Friday, January 21, 2022 | Uncategorized

Kia Ora Parents/Caregivers,

We hope you’ve had a restful summer break. This is my first day back in the office for the year having been ill, so I apologise that I have not replying to emails.   There is a lot of catching up to do as I am still transitioning into the Amplify managers role, so please give me extra grace as I get up to speed.  The tutors are excited about getting back into the year and making beautiful music with your young people. Scheduling of lessons is our key priority next week, so we will be in touch asap.

The management of Youth Alive Trust have looked at the finances of Amplify over the past couple of years and confirmed that it has made a financial loss both years. One of our key visions is to provide affordable music lessons, and we believe we have been one of the cheapest music schools in the city, but we need to at least break even to be sustainable.  We have also been stung by unpaid accounts amounted to thousands of dollars. 

We want to honour the tutors with a pay increase and run a sustainable music school in the long term.  Our last price increase was January 2019, therefore from January 2022, these will be our new prices.

Rock Bands lessons will be $8.00 per person.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch and we’ll get back to you next week.

Nga Mihi Nui 

Vai Punivai 

amplify@yat.org.nz