Tuition fees and instrument lending

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Studies at the Vantaa Music Institute are subject to tuition fees. If more than one child from the same family studies at the Vantaa Music Institute and/or Vantaa Art School, their tuition fees may be reduced by implementing a sibling discount. Low-income families can apply for tuition fee waivers. For the duration of their first study year, students can loan an instrument from the music institute.

Käyrätorvi ja soittajan sormet.

For the first study year, orchestral instruments can be loaned from the music institute.

Tuition fees

Lessons take place on 35 study weeks: 17 autumn semester study weeks and 18 spring semester study weeks.

Early Childhood Music Education

Music play school 45 min/week 100 €
Music play school 60 min/week 126 €
Music skills education The Minit Choir/Music Keys group 105 €
Vocal and instrument coaching as part of group (2–4 children)/Music Keys group, including loan instrument 252 €
Vocal and instrument coaching Individual lesson (instrument or singing) 30 minutes and Music Keys group 357 €

 

Basic education in the arts

Basic music education Individual lesson on main subject, music perception subjects and music group sessions 357 €
Minor subject 30 min/week 226 €
Minor subject (half-lessons) 15 min/week (advanced studies) 113 €

 

Open Studies

* All personal lessons include the opportunity to join music group sessions and music perception lessons.

Individual lesson 30 min/week 520 €
Individual lesson 45 min/week 770 €
Individual lesson 60 min/week 1000 €
Individual lesson 13 x 30 mins 395 €
Music perception subjects   130 €
Choir or orchestra   120 €
Group or ensemble   265 €

Sibling Discounts

If more than one child from the same family attends basic art studies at the Vantaa Music Institute and/or Vantaa Art School, their tuition fees may be reduced by implementing a sibling discount. Sibling discounts are applied, and granted, for one school year at a time.

Please note: the sibling discount does not apply to early childhood music education or open studies’ tuition fees.

  • For the first sibling, the discount is 25% from the tuition fee.
  • For the second and further siblings, the discount is 50% from the tuition fee.

You can apply for a sibling discount with a free-form application at the beginning of the relevant studies. Please send your application to: musiikkiopisto@vantaa.fi. The application should contain the name(s) of the relevant student(s) and the institute(s) and department(s) where the children are studying.

Terms of Payment

All tuition fees charged by the Vantaa Music Institute are charged once per semester and invoiced and paid as a single payment. Autumn semester tuition fees’ due date is in October, and for spring semester tuition fees it is in February. You are welcome to come and visit any group session once free of charge. For any further visits your will charged the full tuition fee. If a student wants to quit their studies, the institute must be notified via email at musiikkiopisto@vantaa.fi.



If a student skips three consecutive lessons/sessions without notifying their teacher, the institute considers the student in question to have quit their studies. For any studies that the student has discontinued before the semester has ended, we will charge the full tuition fee.



For any autumn-semester studies that the student has begun before the autumn holiday, we will charge the full tuition fee. For studies that the student has begun after the autumn holiday, we will charge half of the tuition fee. For any spring-semester studies that the student has begun before 15 March, we will charge the full tuition fee. For studies that the student has begun after 15 March, we will charge half of the tuition fee.



Unpaid invoices and reminder fees are transferred for collection to the collection agency Intrum Justitia.

Fee Waivers

The Vantaa Music Institute may grant tuition fee waivers to low-income families. Fee waivers are considered on a case-by-case basis. Each waiver grants a 25–90% discount from the relevant tuition fee.

Fee waivers may be granted for tuition fees paid for basic art studies and instrument lessons. Waiver applications can be submitted by low-income families who have a valid social assistance decision from KELA. Fee waivers are applied, and granted, for one school year at a time.

Please note: Fee waivers are not granted for tuition fees paid for early childhood music education or open studies.

Please send your fee waiver application to the City of Vantaa Registrar’s Office by 8 September 2023. Please also provide a copy of your social assistance decision document. More details can be found on the form. Send the fee waiver application no earlier than July 1, 2023.

If the student starts his studies in the middle of the school year, a fee waiver may be granted for the spring semester. For the spring semester, fee waiver based on social assistance decision from KELA must be applied for by Friday, January 12, 2024 at 3:30 p.m.

Financial assistance from your home municipality

If your family is having financial difficulties, it may be possible to apply for additional social assistance for children’s hobby expenses. Such additional assistance can only be granted if the family in question already has a valid social assistance decision from KELA. For more information, please contact KELA.

Instrument Lending

Musical studies require that each student purchases their own instrument. However, for the first study year, it is possible to loan an instrument from the music institute. If certain financial conditions are met, it may also be possible to loan certain instruments for multiple years.

Depending on the instrument, loan fees range from 60 € to 200 €. The most common fee is approx. 70 €. Loan fees are paid and collected per school year.

Vuokrattavia soittimia ovat:

  • Violin

  • Viola

  • Cello

  • Double bass

  • Oboe

  • Clarinet

  • Bassoon

  • Saxophone

  • Trumpet

  • French horn

  • Trombone

  • Tuba

  • Accordion

The loan instrument office is at our Patotie service location in Myyrmäki (Patotie 2). Its contact person is Janitor Pekka Rautiainen, tel. 050 314 6370

Please always begin by discussing the possible loan with your teacher.

If you want to borrow an instrument:

  1. Begin by contacting, and meeting with, your teacher.
  2. They will tell you what kind of instrument you need, including (for string instruments) its optimal size.
  3. If you decide to borrow the instrument, send a message to:

    musiikkiopisto@vantaa.fi, specifying:

    - Your name

    - The name of your teacher

    - The instrument you want to borrow, including its size (and other relevant details)

    - The reason why you wish to lend the instrument
  4. You will be contacted as soon as possible to inform you whether a suitable instrument is available for loan.

Our policy is that students should only lend instruments for the first study year, after which they should purchase their own instrument.

Loan agreement

When you receive the instrument, you must sign a loan agreement. By signing it, you agree to comply with its terms and conditions. If you are a minor, the agreement must be signed by your parent or guardian.

The music institute is responsible for all the basic maintenance required for the loaned instruments, and all the instruments are provided in good condition. During the loan period, you are responsible for replacing all of the instrument’s consumables and parts which may break or go missing (such as strings, bows, cases, straps, etc.) and the related replacement or repair expenses. If the instrument cannot be repaired or is lost, you must compensate its full value as indicated in the loan agreement to VMO.

The instrument must be returned to the music institute no later than on end date of the agreed loan period. At the end of the loan period, your teacher will check the instrument. If the loanee discontinues their studies at the music institute, the loaned instrument must be returned immediately.

The full loan fee of the complete school year will be invoiced in October. Paid loan fees will not be reimbursed.

Instrument insurance

Loan instruments are not insured by the Vantaa Music Institute. As the instrument’s loanee, you are liable for the instrument fully and up to its full value. The instrument’s up-to-date value is included in its loan agreement. It is up to the loanee to decide whether the instrument should be insured for the duration of the loan period.