Mount Eliza Secondary College

Instrumental Music

Mount Eliza Secondary College offers a number of instrumental music options across multiple instruments and lesson formats. Whether your child is embarking on their musical education or continuing from primary school or private lessons, we can support and develop their interest in music during their time at MESC.

Our current list of available instruments includes piano, guitar, drums, and voice. Lessons vary from private to shared. This enables us to offer a price range to suit all budgets.

Our music teachers insist on using a theory-based curriculum and teaching method, which means there is a focus on reading music, not just playing. Music theory is an incredibly important part of musical education and is integral in forming a solid foundation in any student's understanding of music.

As well as our instrumental lessons, we are building our music community with ensembles and bands made up of eager and enthusiastic young musicians, who rehearse during breaktimes with a view to performing at school functions, inter-school meets and competitions (ensemble / band participation is a requirement of enrolling in instrumental music).

Learning an instrument is recognised as having academic advantages and benefits to students, from increases in learning capacity, problem solving and maths skills, written and verbal communication, self-esteem, socialisation, collaboration, and so on.

With all lessons and teacher contact integrated into Compass, we are striving to deliver highly organised, dependable, and quality musical education to our students. We would love your child to be involved!

Fees

For practical tuition, a minimum of 17 sessions per semester are provided. Levies for these will be invoiced via the family statement on Compass. Where a student does not receive a scheduled lesson due to the teacher's absence for any reason, the teacher will arrange for a make-up lesson to be given later in the semester. Lessons will show on your Compass schedule. Where it is not possible to place a student in the nominated lesson type, the College will contact the parent.

• Group lesson$300.00 / semester
• Shared lesson (max 3)$500.00 / semester
• Private lesson$800.00 / semester

Please note: Instrumental Music Teachers are employed based on student interest and numbers, therefore you are committing financially for the semester. Written notice must be given to the music teacher if your student decides to discontinue lessons, however payment for the semester is still required due to the employment of Instrumental Music Teachers.