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Our goal as a studio is for every student to find and retain music as a lifelong companion, AND for each student to find their musical voice!
Everyone needs to make special promises for Music Rhapsody to work.
TEACHER (MUSIC COACH):
Your music coach is fully committed to your success as a student at Passion Studios.
He or she will always:
Be prepared for class with appropriate material.
Be punctual for class time.
Be patient, enthusiastic and encouraging.
Maintain consistent, open communication with parents and student body.
Offer opportunities through recitals, events and volunteering for the student to share his or her musical talent.
PARENTS (LIFE COACH):
We need a partner we can count on in you. Trust your music coach!
Parent participation is the KEY to your child’s success. They learn from watching YOU. Student and Parent must schedule accordingly to attend the first two lessons. Do your best to be in attendance for every lesson, as our classes grow, it will be really important that we have everyone in class to make activities even more fun!
Let your instructor know if you will not be attending class through My Music Staff. No Shows will result in a $5 No Show Fee listed under Payment Requirements. We do not offer makeup lessons.
What to bring:
Water Bottle
Instrument Kit
Comfy Clothes
What NOT to bring:
Toys
Food
Cell Phones
INSTRUMENTS: Walk Around: Walk around all instruments, even the smallest ones so you don’t hurt yourself or the instrument. Please leave all of the instruments alone when they aren’t in use and model this to your child. They are very expensive so we need to be very careful with them! Leave the Bars as they are! The teacher prepares the bars ahead of time.
If your child isn’t ready to participate in lessons…give it some time! This is COMPLETELY normal, and very common. Let them observe their surroundings and get comfortable. They will come around! :)
Practice songs we have learned at Passion Studios at home. Find a time every day to do a song or two! Kids thrive on repetition, this will make classes even more enjoyable for them if it’s songs they’ve heard before.
Only children who are enrolled in Music Rhapsody are allowed in classes; if you would like to bring a friend to class, please contact your music coach before doing so. Please find alternate care for younger siblings to ensure focused attention with your child.
Tell your friends about us! We have plenty of class time available!
Adhere to Payment Policy listed below. (We do not offer make up lessons. No shows will not be credited, refunded or reimbursed on any condition.)
You may not ask for your music coach's personal contact information.
Read the monthly newsletter, “Off Key”, and keep up to date on studio communications. (Please be sure our email is coming into your primary inbox.) Utilize Passion Studios newsletter for any:
FAQ's
Upcoming Events
Announcements
Inclement weather announcements.
In the event of bad weather, check your email and text messages for studio closing announcements. If the studio closes at that time, you will be issued a half credit for that lesson that can be applied to a future payment or in the Passion Studios store. If the studio remains open and you decide to not attend the lesson, no credits will be issued.
MAKING MUSIC WITH YOUR CHILD
Orff Rules for Children
No Mallets in the Holes. Do not let children put the mallets in any holes on the Orff instruments. Mallets can crack the delicate soundboards. Mallets can rest on top of the bars.
Bottoms Up! For the bigger instruments, we need to stand up on our knees.
Butterflies, not Elephants - Never pound the glockenspiel.
HOME
Listen to your infant, baby or toddler and repeat the sounds back at their pitch. Babies will sing before speaking if encouraged! Explain to the baby that you’re singing together! Singing is natural and instinctive at this age but if not encouraged, the child will not develop to his potential and can even lose his ability to sing.
Sing to and with the child at times of personal interaction such as during bathing, dressing and eating. Listen to their pitch when they join in and sing back to them. Use singing to make daily tasks more enjoyable and take the edge off of stressful times. Singing will calm the fussy baby, make car rides more enjoyable (especially if you have your instrument kit and CD), and make cleaning up easier.
Encourage your child to sing. Help them to copy your starting pitches and play echo games. Try always to sing where your baby is singing (on the same pitch) when baby initiates singing. Usually your child’s voice is higher than yours because of their short vocal chords. Encourage dad to use his falsetto (high) voice when singing with the baby.
Sing in class! Children will notice your participation and imitate your example. Do not worry about how well you sing; what matters is that you do sing. Even in speech, babies respond to higher pitched voices.
Choose simple songs with a four to five note range and do a lot of repetition.
When you sing, you are teaching both melodies and vocabulary. What your child hears will be stored in his memory until singing and speaking begin.
Singing is taught just like speaking. You must take the time to teach singing just as you teach speaking (by speaking!), throwing a ball or brushing teeth. Be patient and wait for your baby to respond rather than giving them the answer immediately. Babies’ nervous systems process auditory information at least twice as slowly as adults. Sing pitches such as, “sol-mi” and wait for baby to echo. Let baby “sing” the last word of the phrase. Give it time!
