Winter/ Spring Tuition and Schedule

January 2014 Tuition

Lessons will start the week of Jan. 6th
Monday Students $30 per student (1/20 is Martin Luther King Day No Lessons)
Tuesday Students $40 per student
Wednesday Students $40 per student
Thursday Students $40 per student
Friday Students $40 per student

February 2014 Tuition

Monday Students $30 per student (2/17 is Presidents Day No Lessons)
Tuesday Students $40 per student
Wednesday Students $40 per student
Thursday Students $40 per student
Friday Students $40 per student

March 2014 Tuition

Monday Students $40 per student (3/31 is Spring Break No Lessons)
Tuesday Students $40 per student

Wednesday Students $40 per student
Thursday Students $40 per student

Friday Students $40 per student 

April 2014 Tuition

Monday Students $40 per student
Tuesday Students $40 per student (4/1 is Spring Break No Lessons)

Wednesday Students $40 per student (4/2 is Spring Break No Lessons)
Thursday Students $30 per student (4/3 is Spring Break No Lessons)

Friday Students $30 per student (4/4 is Spring Break No Lessons)

May 2014 Tuition

Monday Students $30 per student (5/26 is Memorial Day No Lessons)
Tuesday Students $40 per student

Wednesday Students $40 per student
Thursday Students $50 per student

Friday Students $50 per student

I will have a small break the first week of June. I am not sure at this time when the charter school gets out for the summer but I thought it would be less confusing if I stop Spring Session the last day of May. I had the idea of doing summer piano lesson camps (kind of like swimming lessons where they came every day for a week or two for about 90 minutes.) That way they could learn a lot in a short amount of time and have part of the summer as a break. I would like to do a camp the beginning of the summer and one at the end of the summer as a refresher. Let me know what you think of this idea. I would still do traditional piano lesson in the summer if you were not interested in doing the camps.

Hopefully I have accounted for everything. I am not perfect but I learn from my mistakes. Thanks so much everyone.

Piano Recital was Wonderful!

I appreciate all of the hard work your children put in for the recital. Some of them really surprised, in a good way. I have developed a relationship with all of them and it brings me such joy to see them improve.

If anyone has any photos or video's they would like to share on my blog please email them to me. My Iphone battery died very early on that night so I don't have very many.

Christmas Recital is Almost here!!!

I am getting excited!! It is almost time for the Christmas recital on December 19th Thursday at 6:00 pm at the Churchill County High School Auditorium.  Most of my students are ready to go. A few of them need to practice really hard this last week. We are having an rehearsal on Tuesday the 17th at my house. Come between 3:30 and 5:00 pm when you can. It shouldn't take too long. I would like each student to play there song for the other students and then listen to at least 2 other songs before they leave.

Wear your best cloths for the recital and bring a refreshment if you can. After the recital we will be having a Christmas break from piano lessons for most of you until school starts in January. Have a Merry Christmas, I am so proud of everyone.

Piano Recital

The piano recital will be December 19th at 6:00 pm at the Churchill County High School Auditorium. Please bring a light refreshment to share. I would like everyone to stay and watch all the performances unless you have prior commitments. Also because it is a large room I want everyone to sit front and center so we are not scattered all over the auditorium.

Also please read the post about December lessons in red below this post.

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FYI

For Public school kids. The openings for after school go to 4:15 so your child could ride the bus to Northside school and walk to my house and get here by 3:25 and still have a 45 minute piano lesson.

Fall Tuition and Schedule

August 2013 Tuition

Monday through Friday 8/26-30th pay $10 for the lesson if you did not do so with summer tuition.

