Lesson Policies
PAYMENT
New students pay up front before their first lesson meeting to solidify their time slot. Your lesson time is set in stone after payment has been received.
Starting with the second lesson, students pay for 4 lessons or one of the offered discount package deals up front. Payment is due for the next 4 lessons (or package) on the day of the last paid lesson.
LATE PAYMENT FEE: If payment for the next lesson package is not received WITHIN 48 HOURS of the last paid lesson, the student will be required to pay a $25 Late Payment and Processing Fee, and may also lose his/her regular lesson time slot due to the high demand for our lessons.
DISCOUNTS: Discounts are available for students purchasing lesson packages. The larger the package you buy, the greater the discounts you get. Most current package discounts and rates are posted on the tuition/rates webpage. Payment is due for any package on the day of the last paid lesson.
1/2 HOUR LESSONS
New students pay up front before their first lesson meeting to solidify their time slot. Your lesson time is set in stone after payment has been received.
Starting with the second lesson, students pay for 4 lessons or one of the offered discount package deals up front. Payment is due for the next 4 lessons (or package) on the day of the last paid lesson.
LATE PAYMENT FEE: If payment for the next lesson package is not received WITHIN 48 HOURS of the last paid lesson, the student will be required to pay a $15 Late Payment and Processing Fee, and may also lose his/her regular lesson time slot due to the high demand for our lessons.
DISCOUNTS: Discounts are available for students purchasing 1/2hr lesson packages. The larger the package you buy, the greater the discounts you get. Most current package discounts and rates are posted on the tuition/rates webpage. Payment is due for any package on the day of the last paid lesson.
GROUP LESSONS
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As with Individual Lessons, for the first Group Lesson, students pay the lesson fees at the end of the lesson. After the first lesson, students pay for 4 (or more) lessons up front, and payment is due on the day of the last paid lesson.
LATE PAYMENT FEE: If payment for the next lesson package is not received WITHIN 48 HOURS of the last paid lesson, the student will be required to pay a $25 Late Payment and Processing Fee, and may also lose his/her regular lesson time slot due to the high demand for our lessons.
DISCOUNTS: Discounts are available for lesson packages.
As with Individual Lessons, Group Lessons must be cancelled AT LEAST 48 HOURS BEFORE the lesson start time, BY PHONE OR EMAIL (NO TEXTS). Otherwise payment is deducted for the lesson. If one or more students in the group cannot make it, the lesson may be taken by the available students, however, with NO PRICE ADJUSTMENT due to fewer people.
CANCELLATION / LATENESS
A missed lesson may be rescheduled ONLY IF the student cancels AT LEAST 48 HOURS BEFORE the lesson start time, BY PHONE OR EMAIL (NO TEXTS). Otherwise payment is deducted for the lesson. NO REFUNDS ARE GIVEN FOR LESSONS THAT WERE NOT CANCELLED ON TIME.
When rescheduling a lesson that was cancelled before the 48-hour cancellation deadline, a student may choose any time slot, provided it is available in the instructor's schedule.
If a student arrives late for a lesson, the student will be given a lesson only for the remaining duration of their scheduled time slot. The lost time will not be made up, and no price adjustment will be made.
MISCELLANEOUS
We operate on a school type of schedule. What this means is that when you buy a 10 lesson package, all your lessons need to be taken within a 10-week term, a 20 lesson package within a 20 week term, etc. However: we are more flexible than schools, in that regard that you can skip lesson weeks without losing the lessons. You just would have to make sure that you make up any skipped lesson in a later week in your package, in which case you would have a week somewhere with 2 lessons, which you can book back to back, or as 2 separate lessons. For added flexibility towards our students: we make an exception for vacation time during summer and end of year. We simply skip and add these weeks to your lesson package, and just resume your lessons with the next lesson when you get back in town. The 2nd exception we make to this, is if you let us know at the beginning of your package or upon purchase of your package, that you will be out of town (x number of times) for x number of weeks for work, acting, touring, etc. We then just add these weeks to your lesson agreement and continue when you are back in town. Knowing this well ahead of time facilitates our scheduling and planning, and insures we can keep the level of education top-notch.
No refunds are given for lessons that were not cancelled on time. No refunds are given if a student decides to discontinue their lessons after payment was made for 4, 10, 20, 50 or 40 lesson packages or any other package arrangements.
There will be a $20 charge for any returned check.
If the student becomes disruptive, disrespectful, or otherwise misbehaves, the instructor reserves the right to terminate lessons without a refund. The teacher is the sole determiner of what constitutes misbehavior. The student will be held responsible for any damages caused to the instructor, including but not limited to equipment, home and teaching studio furnishings, or time lost caused by the student and/or student guardian.