Phoenix Conservatory Of Music

Private music lessons are a way for us to deepen the learning with long term, intense skill building and craft development. With a sliding tuition scale, we provide market rate lessons, lessons on financial aid at a reduced rate for families in need, and private music lessons on full scholarship. Private lessons served 826 students with a total of 9,049 hours of direct instruction over the year. 47% of these hours were provided under our low/no cost scholarships for families in need.

After school programs: after school programs happen off site (e.g., schools, libraries, boys and girls clubs). They are largely with title 1 schools in lower socio-economic areas. Programs are 1-3 hours per week for 5 weeks to a full year in guitar, voice, taiko drumming, world music, etc. These programs are highly interactive and focus on building developmental assets. They are funded through grants. Students participate at no cost. Outreach school/community programs served 722 students, with 5 high school programs, 4 in school programs, 5 after school programs. These programs provided no cost programming for 1,287 direct instructional hours. Group classes are facilitated at our location.(continued on schedule o) they are a jumping board of learning for beginning musicians. With programs for babies, to our little hands' series, and a beginning series for children, teens, and adults. These programs are not to low cost, with some being free drop-in programs. Weekly programs included: parent/tot music time (free early childhood music class), piano, violin, singing, guitar, and percussion for little hands ages 4-7, piano, violin, singing, guitar, and percussion for youth ages 8-14, piano, violin, singing, guitar, and percussion for ages 15+, no cost drop in ear training and open jams, audio production. Summer camps served 185 students in 49 week long classes with 1,026 hours of direct instruction and 7 family sharing events. Learning through music served 176 students who qualify for free/reduced lunch or attend a title 1 school with no cost programming. The program consisted of 15 classes per week for grades k-2, 10 classes per week for grades 3-8, and 8 classes per week for grades 9-12 for 30 weeks and had 201 hours of direct instruction. In house classes served 01 students in 4-6 week classes, a total of 25 classes were held with 124 hours of direct instruction. Our early childhood program served 98 family enrollments and provided 544 hours of direct instruction.