Your monthly membership reserves your student's weekly lesson time and includes access to our complete music program, including performances, group classes, and more.

Monthly Tuition:

30-minute lessons: $175/month

45-minute lessons: $245/month

60-minute lessons: $320/month

Because lessons are billed as a monthly membership, tuition stays the same each month, even though some months naturally include three, four, or five lesson weeks due to the calendar.

Sibling discounts may be available.

We're excited to welcome your family!

🌟 A registration deposit reserves your lesson time and is applied to your first month's tuition.

🌟 Students who begin after the first of the month receive a prorated first month.

🌟 Tuition is conveniently processed through automatic monthly payments.

A registration deposit is required and is applied to your first month, in the amount of $50 per family. If you are a Step Up student, you are not required to pay a deposit, but rather you can send a fund from the EMA scholarship website to secure your registration.

The first month may be pro-rated depending on your start date.

Private Pay Students: All families are enrolled in auto-pay (except for Step Up direct pay students, who send funds directly from the EMA website). Payments are drafted at the end of the month prior to the billing cycle.

Step Up Direct Pay Scholarship Students: Please send funds in advance of each month directly in the EMA website by going to the Marketplace>Providers>Shining Star Music Academy>Your City>select funds based on your lesson duration. We ask for 3 funds to be reserved for students at a time, just to help you have less tasks on your plate. We do not bill against those funds until the month of lessons has started. You can request the funds be returned to you at anytime before we bill for the month, if needed. However, it is important to note that a 30 day notice required to stop lessons.

We schedule your lessons based on your availability, location and needs. We select a teacher that we believe will help your child thrive!

Your lesson time can change throughout the semester, as we always work to accomodate all students with their teacher in order to ensure your teacher match is a priority - meaning that no one "owns" a timeslot with their teacher. We look at the entire roster and driving schedule consistently and adjust when required. We always work with parents to find a time that works for them as well as the teacher.

Our academy follows Spring, Summer, and Fall semesters with a few scheduled academy breaks throughout the year.

Our breaks are:
2 weeks at the end of December

1 week for Thanksgiving break

1 week in mid August between semesters

Memorial Day weekend (Saturday - Monday)

July 4

These vacations do not change the monthly cost for lessons - they are figured into the monthly cost in order to help parents budget more easily. Most months have 4 lessons, some have 5 and some may have less, depending on vacations.

Every student is unique, and their lessons should be too.

Our teachers use a proven curriculum while personalizing every lesson around each student's age, goals, interests, and learning style. Whether your student is brand new or preparing for auditions, we'll meet them where they are and help them grow.

Your membership includes opportunities far beyond private lessons!

Students are invited to participate in:

🌟 Annual recitals

🌟 Community performances

🌟 Monthly online group classes

🌟 Our annual Music Mastery Festival

These experiences help students build confidence, develop musicianship, and celebrate their progress throughout the year.

We know life happens, and we'll always do our best to help students continue making progress.

🌟 30 days' notice is required to stop, pause, or change lessons.

🌟 Teacher cancellations are always made up.

🌟 Student absences: Online or recorded video lessons are available upon request. We do not reschedule if you cannot make your regular lesson, but offer video lessons and online group classes.

🌟 Need to travel or stay home? Students are always welcome to attend their lesson online instead.

🌟 Teacher fit matters. If your teacher isn't the right fit, we'll happily help find another instructor.

Questions? Need to update your account? Our team is always happy to help!

📧 [email protected]

📞 (352) 604-5589