Yinghua Academy CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC

Term III registration is closed. Look out for news in August of 2024 for registration for Term I 2024.

Students AUTOMATICALLY rollover on the same day, times, and teacher, from one term onto the next for the entire school year UNLESS you notify the Extended Learning Office that you'd like to cancel lessons for the next term. 

Important Conservatory of Music Information

Lessons are only offered during Aftercare hours. In general music lessons are offered M-F from 4:00-5:30, and are 30 min. long.

We offer three terms of after-school private music lessons taught by professional musicians at Yinghua Academy. Please check-out the teacher bios here before registering. All Music of Conservatory students are encouraged to perform in one of the end-of-year Spring Recitals. The recitals will be on Saturday, May 11, 2024.

Yinghua Academy Conservatory of Music offers lessons for Western and Chinese instruments: piano, viola, violin, cello, upright bass, dizi, and hulusi. Families agree to provide the instrument and purchase the music books requested by the instructor.

YACM Details

• Kindergarten students are able to register for music lessons in Term II and III. Term I is restricted from Kindergarteners while they adjust to their classes and new routines. 

• Term I Student registration opens online in August, and registration is for a full school year of music lessons. Typically, classes fall into three eight-week terms per school year with payment due at the start of each session. A $50 cancellation fee applies if your student drops music lessons during a term and/or after registration has closed. 

• When you are registered for Music Lessons your student will also be in Aftercare for the day of their music lessons; this ensures they are supervised before and after their lesson until they are picked up by 6 p.m. Their Aftercare enrollment is only for the day and duration of their specific music lesson.

• Click this link for information about Conservatory of Music registration. After you register, you will receive a confirmation from signup. Do not submit a payment until you receive an invoice.

• On lesson days, set Silent Dismissal to "Aftercare + classes/music lessons": by setting your student's Silent Dismissal correctly you will avoid extra Aftercare fees.

• To discontinue lessons, email the Extended Learning Office before the beginning of a new term. 

• HWF and Music Lesson registration: If it is important to you that your student(s) completes their homework in Aftercare , please avoid registering them for music lessons classes that go from 4-5pm, because this is the same time as Homework First. There are no staff available to sit and assist children with homework after 5pm, but there is almost always the option available for Aftercare + music lessons/classes students to sit in the cafeteria, after their music lesson, and do homework on their own until the end of Aftercare at 6 p.m.

Fees

• Lesson Fees: $40 for every 30-minute music lesson plus $12 discounted Aftercare fee gives you $52 total for one 30-minute music lesson and Aftercare.  Full payment is due before your student's first lesson. Without payment by the due date your student will lose their lesson spot.

• Pending music lesson teacher approval, you may register your student for two 30-minute lessons on the same day, if available, making a 60-minute lesson. Your fee would then be $92/per music lesson including the discounted Aftercare fee.  

• $50 cancellation fee applies if your student drops music lessons during a term (see Policy below)

• The preferable way to pay for Music Lessons is ACH: Find the link here. A new ACH form and voided check is required EACH NEW SCHOOL YEAR to use automatic withdraw for Music Lesson fees. 

• *Registration and Payment go hand-in-hand. All music lesson fees for Term I are due by Monday, September 13th, 2024.

• Check:  Write the check to Yinghua Academy with the memo: "Music Lessons". Please put the check in an envelope marked "Music Lessons" and bring to the front office by December 6th.

• Credit: call the business office at 612-788-0995 ext. 134 to pay by credit card.

Conservatory of Music Policies

• ROLLOVER POLICY - Your student's Conservatory of Music registration AUTOMATICALLY rolls over from one term to the next; during a given school year. If you are continuing, do not re-register your student for the next term. You must email the Extended Learning Office notifying her if you wish to cancel your student's rollover from one term to the next. However, music lesson registrations do not rollover from one school year into the next. Each new school year you will need to register your student for music lessons. 

• CANCELLATION POLICY - A $50 cancellation fee applies if your student drops a music lesson after registration has closed but before the lessons begin. If your student drops the lesson during the term, you will forfeit a refund of any kind and you will lose your spot for the next term. 

• MAKE-UP POLICY - If needed, your student is allotted one make-up lesson per term. Advance notice of 24 hours is preferred and much appreciated. 

• SNOW DAY/UNEXPECTED SCHOOL CLOSURE POLICY - Lessons missed due to unexpected school closure may be reimbursed. Music teachers will try to provide makeup days for weather-related missed lessons. Yinghua will issue a refund if the missed lesson cannot be rescheduled.

Conservatory of Music Schedule 2023-2024

YACM Dates (8 weeks) 

• 8 Mondays: March 18, 25, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, May 6.

• 8 Tuesdays: March 19, 26, April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7.

• 7 Wednesdays: March 20, 27, April 3, *10, 17, 24, May 1, 8.

  • Apr. 10 - no lessons/no school: Conferences 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

• 7 Thursdays: March 21, 28, April 4, *11, 18, 25, May 2, 9.

  • Apr. 11 - no lessons/no school: Conferences 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. 

• 6 Fridays: March *22, 29, April 5, *12, 19, 26, May 3, 10.

  • *Mar. 22 - no lessons/no school: Professional Development Day; Apr. 12 - no lessons/no school: Professional Development Day. 

  • RECITAL: Saturday, May 11th Time TBD

Conservatory of Music Schedule 2024-2025

Term I YACM Dates 

🍁8 Mondays: Sept. 23, 30, Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28, Nov. 4, 11.

🍁8 Tuesdays: Sept. 24, Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Nov. 5, 12.

🍁7 Wednesdays: Sept. 25, Oct. 2, 9, 16*, 23, 30, Nov. 6, 13.

           *Oct. 16 - no classes/no school: Conferences

            🍁7 Thursdays: Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17*, 24, 31, Nov. 7, 14.

           *Oct. 17 - no classes/no school: Conferences

            🍁6 Fridays: Sept. 27, Oct. 4, 11*, 18*, 25, Nov. 1, 8, 15.

           *Oct. 11 - no classes/no school: PD day; Oct. 18 - no lessons/no classes/no school: Fall  Break

     Term II YACM Dates 

❄️5 Mondays: Jan. 6, 13, 20*, 27, Feb. 3, 10, *17, 24*.

*Jan. 20 - no classes/no school: Martin Luther King. Jr. Day; Feb. 17 - no classes/no school: Presidents’ Day; Feb. 24 - no classes/no school: Chinese New Year

❄️8 Tuesdays: Jan. 7, 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25.

❄️8 Wednesdays: Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29, Feb. 5, 12, 19, 26.

❄️8 Thursdays: Jan. 9, 16, 23, 30, Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27.

❄️7 Fridays: Jan. 10, 17, 24, 31, Feb. 7*, 14, 21, 28.

*Feb 7 - no classes/no school: Lunar New Year.

Term III YACM Dates 

🌷8 Mondays: March 18, 25, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, May 6.

🌷8 Tuesdays: March 19, 26, April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, May 7.

🌷7 Wednesdays: March 20, 27, April 3, *10, 17, 24, May 1, 8.

*Apr. 10 - no lessons/no school: Conferences 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

🌷7 Thursdays: March 21, 28, April 4, *11, 18, 25, May 2, 9.

*Apr. 11 - no lessons/no school: Conferences 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. 

🌷6 Fridays: March *22, 29, April 5, *12, 19, 26, May 3, 10.

*Mar. 22 - no lessons/no school: Professional Development Day; Apr. 12 - no lessons/no school: Professional Development Day.

Information and questions: aftercare@yinghuaacademy.org

last updated  04/05/24 CL