Classes for ages six to eight

What ages six to eight actually gets

Six to eight is where a real technique class starts to be possible: an hour rather than forty-five minutes, a warm-up that means something, and work that is remembered from one week to the next. It is also the age at which most of our students try two disciplines and keep one.

• Most juniors do one class a week. A second class is a real commitment and it is worth waiting a term before adding one.
• Classes at this age are capped between ten and sixteen depending on the room and the discipline.
• This is the earliest age we take group guitar, and it is the age most piano students start.
• Recital participation is optional and about two thirds of juniors take part.

What a class here is actually like

In the room: An hour rather than forty-five minutes, a warm-up that means something, and work a student is expected to carry from one week into the next — the first age at which a real technique class is possible in any discipline we teach.

The first term: Most juniors settle into a weekly class within the first month: the warm-up stops needing explaining and corrections start to land. This is also the age at which a student most often tries a second discipline before settling on what to keep.

What it costs: The table above carries the fee for every class open to this age, worked out the same way every fee on this site is. A second weekly class is charged as a second class rather than folded into a package, and the family discount applies to it.