Studio Policy

Michael Weir Violin LLC – Studio Policy

Attendance

Any student who is under the age of 18 must attend their lesson with an adult present. Students who show up without a supervising adult present will be turned away. Certain students may be approved to attend their lesson with an older sibling if circumstances allow. Please email me for questions on this topic or approval.

If you are late for a lesson, the lesson will still conclude at the pre-determined time. I have many students, and cannot let tardiness for one lesson push back the start time for all of my other lessons. Your lesson will always start on time. It will not start early.

You are expected to attend every lesson of the semester. If you are going to miss a week for any reason, this must be communicated at least ten days prior to your scheduled lesson in order for it to be rescheduled. Preferably, clients will communicate any lessons they need to miss before the semester even begins. This ten day buffer provides time for us to schedule a make up lesson and ensure that each lesson from will be provided.

If you need to miss a lesson last minute (within ten days of the lesson) for any reason other than those listed below (emergency or sickness), that lesson is skipped and not refunded. I realize that life is busy, so I give each of my students one "oops" per semester to reschedule a lesson that needs to be missed last minute.

In the event of an emergency, the parent should communicate to me right away that they are going to miss a lesson. Lessons missed last minute (within ten days of the lesson) because of emergency will always be rescheduled.

If you are sick, please do NOT come to your lesson. I do not want your sickness. Please inform me as soon as you can if you are sick and we will reschedule your lesson.

You are more than welcome to bring multiple people to your lesson, however, please keep in mind that everyone who comes to your lesson must be in the studio with us. I do not allow anyone to be in any other part of my house other than the studio when I am teaching. For this reason, it may be wise to bring quiet things for siblings to do if they must come to your lesson with you.

Tuition and refunds

Tuition is subject to change semester by semester. Currently, tuition comes to about $30 per half-hour lesson and $60 per hour lesson but varies per semester.

Tuition is charged at the beginning of the semester and is due no later than the end of the first week of lessons. Tuition can be paid in person with cash or a check, by mail via cash or check, through Zelle, or through Venmo. Additional details, such as my Venmo username, will be provided on your semester’s invoice, which will be emailed to you a few weeks prior to the start of the semester.

When lessons are missed for the reasons listed above (sickness, or an emergency such as a funeral, medical need, family emergency, or injury) those lessons are rescheduled. A refund will only be issued if a student is moving or can no longer play their instrument because of injury. My goal is that every student gets the exact number of lessons they paid for each semester.

Behavior Expectations

Parents, guardians, students, and anyone else who enters my home are each expected to behave cordially towards their teacher, the teacher’s helpers, and the other students in the studio. Inappropriate behavior such as bullying, hazing, harassment, foul language, or discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated. Anyone who exhibits inappropriate behavior will be asked to stop. If they do not comply, they will be terminated from the studio. You are expected to treat the studio facilities and materials respectfully and honorably. I believe in a "you break it, you buy it" attitude when it comes to the studio (inside and outside).