How tuition works
What sets it, how it is billed and what happens when plans change.
Tuition is set by the length of the lesson and whether it is private, shared or a group class. Our figures are on the enrollment page and at your placement visit.
Thirty, forty-five or sixty minutes
Private, shared or group
One weekly time with one teacher
Registration
A yearly registration covers your student file, the placement visit and scheduling. It is due when you accept a weekly time.
Holding a place
A weekly time is yours once you accept it and the first month is billed. When a time is full, a waitlist spot holds your place, and we offer the next opening by email in the order families joined.
Billing
Tuition is billed monthly by autopay, in equal parts across a session, so a month with five Mondays costs the same as one with four.
Siblings
If two students from one family take lessons, tell us at the placement visit. A second student is handled differently, and we will explain how.
Withdrawing
We ask for a month's notice before a student stops, so we can offer the time to the waitlist. Tuition for the month in which you tell us is still due.
Missed classes and make-ups
If a student tells us a day ahead, the teacher offers a make-up in the same session. A lesson missed without notice is not made up, and a lesson a teacher cancels always is. Group classes are not made up.
Uniforms, costumes and other costs
A few costs sit outside tuition: a method book your teacher chooses, the hall for a recital and a keyboard to rent if you do not have an instrument at home. Each has its own figure on the enrollment page.
Questions about tuition?
Ask at your placement visit, or call during lesson hours. We will go through it with you.