Lesson Fees

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Fees include more than your scheduled lesson time that your teacher reserves for you.  They also account for the time your teacher invests outside of scheduled lessons to answer questions, create individualized lesson plans, schedule lessons and issue monthly invoices.  

All new students are placed on the yearly tuition plan and scheduled to start lessons at the beginning of the month.

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The yearly tuition plan includes 40 private lessons.  Students are encouraged to do at least two mock live performances.  More information on mock live performance(s) is available in the performance opportunities section of my studio policy. (Link will open in a new window)

The yearly tuition plan was designed to help students spread the cost of private lessons over an entire year.  Each monthly payment is equivalent to three (3) and one-third lessons per student.   

Monthly rates are shown below. Please note that yearly rates are for reference only.

Payment is due on first day of the month, with the remaining monthly payments due on the first of the following 11 months.  Payment must be received by the 10th of the month.

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Please give a minimum of one month written notice before discontinuing lessons.  This allows time for adjustments to the final invoice and scheduling.

Notice for discontinuing lessons must be emailed to michelleiedelman@me.com.

Before issuing the final invoice, I compare the number of lessons received to the number of lessons covered by the yearly tuition payment plan.  When more lessons have been received than the payment plan has covered, the difference is added to the final invoice.  Should payment have exceeded the number of lessons received, the invoice for the final month of lessons will be adjusted to prevent overpayment.

Prorated lesson rates are used when a student decides to withdraw and they’ve received more lessons than they’ve paid for with the yearly tuition plan. Prorated lesson rates are shown on the table below. (Prorated lesson rates are the cost per lesson.)

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Invoices allow payment from a checking account, credit card, Apple pay or Google pay.

All payments are made through the invoice. 

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Invoices for current students are emailed on the 23rd of the month. 

New students will be emailed an invoice after they have confirmed their lesson time.  Payment of the first invoice reserves your lesson time.

Each invoice includes the number of lessons taught, number of missed lessons and the number of months completed for the current yearly tuition plan.  This is to help everyone plan ahead and confirm that all lessons are received.

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