Contact: Nancy Moore ride8908@ride.ri.net
Chrys Alam calam@gordonschool.org
above: some of the forty performers at January's recital. Between eighty and ninety students particpate in the after school music program
Gordon hosts a variety of after school instruction opportunities throughout the year. Students can study a variety of orchestral and folk instruments, and vocal music, with a faculty of professional musicians and educators.
Instrumental music recitals are held twice a year, at the end of each semester, in January and May or June. All students in this program are welcome to participate.
Instruction generally takes place in half-hour weekly lessons. Lessons may be private, in pairs, or in groups.
The schedule is split into two semesters, and the fee structure is based on fourteen lessons per semester, with an additional two or three weeks left open for make-up lessons in the case of absence. This two-semester calendar is different from the three-season schedule followed by after school enrichments and athletics. Missed lessons can only be made up if the student was absent from school due to illness.
Private lessons are $295 per semester, lessons in pairs are $238 per semester. Class lessons are less, prices vary.