The Tuned In Academy

Olympia Tuition & Fees

One-time Registration Fee (One per family)

$20

Re-enrollment/Re-registration Fee (One per family)

$10

We have no contracts, and you may disenroll at any time, though we hope you are with us for year so we can be a significant part of your musical journey! That said, we realize that from time to time some may need to disenroll for various reasons. Please note that we cannot hold your spot in a class or lessons when disenrolled, and, when you come back—which we hope you will—there is a one-time re-enrollment fee to cover the admin costs of re-instating your account.

Mission Partner Tuition Rate: TIA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit academy. All our mission partner families are helping us keep the mission of TIA going, and we so appreciate it! $10 or more from all mission partner rate tuition on private lessons and classes go directly to the TIA general fund, bills first, all extra goes directly to scholarship students in need. We thank you so much for your support and for helping us keep the music going!

Reduced Rate Tuition Available: Would our mission partner rate keep you from enrolling due to finances? Reduced rate tuition is always available. If you qualify (if your family earns less than 60% of the median income for Olympia), we can offer you a slightly reduced rate tuition, contact us for details.[1]

At TIA, all our private lessons, classes, and music therapy are tuition based, not pay per lesson, class, or session. This makes it easier for you as you pay the same rate every month and don’t have to worry about not knowing how much you owe on a particular month. You will find the average rates in the area vary from about $28.75-30 per lesson, which would be $112-120 monthly for weekly half hour lessons. As a non-profit, we do everything we can to provide you the best in music education at an affordable and attainable tuition rate.

Private lessons are weekly and meet every week except for TIA regularly scheduled breaks, so we strongly encourage planning schedules and vacations accordingly. *We have one week off for spring break, end of spring semester, end of summer (including Labor Day), Thanksgiving time and two weeks at Christmastime. We are also off for Memorial Day.

  • 30 Minute Private Lessons with Associate and Student Faculty

Mission Partner $97 monthly for weekly 30 minute lessons

  • 30 Minute Private lessons with Regular Faculty (Faculty with a college degree in music)

Mission Partner $102 monthly for weekly 30 minute lessons

  • 30 Minute Private lessons with Masters Faculty (Faculty with a Master’s degree or higher, or equivalent experience)

Mission Partner $112 monthly for weekly 30 minute lessons

  • 30 Minute Labs                     

Mission Partner $77 monthly for weekly 30 minute classes

  • 15 Minute Private lessons with Student, Associate, and Regular Faculty (often for five-year old students not yet ready for 30 minute lessons)

Mission Partner $57 monthly for weekly 15 minute lessons

  • 15 Minute Private lessons with Masters Faculty

Mission Partner $62 monthly for weekly 15 minute lessons

  • 45 Minute Private lessons with regular faculty

Mission Partner $147 monthly for weekly 45 minute lessons

  • 60 Minute Private lessons (One hour weekly private lessons with regular faculty)

Mission Partner $197 monthly for weekly 60 minute lessons

  • 60 Minute Private lessons (One hour private lessons with Master faculty)

Mission Partner $207 monthly for weekly 60 minute lessons

  • Monthly Session Fees for Weekly 30 Minute Music Therapy Sessions

These are individual music therapy sessions with a board certified, licensed, professional music therapist. Monthly session fees include time for the therapist’s preparation and documentation around the treatment plan which is all a part of your personalized music therapy.

Mission Partner $197 monthly for weekly 30 minute sessions

Multiple Student Discounts

Each family pays the full mission partner rate on only the first enrolled lesson, regular class, or therapy client, each additional student or client is $5 off.

For example:

Judy enrolls Jacob in piano lessons with a regular faculty member $102 monthly at the full mission partner rate. Judy enrolls Jessica in guitar lessons with an associate faculty member, $92 monthly at the TIA multiple student discount rate.

How to Pay:

Student playing drums at our Summer Presentation in Olympia

1. Paying tuition at the academy is easy with Venmo or Cash App

You can pay tuition through Venmo to @thetunedinacademy, or The Cash App to $thetunedinacademy

2. You may choose to pay by check or cash as well. If you pay by check please make your *checks payable to The Tuned In Academy and mail to:

4250 Martin Way E #105
PMB 384 Olympia, WA 98516.

*If a check is returned for non-sufficient funds, you will be charged a $10 check return fee. If our credit union runs the check a second time and returns it, you will also be responsible for twice the full amount of the check. We realize this happens, but if it happens a second time we will require you to pay in cash or PayPal for all future payments.

[1] https://affordablehousingonline.com/housing-search/Washington/Olympia