Preparatory Program Class Offerings

Monday - Saturday

Cost - $750 per semester

This class meets twice a week. One session is in person on campus for 60 minutes in our state-of-the-art labs, and the second session is a virtual lesson for 30 minutes taken from the comfort of your home. Our experience has shown that twice-weekly sessions are critical to the success of the early learner. Students in the first few years of learning are not yet self-sufficient to do most of their practice on their own; they need guidance and supervision in their practice sessions as much as possible.

Private lessons are offered for the following:

• piano
• strings
• guitar
• ukulele
• percussion
• voice
• woodwinds
• brass

All private lessons are scheduled individually with the instructor. New students with prior piano experience must audition via Zoom before being placed for classes or lessons. Please contact frostprep@miami.edu to schedule your audition.  

Lessons take place on the Coral Gables campus. 20, 30, 45, and 60-minute lessons are available.

• 20-minute lesson $550 per semester
• 30-minute lesson $700 per semester
• 45-minute lesson $1,030 per semester
• 60-minute lesson $1,375 per semester

Ages: 5 years and up

Cost: $400 per semester

Show Choir is a performance-based musical ensemble that combines choral singing with a choreographed dance. Students will perform various styles of music including broadway/show tunes, jazz, and contemporary music. 

Ages: 10 - 18 years

Cost: $600 per semester

Saturday 11:30 AM -12:45 PM

The purpose of this course is to provide students with opportunities to play in an ensemble setting with their peers across a variety of styles of music within the rock idiom. Focus will be placed on creating a “group sound,” time feel, facility on each individual’s instrument, recording, forms, rehearsal techniques, and repertoire.

The Rock Band class gives students the unique ability to learn music fundamentals through different eras of Contemporary/Rock music. By learning various songs throughout rock history, students will strengthen their sense of audiation, form, harmony, and melody - all with the guidance of Miami’s top professional musicians. 

Ages: 6-9 years

Cost: $600 per semester

Saturday 10:00-11:15 AM

The purpose of this course is to provide students with opportunities to play in an ensemble setting with their peers across a variety of styles of music within the rock idiom. Focus will be placed on creating a “group sound,” time feel, facility on each individual’s instrument, recording, forms, rehearsal techniques, and repertoire. 

The Rock Band class gives students the unique ability to learn music fundamentals through different eras of Contemporary/Rock music. By learning various songs throughout rock history, students will strengthen their sense of audiation, form, harmony, and melody - all with the guidance of Miami’s top professional musicians. 

The goal of Stomp is to improve rhythm using our fun ensemble of drum buckets! We teach them how to follow a conductor and play in a group!

Cost: $375 per semester.

Times: 9:15 - 10:00 (ages 4-6) 10:15 - 11:00 (ages 7+)

Jr. Group Ages: 4-5 years

Sr. Group Ages: 6-8 years

Cost: $500 per semester

Jr. Group: TBD

Sr. Group: TBD

This fun class will provide students with instant access to making music on the ukulele. Focus points will be strumming and rhythms, reading music, and improvising.

Ages: 10-18 years

Cost: $625 per semester
 

Young artists will have the opportunity to compose, record, and develop their ideas both lyrically and musically in a collaborative setting, with an emphasis on peer engagement, performance, and production. While learning how to further develop and organize ideas into polished commercial works, additional guidance and basic skills training on guitar, voice, piano, and bass will be offered to promote and refine artistry. A music production component will be offered to provide aspiring professionals with the necessary techniques to create modern, contemporary compositions. Topics to be covered: working with loops, software instruments, gaining general knowledge in MIDI and audio editing, mixing, effects, and signal routing.