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The Hafnarfjörður Music School operates according to a curriculum issued by the Ministry of Education. The programme is divided into basic, intermediate and advanced studies.

The Music School

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At the Hafnarfjörður Music School, you can learn to play:

  • piano
  • keyboard
  • organ
  • accordion
  • guitar
  • bass
  • percussion
  • all major string, woodwind and brass instruments

The school also has a choir.

Alongside their instrumental study, students learn music theory, aural skills, harmony and music history. Emphasis is placed on ensemble playing, and the school has a symphony orchestra, string ensembles, two brass bands, a big band and many smaller ensembles.

The youngest children

The Music School has a preparatory department for children aged 6–9. The aim is to prepare pupils for instrumental study through targeted training in rhythm, note-reading and general music theory. During lessons, pupils sing, dance, play various percussion instruments and learn the recorder.

The school also teaches Suzuki studies where children start at the age of 3–6. Each student attends a 30-minute private lesson once a week and a 60-minute group lesson once a week with 5 students.

Rhythmic Division

Tónkvísl is the rhythm section department of the Hafnarfjörður Music School, where a great emphasis is placed on improvisation and ensemble playing. In addition to receiving instrumental lessons, students attend band practice. At Tónkvísl, students mainly learn to play electric guitar, electric bass, keyboards, jazz piano, percussion and individual wind instruments. 

The City of Hafnarfjörður subsidises music tuition in other municipalities if the course is more specialised than that offered by the Hafnarfjörður Music School. The applicant must have met the admission requirements for the relevant music school and be able to provide proof of this.

The subsidy is applied for on Our pages.

Hafnarfjörður Music School

Price list Price
Preschool £65.460.
Suzuki violin lessons 104,049 kr.
Basic and intermediate level
1/1 + ½ Instrumental tuition (learning 2 instruments) 189,798 kr.
1/1 Instrumental tuition 132,910 kr.
½ Instrumental tuition 83,467 kr.
Music Theory for Primary and Secondary Education 18,263 kr.
Baby Massage (6-session course) 16,624 kr.
Postgraduate studies without accompaniment
1-to-1 instrumental tuition 149.205 kr.
1/2 Instrumental tuition 89.603 kr.
Musicology postgraduate studies 24,351 kr.
Further study with accompaniment
1/1 Instrumental tuition 170,789 kr.
½ Instrumental tuition 123,336 kr.
Singing lessons Price
1/1 Singing lesson with a full accompaniment 208.736 kr.
½ Singing tuition with a full accompaniment 121,346 kr.
1/1 Singing with a half accompaniment 170,789 kr.
½ Singing lesson with a half accompaniment 102.407 kr.
1/1 Singing without accompaniment 132,910 kr
½ Singing without accompaniment 83,467 kr
Singing course for a trial period (3 months) 35,735 kr.
Instrument hire 15,001 kr.
Service charge for payment slips for tuition fees, as per the fee schedule. 390 kr.
Sibling discount (for two siblings at the school) 50%
Sibling discount for siblings attending the school at the same time. Discount
For a sibling, discount 50%
Discount for the third sibling and more. 75%