September 2013 Tuition

Monday Students $40 per student (No Lessons on 9/2 for Labor Day)
Tuesday Students $40 per student
Wednesday Students $40 per student
Thursday Students $40 per student
Friday Students $40 per student

October 2013 Tuition

Monday Students $40 per student
Tuesday Students $50 per student

Wednesday Students $50 per student
Thursday Students $50 per student

Friday Students $30 per student (No Lessons on Nevada Day 10/25)

November 2013 Tuition

Monday Students $30 per student (No Lessons on Veteran's Day 11/11)
Tuesday Students $40 per student

Wednesday Students $30 per student (No Lessons Thanksgiving Break 11/27)
Thursday Students $30 per student (No Lessons 11/28)

Friday Students $30 per student (No Lessons 11/29)

December 2013 Tuition

Monday Students $30 per student
Tuesday Students $30 per student

Wednesday Students $30 per student
Thursday Students $30 per student

Friday Students $30 per student (Rehearsal and Recital is the week 12/16 through 12/20 No Lessons this week unless your child need extra help) (No Lessons 12/23 through 1/5)

The Piano Rehearsal and Recital will be sometime between December 16th and December 20th. I am charging for this week, their lesson is the rehearsal and the recital. We will not have lessons this week unless you child needs help with their recital song. I noticed last year that students didn't really want to come back to lessons after the recital. They wanted their Christmas break to begin!! So after the recital don't come back for piano until after the holiday's. Merry Christmas

Hopefully I have accounted for everything. I am not perfect but I learn from my mistakes. Thanks so much everyone.

Fall Piano Schedule

Fall Piano schedule will start the week your child starts school. For Public school that is August 26th but for Oasis Academy it is the week before. If you took summer piano lessons you have paid through August unless you opted to take the last week of August off.

Changing my business name to Piano School

I decided to change my business name to piano school instead of Michelle's Piano Lessons. So I may be changing my blog some but don't be alarmed if you think you are the wrong site.

Parent Information

I want to thank everyone for their hard work this last winter and summer session.  The students have really come a long way in sight reading music. It required hard work and practice, and not always fun. I really appreciate all the note practice.

I am really excited about the summer. We are starting 45 minute lessons and I hope putting on a little concert with some chord songs. I did get another piano so we will more practicing opportunities at piano lessons. I am asking that the students enter through my side gate and the back door of my house if it is good weather. This will keep the peace better for my children and their nanny. I still have summer openings so let me know if you don't already have a time. Check out my blog for available times. I will start advertising for openings to the public soon. http://michellespianolessons.blogspot.com

If your child is not coming for  summer lessons  : ( please make sure they learn 1 new song per week. They are more than welcome to email me questions about a song. Have them practice their notes on an ipod or check out this great website. www.musictheory.net/exercises

If your child goes to public school I will start their summer lesson time starting the week of June 10th. If you child is homeschooled or goes to Oasis Academy Charter school they can start their summer lessons next week. I will not be teaching Memorial Day. 

New invoicing will be coming in June. I will have your monthly totals or summer amounts available soon. Let me know of summer vacations that you have planned and i will not charge you for those weeks that you will be gone. I do charge for last minute cancellations however, but I will also try to do a make up lesson if you call or text me.

Piano Lesson Openings

I have New Openings!!!! $10 a lesson for 45 minutes semi private. Check out my schedule in the following post for an opening that works for you.

Website to practice Notes and Music Theory

http://www.musictheory.net/exercises

Learn notes App is also a good one it costs $1

Summer Piano Lesson schedule

Summer is closely upon us.  I would like to create a summer schedule soon. I am going start teaching lessons with 2 and 3 students in my piano studio at a time. I will have students start their lessons 15 minutes apart from each other and their total lesson time will be 45 minutes long. This will give students the opportunity to practice their new songs or their previous week songs at piano lessons. I have been trying it out some and the students have more confidence about their new songs before they leave. They also have more time to practice their notes and take their note tests. I have a keyboard with headphone right now they can practice on but I hope to get another electric piano or small real piano.

I am also hoping to put together a summer concert. We would choose popular music and have the students create music with chords and scales. We will have some singers to help us out with the melody. I have been creating this in my head for about a year now, but I am still nervous as how it will turn out. It will give the students an opportunity to play in a band. Hoping the concert will be in July sometime.

Email or Text me 775-217-2331 with the spots you want? michelleoldfield@gmail.com or comment on this post. I may need to adjust times once everyone has chosen a time. I would like my teaching times to be together rather than all spread out.