The Lawson Band Program

Present by The Alia Lawson Pre-College Program of Music and Dance

The Lawson Band program was established to serve homeschool students and other beginning music students in Spartanburg and the surrounding communities who otherwise would not have the opportunity to participate in a band program. For the 2007-2008 school year the program will include both a beginner band and an intermediate band. Our Director, Mr. John Holloway, earned his BM at Furman University and his MMEd at Florida State University. He has 28 years of experience in music education.

REGISTRATION

Monday, August 20th through Saturday, September 1st between the hours of 8:30 am and 5:30 pm in the Alia Lawson Pre-College building located on the Converse College Campus.

DAY AND TIME

Band will meet on Thursday afternoon from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm

TUITION and FEES

There is a $25.00 materials fee per family per year for the program. This fee covers the instruction book and supplemental music for the program. Tuition is $200 per child for a two semester term ($7.50 per each two hour session)

INFORMATION

To obtain additional information, email us at legacyhs@gmail.com

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Post concerning recent questions:

The only other cost besides tuition and materials would be the instrument the student chooses to play, if they don't already have one. Music and Arts has a great rental program. The first three months are something like $20 (and that's for THREE months!!). After that, it's about $25 a month once you add in tax. If you get insurance on repairs it's a couple more dollars. There are a few instruments that cost a little more, like saxophone, but they can tell you at the store. If people don't want to rent, they can buy an instrument. Sometimes you can find a good deal on ebay or in the paper.

As for age levels, we target about age 9 and up. Children younger than 9 often do not have long enough fingers to play woodwind instruments, and woodwinds generally don't come in smaller sizes, like violins do.

So all in all, it's a great deal as far as the price. And each of our instructors has a master's degree in music plus many years of experience. We just found out that the band director at Converse College, Greg Lindahl, will be conducting our beginner band.