Duxbury Public Schools- Music Department
Duxbury Before and After Dark
Professional Private Music Lessons Program
Private Lesson Registration Form
Jill Noerenberg Music Department Head 781-934-7650 jnoerenberg@duxbury.k12.ma.us
Sandra Coonan Director of Community Education scoonan@duxbury.k12.ma.us
Jenn Gallerani Before and After Dark Music Lessons jgallerani@duxbury.k12.ma.us
September, 2026
The Duxbury Public Schools Music Department is proud to offer private music lessons as a supplement to our in-school performance lessons/classes. Music lessons have long been a vital part of music performance in Duxbury for many years. Moreover, music departments across the South Shore, state, country, and even the world, view private music lessons as an integral part of music education and it is important to offer lessons to the Duxbury community as well. Please note that participation in the Private Lesson Music program is optional and not a required component of the Duxbury Music Program curriculum.
We have consulted with other Massachusetts school districts administering private lesson music programs that use a term payment system to see if we can streamline our program in a similar manner. For the 26-27 school year, we will be moving Private Music Lesson payments to the MySchoolBucks payment processing system which is already in use for a variety of programs in the Duxbury Public Schools. Private Lesson Music payments will now be paid in advance for the entire term and will cover a total of 14 lessons. Please do not pay adult instructors directly, you must use the MySchoolBucks system. If your child is taking lessons with a Duxbury High School student instructor, rather than an adult professional music instructor, you will pay the high school student directly.
Overview of the DPS Music Private Lessons Program with Professional Adult Instructors
● To get started, contact a teacher on the lesson teacher list (available on Schoology) to schedule a day/time, and then click here to complete the sign-up form. Please note that your child will not be able to take a private lesson until your registration form has been completed.
Lessons are available to all grade 5-12 students.
Lessons are available on all band and orchestra instruments and voice.
Fourteen lessons are offered in Term One (September - January) and fourteen lessons are offered in Term Two (January - May) and during the summer on a weekly basis. We encourage participation throughout the year.
The charge per term for 14 lessons is $532 for 30 minute lessons, $763 for 45 minute lessons, and $994 for 1 hour lessons. There will be a Term 1 (September 7, 2026 - January 8, 2027) and a Term 2 (January 11, 2027 - May 28, 2027) in each school year. A student cannot begin lessons until the Term payment has been received through MySchoolBucks.
Your music instructor will track your child’s lessons each term to ensure that 14 lessons are given within the term. Families should also keep a record of their child’s music lesson attendance to track the 14 lessons.
All lessons take place in the Duxbury High School Music Wing, not in the teacher/student home.
Lessons do not take place on weekends, school holidays, vacations, and canceled school days.
Instructors and families will work directly with one another to schedule make-up lessons. If an instructor is absent, he/she will contact the family to inform them and to offer a make-up lesson. Families must provide 24 hour notice to the instructor if the student is unable to make a lesson and then can arrange for a make-up with the instructor. Same day lesson cancellations will be marked as unexcused and will count towards one of the fourteen lessons in the term.
Overview of the Before and After Dark DPS Music
Private Lessons Program Payment Process
● Please do not pay DPS Music Staff and adult private lesson music professionals directly. All payments to DPS Music Staff and adult professional Private Lesson Music instructors must be made through the Duxbury Public Schools MySchoolBucks system.
Follow this link PRIVATE LESSON MUSIC PROGRAM to the MySchoolBucks Store for the Private Lesson Music Program. If you are already logged in, click the “Buy Now” button to select your student’s name, the name of the instructor/instrument and to make your payment for the term. If you are not already logged in, you will need to sign onto your MySchoolBucks account or create an account to proceed.
If your student is taking music lessons with a Duxbury High School student, the MySchoolBucks option is not available. You will need to pay the high school student instructor directly.
For questions regarding lesson payments, please contact Jennifer Gallerani by email at jgallerani@duxbury.k12.ma.us