Tuition Fees
2023/2024 Collegium Program Tuition Information
Each category of membership has a different tuition. All tuition is per year. Students are expected to do the full academic year (September to May).
Net tuition payable
| Full Member – Strings and Winds^ | $3,430.00 per year, if no bursary |
| Full Member – Piano^ | $3,018.00 per year, if no bursary |
| Postsecondary Member | $270.00 per year Note: Fee is in addition to Camosun tuition fee. |
| Junior Member – Strings | $1,518.15 per year, if no bursary |
| Junior Member – Piano Plus | $1,632.00 per year, if no bursary | Junior Member – Woodwinds | $1,614.00 per year, if no bursary |
^ If you work with a higher fee group teacher, then there is an additional $832 tuition, if no bursary
Payment timing
Students auditioning for the first time are charged a $32 audition fee. Although students audition each year to remain in the program, this is a one-time fee.
Because the Collegium is an ensemble-based program, we need commitment from students long before the first day of classes. For this reason, registration into the program and a non-refundable tuition payment of $300 is required by June 30.
The balance of tuition owing can be:
- paid for the entire year with Email Money Transfer, Debit Card, Credit Card (a 2.86% fee will apply), Cash, or Cheque by the first day of class, or
- set up on a payment plan which can be spread over a maximum of eight months (September to April) by providing banking information for a Pre-Authorized Withdrawal plan, taken on the 15th of each month. Note that there is a $2.00 fee per payment.
Tuition details per core discipline
Full Member – Strings and Winds
- 32 weekly 1 hour individual lessons^
- 28 weekly 1 ½ hour master/performance classes or 1 ¼ hour Soundings sessions
- 28 weekly 1 hour chamber coaching sessions
- Up to $200 in discounts if signing up for any Theory/History classes
- 16 ½ hour private collaborative coaching sessions
- Concerts and other performing opportunities
- New! Chamber Group entry fee to GVPA Festival
| Total tuition per year | $5,430.00 |
| Less: Scholarship* | (2,000.00) |
| Net tuition per year | $3,430.00 |
| Less: E. & S. Charman Bursary** | (1,620.00) |
| Net tuition per year, if bursary | $1,810.00 |
^ If you work with a higher fee group teacher, then there is an additional $832 tuition, if no bursary
Full Member – Piano
- 32 weekly 1 hour individual lessons^
- 28 weekly 1 ½ hour master/performance classes or 1 ¼ hour Soundings sessions
- 28 weekly 1 hour chamber coaching sessions
- Up to $200 in discounts if signing up for any Theory/History classes
- Concerts and other performing opportunities
- New! Chamber Group entry fee to GVPA Festival
| Total tuition per year | $4,718.00 |
| Less: Scholarship* | (1,700.00) |
| Net tuition per year | $3,018.00 |
| Less: E. & S. Charman Bursary** | (1,406.40) |
| Net tuition per year, if bursary | $1,611.60 |
^ If you work with a higher fee group teacher, then there is an additional $832 tuition, if no bursary
Postsecondary Member
- 28 weekly 1 ½ hour master/performance classes or 1 ¼ hour Soundings sessions
- 28 weekly 1 hour chamber coaching sessions
- Concerts and other performing opportunities
- New! Chamber Group entry fee to GVPA Festival
| Total tuition per year | $1,151.00 |
| Less: Tuition paid to Camosun | (781.00) |
| Less: Scholarship* | (100.00) |
| Net tuition per year | $270.00 |
Junior Member – Strings
- 28 weekly ¾ hour chamber coaching sessions (in duos or trios)
- 34 weekly 1 ½ hour Intermediate Orchestra sessions
- 32 weekly 1 hour theory classes
- 4 to 6 1 ½ hour masterclasses
- Concerts and other performing opportunities
- New! Chamber Group entry fee to GVPA Festival
| Total tuition per year | $2,737.00 |
| Less: Scholarship* | (1,150.00) |
| Less: Discount | (68.85) |
| Net tuition per year | $1,518.15 |
| Less: E. & S. Charman Bursary** | (815.10) |
| Net tuition per year, if bursary | $703.05 |
Junior Member – Piano Plus
- 28 weekly ¾ hour chamber coaching sessions (in duos or trios)
- 28 weekly 1 hour Piano Plus group classes
- 2 weekly 1 hour theory classes
- 4 to 6 1 ½ hour masterclasses
- Concerts and other performing opportunities
- New! Chamber Group entry fee to GVPA Festival
| Total tuition per year | $2,782.00 |
| Less: Scholarship* | (1,150.00) |
| Net tuition per year | $1,632.00 |
| Less: E. & S. Charman Bursary** | (828.60) |
| Net tuition per year, if bursary | $803.40 |
Junior Member – Woodwinds
- 28 weekly ¾ hour chamber coaching sessions (in duos or trios)
- 15 weeks of Winds and Brass Youth Chamber Intensive classes
- 2 weekly 1 hour theory classes
- 4 to 6 1 ½ hour masterclasses
- Concerts and other performing opportunities
- New! Chamber Group entry fee to GVPA Festival
| Total tuition per year | $2,764.00 |
| Less: Scholarship* | (1,150.00) |
| Net tuition per year | $1,614.00 |
| Less: E. & S. Charman Bursary** | (823.20) |
| Net tuition per year, if bursary | $790.80 |
“Collegium is the most important education my children have received. In no other venture have my children learned all of the following: striving for excellence, setting goals, experiencing a teacher passionately picture their next achievement, collaborate with peers who are older, and younger, working with professional mentors, developing stage presence, and learning to share mutual appreciation among each other.”
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Donated Scholarships and Bursaries
*The Collegium Scholarships are funded by six Scholarship Funds:
- Grant Family Scholarship/Bursary
- Henry, Annie & Harry Cathcart Bursary
- Naomi Skinner Estate Collegium Scholarship
- Prof. Stephen & Dr. Jacquelyn Peitchinis Scholarships
- Victoria Conservatory of Music General Endowed Scholarship Fund
- Virginia Finch-Noyes Memorial Scholarship
**The Eric and Shirley Charman Young Musicians’ Bursary is available for any student who meets the eligibility requirements. Please see the Bursary page for more information.
Notice: This program does not require approval by the Private Training Institutions Branch of the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills & Training and as such has not been reviewed.
Contact Us
Have questions about the Young Artists Collegium Program?
Simon MacDonald, Artistic Director | 250.386.5311 ext. 2090
Micki Stirling, Animateur | 250.386.5311 ext. 3360