Tuition

Yearly Tuition*:

45-minute lessons:       $2,208.00     ($184.00 monthly)
60-minute lessons:       $2,952.00     ($246.00 monthly)

*There is no long-term commitment requirement; students may begin and end lessons when they wish.  When you discontinue lessons before the piano-year ends, tuition is prorated to cover piano-weeks only through your ending date.  However, we strongly recommend giving piano at least a full year.  We fill our lessons with fun music from the beginning, but true joy for the student comes from having the skills to play the music that is personally meaningful, familiar, and fun for them!  And that takes time.

ADULT STUDENTS:  The adult-student calendar and program are slightly different, and that is reflected in the adult-student tuition.  Please contact us for details!

ANNUAL ENROLLMENT FEE: $50.00 per student (due at the beginning of each school-year with the usual Tuition payment, or whenever you start lessons.)

Our lessons include rote-teaching (at beginning- through late elementary levels) and other activities that require more lesson-time.  For this reason, we do not usually offer lessons shorter than 45 minutes.  If you strongly feel that your child would require a shorter lesson, we can discuss solutions and options on a one-on-one basis.

Interested in trying a lesson to see if our studio is right for you?  Contact Us for our Trial Lesson rates!

Our Yearly Tuition package is set up like a “Budget Plan” for utilities: you pay a lower, predictable amount every month of the year. This makes it easy to budget for piano lessons, and payments are simple!  The 36 piano-weeks are paid for in 12 equal monthly installments.  This means that each payment does not cover an entire calendar-month, but rather 1/12 of the total tuition, or 3 lessons.  So, as the piano-year goes on, payments get more “behind”, covering lessons already taken in the previous month.

INCLUDED IN YEARLY TUITION: (divided into 12 equal monthly payments)

  • 36 scheduled weeks of instruction, as outlined in the separate Studio Calendar.
    • Includes private lessons, group classes, and 3 recital opportunities per year.
    • Plus, we work tirelessly for our students during the non-scheduled (unpaid) weeks of the year:
      • Finding, ordering, and editing music, and creating our own arrangements for students 
      • Creating materials for our students, such as study sheets, practice guides, etc.
      • Developing and planning activities for Piano Parties
      • Putting recital videos together for our Piano Families to enjoy for all 3 studio recitals
      • Taking weekly notes to develop goals and strategies for each student’s yearly Progress Report, as well as developing lesson plans and strategies throughout the year

STUDIO CALENDAR (details in a separate document):

  • The studio calendar runs from September through August each year.   Students who join the studio at other times will have their tuition prorated accordingly.
    • 33 of the scheduled piano weeks occur during the school-year. The other 3 are reserved for summer.

MAINTAINING ENROLLMENT FOR THE NEXT YEAR:

  • In order to secure a reserved spot in the studio for the following studio-year, a student needs only to pay the tuition throughout the current studio-year.
  • Any student who drops out for the summer will not have a spot reserved in the Fall, and may be replaced by a new student.

 

**Families should expect small, regular increases in tuition appropriate to cost of living increases/inflation and services offered.**