RAISING THE NEXT GENERATION OF PASSIONATE WORSHIPERS OF GOD

LESSON FORMAT FEE SCHEDULE Instrument and Voice Students Books:

• Beginner Level: Student is responsible for purchasing the necessary 30-minute weekly Individual Lessons + 3 Worship Band Jam Sessions Method Books.

• Intermediate/Advanced Level: 30-minute weekly Individual Lessons + 3 Worship Band Jam Sessions Tuition (per Semester):

Beginner Instrument or Voice: $450 Dance Students Intermediate/Advanced Instrument or Voice: $450

• Beginner Level: 60-minute weekly Dance Class Beginner Dance: $120 • Intermediate Level: 60-minute weekly Dance Class Intermediate Dance: $120

TUITION PAYMENT Tuition may be paid in full before classes begin or as follows:

Beginner Instrument or Voice: • $50 due at time of enrollment • $100/month invoiced September through December Intermediate/Advance Instrument or Voice: • $50 due at time of enrollment • $100/month invoiced September through December Beginner Dance: • $40 due at time of enrollment • $20/month invoiced September through December Intermediate Dance: • $40 due at time of enrollment • $20/month invoiced September through December

Student’s Name ______________________________________ What Grade? _____ School? ________________________________

Parents’ Names ______________________________________________ Parent’s Cell Phone _______________________________

Street Address, City, Zip ________________________________________________________________________________________

Parent’s Email ___________________________________________ Home Phone _________________________________________

Student’s Email __________________________________________ What Church do you attend? ___________________________

Please describe your previous lessons & experience (how many years you have taken, etc.): For Instruments: What Method Book(s) have you been using? _______________________________________________________

What level of book have you finished? ________________________________ Level (Circle One): Beginner Lower Upper

Tuition Agreement

I covenant with Academy of Worship Arts that my student will attend the entire Fall 2012 Semester. If, after starting, he/she chooses not to finish the semester for whatever reason, I will pay the semester tuition in full.

Parent Signature __________________________________________ Date ________________________

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Please mail completed Registration Form to: Academy of Worship Arts | 316 Southgate Court | Brentwood, TN 37027

The goal of ACADEMY OF WORSHIP ARTS is to raise-up the next generation of people who truly know how to worship God in Spirit and Truth. We seek to train up whole-hearted, fully-integrated worshipers who express praise, worship and honor to God through their love of music and the arts, while learning how to praise, worship and honor God in every area of life. We desire to help young people grow in artistic expression through music and the arts for the glory of God and the good of man.

CINDY WAGNER: PIANO / VOCAL INSTRUCTOR Cindy started taking piano lessons at age five and instantly loved it. By the time she was 14 she was giving beginner piano lessons as her job. She started vocal lessons when she was 11 and was singing professionally by the age of 13 in a Christian band. This band continued ministering musically throughout Jr. High, Sr. High and college. Cindy majored in Voice and Piano in college. She continued teaching private lessons as she home-

schooled her three children. She has sung background vocals for such artists as Michael W. Smith, Natalie Grant, Nicole C. Mullin, Twila Paris and others on studio projects and concert performances. For ten years Cindy developed a strong worship team with New Song Youth, helping to raise up Youth Worship Leaders who were passionately pursuing Jesus. Cindy is now the Worship Arts Coordinator at New Song Nashville and teaches and administrates the Academy of Worship Arts.

GWEN ELLIOTT: DANCE INSTRUCTOR Gwen Elliott is thrilled to be a part of the team at New Song Academy of Worship Arts. Gwen has spent the last 12 years leading dance ministry at New Song Christian Fellowship. From 2001 – 2006, she owned and operated her own dance studio, which she closed when it was time for her to have children. Gwen has a passion to see technical excellence married with fully devoted, whole-hearted worship of Jesus Christ. Focused on worship as a lifestyle, modesty and divinely

inspired creativity, Gwen brings a strong teaching element to dance. “My lifeʼs mission in dance is to see lives transformed by the power of the Gospel and then to see that transformation expressed in dance. Whether a worship element or a piece that tells a story, dance is a vehicle that should be used to glorify Him and to tell His story! I love to see multiple creative elements work together to make an even greater impact.” Gwen lives in Franklin, Tennessee and attends New Song Cool Springs with her husband, Brian, and three kids, Taylor, Micah and Garrett.

JOEL EVRIST: ACOUSTIC GUITAR/BASS/DRUM INSTRUCTOR Joel began pursuing music at age eight with piano lessons. By age ten, he learned form and technique with his instructor. Getting his first drum kit at age 11, he continued lessons for years. At age 16, he started stealing his sister's acoustic guitar to learn everything he could. At 18 years old, he took up bass while growing in competence on the other three instruments. Helping students to be a multi-instrumental, competent, creative, and effusive musician that seeks to exalt Jesus Christ through

musical excellence is Joelʼs passion. He believes deep love and loyalty to Christ and people leads to the best kinds of worship leaders, musicians, and songwriters. Joelʼs desire? “Let's pray for wisdom and grace, work hard, laugh a lot, practice, and allow the Holy Spirit to shape us into the musicians He created us to be.”

PATRICK MALEY: DRUM/PERCUSSION INSTRUCTOR Patrick Maley has been a professional drummer and percussionist for the better part of 20 years. He is co-founder of the international music super group SIRIS and has been a session and live drummer for countless other artists such as Katy Perry, The Beach Boys, Carrie Underwood, Chris Cornell, and many more. Patrick has been teaching drums and percussion privately for the past 15 years. He is a Musicianʼs Institute graduate with a degree in Commercial Percussion

Performance and is a member of the Percussive Arts Society (PAS) as well as The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS). Patrick has a genuine passion for helping cultivate the love of music in those he teaches.

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GREG HAGAN: GUITAR INSTRUCTOR Greg Hagan is a professional guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, producer and worship leader with 20+ years professional experience. Heʼs originally from Lakeland, FL where his professional experience began teaching electric guitar at a local music store while in his freshman year at Florida Southern College on scholarship for classical guitar. He has studied classical, jazz, and contemporary pop music in all of its ever evolving forms and has been in the Nashville music scene since 1997 recording

and touring with artists such as Matt Kearney, Jordin Sparks, Small Town Prophets, Avalon, the Katinas, Little Big Town, Julianne Hough and LeAnn Rimes just to name a few. “Using the gifts God has given me to help others develop their musical skills and find their calling in His Kingdom is what motivates me as a teacher,” says Greg. You can check out an interview on the Worship Matters website (www.worshipmatters.com, search Greg Hagan) to hear Greg share some practical advice to improve your skills as a worshipping guitarist.