Studio Policies:

General Lesson Information

Tuition

• Tuition is charged at a monthly rate for one half-hour or forty-five minute lesson each week.
  • Tuition ranges from $60 to $100 per month for weekly third-minute lessons. 
  • Contact your preferred teacher for more information.
• Tuition is paid directly to your teacher.
• Tuition may be paid monthly or by the semester.
  • Semester payments are calculated by multiplying the monthly rate by the number of months in the semester.
• When tuition is paid monthly, payments are due by the second lesson of each month.
  • Payments for partial months will be prorated based on when in the month lessons started/stopped.

Lesson Term

• Our regular lesson term aligns with the Fall and Spring semester start dates at Tennessee Wesleyan University. 
• The following dates are announced each semester:
  • First week of lessons
  • Last week of lessons
  • One week at the end of the semester for make-up lessons.
• Lesson times may be subject to change from the Fall to the Spring semester.
  • That said, if you prefer to keep the same time, every effort will be made to accommodate that request.
• The summer session consists of five summer lessons to be scheduled with your teacher.
  • Contact your preferred teacher for more information.

Make-Up Lessons

• If you must miss a lesson, please give the teacher as much advance notice as possible.
  • At least 24 hours is preferred.
• The student is guaranteed one (1) make-up lesson per semester for lessons that the student cancels.
• If the teacher must cancel a lesson, that lesson will be made up, reimbursed, or credited toward the following month’s tuition.
  • If a lesson is made up that the teacher cancelled, it will not count toward the 1 make-up lesson that is guaranteed each semester.

Steps to Success:

All Students:

• Come to lessons prepared, having practiced the assignment and with all materials including music and a notebook.
• Recital, clinic, enrichment class, and masterclass participation is not required, but is strongly encouraged.
• In case of an extreme situation with illness (e.g., another pandemic-level situation), the teacher may choose to teach lessons online for a time.
  • Let’s hope not–but these days we need to include this clause.
• Please do not come to your lesson if you are sick.
  • Take care of yourself and prevent the spread of illness.

Piano students:

• Keep fingernails short to avoid problems regarding technique and the irritating clicking sound that comes from long nails.

Voice students:

• Try your best to practice good vocal health, especially immediately prior to a lesson.
• Drink lots of water, avoid dairy (immediately before singing–your morning cereal and milk is fine!), and get plenty of rest the night before your lesson.
• Hopefully this doesn’t apply to our younger students, but coffee, alcohol, and smoking also need to be avoided.