piano Lessons Policies

come to piano lessons prepared

Students are expected to practice regularly at home, five days between lessons.  Being prepared for piano lessons is the best way to keep your enthusiasm, achieve progress, and experience success!  Students  play in one of our performance opportunities each term, Piano Cafés, or other performance opportunities .  
​

scheduling & billing policies

By taking piano lessons on a weekly basis, you are making a commitment to being present and on time to your lessons.  Lessons are paid for on a per-term basis, and billed once at the beginning of the term, and payable in monthly payments.  You do have the option to pay for all lessons at the beginning of the term if you prefer.  Lessons are not paid for week-by-week.  There is one free lesson day at the end of the term, so if you don't miss you can take advantage of that free day. If you do miss a lesson, you'll get to make it up.  If you miss more than one each term, you do not get a makeup or a refund. Lessons cancelled less than 4 to 24 hours in advance due to sickness or family emergency may be rescheduled to a makeup day.  Please do not attend piano lessons if you feel any symptoms of sickness at all.  Lessons canceled less than 24 hours in advance for other reasons besides illness will not be refunded or rescheduled. No refunds or credits will be given for missed lessons.  If I become sick and need to cancel lessons, I will do my best to make them up, but I will only refund for more than 2 missed lessons per term.  Please note that I try not to resort to this policy, and have not had to use it any time recently.
​

discontinuing Lessons

If you would like to discontinue piano lessons, please inform me before the last lesson. Students who have paid for the entire term will receive a prorated refund for lessons that were paid for but not taken.  I may discontinue lessons for any number of reasons, which I will discuss with you beforehand.  Again, this is uncommon, but it does happen from time to time.