Private Music Lesson Program
The musical ensembles at Shipley are active in each division and provide a way for students of all skill levels to participate in music. To more fully enrich that experience, Shipley is pleased to offer the opportunity for on-site, private lesson instruction.
Whether just beginning, intermediate or advanced, private lessons reinforce and augment the work that students pursue in the classroom. Our private lesson faculty are highly trained, active performers and educators in their respective fields. With input from ensemble directors, our lesson faculty work to design goal-oriented outcomes that align with the students’ passions, character strengths, and learning styles.
Shipley families can access the registration form by logging into ShipleyNet.
Whether just beginning, intermediate or advanced, private lessons reinforce and augment the work that students pursue in the classroom. Our private lesson faculty are highly trained, active performers and educators in their respective fields. With input from ensemble directors, our lesson faculty work to design goal-oriented outcomes that align with the students’ passions, character strengths, and learning styles.
At key points in the semester, students and instructors record their progress for reflection throughout the learning process. This work gets distilled and framed in each students’ digital portfolio so that evidence of their efforts stay with them throughout their journey.
Shipley families can access the registration form by logging into ShipleyNet.
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Billing
Parents will be billed by the school in September (first semester, 14 lessons) and February (second semester, 16 lessons). Lessons are $40 per lesson for a 30-minute lesson, $60 for 45 minutes, and $80 for an hour. If your student adds lessons in the middle of the semester, the amount billed will be prorated. -
Cancellations
Please make every effort to cancel lessons 24 hours in advance by calling the private teacher directly. It is the student’s/parents’ responsibility to inform the private teacher of all field trips and other school schedule changes.Make-up lessons will be given at the discretion of the teacher for excused absences. -
How It Works
Highly qualified professional musicians from the Philadelphia area teach in the Shipley private music lesson program. Lessons are available in voice, piano, guitar, strings, brass, woodwinds and percussion. -
Lesson Arrangements
Parents are responsible for contacting teachers and making scheduling arrangements for lessons. Please call your choice of private teacher directly to schedule your child’s day and time. If you would like help choosing a teacher, please contact Harley Givler, Director of the Private Music Lessons Program.
Please be mindful of your other afternoon commitments, such as sports or club when scheduling the lesson time with the teacher. It is very important for students to keep their arranged lesson times as rescheduling becomes difficult. Credits will not be issued for skipped lessons without twenty-four hours notice. -
Minimum number of lessons
All students must commit to one full semester of lessons (14 for the fall, 16 for the spring). No refunds will be given for lessons dropped. Accounts are charged at the beginning of the term for a full term of lessons.
The Shipley School is a private, coeducational day school for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade students, located in Bryn Mawr, PA. Through our commitment to educational excellence, we develop within each student a love of learning and a desire for compassionate participation in the world.
