Contemporary Music Instruction and Mentoring
Tuition and Policies
TUITION RATES (per weekly
lesson)
$25 for the first 1/2 hour
$10 for each additional 15 minutes of lesson time
TUITION POLICIES
Payment for each month is due at the first lesson of the month. That payment reserves a certain lesson time for you for the entire month. Similarly to college tuition, payment is made in advance, and the cost is the same whether or not the student attends class on a particular day, regardless of the reason for the absence. What you are really paying for is not for a lesson, it is for a spot on my calendar. That spot is “rented” by each student on a monthly basis, whether or not the student attends each week. (I sometimes joke that I teach for free... I just charge for my time.) If you will miss a lesson for any reason, please inform me as soon as possible as a matter of courtesy, but there will be no refunds, makeups, or tuition credits.
Monthly tuition varies with how many lesson weeks there will be in each month. In months when there are five teaching days, the tuition for that month will be extra for that extra lesson time. Conversely, my personal vacation days and musical performance days will be subtracted from the monthly tuition, so occasionally a month may have only three lesson weeks, and tuition will be adjusted accordingly.
Lessons are not taught on the following holidays:
If you decide to stop taking lessons, tuition may be pro-rated for your last month. To qualify for pro-rated tuition, you must inform me of the date that you intend to stop taking lessons, in advance (no later than the date tuition for that month is due).
TUITION PAYMENT TERMS
Payment for each month's tuition is due at the beginning of the month, on the date of the first lesson for that month. My preferred method of payment is Venmo (@Irvin-Nelson-1). I also accept payment in cash or checks.
DISCONTINUING / RESTARTING LESSONS
I highly recommend that students continue taking lessons during summer vacation. I am a firm believer in keeping students' minds working and their time productive. Music lessons and practicing provides valuable structure and continuity to their lives. Most students have significantly more time available to practice during vacation months than they do during school months, and wise parents enforce more practice time, not less. (In fact, some parents have found that summer is a good time for a student to take lessons on a second instrument in addition to continuing lessons on their primary instrument.)
Another factor to consider is that if you stop lessons for any reason, including for summer vacation, your lesson time will not be held for you. Please understand that my calendar is completely filled and I have a waiting list, especially for prime lesson times. If you stop lessons, there is no guarantee that your time slot -- or any other time slot -- will be available if and when you wish to resume lessons.
$25 for the first 1/2 hour
$10 for each additional 15 minutes of lesson time
TUITION POLICIES
Payment for each month is due at the first lesson of the month. That payment reserves a certain lesson time for you for the entire month. Similarly to college tuition, payment is made in advance, and the cost is the same whether or not the student attends class on a particular day, regardless of the reason for the absence. What you are really paying for is not for a lesson, it is for a spot on my calendar. That spot is “rented” by each student on a monthly basis, whether or not the student attends each week. (I sometimes joke that I teach for free... I just charge for my time.) If you will miss a lesson for any reason, please inform me as soon as possible as a matter of courtesy, but there will be no refunds, makeups, or tuition credits.
Monthly tuition varies with how many lesson weeks there will be in each month. In months when there are five teaching days, the tuition for that month will be extra for that extra lesson time. Conversely, my personal vacation days and musical performance days will be subtracted from the monthly tuition, so occasionally a month may have only three lesson weeks, and tuition will be adjusted accordingly.
Lessons are not taught on the following holidays:
January 1 (New Years Day)In rare cases when I miss a scheduled lesson for any reason (illness, family emergency, musical performance, etc.), a credit will be issued towards the following month's tuition.
3rd Monday in February (Presidents' Day)
Logan and Cache School Districts' Spring Break
Last Monday in May (Memorial Day)
July 4 (Independence Day)
July 24 (Pioneer Day)
1st Monday in September (Labor Day)
4th Thursday of November (Thanksgiving Day)
The week between Christmas and New Years
If you decide to stop taking lessons, tuition may be pro-rated for your last month. To qualify for pro-rated tuition, you must inform me of the date that you intend to stop taking lessons, in advance (no later than the date tuition for that month is due).
TUITION PAYMENT TERMS
Payment for each month's tuition is due at the beginning of the month, on the date of the first lesson for that month. My preferred method of payment is Venmo (@Irvin-Nelson-1). I also accept payment in cash or checks.
DISCONTINUING / RESTARTING LESSONS
I highly recommend that students continue taking lessons during summer vacation. I am a firm believer in keeping students' minds working and their time productive. Music lessons and practicing provides valuable structure and continuity to their lives. Most students have significantly more time available to practice during vacation months than they do during school months, and wise parents enforce more practice time, not less. (In fact, some parents have found that summer is a good time for a student to take lessons on a second instrument in addition to continuing lessons on their primary instrument.)
Another factor to consider is that if you stop lessons for any reason, including for summer vacation, your lesson time will not be held for you. Please understand that my calendar is completely filled and I have a waiting list, especially for prime lesson times. If you stop lessons, there is no guarantee that your time slot -- or any other time slot -- will be available if and when you wish to resume lessons.