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Bass
Private Lessons in Bass
30 minutes per week
60 minutes per week
Drums
Private Lessons in Drums
30 minutes per week
60 minutes per week
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Guitar
Private Lessons in Guitar
30 minutes per week
60 minutes per week
Piano
Private Lessons in Piano/Keyboard
30 minutes per week
60 minutes per week |
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Voice
Private Lessons in Voice
30 minutes per week
60 minutes per week |
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Rock School for Adults
Mondays 7:30 – 8:25pm
Instructor: Walter Zooi
The need to keep rocking Transcends age. This group class is for
adults who play guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, winds or sing.
Six 1-hour Classes for $99
Rock School
Tuesdays 4:00 – 4:55
Instructor: Walter Zooi
Rock School is an intensive rock music program for musicians ages
9-15 with at least three months of playing experience.
Six 1-hour Classes for $99
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Songwriting Workshop
Wednesdays 7:00 – 7:55pm
Instructor: Thena Dare
Learn
strategies for developing ideas, song form, finding harmonies
and rhythms to enhance and expand a basic song concept. Students
will present their compositions in a special performance at the
end of the workshop.
Six 1-hour Classes for $99
Music Theory I
Wednesdays 5:00 – 5:55pm
Instructor: Walter Zooi
Open
to all musicians who want to learn the foundations of music theory
including scales and keys, harmony and rhythmic notation. This
class is an important component of musical study and increases
skill and creative proficiency in players of all instruments
and genres such as jazz, rock and classical music.
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Rock & Roll Musicianship Saturdays 2:00 –3:00pm
Instructor: Zach Han
For
musicians with basic proficiency in guitar, bass, keyboards,
drums and vocals the ensemble is a fun, motivational experience
that allows students to apply what they are learning in private
lessons in a group with other musicians. Six 1-hour Classes for $99
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We offer private instruction in most musical instruments, including:
Guitar (electric, acoustic and classical), Piano, Voice, Drums and Percussion, Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass (electric and acoustic), Trumpet, Trombone and low brass, Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Mandolin and Ukulele.
Instruction is organized into three areas of concentration, or departments: Conservatory for classical music, Jazz Studies and Rock and Contemporary music. All departments and instruments have the following rates.
Half-Hour Private Lessons
$30 per lesson, billed monthly
One-Hour Private Lessons
$56 per lesson, billed monthly
Parents, siblings or friends can study together for an additional $5 per 30 minute lesson.
SPMCC Master Teacher Program
South Pasadena Music Center & Conservatory offers the opportunity to study at an advanced and rigorous level through our master teacher program. Master teachers have achieved exemplary professional status, possess a Master’s degree or above, and have been teaching for SPMC&C four or more years. Students studying in our master teacher program receive 45-minute lessons and monthly master class performance seminars. Master track students are strongly encouraged to take Music Theory and relevant ensemble classes as well.
Master teacher rates are $55 per 45-minute lesson and are billed monthly.
We offer master lessons with:
Yvette Deveroux, Violin, Viola
Almer Imamovic, Classical Guitar
Jessica Pierce, Flute
Don Preston, Piano and
Keyboards
Recitals
SPMCC hosts student recitals in the fall and spring. Students are recommended for these performances by their individual instructors. All non-adult students are expected to perform during the school year.
Policies
All enrolled students are required to register for our convenient automatic billing program. Lesson fess will automatically be withdrawn from the account of your choice, checking, savings account or credit/debit card on the 25th of each month for upcoming lessons in following month.
A fee of $10 will be added for cards or accounts that are declined.
Absences/Cancellations
Students are permitted 2 cancellations per 4-month lesson period. Cancelled lessons (up to 2) can be made up by scheduling them with SPMCC staff. Make-up lessons must be scheduled within two weeks of the cancellation.
To cancel a lesson call South Pasadena Music Center at least 24 -hours in advance of the scheduled lesson or by informing the SPMCC staff, NOT the instructor.
Students will not be allowed a make-up for cancellations made the same day as their scheduled lesson.
Lateness
Students who arrive late to their lesson will be given the remainder of their allotted lesson time.
Stopping Your Lessons
If you wish to discontinue taking lessons, please inform us in writing. This can be done by sending an email to sopasmusic@sbcglobal.net, or filling out a simple form with an SPMC&C staff member. Please note that any paid lessons remaining are non refundable. Remaining paid lessons can held for a period of 6 months should you wish to resume lessons. Remaining lessons can also be transferred to family members, friends or donated to our scholarship fund.
If We Cancel a Lesson
If South Pasadena Music Center & Conservatory cancels a lesson due to teacher illness or other contingency, you will be notified in advance and not be charged for the lesson.
If a teacher is late for a lesson, you will receive your full lesson time.
Our instructors are top musicians who are active in their professional fields of endeavor. Although we make every effort to provide consistency in instruction, occasionally our instructors have engagements and may be unavailable to teach a specific lesson. In these cases we will provide a well-qualified substitute instructor from our staff.
Payment for Ensembles and Classes
Fees per class are listed with class descriptions. Fees are due in full prior to attending the first class. Fees will be pro-rated for those registering after the semester starts.
Cancellation Policy for Ensembles and Classes
No refunds will be granted after the first class day. There is a $25 processing fee for cancellations or program changes later than three weeks before session start date. Full refunds will be issued for any sessions cancelled by South Pasadena Music Center.
Fees and Payment
All enrolled students are required to register for our convenient automatic billing program. Lesson fess will automatically be withdrawn from the account of your choice, checking, savings account or credit/debit card on the 25th of each month for lessons in following month.
A fee of $10 will be added for cards or accounts that are declined.
Absences/Cancellations
Students are permitted 2 cancellations per 4-month lesson period. Cancelled lessons (up to 2) can be made up by scheduling them with SPMCC staff. Make-up lessons must be scheduled within two weeks of the cancellation.
To cancel a lesson call South Pasadena Music Center at least 24 -hours in advance of the scheduled lesson or by informing the SPMCC staff, NOT the instructor.
Students will not be allowed a make-up for cancellations made the same day as their scheduled lesson.
Lateness
Students who arrive late to their lesson will be given the remainder of their allotted lesson time.
Stopping Your Lessons
If you wish to discontinue taking lessons, please inform us in writing. This can be done by sending an email to sopasmusic@sbcglobal.net, or filling out a simple form with an SPMC&C staff member. Please note that any paid lessons remaining are non refundable. Remaining paid lessons can held for a period of 6 months should you wish to resume lessons. Remaining lessons can also be transferred to family members, friends or donated to our scholarship fund.
If We Cancel a Lesson
If South Pasadena Music Center & Conservatory cancels a lesson due to teacher illness or other contingency, you will be notified in advance and not be charged for the lesson.
If a teacher is late for a lesson, you will receive your full lesson time.
Our instructors are top musicians who are active in their professional fields of endeavor. Although we make every effort to provide consistency in instruction, occasionally our instructors have engagements and may be unavailable to teach a specific lesson. In these cases we will provide a well-qualified substitute instructor from our staff.
Payment for Ensembles and Classes
Fees per class are listed in this bulletin with class descriptions. Fees are due in full prior to attending the first class.
Cancellation Policy for Ensembles and Classes
No full refunds will be granted after the first class day. There is a $25 processing fee for cancellations or program changes later than three weeks before session start date. Full refunds will be issued for any sessions cancelled by South Pasadena Music Center.
There are no refunds if you leave a class or classes during a session.
All classes are subject to minimum and maximum enrollments.
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