1.  The studio year consists of forty weeks of lessons, from mid-August through mid-July.  Tuition is paid in ten installments, due the first day of August, September, October, November, December, January, February, March, April, and May.  Payments received after the fifth day of the month will be charged a $5.00 late fee.

2.  Families enrolling in the program make a commitment to complete the full studio year.  This is important for the student as well as for the continuity of the program.  In the event that you need to discontinue mid-year, please give at least four weeks notice.  Tuition payments already paid are non-refundable.

3.  Tuition rates are all-inclusive: in addition to the weekly private lesson and computer lab (when appropriate), they include registration fee, performance classes, recitals, graduation awards, photocopies, etc.

4.   Lessons missed by the teacher will be made up.  Lessons missed by the student during the school year are not usually able to be made up. 

5.  Parents may use the swap list to try to switch lessons with another family, and then notify the teacher of any changes. If you do have to miss a lesson, please contact the studio as soon as you know; if there is an opening that week caused by another student’s cancellation, you will be contacted and offered the other time.  If you do not receive a call, then no make-up is available and you should just come to your lesson the following week.

6.  The lesson schedule during the summer is more flexible than during the school year.  At the beginning of the summer, students notify the teacher of their vacation plans and lessons that will be missed can typically be rescheduled to a different week.  Families who will be gone for extended periods in the summer should give more advanced notice so that adequate plans can be made.  Tuition is always due for the full studio year.

7.  All students are expected to practice daily for a length of time appropriate to their age and level.  Thirty to sixty minutes of high quality practice per day (less for beginners) is typically the amount needed to make sufficient progress to encourage a student.

8. 8. Students should always come to lessons, regardless of the amount of preparation that week.  Lesson time, however, may be somewhat shorter if the amount of material does not warrant a full lesson time or, in the case of young children, a longer lesson is unnecessary or counterproductive.