Private Music Lesson

The Middlesex Music Department provides the opportunity for students to study musical instruments and voice virtually during the 2020-2021 school year. With the help of our adjunct faculty, we offer private lessons on many instruments, including: piano (classical and jazz), voice, organ, violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, French horn, guitar, bass guitar, banjo, and drums. Brass, woodwinds, and strings students must possess their own instruments. The Studio Music Faculty is comprised of highly skilled, trained professional musicians who give weekly lessons during a free block in a student’s schedule. This form is only for students who wish to use Middlesex music instructors for lessons.

There will be a maximum of 11 lessons per semester, at the rate of $47 per lesson, so the average tuition for lessons is $517 per semester. Lesson tuition appears on your school bill, apart from the regular Middlesex tuition. Your actual lesson tuition bill may vary, depending on the number of lessons completed in the semester. There is a once-per-semester registration fee of $20.

Students may take one or two lessons and be billed for only those lessons. Once the student takes at least three lessons(s)he will be committed to the eleven-lesson semester and will be billed for the eleven lessons ($517). If the actual number of lessons in a given semester is different from the eleven billed, the appropriate charges will be credited at the end of the semester.

Private instructors will communicate clearly with students when there will be a rescheduled lesson or make-up lesson for an excused absence. An unexcused absence is defined as a student failing to show up for a lesson and failing to communicate the absence 24 hours before the scheduled start time of the lesson unless there are documented health circumstances. Unexcused absences will be charged the same as a lesson.

Scholarships for music lessons are available for students receiving financial aid. Please contact Marcus Rabb at the Music Department for details at [email protected].

Lessons may be taken for academic credit, when taken as a course or when combined with participation in an instrumental ensemble. Please let us know if you are interested in this option.
All music students are encouraged (but not required) to perform in any Virtual Music Recitals that may occur during the school year.

Instrumental Ensembles

Students interested in ensemble playing might want to join the Jazz Ensemble or the Chamber Orchestra, which are offered as classes with academic credit. Please let us know if you are interested in joining an instrumental ensemble. There is also a steel drums ensemble during the spring semester. Please note that for at least the first semester of the 2020-2021 school year the instrumental ensembles may or may not materialize as options due to safety reasons.

Chorus

Middlesex has five student choruses that sing an eclectic assortment of musical styles:
Chapel Chorus is the large, non-auditioned ensemble, Small Chorus is an auditioned chorus of about 25 members, and the soprano and alto groups, the MXolydians and SWAG, and the tenor and bass group, Bateman’s Bullfrogs, are the a cappella groups at Middlesex.

Please note that for at least the first semester of the 2020-2021 school year the choral ensembles may operate differently due to safety reasons.

Registration

• Registration form for 2020 - 2021 school year.

• Student Name * Required
  First Last
• Email * Required
  A copy of the form submission will be emailed to this address.
• Incoming Grade * Required
  Please select.9th Grade10th Grade11th Grade12th Grade
• What instrument do you wish to study? * Required
• For piano players, what style do you want to study?

  • Jazz
  • Classical
  • Other
• Number of years previously studied? * Required
  Please enter a number from 0 to 15.
• Level of proficiency * Required
  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced
• Are you interested in joining an ensemble? * Required
  • Jazz Ensemble
  • Chamber
  • No
• What would you like to learn in your lessons (e.g. styles/techniques/concepts, goals etc.)? * Required
• I have parental permission to take music lessons. * Required
  • Yes
• Parent's email address * Required
  A copy of the form submission will also be emailed to the parent.

• When the SUBMIT button is clicked, a copy of the form submission will be sent to the email address provided above.