GCSA Class Schedule & Enrollment
Enrollment Forms
Registration Form Gadsden Community School for the Arts
GCSA General Information Guide
GCSA / EYO / DDC Funds for Access Scholarship Application
Financial Aid Forms EYO Addendum
For your convenience, we’ve posted the necessary enrollment form online. You may fill it out and either save it and email it to gcsa@culturalarts.org or mail it to GCSA, P. O. Box 1507, Gadsden, AL 35902.
We prefer to accept payments ONLINE, please: GCSA Payments Page
Class Schedule
Fall 2025
The 2025 Fall Semester is a 16-week term beginning Monday, August 11, 2025 and ending Thursday, December 4, 2025. Registration for returning students begins Monday, July 14, 2025. Registration for new students begins Monday, July 21, 2025.
Spring 2026
The 2026 Spring Semester is a 16-week term beginning Monday, January 12, 2026 and ending Thursday, May 7, 2026. Registration for returning students begins Monday, November 17, 2026. Registration for new students begins Monday, December 1, 2026.
Summer 2026
The 2026 Summer Semester is an 8-week term beginning Monday, June 1, 2026 and ending Thursday, July 23, 2026. Registration for returning students begins Monday, April 27, 2026. Registration for new students begins Monday, May 4, 2026.
A *$15 Non-Refundable registration fee is due at the time of registration to reserve a lesson time or position in a class or workshop. Instructor information is listed below along with their availability for class. Tuition is broken into four payments, due on the 15th of each month. Scholarships are available for those who qualify. For more information, please contact gcsa@culturalarts.org or (256) 543-2787, ext. 31.
Registration is first come, first served.
We prefer to accept payments ONLINE, please: GCSA Payments Page
*The $15 registration fee is waived if the student is a member if the Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts. Become a member and save $15 per semester for every class/lesson that is taken at the Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts.
By entering the facility, all visitors grant the Gadsden Cultural Arts Foundation, Inc. the right, but not the obligation, to photograph and film their likeness, as well as that of their minor children, for promotional purposes in any and all media now known or hereafter devised in perpetuity throughout the world.
Spring 2026 Course Listings
Diane Chong-Violin/Viola/Piano
Mondays and Wednesdays - 11 am - 7 pm
$516/16 weeks ($129 monthly)
Susan DiBiase-Cello
Mondays and Wednesdays - 1 - 4:30 pm
$516/16 weeks ($129 monthly)
Carmine Di Biase-Violin/Viola
Mondays - 3 - 6:30 pm
$460/16 weeks ($115 monthly)
Doris Day-Voice/Piano
Tuesdays and Thursdays - 3 - 7:30 pm
$572/16 weeks ($143 monthly)
Emmy Hengeveld-Bass
Mondays - 5 - 7:30 pm
$460/16 weeks ($115 monthly)
Danny Thomas-Woodwinds
Tuesdays and Wednesdays - 5:30 - 7:30 pm
$460/16 weeks ($115 monthly)
Keith Mayo-Trombone
Contact us for availability
Ralph Whitfield-Trombone
Contact us for availability
Carol Hill-Art, Drawing, and Painting
Tuesdays and Thursdays - 4 - 5:30 pm
$400/16 weeks ($100 monthly)
Judi Beaird- Group Music Lessons
Preschool Music (3K/4K)
Mondays - 3:30 - 4:30 pm
Intro to Music (K - 2nd grade):
Wednesdays - 3:30 - 4:30 pm
$352/16 weeks ($88 monthly)
Kody Martinez
Guitar/Bass Guitar/Clarinet/Saxophone
Mondays 4 - 6:30 pm
Tuesdays 4 - 7 pm
$460/16 weeks ($115 monthly)
Sonja McGiboney-Piano
Wednesdays - 3 - 7:30 pm
$460/16 weeks ($115 monthly)
Jackie Bowen - Acoustic and Electric Guitar for All Ages
Thursdays - 4 - 7:30 pm
$460/16 weeks ($115 monthly)
Jeff Davis - Art, Drawing, and Painting
All ages
Mondays - 5:30 - 6:30 pm
$400/16 weeks ($100 monthly)
Music instruction is also available in one-hour courses.
Please contact us for details.
Registration
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Instructor Information
Jeff Davis - Visual Arts
Financial Aid
Thanks to a leadership gift from the Gadsden Cultural Arts Foundation and additional gifts from other donors, the School for the Arts is able to provide partial financial aid to needy students who meet a series of qualifications. Aid is available to present or future students in all programs of the school. In order to qualify, students must submit this form along with a copy of their family’s most recent tax form to demonstrate significant financial need. Since funds are limited, please be sure to apply early.
Families must apply yearly for financial aid. In order to be renewed, students must show commitment through attendance at all activities required in the program funded. After one semester, students with significant absences may lose support for the next semester at the discretion of the registrar. In general, financial aid will cover only partial tuition, and never covers registration fees and instructional supply fees or instruments.
Award Obligations:
- Consistent attendance at lessons, classes, and/or ensembles.
- Consistent practice and preparation for lessons, classes, and ensembles.
- Positive evaluations from teacher.
- Recipient must pay tuition bills not covered by financial aid.