Group Piano lessons are offered to beginners of all ages. Students must have their own pianos for group lessons. All students are required to manage their own electronic MPD system (music performance diary) and share it with the teacher before the next lesson. Please read 'Studio Policy' on the website by clicking on the 'Registration' icon. Students are encouraged to participate in concerts, recitals, PA competitions or Chamber Music opportunities.
FEES
All Semitonis lessons will be organized into units of 10 lessons each and will roughly correspond with the normal school calendar and Terms and exclude books. The individual student fee for piano lessons are:
| Unit | Lessons | Standards | Fees+ | Comment | Duration |
| Unit 7 Group Piano* |
10 | Group Perform |
$300 per student for 10 lessons or $30/h (minimum of 2 students) | Group Contact sessions based on at least two students | A minimum of four Terms are needed. One-hour contact sessions with online support |
(Fees exclude Examination Fees)
PIANO GROUP LESSONS
ENROLLMENT AND CONTRACT
(Please complete and hand to teacher)
STUDENT: __________________________________________________________ (name and second name)
ADDRESS: _____________________________________________________________
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LEVEL:
DATES OF TUITION: All Semitonis lessons will start on 22 January 2024 and end on 18 December 2024
Parent Consent (Please complete and hand into teacher)
I...………………………………………………………… (Parent) permit my daughter/son
……………………………………………… (Student) to attend Piano Group lessons through Semitonis as arranged in this contract. I also accept the terms and conditions as set out in this contract below:
Tutor Responsibilities
1. Individual and personalized tuition
2. Access to music score and research sites
3. Analysis technique application
4. Composer and context summaries
5. Music work analysis strategies including annotated scores
6. Memorization techniques for music examination
7. Marking of tasks with moderation/assessment feedback and feed-forward
8. Terms and definitions per set work
9. Online feedback via E-Learning
10. Set revision tests and tasks (E-Learning)
11. Structured lesson plans
12. Flexible approach to the needs and learning pace of each student
13. Goal setting for each session
14. Music CDs/ and DVDs and/ or links
15. Handouts per set work
16. Examination techniques
17. Continuous assessment
18. New Zealand and Australian (VIT) Registered Teacher
19 NCEA and VCE-trained, experienced teacher
20. Author of Y9 and 10 Music textbook contracted by Cambridge University Press (Melbourne), 2012
21. Skype teaching where arranged, e.g. illness or make-up lessons
22. Teaching and learning environment/venue
23. Health, safety and well-being requirements
1. Individual and personalized tuition
2. Access to music score and research sites
3. Analysis technique application
4. Composer and context summaries
5. Music work analysis strategies including annotated scores
6. Memorization techniques for music examination
7. Marking of tasks with moderation/assessment feedback and feed-forward
8. Terms and definitions per set work
9. Online feedback via E-Learning
10. Set revision tests and tasks (E-Learning)
11. Structured lesson plans
12. Flexible approach to the needs and learning pace of each student
13. Goal setting for each session
14. Music CDs/ and DVDs and/ or links
15. Handouts per set work
16. Examination techniques
17. Continuous assessment
18. New Zealand and Australian (VIT) Registered Teacher
19 NCEA and VCE-trained, experienced teacher
20. Author of Y9 and 10 Music textbook contracted by Cambridge University Press (Melbourne), 2012
21. Skype teaching where arranged, e.g. illness or make-up lessons
22. Teaching and learning environment/venue
23. Health, safety and well-being requirements
Student and Parent(s) responsibilities
To get the most benefit from tuition classes:
To get the most benefit from tuition classes:
- Please be on time for each tuition session
- Ensure all homework and tasks from a previous session have been completed on time.
- Please phone or email me early if you have any questions or difficulties related to the tasks set, so that I can have enough time to prepare for these before your next tuition session.
- Tuition sessions can only be cancelled with two days (48 hours) notice.
- No refund of fees will be considered.
- Before the commencement of any tuition, the tutor, student and parent must sign a learning and teaching contract.
- Fees are paid in advance and exclude examination fees.
- Electronic MPD (Performance), diary MUST be kept up to date weekly and before the next lesson.
| Student Signature: |
| Parent Signature: |
| Tutor Signature: |
| Date: |