September 19, 2022 - May 12, 2023

1-1 Lessons Overview

• Lessons are available to students in 1st-12th grade as a full year commitment. 
• Lessons are once a week for 30 minutes.
• Lessons are available from 3:30-6:00pm, M-Th and are scheduled on a first come, first serve basis.
• Any amount of time your student spends in ASP prior to lessons is free for Lower School and Middle School students.
• All Lower and Middle school students must sign into the After School Program before their lessons and must be signed out according to ASP procedures. 

Prices, billing procedures, and policies:

Billing for ASP Private Music Lessons will be broken out into three installments throughout the school year. There is a one time non-refundable deposit payment required at the time of registration. 

Pricing:

• $60 per 30 minute lesson (once a week) for Non ASP Plan Users
• $55 per 30 minute lesson (once a week) for ASP Plan Users (5pm or 6pm plan)

Absences & cancelations:

September 19, 2022 - May 12, 2023

ASP Band

Monday's and Wednesday's
Beginning Band: 3:30pm - 4:15pm
Intermediate Band: 4:15pm - 5:00pm

Band is a wonderful opportunity for students to bond with classmates, meet new friends, develop personal discipline, build self esteem, and begin the practice of an art form that will deliver joy and satisfaction from their school days to beyond. Beginning Band is for students with little to no experience, while intermediate students will have completed at least one full year in band.

The school has a limited number of instruments to loan to families. There are also several local companies to rent instruments from at a reasonable cost.
Students do not have to choose an instrument prior to bands’ start, where they’ll be given the opportunity to explore the instruments before making a decision. Requests for instrument loans should be directed to nhuaman@headroyce.org.

Pricing:

$2,000 for the full 2022-23 school year
Broken out into three installments
 

About our Band Director:

Nzingah hails from New York State's Hudson River Valley. She studied at Harlem's Jazzmobile with Basie alumnae: Frank Foster, Frank Wess and Bill Baron. She also studied at Carl Berger's Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, NY, Berkeley School of Music in Boston and at Rutger's University, where she received her BA in Music. In 2000 Nzingah received her Orff Certification from Mills College. Since relocating to CA, Nzingah has worked with a variety of ensembles including the Mendocino Music Festival Orchestra, Azucar Y Crema (a women's salsa band), the Junius Courtney Big Band and in 2008 was featured artist for the annual concert series, Afro Solo.

More recently she has performed with R&B legend Johnny Tolbert; vocalist Denise Perrier and violinist, Sandi Poindexter. In addition to leading her own jazz quintet, Nzingah currently peforms with the Latin Jaxx ensemble; Azucar con Ache and the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music Orchestra and Count Basie Tribute Band.

A dedicated music educator, Nzingah teaches private lessons in general music, woodwinds and band. She has taught at a number of public and private schools including The San Francisco School, the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music, Elmhurst Community Prep, Alliance Academy, Lick-Wilmerding High School and San Pedro Elementary School.