Registration Fees

Each potential student, whether new or returning, must complete a registration form along with a non-refundable registration fee of $25 each regular semester. A household family max of $50 is available for families with multiple Academy students. Your registration fee must accompany your registration form for lessons to be scheduled. Lessons will not be confirmed until the registration form is received and your registration fee is paid in full.


Members of First Baptist Church of Melbourne will have subsequent registration fees waived if they are continuing study in consecutive regular semesters (Fall-->Spring/Spring-->Fall). Summer semester is not considered a regular semester. If a FBCMel member student withdraws from the Academy and wishes to return at a later date, a new registration will be collected upon reentering the Academy.


Fall & Spring Registration Fees:

  • $25 per student per semester
  • $50 maximum per household


Summer Registration Fees:

  • $15 per student
  • $30 maximum per household


Fall & Spring  Private Instruction

  • 20 minute lesson - $315 per semester (Preschool Piano Exploration Only)
  • 30 minute lesson - $465 per semester
  • 45 minute lesson - $705 per semester
  • 1 hour lesson - $930 per semester


The above prices reflect Private Music Lessons with Instructors for a Full Semester of 15 weeks of lessons


Instructors teaching fewer weeks this semester are noted below:


Lessons with Lisa Wilt are a pro-rated tuition for a 14 week Fall 2025 semester

  • Fourteen 20 min PPE lessons: $294
  • Fourteen 30 min lessons: $434
  • Fourteen 45 min lessons: $658
  • Fourteen 1 hr lessons: $868


Lessons with Dr. Tom Silliman and Jenna Cobb are a pro-rated tuition for a 13 week Fall 2025 semester

  • Thirteen 30 min lessons: $403
  • Thirteen 45 min lessons: $611
  • Thirteen 1 hr lessons: $806

Summer Private Instruction

Six-week Semester


Nine-week Semester

Private Instruction Tuition Payments

Full Pay tuition can be paid online any time or in the church offices during operating business hours, Mon-Thurs, 9:00am-5:00pm.


All Payment Plan and Pro-Rated Tuition can be paid in the church offices, or you can choose to have a payable online invoice emailed to you. Any emailed invoices will incur a 3% service charge in addition to the payment plan convenience fee.


All payments made by credit card whether online or in our offices will include a 3% service charge. To eliminate the additional service charge, families may pay by check* or cash in the church offices, or after church office hours by placing their labeled payment in a sealed envelope in the black Gateway Payments mailbox located just outside the offices.


Payments by check* should be made payable to:

FBC-Gateway Academy.


*Please note the student’s name in the memo line on your check.


The Fall and Spring semesters are 16 weeks long. Your student will receive 15 lessons; the 16th week will be reserved for an excused absence make-up lesson. Please see the Attendance Policy for Gateway Academy in our Academy Handbook.

Enrolling Mid-Term & Withdrawal Policy

Students may enroll at any time during the semester based on availability and director discretion. Tuition costs are pro-rated for the remainder of the term at a per lesson price. 


The non-refundable registration fee is still required for all students when enrolling mid-term.


The Academy operates on a semester schedule. If a student desires to withdraw from the Academy prior to the end of the semester, except in extreme circumstances, all tuition & fees for the semester are still the responsibility of the student.