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Everything you need to bring your child to COS.

New families start with an audition so we can hear where your child is and place them properly. Returning families go straight to registration. Everything happens on one Saturday in Syosset, and every child performs twice in their first season.
A family arriving on a Saturday morning
Two ways in

Which describes you?

New to COS
Start with an audition. It isn’t a test. It’s how we hear where your child is and how they learn, so we can build their program around them. No child is turned away.
See how auditions work →
Already with us
Choose your classes for the coming season and register. Sibling discounts and payment plans are applied automatically.
Register for 2026-27
Placeholder: program finder
The interactive finder goes here. A parent selects the child’s age, instrument, and rough level, and the tool returns the ensembles and classes that fit, builds their Saturday, and hands the class list to the registration form. Blocked on two answers from COS: how a student is promoted between ensembles, and confirmation of which classes accept which instruments.
One day a week

A Saturday at COS

Every class runs on Saturdays at the Community Church of Syosset, 36 Church Street. Private lessons are scheduled separately with your teacher. Your child attends only what they are enrolled in, so most families are here for two or three hours.
12:00
Musicianship, ear training and composition
1:00
Kinder Orchestra and Mallets & Bars
1:30
Sinfonia and the Junior Symphonic Ensemble
2:30
Pre-Kinder, Elite String, Percussion and the chamber groups
4:30
Wind Symphonic and the Young Symphonic Ensemble, until 7:30
Midweek
Private lessons, scheduled with your teacher
Tuition

What a season costs.

Membership fees are deliberately kept below what the program costs to run, with donations and grants carrying the difference. Scholarships and financial aid are available, and no child is turned away for financial reasons.
Placeholder: 2025-26 rates shown
These figures are copied from the existing Price List page, which is headed 2025-2026. The 2026-27 rates have not been supplied. They must be replaced before launch, because the deposit and payment-plan logic in the registration form depends on them.
Program
Member
Non-member
Pre-Kinder
$795
TBC
Kinder Orchestra
$1,190
TBC
Orchestra: Sinfonia
$1,300
TBC
Orchestra: JSE, YSE (includes WSE)
$1,400
TBC
Elite String / Percussion Ensemble
$605
$920
Chamber Music
$830
$900
Musicianship
$485
$895
Mallets & Bars
$555
$750
Instrumental Technique Advancement Program (ITAP): beginner cello
$850
TBC
Majors Program
$3,000
TBC
Parents Association Fee
$40
TBC
Registration Fee
$75
TBC
New Application Fee
$50
TBC
Full Payment Incentive
−$75
TBC
Minimum Payment Due Upon Registration
$500
TBC
Wide · the Syosset corridor between classes
Cost should never decide

Scholarships and financial aid

From its founding, COS has held that a family's circumstances should never determine a child's access to music. A scholarship program supports students demonstrating financial need and musical commitment, and the Catherine L. Bowers Viola Scholarship covers study in full for children who take up the viola.
Financial aid
For families demonstrating financial need. Applications are reviewed confidentially.
Financial aid form →
Merit & viola scholarship
Includes the Catherine L. Bowers Viola Scholarship, which covers study in full for students taking up the viola.
Merit scholarship application →
Majors Program
A four-year curriculum for exceptional students preparing for conservatory-level study.
Majors Program application →

Ready when you are.

New families start with an audition. Returning families register. Either way, every child is heard personally by COS faculty.
Start with an audition
Register for 2026-27