Tuition

SSA’s Regular Music Classes: Individual Instrumental Instruction & Group/Ensemble/Orchestra

Each student is enrolled for an entire school year consisting of 42 weeks of instruction, starting in the fall of each year. See Instruction Calendar for detailed and updated dates of session. If you must withdraw prior to the end of the school year, please contact your teacher or SSA director as soon as possible. A 30 day minimum notice of withdraw is required.

Tuition will be required on a per semester basis. Payments in two installments can be arranged at no extra cost for invoices of a total of $600 or more. Please let the SSA office know if you prefer to pay in full or use the installment plan. Payments in more than two installments can be arranged for a fee of $25.00 per semester per student.

  • Fall Semester: 17 weeks of instruction. Late August through mid January
  • Spring Semester: 18 weeks of instruction. Mid January through early June
  • Summer Session: 7 weeks of instruction. Mid June through early August. (Summer Sessions can differ in length from year to year.)

Tuition

  • Individual lesson, 30 minutes, $30.00, 45 minutes, $45.00, 60 minutes, $60.00
  • Group/ensemble, 30 minutes $15.00, 45 minutes $20.00, 60 minutes, $25.00

Fees

  • Enrollment Fee, $50.00. A one-time-only fee.
  • Sibling’s Enrollment Fee: $25.00. A one-time-only fee.
  • Performance Fee, $35.00. Charged per student per semester. New students will be charged the performance fee at time for enrollment.
  • Administration Fee, $25.00. Charged per student per semester, only if you prefer an installment plan of more than two installments.
  • Late Fee, $25.00. Added to invoice not paid on or before due date, plus 7 days grace period.

Discount Programs

  • Sibling Discount: $100.00 discount per semester
  • Volunteer Discount: $100.00 discount per semester. A few volunteer positions exist. Please, inquire at the SSA office about available positions.
  • Recruiting Discount: $100.00 discount deducted from the current semester invoice once a recommendation from an SSA student family has resulted in a new student completing his/her enrollment to SSA.

SSA Classes Other than our Regular Year-Around Instrumental Instruction

  • SSA offer special Summer Classes during our summer weeks in session, June – August. See separate page and brochure about content, tuition, dates & times, requirements. Usually published in January or February of each year.
  • Introduction classes for parents and beginner students, age 3 – 7, intending to begin Suzuki Method instruction.
  • LAS, Livermore-Amador Symphony, arranges a summer youth symphony orchestra, LASYO (Livermore-Amador Symphony Youth Orchestra) in partnership with SSA. See separate information and link about LASYO, published in January of each year. Tuition for the summer youth orchestra will be collected by LAS.

Prompt payment of the SSA tuition is essential. All our budgeted expenses are dependent on regular payments in due time each semester in one or two installments, plus summer session. More than two installments will be arranged at your request for an added administration fee of $25.00 per semester and student. One invoice per semester and summer session will be sent out by email or regular mail approximately three weeks ahead of the start of the semester or summer session.

  • Due date will be around two weeks past date of any invoice issued on a regular basis. Invoices issued due to a starting date during a semester in progress, or for other reasons  might have to get a shorter time before the due date.
  • Due dates for payments in two or more installments will be determined and announced.
  • Tuition not paid by the 7th day past any of the due dates will be considered overdue and a reminder will be mailed or emailed with an added late payment charge of $25.00.
  • Overdue tuition payment of 30 days or more will cause the student’s instruction in the academy to be terminated immediately.