Private Lessons Policies

Membership Tuition:

1. Registration Fee: A $59 non-refundable registration fee is due at initial sign-up ($20 discount for family members and returning members).

Returning Member is a member with one (1) or more months gap between enrollments.

Private Lessons (Age 5-Adult): Private lessons are based on a monthly commitment level and are offered all year round

2. Lesson Duration: We offer the following weekly lessons based on the age, level, and needs of the student:

30 minutes (reserved for 5-7 years old students)
45 minutes (recommended for 8 years old and older)
60 minutes (recommended for 10 years old and older)

3. Monthly Billing: Tuition is billed on the first day of each month.

We accept payment via credit or debit card with online payment on our website, over the phone, or in person.
Music and Theory books are not included in tuition and can be purchased separately.
Students are able to sign up at any time during the month at a prorated amount. Contact the Front Desk for details.

4. Discounts: We offer multi-student and multi-instruments discounts. For every child in your family that you sign up for lessons, you get a discount. You will also get a discount for lessons on an additional instrument. Contact the Front Desk for details.

5. Tuition is based on a 48-lesson year. There is an average of 4 lessons per month, however, in some months, you may receive 3 or 5 lessons. Your tuition is averaged and is the same each month.

Breaks are scheduled around major holidays; i.e. July 4th, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc., and are NOT factored into monthly tuition rates so you are never paying for a day that we're "closed". Please check our calendar for closed dates.
Because of this, monthly tuition is neither increased nor decreased for months which happens to have three or five weekly sessions per month.

Membership Cancellation:

1. Membership may be canceled by submitting our ONLINE CANCELLATION FORM.

Cancellation Form must be received by the 15th of the month to take effect at the end of that month.
- EXP: The cancellation Form received on the 16th of May is billed for June and takes effect at the end of June.
There are no exceptions.

2. You may withdraw the cancellation at any time before it takes effect but your teacher and/or time slot can not be guaranteed.

A $39 returning student registration fee will be required to re-enroll once the withdrawal takes effect.

3. Active membership is mandatory to participate in our events and recitals. All registrations will be withdrawn at the time of membership cancellation.

4. All Make-up Lesson Credit(s) on your account expire in 30 days from the cancellation effective date.

5. Membership is not transferable.

6. SFLCM does not provide tuition refund under any circumstances.

7. SFLCM reserves the right to terminate membership, in which case prorated tuition will be refunded.

Attendance:

1. Students are expected to be punctual to their weekly lessons.

2. Students who are late for a lesson cannot be guaranteed their lesson time.

Missed Lesson:

1. No tuition credit or refund will be provided for missed lessons.

2. A Make-up Lesson Credit will be issued when a lesson is canceled with at least 48-hour advance notice. You can self-cancel in the Student/Parent Portal or notify us via email, phone, or SMS).

3. Cancellations made with less than 48-hour notice will not qualify for a Make-up Lesson Credit (This includes being sick the day of a scheduled lesson).

Lessons that Qualify for Makeups: The following instances qualify for a lesson to be made up. No exceptions will be made.
- Teacher Cancel: When a teacher is sick or cannot make it into the office for any reason SFLCM will attempt to arrange a substitute teacher. We will notify you as soon as possible if this happens. If this is not possible, SFLCM will arrange the make-up lesson with the student’s regular teacher.
- Emergency Student Cancel: We understand that life happens. We allow one (1) emergency cancellation per student per six (6) months. An emergency cancelation is considered such when you give us less than 48 hours notice.
If you do not let us know of the absence until after the lesson, it will be considered a no-show and will not be able to be made up.
Cancel: Anytime you need to cancel and give us at least 48-hour notice, you can make up the lesson. Up to two (2) make-up lessons per month.
Inclement Weather: SFLCM reserves the right to cancel classes in case of inclement weather. These lessons can be made up at another time. You will be notified if this happens.

4. Make-up credits can be used to schedule a Make-up Lesson via the Student/Parent Portal or by contacting us via email, phone, or SMS at any time with your teacher or another available teacher.

5. An active subscription is required to schedule Make-up Lessons.

6. Make-up Lessons cannot be rescheduled.

7. Make-up Lesson Credit(s) expires 30 days after issuing date.

8. Teacher Cancel and Emergency Cancel Make-up Lesson Credit(s) expire 90 days after the issuing date.

Photo/Video Release:

Unless requested in writing, the South Florida Conservatory of Music is granted permission to take photographs/videos of the students to use in brochures, websites, posters, advertisements, and other promotional materials. Permission is also hereby granted for South Florida Conservatory of Music to copyright such photographs in its name.