What kind of a child enjoys our Primary Academy:

• A child with a real passion for music
• One that enjoys playing an instrument or singing or both.
• Who enjoys being surrounded by like- minded peers and teachers
• Who always has a musical goal they are working on, even if the goal is a piece they are learning for fun.
• A child who has plenty of opportunities to practice their specialism of choice during the week
• A child who looks forward to performance opportunities
• A child for whom music is their main interest, but also wants to have fun!

What can I expect from the Music Academy?

 Primary Academy

• 3 hour session-Saturday Mornings
• 10.00am-1.00pm
• 30 Saturdays per Academic Year
• Option to include 30-60 minutes 121 principal study or a second instrument with your specialist teacher * see details below
• Fun and Engaging selection of modules covering a range of musical disciplines
• Half termly Performance Opportunities and Concerts.
  

Primary Academy encompass a diverse range of music skills.

Weekly lessons include a mixture of:

• Music Theory
• Choir
• Group Coaching ( Goal Setting, Growth Mindset, Learning Strategies, Performance Anxiety etc)
• Aural Skills training
• Sight-reading training
• Composition
• Music Performance Coaching

The workshops are delivered in small groups of upto 12 students by a range of qualified and experienced music specialists.

Within the offering there is an option to also attend 121x 30 minute instrumental lessons before and after the group classes.

What is the benefit of taking up Music Education?

1) Research shows that taking up music education makes you healthier.

Listening to music can produce changes in mood, behavior, and physiological functions of the body that are easily detected such as, breathing rate, heart rate, and blood pressure (O’Donnell 1999). 

2) Playing an instrument makes you smarter:

Playing a musical instrument has been shown to increase cognitive ability through enhanced neuronal communication between the left and right hemispheres of the brain, resulting in positive effects on learning, memory, fine motor skills, verbal reasoning, and non-verbal reasoning, resulting in an overall more capable brain to apply in a variety of diverse settings (Stoklosa 2016)

3) Your brain is stimulated during music making much more than by any other activity resulting in a better connections between the left and the right hemispheres:

The improved communication between hemispheres is then translated to a musician’s enriched ability to solve problems more effectively and creatively in academic and social settings (Collins 2014).

4) Your memory gets better:

The creating, storing, and retrieving aspects of memory are faster and more efficient in the brains of musicians (...)This process is subconsciously trained when learning to play an instrument because of the interconnectedness between the visual, auditory, and motor functioning and activity going on in the brain when we play a musical instrument (Collins 2014).

5) Your reading skills improve:

Music training has a biological effect on a child’s developing nervous system. The results of the study indicate students that were actively engaged (twice per week) in the interactive music class scored higher on reading tests (...)and showed larger improvements in their brain’s ability to process speech than their less involved or non-attending peers (Locker 2014).

What qualifications will I obtain by passing Music Exams?

Starting to work towards taking Music Exams is beneficial not only for your heath, wellbeing and cognitive functions.

It also helps you secure some fantastic qualifications such as RQF, Duke of Edinburgh Awards and even attract UCAS points which you can use for University Application.

Also many schools offer music scholarships to most talented students and often auditions are offered to those who can demonstrate a good track record of successfully passing music exams with one of the exam boards such as ABRSM, RSL, Trinity or MTB to name a few.

Here is more information about some of the qualifications you could be receiving once you start taking exams.

ABRSM: https://gb.abrsm.org/en/our-exams/information-and-regulations/exam-regulation-and-ucas-points/

Trinity: https://www.trinitycollege.com/qualifications/music/UCAS-Progress-8

RSL: https://www.rslawards.com/about-us/ucas-points/

MTB: https://www.mtbexams.com/how-it-works/accreditations/

Primary Academy Fees

Academic Year 2024/2025

Academy Fees 2024/2025 per (10 week) term*

*please note that normally the Autumn Term is longer with Spring and Summer being shorter terms.

The Academy is delivered over 30 weeks each year.

This year the terms are as follows:

• Autumn-12 weeks
• Spring -10 weeks
• Summer-8 weeks

Bronze Membership

• 3 hour Music School for students wishing to improve their technical skills (121 lessons not included) £400.00

Silver membership:

• Initial and Grade 1 Students- 20 minutes 121 lessons + 3 hours workshop=£633.33

Gold Membership:

• Grade 2-Grade 4 Students - 30 minutes 121 lessons + 3 hour workshop=£800.00
  

Platinum Membership:

• Extra 2nd Instrument or 121 vocal lessons (30 minutes)

• Termly fee +£350.00

Choir- Saturdays 11.45am-12.30pm

• £120.00 per term

* The fees include all the tuition and learning materials students need to participate in our Music Academy.

They do not include the cost of books and external exams which are charged separately.

The 1st invoice also includes the following Registration Costs charged above the quoted termly fees:

• New Students: £100.00
  
• Acceptance Deposit Fee: £200.00

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