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Private Lessons

Tuition

Varies

Start Date

All Year Long

Duration

30min
45min
60min

About the Program

Private lessons are offered to students of all ages and experience levels on a weekly basis throughout the 34-week academic year, as well as during the summer. The academic year begins the Monday after Labor Day (SEPTEMBER 8th 2025), and ends sometime between the last week of May and the third week of June, depending on the day of the week and its corresponding holidays and snow days.


Students must enroll for the full 34 week academic year. New students may enroll at any time during the academic year, pending faculty availability, and tuition will be prorated for the number of weeks remaining. Read our full policies below. During the summer, students may enroll for whatever number of lessons they would like, in accordance with a teacher's availability.


NCMC offers 30, 45, and 60-minute private lessons in the following: ​

Accordion

Banjo

Bass Bassoon Cello* Clarinet Composition Drums Flute French Horn Guitar* Oboe

Piano* Piccolo

Production/Studio Recording Saxophone Theory Trombone Trumpet Tuba Ukulele Viola* Violin* Voice


*Traditional or Suzuki instruction available (Suzuki required for children under 7 years old) ​ 30-min lessons = $1,530/34 weeks ($45 per lesson)

45-min lessons = $2,006/34 weeks ($59 per lesson)

60-min lessons = $2,414/34 weeks ($71 per lesson) ​ New students can begin anytime during the academic year and the tuition will be prorated.



Final lesson days for the 2025-2026 academic year*

Monday lessons: TBA

Tuesday lessons: TBA

Wednesday lessons: TBA

Thursday lessons: TBA

Friday lessons: TBA

Saturday lessons: TBA

*These dates are subject to change due to emergency closings such as snow days.


NCMC Policies

Faculty

Adam Bosse

Angie Shyr

Chris Cheek

Eleanor McLaughlin

Gary Rzab

John Mason

Liam Hurley

Meg Kelsey Wright

Patrick Grimone

Stevie Manning

Viraj Sonawala

Ailey Verdelle

Anne Werry

Christina Choi

Emily Greene

Gregory Diehl

Katianna Nardone

Lily Sexton

Monica Robelotto

Rebecca Eldredge

Sue Kurian

Andrew Cass

Capella Sherwood

Dara Adams-Smith

Evan Kos

Ingrid Husemoller

Kyle Lawrence

Lorri Cetto

Nicole Fizznoglia

Sheldon Ross

Talia Gordon

Andrew Leonard

Cheryl Noble Bishop

Dylan Walter

Evelyn Harris

Jake Liuzzo, MT-BC, NMT

Kyle McDonough

Lynn Lovell

Olga Gaybaryan

Stephen Page

Tyson Peelle

139 South Street

Northampton, MA 01060

Tel: (413) 585-0001

registrar@ncmc.net

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Northampton Community Music Center

NCMC is a proud member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education and the Suzuki Association of the Americas. NCMC programs are made possible in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. Chamber music at NCMC is made possible, in part, through the support of Associated Chamber Music Players (ACMP), an international service organization supporting chamber music for pleasure.
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