Faith Music Academy
Faith Music Academy
New 2025-2026 Classes Starting August 14 & 15, 2025
We offer affordable, quality music instruction to children in the church and our community. Designed for homeschool students, our program offers group string classes in 4 levels. Students can learn violin, viola, or cello in each level. We are also adding an Early Childhood Music class this year!
***Note: Because of limited space and teacher scheduling, registration will be closing on July 25, 2025***
Location
- Faith Community Church – 1100 Woodstock Parkway Woodstock, GA 30188
- Strings Classes 1&2: Room 204 (upstairs)
- Strings Classes 3&4: Room 205 (upstairs)
- Early Childhood Family Music (TBD)
Classes Offered
***New Class Times this Year***
THURSDAYS (NEW)
- Strings Class 1 (Thursday) (beginners)
- Thursdays 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
- Teacher: Colleen Lively
- Early Childhood Family Music (9:30-10:15 AM) (6 weeks at a time)
Early childhood family music and movement class age 18 mos. (walking age) – 5 yrs: This class will use the well respected Musikgarten curriculum to teach young children to love music making. Music is a gift from the Lord that is intended to glorify Him and draw our hearts to love Him. The most important time to teach people to love music is the early years of childhood. There are so many benefits to music training for young children including:
- symbolic thinking
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concentration
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memory
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appropriate expression of thoughts and feelings
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group participation
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motor skills
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impulse control
Parents and young children will enjoy the natural bond that comes from making music together!
Cost: $60 (per child). We’re offering a multi-child discount for this class. The 2nd child in the same family is $40, and each additional child after that will be $20.
FRIDAYS
- Strings Class 1 (Friday) (beginners)
- Fridays 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
- Teachers: Anna & Kara McCoy
- Parent must attend with child
- Strings Class 2 (must complete class 1 or pass class 2 entrance audition* on Friday, Aug. 8)
- Fridays 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
- Teachers: Anna & Kara McCoy
- Parent must attend with child
- Strings Class 3 (must pass class 3 entrance audition* on Friday, Aug. 8)
- Fridays 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
- Teacher: Colleen Lively
- Parent must attend with class in 1st semester
- Strings Class 4 (advanced – must pass class 4 entrance audition* on Friday, Aug. 8)
- Fridays 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
- Teacher: Colleen Lively
- Parent doesn’t need to attend
* ABOUT CLASS LEVELS: To qualify for strings class 2 (if class 1 isn’t completed), or to advance to class 3 or class 4, students will need to take and pass an informal audition with specific requirements (on Friday, August 8). We will send those requirements out to students after registration (or before, by request), and we’ll set up a time with parents and students when auditions will take place. If you are registering your child in the same level as last year, audition is not required. Please register your child for the class you think will best fit their abilities. Some adjustments may need to be made to class levels after registration & auditions.
Cost
Registration & Tuition:
EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILY MUSIC: $60 for a 6-week class. There will be an option to add on additional weeks once the initial 6-week class is finished. We’re offering a multi-child discount for kids in the same family. Registration for the 2nd child costs $40, and each additional child costs $20.
STRINGS: $60 registration fee plus $240 tuition per child for the whole school year (This doesn’t include the cost of purchasing/renting an instrument, music stand, curriculum book, etc. We will send you info regarding that after registration).
- Payment Plans: We offer three ways to spread out strings class payments over the school year.
- First, you can pay the registration fee ($60) when you register, then pay each semester’s tuition ($120 each) at the start of each semester.
- Second, you can pay the registration fee and first semester tuition ($180) when you register, then pay the remaining balance ($120) at the start of the 2nd semester.
- Third, you can pay the whole cost ($300) when you register.
- Payment Type: online payments only this year. We can accept checks if online payments aren’t working.
Schedule
- Strings 1st Semester: Thursday & Friday, August 14-15, 2025 through December 4-5, 2025
- No class Nov. 27-28, 2025 (Thanksgiving week)
- Christmas Recital on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
- Strings 2nd Semester: Thursday & Friday, January 8-9, 2026 through Friday, April 23-24, 2026
- No class on 1 Friday for Spring Break (TBD)
- Spring Recital on Friday, May 1, 2026 at 7:00 PM
- Early Childhood Family Music: 6 weeks starting Thursday, August 14
Our Teachers
Colleen Lively
Full-time music teacher, graduate of Tennessee Temple University with a B.S. in music education. Suzuki certified, 30+ years teaching experience. Member of various orchestras and ensembles.
Anna McCoy
Full-time music teacher, graduate of Colburn Community School of Performing Arts, member of various professional and community symphonies and orchestras.
Kara McCoy
Full-time music teacher, graduate of Colburn Community School of Performing Arts, member of various professional and community symphonies and orchestras.
WHO
FMA is for students ages 6 – 17 years old. Parents are required to stay with their children in levels 1-3.
WHEN
Classes meet on Fridays between 9:30 AM and 1:45 PM. Classes will follow the 2025-2026 school calendar.
WHERE
Faith Community Church
1100 Woodstock Parkway
Woodstock, GA 30188
Darby Hughes
Director of FMA, Worship Pastor
Colleen Lively
Strings Instructor