Registration for the 2025-2026 Nucleo opens May 1, 2025!

  • Nucleo Registration Deadline: June 30, 2025

  • Mozart Registration Deadline: Registration varies by each Mozart site. Stay tuned for the announcements of 2025-2026 partnering schools!

Questions? Email program@kidznotes.org or call 919-321-4475

Nucleo Eligibility:

  • Grades 3-5: Application only

  • Grades 6-12: Application + assessment audition (new students only). New students must have at least one year of experience in percussion, wind, or string instruments.

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Assessment Auditions

  • Complete a registration application. A Kidznotes staff member will reach out to schedule an in-person or virtual assessment.

  • Students will be asked to play 1-2 minutes of music they have prepared, a 1- or 2-octave scale, and sight-read a short piece of music provided by Kidznotes.

  • Students from all school divisions, charter, and private schools may participate

Fees*

  • Nucleo & Mozart Annual Fee: If accepted, a one-time annual fee of $50 ($25 for each additional child) for all Nucleo and Mozart students.

  • Nucleo Annual fee is due by September 1, 2025. Instructions on how to pay this fee will be included in your student’s acceptance packet sent in within one week of your application.

  • Mozart Program Annual Fee: Stay tuned for due date.

Payment schedules are available upon request

Accepted Students Will Receive:

  • A full scholarship to attend the Nucleo and Mozart Program after a one-time annual fee.

  • Instruments to use while enrolled in Kidznotes programs.

  • Placement in class levels based on their grade and experience level.

  • Busing for Durham Public Schools students* from their school to the Nucleo at Fayetteville St. Elementary School. Mozarts students attend classes at their school. *Limited availability. More information coming soon.

2025-2026 Nucleo Schedule:

  • Program Duration: September 15, 2025 - May 14, 2025

  • Days of Operation: Monday-Thursday from 4:30-6:20 PM* or 5:00-6:50 PM*; after-school care with homework help, snack, and recess is available to all students from 2:30-5:00 PM.

    *Days and times of student attendance vary by student level placement

  • Kidznotes Nucleo Location: Fayetteville St. Elementary School (2905 Fayetteville St, Durham, NC 27707)

Nucleo Student Schedules by Level Placement:

  • Pioneers: Mondays & Wednesdays from 4:30-6:30 PM (after-school care available at 2:30 PM)

  • Voyagers: Tuesdays & Thursdays from 5:00-7:00 PM (after-school care available at 3:30 PM)

  • ARRIVAL: Upon arrival to the Nucleo, students receive a snack and participate in homework/tutoring, art, enrichment activities, and recess.

  • DISMISSAL: Students must be picked up within 15 minutes of dismissal time.

Mozart Program

Stay tuned for the announcement about Mozart host schools!

The Mozart Program is Kidznotes’ flagship beginning violin program for 1st and 2nd graders. We work with individual schools to host a Mozart program with the general music specialist and a Kidznotes violin instructor twice per week for 90 minutes of instruction after school.

  • Registration for new Mozarts students takes place in late August through September and early October. The Mozart Program is Kidznotes' flagship beginning violin program.

  • The application process is shared through each partnering school. Up to 15 students will participate at each site. Selection is prioritized for families who are eligible to receive free/reduced lunch according to NC Dept of Education's income guidelines.

  • Program Duration: October 2025 - May 15 2026