Repeat the pitch matching games and activities learned in class at home. Repetition brings accuracy.
Listen to your child’s singing.
Provide excellent music listening by playing classical music of the highest quality. Choose a wide variety of genres of music for your child to listen to.
We love what we know. By repeating music, your child will become more and more comfortable with that style of music. For example, people who have never heard opera as a child will often not enjoy opera as an adult.
Bring your child to live music events and expose your child to many instrumental sounds and styles of music.
Promote discriminate listening by calling attention to particulars in a recording or song—i.e. ask, is it fast or slow, high or low, do you hear drums, do you hear the piano, etc. Auditory discrimination is enhances as the child learns about these concepts.
PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS
Passion Studios reserves the right to terminate enrollment if a student and/or parent is unwilling or unable to adhere to the stated policies, procedures, or lesson requirements.
We know first hand that strong partnership from all of us will take you amazing places!
14 WEEK SEMESTER
$250
(Valued at $300)
Spring Term 2023:
Monday, January 2nd - Saturday, April 8th
Fall Term 2023:
Tuesday, September 5th - Saturday, December 9th
Included:
- Registration
- Music Download for Home and Car jams!
- Instrument Kit
$75 value!
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING NON NEGOTIABLE PAYMENT TERMS:
To experience the fullness of our curriculum, we require prepayment for the entire semester prior to starting lessons.
Should you cancel prior to the end of the semester, no refunds will be issued on any condition.
SCHEDULING
Once you select your class time through our website and prepay for the semester, that is your weekly class time.
If you are enrolling more than one child, you may schedule them in separate age appropriate classes for better depth of learning, or in an All Ages class for better scheduling for you!
If you have a scheduling conflict, simply call, email or text and our scheduling assistant will be in touch to find a possible solution for you. We process reschedules once per month.
Please give us at least 2 hours notice if you will not be able to attend class.
We understand things happen and you may miss class on occasion, no problem! We do not offer makeup lessons.
We also understand that you may have to bring siblings on last minute occasions. If siblings attend more than twice, they will need to be enrolled in classes.
PAYMENT
Students are auto-enrolled into the following semester by default.
Payments are due and automatically withdrawn from the card or bank account linked in your My Music Staff account seven days prior to the start of the following month to reserve your class spot for the following semester.
Any discount codes will be applied as a credit to the next 14 week semester; your family must be enrolled for two semesters to receive the discount.
Any prorated lesson credits for starting mid semester will be applied as a credit to the next 14 week semester; your family must be enrolled for two semesters to receive the prorated credits.
We accept credit, debit or ACH (auto withdrawal from a bank account) for monthly payments. A credit/debit card or ACH withdrawal information on file in My Music Staff through Stripe payments is required for enrollment and payment. We do not accept cash, check or any other forms of payment.
For ACH withdrawal, you may link your bank account privately through your personal My Music Staff account.
CANCELLATION
If at any time, student or parent is contemplating canceling lessons for any reason, an emailed, written, 30 day notice to Passion Studios email (support@passionstudiosmusic.com) with the last lesson date your student will be attending included is REQUIRED prior to cancellation.
If you would like to stop your lessons, please ensure you submit cancelation at least two weeks prior to the start of the next semester.
We invite you attend your last lesson!
Our admin may request some exit feedback, and the teacher may request a meeting/phone call from student and parent.
After notice has been submitted including the date of your last lesson, your previous weekly time slot is no longer reserved after your last lesson date.
If you submit your cancellation before the current semester ends, you will not receive any refunds on any condition.
STRIPE
The following is the privacy policy and terms of use with Stripe, our Credit Card processor.
https://stripe.com/privacy
VACATION AND BREAK PERIODS
Passion Studios observes 4 break weeks that generally land around the following time frame:
Spring Break: March | Summer: [teacher’s discretion] | Thanksgiving: November | Christmas: December
These break weeks will shift depending on the year. Our pricing is already calculated
based on a 14 week semester with 12 weeks taught, allowing our Music Rhapsody teachers 2 weeks for possible sickness, emergencies and vacations. We also observe the following holidays:
Easter Weekend | Memorial Day | Independence Day
Labor Day | Beggar’s Night | Thanksgiving Day | Christmas Day
Each student will be given a handout of the break weeks and observed holidays at the
beginning of the calendar year. These dates can also be accessed through My Music Staff.
Passion Studios reserves the right to terminate enrollment if a student and/or parent is unwilling or unable to adhere to the stated policies, procedures, or lesson requirements.