Francilia Schofield
(520) 458-5747
FRANCIE'S PIANO LESSONS
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Practice Expectations
Students are required to practice at home between lessons. Daily practice is vital to musical progress.
The recommended amount of practice time will be discussed with the student depending on their age and skill level. Check out the Tips page for effective ways to encourage healthy practice habits.
Flexible Schedule
Lessons are typically scheduled Monday - Friday: 12PM - 8PM. If these days and times do not work for you, special schedule arrangments will be considered upon request. Contact Director Francilia Schofield, for
available time slots.
Class Schedule
Enrollment Fees
- $30/per half hour
- $45/per 45 Minutes
- $60/per hour
Affordable Lessons for all ages!
Francie’s Piano Lessons offers instruction in Piano, Flute and Recorder with lesson lengths varying from 30 minute lessons to 1 hour long lessons for ages 5 to 95. Our rates, listed above, depends on the length of the lesson. We encourage young children, level 1-4, to have a 30 minute lesson each week and youth, level 5-6, 45minutes to an hour lesson, levels 7 and up an hour lesson each week
Our Mission
•To incorporate Music, Theory, and Technique into exciting lessons that students will look forward to.
•To teach each student to accurately and thoroughly read music and to provide a basic understanding of all the most common musical terms.
•To encourage, in each student, the exploration of their own unique gifts for musical expression.
•To inspire in each student a love for music through lessons taught with patience and understanding.
•To help each student to acquire the confidence
to perform for others.
•To promote the continual habit of daily
QUALITY practice.
•To provide positive reinforcement as
each student learns new piano
pieces to perform.
Studio Policy
Lessons are charged in advance on a monthly basis. Payments should be made the first week of each month of lessons. No-shows and cancellations will still be charged unless we receive at least 24 hours notice. We do not do make-up lessons for No -shows. Lessons canceled within 24 hours prior may be made up if there are times available. You are allowed one make up lesson in a three month period. Lessons that cannot be made-up will not be eligible for a refund.
Method of Instruction
Piano lessons are taught on a Piano lessons are taught on 2 grand pianos. Several different series of lesson books are available. The instructor will suggest what they think is best for the student. If you have a continuing student who has already started with a series of lesson books, we are happy to continue that series if you would prefer.
The theory manuscript workbooks are a great addition to their lesson books because they reinforce note-reading through written exercises. In addition, rhythmic, melodic and interval concept instruction is provided.
Each student will need to purchase a lesson book, a manuscript theory workbook, and a practice assignment notebook which can be purchased through us or at a local music store.
To supplement piano lessons, we sometimes use flash cards to improve note-reading and to solidify our student's knowledge of piano terms and symbols.
Beyond their lessons books, we also ask each student to pick out pieces that they enjoy listening to, whether it is classical, jazz, church, country, rock or pop music. Encouraging a student to learn music they love, rather than only teaching them unfamiliar pieces in a lesson book, can be inspiring and motivating. It may even change their course on the path towards becoming an accomplished musician.