Our Policy
Calendario 2017/2018
Ethos
At the Academia de Música Cañada Blanch, we are passionate about music and we love teaching and sharing it with our students!
We pride ourselves on being able to offer high quality musical tuition that is tailored to the student’s abilities and interests. Our staff is formed by a highly qualified group of teachers, who combine their activity as pedagogues with their own musical career, giving our students the possibility to learn from experienced musicians who enjoy passing on what they know. Being inside the profession gives us the opportunity to teach our students comprehensively, and it also gives them the opportunity to see first-hand what being a musician is like.
Term length/number of lessons
The length of each term varies according to the Colegio’s own school calendar, but is usually between 10 and 12 weeks long with a break during the half term. Calender 2017-2018
Follow up
We welcome and encourage that the parents and teachers build a rapport over the student´s progress (..motivation, interests, worries..). However it is not always possible to engage in conversation after the class, since we need to carry on teaching other students. Parents are welcomed to try to arrange a meeting with the teachers at a suitable time, or else to reach them by phone or email.
It is very important that the students develop good practice habits and the parents' involvement is crucial. If you have any doubts about this, talk to your son/daughter´s teacher.
Exam Entry
Pupils can be prepared for either Trinity Guildhall or ABRSM graded exams if they wish and the teacher believes they are ready to do so. The parent/tutor needs to sign up the student for the exam himself.
Further information regarding exam fees, syllabus, exam dates and regulations can be found on their respective websites: www.trinitycollege.co.uk and www.abrsm.org. Specific dates can be requested, but not guaranteed by either exam board. Note that ABRSM exam dates are scheduled during term time and often during school hours.
Payment
Fees are subject to revision every academic year. There is a yearly membership fee apart from the lesson fees. These are paid in full and in advance each term, In very exceptional circumstances the payment can be divided in two instalments, one at the beginning, and the second one at the end of the term. This needs to be notified and agreed with the Academia in advance.
There won’t be any exceptions regarding payment, and failing to receive it, would result in the suspension of the lessons. Enrolment into the next term won’t be permitted if the previous term hasn’t been paid, either partially or fully.
For a detailed break - down of the 2017/2018 fees please check: http://www.academiademusicacb.com/lista-de-precios.html
Cancellations
•The Teacher
The Teacher will always give all the lessons that have been agreed for that term, or will have a deputy if he needs to be absent. In the exceptional circumstance that a teacher is forced to cancel a class, the lesson will be rescheduled, reimbursed or credited for the following term, as mutually agreed with the student or parent/tutor.
•The Student
Lessons missed by students won’t be reimbursed or credited for the following term, and will be rescheduled by the teacher at his own goodwill and discretion, according to his own personal and other professional commitments. Please understand that some teachers have already a fulltime schedule in the Academia, making it extremely difficult to find the available time to give extra lessons.
In the event that the teacher did give the possibility of making up for a session missed previously by the student, and a mutually convenient time has been agreed by both parties, this slot cannot be rescheduled again if the student fails to attend.
We appreciate if notification of absence is given as soon as possible, since this can give the teachers the much needed time to offer the slots to other students to make up for lost sessions.
Ethos
At the Academia de Música Cañada Blanch, we are passionate about music and we love teaching and sharing it with our students!
We pride ourselves on being able to offer high quality musical tuition that is tailored to the student’s abilities and interests. Our staff is formed by a highly qualified group of teachers, who combine their activity as pedagogues with their own musical career, giving our students the possibility to learn from experienced musicians who enjoy passing on what they know. Being inside the profession gives us the opportunity to teach our students comprehensively, and it also gives them the opportunity to see first-hand what being a musician is like.
Term length/number of lessons
The length of each term varies according to the Colegio’s own school calendar, but is usually between 10 and 12 weeks long with a break during the half term. Calender 2017-2018
Follow up
We welcome and encourage that the parents and teachers build a rapport over the student´s progress (..motivation, interests, worries..). However it is not always possible to engage in conversation after the class, since we need to carry on teaching other students. Parents are welcomed to try to arrange a meeting with the teachers at a suitable time, or else to reach them by phone or email.
It is very important that the students develop good practice habits and the parents' involvement is crucial. If you have any doubts about this, talk to your son/daughter´s teacher.
Exam Entry
Pupils can be prepared for either Trinity Guildhall or ABRSM graded exams if they wish and the teacher believes they are ready to do so. The parent/tutor needs to sign up the student for the exam himself.
Further information regarding exam fees, syllabus, exam dates and regulations can be found on their respective websites: www.trinitycollege.co.uk and www.abrsm.org. Specific dates can be requested, but not guaranteed by either exam board. Note that ABRSM exam dates are scheduled during term time and often during school hours.
Payment
Fees are subject to revision every academic year. There is a yearly membership fee apart from the lesson fees. These are paid in full and in advance each term, In very exceptional circumstances the payment can be divided in two instalments, one at the beginning, and the second one at the end of the term. This needs to be notified and agreed with the Academia in advance.
There won’t be any exceptions regarding payment, and failing to receive it, would result in the suspension of the lessons. Enrolment into the next term won’t be permitted if the previous term hasn’t been paid, either partially or fully.
For a detailed break - down of the 2017/2018 fees please check: http://www.academiademusicacb.com/lista-de-precios.html
Cancellations
•The Teacher
The Teacher will always give all the lessons that have been agreed for that term, or will have a deputy if he needs to be absent. In the exceptional circumstance that a teacher is forced to cancel a class, the lesson will be rescheduled, reimbursed or credited for the following term, as mutually agreed with the student or parent/tutor.
•The Student
Lessons missed by students won’t be reimbursed or credited for the following term, and will be rescheduled by the teacher at his own goodwill and discretion, according to his own personal and other professional commitments. Please understand that some teachers have already a fulltime schedule in the Academia, making it extremely difficult to find the available time to give extra lessons.
In the event that the teacher did give the possibility of making up for a session missed previously by the student, and a mutually convenient time has been agreed by both parties, this slot cannot be rescheduled again if the student fails to attend.
We appreciate if notification of absence is given as soon as possible, since this can give the teachers the much needed time to offer the slots to other students to make up for lost sessions.