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cancellation policy....
Taking music lessons requires a commitment from both Student and Instructor. I am committed to your scheduled lesson time each week, in addition to time spent preparing lesson material for you.
I ask this of you: please be on time for your lesson each week and practice your assigned material. The following lesson policy will help ensure students are not wasting their time or mine.
Thank you so much for your cooperation, dedication, and hard work!
- Robert Gallagher
Students are asked to give a 48-hour notice to cancel a scheduled lesson. In the case of illness or other last-minute conflict, students are asked to call as soon as they know they will be missing their scheduled lesson time. In general, I ask you to understand that when you schedule a lesson with me, I arrange my life around that lesson time. What you are paying for, from my perspective, is for me to have set that time aside for you. If you cancel on short notice, that time is still set aside for you and I ask you to compensate me for my time.
I also ask you to understand that about 25% of my students don’t show up for lessons in a given week, usually with little warning. The reasons for these shifts in schedule are all ‘good’, whether it is a sick child that needs tending, a hectic day at work, or a migraine headache. Nevertheless, I simply can’t afford to go without payment for these missed lessons, irrespective of the reason. Thank you for your understanding.
If 48 hour notice is provided, a make-up lesson will be scheduled at the earliest possible date. All missed lessons must be made up within that month or forfeited. Missed lessons will not carry over into the next month. I have been pretty flexible on this unless a student has a habit of missing lessons. Of coarse, special exceptions may be made for vacations, or if we are unable to find a mutually convenient date before month's end, etc. If the student does not show up for the make-up date, student will forfeit that lesson.
Advanced Payments are due the last week of each month for the following month. The cost is $95.00 per month for half hour lessons once a week, whether that month has 4 weeks or 5 weeks. This will make bookkeeping for both of us a lot easier! Please call for monthly hour long lesson rates.
Cancellation by Instructor:
If I need to miss a lesson, I will notify you as soon as possible and we will schedule a make-up lesson. All scheduled lessons cancelled by me will be credited to you and a make-up lesson time will be scheduled with you.
LATE for Lesson:
Students more than 5 minutes late for their lesson will not get the full 30 or 60 minutes. Most lessons are scheduled back to back. Your lesson will end when it is time for the next student's lesson to begin. If your lesson starts late because my schedule is running behind, you WILL get your full 30 / 60 minutes.
No-Shows:
If a student misses a lesson without calling (a "no-show"), then the student will forfeit that lesson and no make-up lesson will be scheduled.
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