How do I sign up for lessons?
Following your initial contact, you will be invited for a free no-obligation trial lesson and tour of our facilities.
When you sign up for lessons, you will complete an enrolment form, sign our current terms and conditions, complete a direct debit mandate, be signed up for LessonMate (our online homework site) and pay the £25 enrolment fee.
Do I need to bring a keyboard/guitar/drumkit?
No, all instruments are provided in the modern, up-to-date teaching studios.
Will I need to buy an instrument?
After the second lesson, students will need to start practising at home.
- Keyboards can be any model but must have at least 61 notes.
- Guitars must be full size but can be acoustic or electric.
- Drummers need only a practice pad and drum sticks – the size of a snare drum.
JJ's Arts Academy CIC are very happy to guide you towards buying inexpensive instruments for beginners or how to upgrade your instrument as you progress.
Do you offer any fee reductions?
For every full paying member of your immediate family, another can join for a discounted rate.
How can I encourage my child to practice?
- On signing up, you will receive a ‘How to Inspire the Musician In Your Home’ document to put on your noticeboard at home
- You will receive a username and password to the ‘students only’ area of the website. There can be found that weeks homework set by the teacher in the format of a practice diary to be printed out at home and other helpful documents.
- Every book comes with the backing tracks on a CD so your child can sound great at home too even in the early stages of learning.
- Attend the homework section of each lesson by arriving ten minutes early. The teacher will invite you in to hear the homework set and you can ask questions to ensure understanding.
- Listen to your child practice at least once a week and enjoy their progress!
Where are the lessons held?
JJ’s Arts Academy
11 St Paul's Road
Newton Abbot
TQ12 2HP
How much are the lessons?
All group lessons are charged at £13.50 per hour payable by monthly standing order.
Second instrument / immediate family rates are discounted.
All 1:1 lessons are charged at £30 per hour payable directly to the teacher.