Studio Policies 2025-2026

Tuition

Tuition for the fall and spring semesters is charged in four monthly payments. Beginning in fall 2025, semester tuition will be $720. Four monthly payments will be $180 each.

Each semester includes 16 30-minute lessons, a recital (virtual or live in the fall, live in the spring). There are no recital fees. Parents are asked to purchase the method books assigned to their student AND/OR pay a $10/semester supply fee for licensed digital materials for which I provide the copies.

If I need to cancel a lesson, the makeup for that day will be on the same day/time during the week immediately after the end of the semester.

Makeup Lessons

Illness happens, so I offer a makeup lesson on one Friday afternoon each month. When you miss a lesson, I will assign you a makeup credit, and you can choose a makeup day/time in the parent portal. Makeup lessons are offered as a courtesy, and I can’t guarantee a slot for every student who is eligible for one. Since all lessons are now scheduled through the online parent portal, I may also make makeup lesson slots available during the week if I have cancellations. I am not available for makeup lessons outside the posted available lesson times.

• Students whose parents let me know within a reasonable time frame that they will be missing a lesson are eligible for a makeup lesson.

• No notice/no show lessons are not eligible for makeup.

• Each student is limited to one makeup lesson per month. Makeup lessons cannot be rolled over to the followin month.

Practice

Students are expected to practice regularly in order to reinforce what is taught in lessons.

Parents should work with their students to set a practice schedule, and enforce the schedule each week.

Ideas for maximizing practice time to set your student up for success are here.

Students who consistently fail to practice may be dismissed from the studio.