School Information & Policies
This School employs only Advanced or Master Teachers.
There is a $3 discount for individual lessons for the 2 nd student from the same family
(not for Group Classes!)
ADVANCED and MASTER TEACHERS TUITION RATE:
I. One 60-min. Individual lesson per/week
. $65; Master Teacher
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..$70
Two 60-min. Individual lessons per/week
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.....................................$62+$62
Master Teacher
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.............................................................................................$67+$67
II. One 45-min. Individual lesson per/week
$52; Master Teacher
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.$57
Two 45-min. Individual lessons per/week
...
......................................$49+$49
Master Teacher
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.............................................................................................$54+$54
III. One 30-min. Individual lesson per/week
... $38; Master Teacher
...$43
Two 30-min. Individual lessons per/week
.........................................$35+$35
Master Teacher
............................................................................................$40+$40
One 45 min. + one 30 min lesson per/week (two discounts apply)
...$84 ($49+$35)
Master Teacher (two discounts apply)
...............................................$94 ($40+$54)
1 hour shared (2 students) lesson per/w-$43 per/student (no family discounts!)
Pre-Piano Class (45 minutes) for young students
$35
15 minute piano duo lesson per student
.......................$15
Concert Performances
........$20
Lessons and /or Master classes with Dr. Viktor or Anna Polonsky: $80/ hour
Returned check fee
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..$25
Registration fee
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.$25
Tuition shall be paid In advance on the last lesson of preceding month. There is a $15 late payment fee after the 1 st of a new month.
- There are no make-up lessons at this School. The students gets 50% credit from the lesson's payment, if the Teacher has been notified 24 hours in advance about the absence. There will be no credit issued for the missed lesson without 24 hour prior notification.
- In case of a prolong health problem, the credit will be issued for all missed lessons (with doctor's verification)
- There is no transfer of any portion of tuition from one month to another (no monetary credits will be issued from one month to another).
- Student's place on a Teacher's regular schedule can be guaranteed for up to 2 weeks for regular school breaks or trips/vacations. PPS cannot guarantee student's time for longer periods.
- In case of Teacher's temporary absence, lessons will continue with the substitute teacher assigned by Director or the Manager of the School.
- Student's participation in School concerts, recitals, competitions and other events Is encouraged but not required.
- Parents are entirely responsible for the well-being and appropriate behavior of their children at all times on School premises.
Polonsky Piano School
The Russian School of Music |
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$43/hour |
$43/hour |
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AN INDIVIDUAL LOW
COST EFFECTIVE LESSON PLAN |
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This plan has been developed in accordance
with our believe that everyone can and should study music,
and that music lesson should be affordable for EVERY
FAMILY!
Each student participating in this plan has an individual
one (1) hour piano lesson for $43.
With this plan 2 students would work with the teacher for 1 hour, using the help of a digital piano, in addition to a regular one ( we specifically purchased a number of good Italian Digital pianos for this lesson plan). The teacher uses only regular piano, and shares his/her time equally between two students practicing in the same studio, using a regular acoustic piano with the teacher, and an electronic piano with headphones just for practicing without the teacher. The Teacher works with one of students for 10-12 min. on a regular piano, meantime another student is practicing on electronic piano with headphones, and they don’t bother each other.
After instructing the first student for 12-15 min., and giving an assignment to practice on electronic piano for the next 10 - 12 min., the teacher switches the students, and now works for another 10-12 min on a regular piano with another student. After another 12-15 min, the teacher invites the first student back, and give new instructions on a student’s progress, goes back to check on a second student, and so on... In other words both students are practicing under teacher’s control and instructions for full 1 hour (BTW: The Teacher is paid as for 1.25hour for 1 hour of such intense for him/her lesson).
This combined teaching-practice method helps students enormously to learn how to practice more effectively at home. It also provides a wonderful opportunity for both students to play piano duets.
This method is especially good for families with 2 kids– both children can take such a lesson at the same time, and both work for full 1 hour (rather than working only for 30 min., and waiting for each other). This plan provides a huge time saving, teaching efficiency, and cost effective benefits.
From our experience of employing this method for many years, we know that many students will progress much faster having an opportunity to practice the instructor’s assignment right at the lesson, and learning how to achieve the desired result in a short period of time. The tuition for this plan would be $86 for both students, and it would be, in our opinion, the most cost teaching effective lesson plan for siblings, providing actual 1 hour lesson a week for both kids. In addition, technically, students who take such a lesson together don’t need to be siblings – they can be just good friends, or they become friends, taking this lesson plan together. They, of course, can’t be complete beginners, nor they can be very davnaced level students, who would need full teacher’s attention. However, Master/Teachers don't do this plan. They work only individually.
Please remember: The best way to understand this approach
is to try it, to taste it.
You may arrange to try this lesoon plan for a
month, adn then see if you'd like to continue with it.
GOOD LUCK! WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH YOU!
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Our students perform regularly at least 3 times a
year:
December and April - studio recitals in a Grace Church of Evergreen.
The same time an Annual Honor Christmas and Spring
recitals at Santa Clara University and the Crace Church for our most advanced
students.
Frequent recitals throughout Bay Area
National Piano Auditions (Test) in May, "Celebration of World/Centuries of Music Festival" in November
See our EVENTS page.
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