Registration
Families who wish to register for STEP (Suzuki Talent Education Program) should contact the director, Marla Winters
Email: mwinters_vln@yahoo.ca
Email: mwinters_vln@yahoo.ca
Rates
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Below are our rates for 2022/2023 instruction:
Private Lessons: $22.50 - $36.00 / half hour Program Fee: $450 / year (all instruments) Orchestras: $350 / year Guitar Ensemble $350 / year Chamber Music: $300 / year Note Reading: $175 / year Orff, TBA STEP policy: To enrol in the STEP program all students are required to register and participate in solo and group programming, there are no exceptions. If students choose to not participate in group programming, they will not be considered part of the Suzuki program and therefore, are unable to take part in STEP group classes, concerts, events or activities. Traditional lessons are offered through the Eckhardt- Gramatté Conservatory, Brandon University. Contact Conservatory director, Everett Hopfner for further information. hopfnere@brandonu.ca Program Fee includes:
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Scholarships
Scholarships and bursaries are available for students who have been registered for a minimum of 1 year, 30 private lessons.
There are three ways to receive scholarships:
There are three ways to receive scholarships:
- Recommendation by your teacher
- Financial need
- Audition for students who have achieved a higher level of playing.
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Step Policies
1. Missed Lessons
There are no refunds for lessons missed by the student. Lessons missed by the student will not be made up. If a student is ill and has given a minimum of 24-hours advance notice to their teacher, their teacher may offer another lesson time for that week.
Teachers are not required to make up lessons missed by the student.
Many of the teachers in the conservatory and the STEP program have very busy teaching schedules and have set aside a mutually agreed upon weekly lesson time for you when you contracted them by registering for lessons in the fall. If you know in advance that you will be unavailable for a lesson, you should try to make arrangements with another family that studies with the same teacher to switch lesson times for that week or forfeit that lesson. This policy was put in place to ensure consistent lessons for all students and teachers.
2. Changing Instructors
I. Keep communication open. If after speaking with your instructor, no resolution can be found for the reason for switching, ask your instructor for a recommendation of teacher.
II. Your instructor will contact the prospective new teacher and pass on your contact information.
III. The new instructor will contact you to arrange a lesson time and register your child for lessons.
IV. It is important to allow your child the opportunity to 'say goodbye' to the original instructor.
V. If communication becomes impossible, contact the STEP director.
VI. You must provide in writing 30-days notice of cancellation of lessons with any instructor to the STEP and conservatory directors and your private teacher.
3. Home Teaching
While attending lessons at a teachers home, please ensure that if you drop your child off, you pick them up on time. If you are more than 10-minutes late picking up your child, it will be counted as a lesson.
There are no refunds for lessons missed by the student. Lessons missed by the student will not be made up. If a student is ill and has given a minimum of 24-hours advance notice to their teacher, their teacher may offer another lesson time for that week.
Teachers are not required to make up lessons missed by the student.
Many of the teachers in the conservatory and the STEP program have very busy teaching schedules and have set aside a mutually agreed upon weekly lesson time for you when you contracted them by registering for lessons in the fall. If you know in advance that you will be unavailable for a lesson, you should try to make arrangements with another family that studies with the same teacher to switch lesson times for that week or forfeit that lesson. This policy was put in place to ensure consistent lessons for all students and teachers.
2. Changing Instructors
I. Keep communication open. If after speaking with your instructor, no resolution can be found for the reason for switching, ask your instructor for a recommendation of teacher.
II. Your instructor will contact the prospective new teacher and pass on your contact information.
III. The new instructor will contact you to arrange a lesson time and register your child for lessons.
IV. It is important to allow your child the opportunity to 'say goodbye' to the original instructor.
V. If communication becomes impossible, contact the STEP director.
VI. You must provide in writing 30-days notice of cancellation of lessons with any instructor to the STEP and conservatory directors and your private teacher.
3. Home Teaching
While attending lessons at a teachers home, please ensure that if you drop your child off, you pick them up on time. If you are more than 10-minutes late picking up your child, it will be counted as a lesson.