter & Phil Splitter, welcometomusic.net".
- Any other video with our songs or recordings (for example, you teaching a song, or a lesson video using our backing tracks): set it to private or unlisted, share it only with your students, include the credit, and take it down when you no longer need it.
- Selling recordings, broadcasting, or using them to raise funds: ask us first.
Commercial Licence
You need a Commercial Licence if you charge fees for music classes that use our songs or activities, for example:
- a private music teacher or studio
- a music school
- a school, kindergarten or early learning centre that charges families for music classes
Concerts, and teaching in a school that doesn't charge separately for music, don't need one.
It's a yearly licence for your organisation, anywhere in the world, and covers all the teachers who teach those classes. It doesn't make you a Welcome to Music teacher or let you call your program a Welcome to Music program.
What it costs
The fee is per student, per year, and depends on how many of our songs or activities you use:
| Songs or activities you use | Per student, per year |
|---|---|
| 1 to 10 | $1.00 |
| 11 to 20 | $1.50 |
| 21 to 30 | $1.75 |
| 31 to 40 | $2.00 |
| 41 to 50 | $3.00 |
For example, 6 songs with 50 students costs $50 a year, and 21 songs with 75 students costs $131.25. Prices are in Australian dollars and include GST where it applies. Using more than 50? Ask us.
The fee is based on your student numbers when you apply; changes are picked up when you renew. You can add songs during the year and include them in next year's fee.
How to apply
Send us your name, your organisation's name and address, how many students you have, and which songs or activities you'd like to use. We'll send you the terms and an invoice, payable within 7 days.