After School Music Lessons are in groups and are designed so that if they want, children can try different instruments every year. Our teachers are all professional musicians and have much teaching experience (the keyboard class also has a senior college assistant to help out) .
Fees/Donations price per year: If your child is just learning one instrument the price is $70 per year (this covers lessons for one instrument for 30mins a week over the whole school year). If your child is a bit older they may want to do two classes i.e. Keys and vocals or some other combination – this means you would pay the same again ($140 for two instruments for the year).
If you need to pay your fees off in instalments that is fine, but please just contact me so I know. We are committed to making sure that finances are not a barrier to children learning an instrument, but we need to talk with you about how to do that if necessary. Note* If you are in a position to pay more and feel that you can offer a donation alongside your $70 per year, it would be greatly appreciated and we can maybe pay it forward for another student who may not have all the funds available. There are already parents in our community who have done this last year and we are so grateful.
Regular attendance and practice is required, please talk to your child about this before lessons. We provide all the instruments for the lessons, but it is great if the child can have their chosen instrument available to them for practice at home. In some cases we can hire out guitars and a few keyboards.
Age of students: These lessons are for primary and intermediate students only, up to and including Year 8. Previous students and older children have priority if places are in demand. We don’t enrol very young children until they are a bit older. We teach in groups and recommend you wait until a child is around 7 or 8 and start them on Keyboard first as it gives them some understanding, is fun and they can physically manage the instrument.
(Please contact Anje if payments of fees need to be spread over the year , as we do not want this to be a barrier - 021 212 5440)