Music Lessons
Music Extension offers after school lessons, to help your children further their ability and knowledge of their chosen instrument: violin, viola, cello, flute, saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, and percussion. These lessons are for students in grades 5-8 at the Public Schools of Brookline.
To register, you must complete this Student Form and pay for one of the options below. You are not fully registered until you complete both parts.
For more details, see this informational letter: Music Extension Signup Letter
Some Important Policies:
1. Payment: Full payment is due at the time of registration. If you are not able to make a full payment at the time of registration, then a payment plan is possible upon approval. A student will not receive a schedule until payment has been received, or we have confirmed a specific payment play. Discounts or waivers do not apply to this program.
2. Registration Fee: Each participant will be charged a $6 registration fee.
3. Financial Assistance: Please complete the signup form (see link above) and registration (by phone), even if you are waiting a financial assistance decision.
4. Withdrawals/ Refunds: If you withdraw your child before October 1, 2019, a $25 processing fee will apply. The $6 registration fee is non-refundable. No refunds will be granted after October 1, 2019.
5. Schedule Changes: These lessons are schedule for the entire school year. Once lessons begin, we cannot accommodate schedule changes.
6. Absences: If your child misses a lesson, this lesson will not be made up.
7. Canceled Lessons: In the case that the teacher needs to cancel or there’s a snow day, then this lesson will be made up at the end of the school year.
8. Holidays: Music Extension lessons follow the Public Schools of Brookline calendar. If the schools are closed, then lessons will not meet.
9. Early Release Days: Lessons will still meet on early release days, except on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, when there will be no lessons.
10. Instrument Rental: Information about renting instruments will be provided after registration from the Performing Arts Department.
11. Confirmation: Once we’ve scheduled your child, we will send out an email confirmation with your child’s schedule and location. If you don’t receive a confirmation by September 18, 2019, please call BA&CE at 617-730-2700, ext 0.
PLEASE NOTE: If your child has taken any programs with us in the past (including Music Extension, SmartSummers, or one of our SmartVacation programs), then you do not need to create another account. You will only need to login to your account and pay for the lessons. If you forgot your password, the system can send you a temporary password.
Summer Music Extension Opportunity
If you are interested in continuing music lessons over the summer, you may purchase a package of 8 half-hour lessons ($200) or 10 half-hour lessons ($250). If you are interested in this opportunity, please complete the following:
Email carina_traub@psbma.org with your child’s name and current music teacher, and she will make a match for the summer session
You will receive a call from Brookline Adult & Community Education registration to process your payment over the phone
You will arrange the schedule with your child’s music teacher and can begin lessons
Summer Music Extension Policies:
1. Payment: Full payment is due at the time of registration. Discounts or waivers do not apply to this program. Once payment has been processed, there will be no refunds, prorated or otherwise.
2. Registration Fee: Each participant will be charged a $6 registration fee.
3. Financial Assistance: Financial assistance granted by the Public Schools of Brookline will be honored in Music Extension lessons registration.
4. Schedule: These lessons are a finite set for the summer time. The schedule will be determined by the music instructor and family.
5. Absences: If your child misses a scheduled lesson, this lesson will not be made up.
6. Canceled Lessons: In the case that the teacher needs to cancel, then this lesson will be made up during the summer.
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