Looking for something to do this week? Want to try out a Zoom-based Music Together, Canta y Baila, or Rhythm Kids class? We have free classes Monday, July 13th through Sunday, July 19th. The schedule is as follows:

Monday, July 13th @ 3:30 – Monica (Canta y Baila)
Tuesday, July 14th @ 3:30 – Chrissy
Wednesday, July 15th @ 10:30 – Natalie
Thursday, July 16th @ 3:30 – Larisa
Friday, July 17th @ 10:30 – Bethany
Saturday, July 18th @ 10:30 – Lindsey
Sunday, July 19th @ 11:00 – Toshio (Rhythm Kids)

You can access the classes on Zoom via:

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Registration for our Summer 2 session of Early Childhood Music classes (including Music Together®, Canta y Baila, and Rhythm Kids) is now open! Register by Sunday, June 28th and receive $55 off tuition! Our 7-week Summer 2 semester starts Monday, July 20th and will continue online using a combination of Zoom and Facebook. There will be at least one 30-minute Zoom class per day as well as one or more 15-minute segments on Facebook. We'll record the teacher during Zoom classes and post that on Facebook 24 hours later.

Tuition for online classes is no longer based upon the number of children in a household. You will only have to pay one fee per family. We hope that this modification will help alleviate some financial stress, while still allowing you to keep music a part of your child’s daily life.

Monday

11:30 am - 4:30 pm

Tuesday

11:00 am - 7:00 pm

Wednesday

9:45 am - 7:00 pm

Thursday

11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Friday

Closed, but registrars working remotely

Saturday

9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Sunday

9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Registration for our Summer 1 session of Early Childhood Music (Music Together® and Canta y Baila) is still open! Summer 1 classes will still be online using a combination of Zoom and Facebook. There will be at least one 30-minute Zoom class per day as well as one or more 15-minute segments on Facebook. We'll record the teacher during Zoom classes and post that on Facebook 24 hours later.

We would also like to note that we have made a change to our pricing for our online programs. Tuition for online classes is no longer based upon the number of children in a household. You will only have to pay one fee per family. We hope that this modification will help alleviate some financial stress, while still allowing you to keep music a part of your child’s daily life.

(In light of continued global health concerns and recommendations made by our city, our first summer session will still be completely online. This also means that we will not be offering our Little Drummers, Big Voices curriculum for the first Summer session. Thank you for your continued support and grace during this time.)

Thank you for your patience, flexibility, and continued engagement with music. We are looking forward to slowly and safely reopening our business for private instruction. As we have discussed how best to do this, it was of the utmost importance to us that we be able to provide you and our faculty with options to ensure everyone is comfortable and safe. To that end, we will continue making remote lessons through ZOOM an option for you if you so choose. Here are our guidelines for the near future:

• From now until June 15^th, all private instruction will remain as it currently stands – ZOOM lessons in which family payment goes directly to faculty. 
• Beginning June 15^th, students (excluding voice students) have the option of continuing ZOOM lessons or scheduling in-person lessons at ACMS. Scheduling of your lesson day and time will continue to be arranged directly with your instructor, but payment for lessons will go through ACMS at the normal private instruction rate.
• Voice lessons will not resume through ACMS until July 1; voice lessons must be conducted via ZOOM for the remainder of the summer.
• For in-person lessons, ACMS will be implementing safety procedures including:
  • Spacing teacher schedules so that there is a 10-minute break between lessons to allow for classroom sanitization
  • Requiring students to wait for their lessons in their vehicle until their instructor comes out to meet them
  • Requiring all adults and children ages 10 and over to wear masks while on-site 
     
• Beginning June 15 (July 1 for voice students) if a student wishes to continue lessons via ZOOM, they must enroll in Direct Billing through ACMS. Please call 512-474-2331 or email registrar@acmsaustin.org starting on June 1 to inquire about this option.

Why no voice lessons in the building this summer? In short, because studies are showing that singing is one of the most effective ways to spread the virus and we want to keep you and our customers as safe as possible. In early May several of the nation’s leading singing and choral organizations put together an expert panel to discuss what singing will look like for the time being. You can read an article summarizing the conversation by visiting this link.

Please see the links below for more specific information related to our various programs:

• Music Together
• Music for Little Mozarts
• Private Instruction