Vacancies are available in the following instruments for 2024:                        

Music Academy lessons are offered during the school day in the following formats:

Secondary students have a 30 minute weekly lesson on a rotating timetable. Eg. the week 1 lesson may be at 9:00am, week 2 will be at 9:30am etc. This ensures that students are not missing the same subject every week. It is the student’s responsibility to attend at their scheduled time.

Students will be given the option to hire for their first year of learning, with the exception of classical guitar, piano, and percussion (see page 5 of the Music Academy Handbook). After their first year of learning, students will be expected to purchase their own instrument if they wish to continue. The exception to this is large, expensive instruments (eg baritone saxophone, tuba, double bass etc) that will be provided to students as part of the Music Academy resource. This ensures that the beginners for the following year will have access to hire instruments and that every student has a chance to try an instrument before having to purchase it. If you have any concerns or are unable to purchase an instrument, please contact the Music Academy staff to discuss options.

Several loan instruments are available for use by students learning the following instruments:

String Instruments ($150 hire per year)
- Violin
- Viola
- Cello
- Double Bass

Wind/Brass Instruments ($200 hire per year)
- Trumpet
- Trombone
- Tuba
- Clarinet (bass clarinet as well)
- Flute
- Saxophone (alto, tenor & baritone)
- Euphonium

This hire fee above reflects the cost of annual servicing to ensure the instruments are maintained in very good

Conditions of Enrolment:

- Enrolments are for a minimum of one year, billed every semester. This encourages the valuable skill of perseverance through the inevitable challenges of learning an instrument. Parents who wish to withdraw their child from Music Academy lessons must make contact with the Music Academy staff teaching their child, followed by contacting the Music Academy Program Leader. Families will then be required to fill out the Music Academy Cancellation of Enrolment form and send a signed copy to music@sctsv.catholic.edu.au or collect and return a paper form from the office. As lessons are billed by semester, any mid-year withdrawal requests must be completed by week 8 of Term 2. There are no refunds for mid-semester withdrawals, as lessons are paid in advance.

- Fees are payable in advance at the beginning of each semester.  If fees are not paid by due date, the student's lessons will be discontinued until fees are paid or a payment plan has been organised.  

- Fees are charged at the above rate for a minimum 15 lessons per semester.

- College fee accounts must be current for a student to participate in instrumental lessons.

- I understand that this is the extra-curricular Music Academy and is not the same as the Classroom Music Immersion Program for students in Years 4-6.