Music Programs

Carl Bradley, Director
cbradley@friendscentral.org
610.645.5082

Bethann DiGiovanni, Lower School Coordinator
bdigiovanni@friendscentral.org
610.642.7575

Music and Voice Lessons (Individual)

Friends' Central offers opportunities for individual private instruction by experienced local professional musicians. See below for available instruments by grade level. Case-by-case exceptions may be made for students with prior instrumental experience. All instruments may be continued through grade 12.

Individual lessons provide one-on-one instruction to encourage both technical and artistic growth. Lessons take place before, during, or after the school day at FCS at the mutual convenience of teacher and student. Twenty-six half-hour lessons will be scheduled weekly throughout the school year. Lessons are a year-long commitment and families should consider overall scheduling before signing up.   

Instrument	Starting Age For Beginner
Cello	Beginner: Kindergarten and Up
Violin, Viola	Beginner: 1st grade and Up
Piano	Beginner: 1st grade and Up
Flute	Beginner: 3rd grade and Up

Lower School Rainbow String Ensemble 

Friends' Central offers opportunities for string, flute and clarinet instrument students in grades 2-5 who have had one year or more of private lessons in or out of school to join the Rainbow String Ensemble (other orchestral instruments may be admitted on a case by case basis). Students must continue their private lessons while in this ensemble. The Rainbow Ensemble rehearses after school each Wednesday from 3:00-3:45 pm from October through May and performs several times during the school year.

Coordinators and Instructors
Carl Bradley, Program Director, and Galen Guindon, Lower School Coordinator, administer the FCS instrumental program. Click here for a list of private instrumental music instructors.

Music Lessons Registration
Click here to Register

If you need to arrange for payments to be processed through your FACTS account, please contact Rudy Fabry at rfabry@friendscentral.org or 610-645-5122. These programs are non-refundable.