Policy

At the lesson

• It is the student’s responsibility to bring their instrument and have all music with them before the lesson starts.
• The student must provide a spiral bound notebook.
• Every student must follow all instructions and behave in a way that enhances musical progress and learning.
• The instrument is the responsibility of the students’. 
• Tardy students will have a foreshortened lesson.

Missed Lessons

• Regular attendance is expected. Students are charged for all lessons for which they enroll, including those missed through student absence. Please give the teacher at least 24 hours notice for the missed lesson.
• All teacher absences or cancellations by the School, due to professional obligations, teacher illness, weather, or emergencies will be made up.
• Rescheduled lessons are arranged between the student and his or her teacher, not through the office.
• Additional summer camp classes may serve as make-up lessons.
• There will be no lessons on some school holidays, Thanksgiving Break, Christmas Break, and Spring Break. Please refer to our Calendar for the specific dates.

Termination of Lessons

• Each student who enrolls in the studio makes a commitment for the entire year.  Thus, the termination of lessons is appropriate only at the end of the school year.
• If an exception to this policy is necessary, a one-month-prior notice from the student or parent must be submitted.
• The teacher, in the event of irregular attendance, repeated failure to prepare assigned material, and disruptive behavior, reserves the right to terminate lessons.  A one-month trial period with parent notification will precede lesson termination.