Scottsdale School of Music Policy

Membership Tuition

  1. New Members will have a $35 enrollment fee. 

  2. Tuition is a flat monthly fee. Most months have four (4) or five (5) lessons, and on rare occasions, three (3) lessons when in observance of major national holidays.  Members get an average of 48 lessons per year.

  3. Annual administrative fee of $30 or $50 per multi-student family will be automatically processed annually on the enrollment anniversary. This fee includes entrance for the student and any guests into all recitals throughout the year and participation in any school wide activities and prizes.

  4. Educational material, music books, instrument rental, festivals, examinations and other accessories are additional costs.  

  5. Membership Tuition is due monthly on the first of each month and billed automatically to your credit card (Visa or Mastercard). 

  6. A $25 late fee will be charged for payment received after the 10th of each month.  

Membership Cancellation

  1. Membership may be canceled by submitting our Withdrawal Form. Once a Withdrawal Form is submitted, we will end your subscription at the end of the current month. You will not be charged for the upcoming month regardless of what date you submitted the form as long as it's before the 1st of next month.

  2. If unexpected injuries or accidents happen, the tuition can be transferred to other family members for lesson use. 

  3. Scottsdale School of Music does not provide tuition refund under any circumstances.

  4. Scottsdale School of Music 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 cancelled with at least 24-hour advance notice by phone, text the office, or through the online student portal. The Make-Up Lesson Credit will expire 30 days from the day it is activated.

    • It can be used to schedule a Make-up Lesson online or by email at any time with your teacher or other available teacher.

    • Make-up Lessons cannot be rescheduled

  3. Cancellations made with less than 24-hour notice will not qualify for a Make-up Lesson Credit. (This includes being sick the day of a scheduled lesson)

  4. If your current teacher is unable to teach a lesson, a substitute teacher will be arranged or if no substitute can be arranged, a Teacher Absence Credit will be issued to your account. A Teacher Caused Make-Up Lesson Credit will not have an expiration date and can be used at your convenience.

  5. All Make-up Lesson Credit(s) expires 30 days after membership ends.

Summer Lessons

We are happy to offer unlimited in person or online makeup lessons for our students. If you are taking a month off for vacation and want to resume the next month, your payment is still due on the 1st to hold your lesson space. Lessons you miss can be made up when you return.

Photo/Video Release:

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

Injuries

You assume all risk of injury or harm to the child(ren) or adult(s) associated with participation in musical activities at Scottsdale School of Music and agree to release, indemnify, defend and forever discharge Scottsdale School of Music and its officers and staff from all liability, claims, demands, damages, costs, and expenses in the unlikely event of injury sustained by your child(ren) or adult student during the course or as a result of their participation in Scottsdale School of Music musical activities.

Waiver

The waiver by either Party of a breach, default, delay or omission of any of the provision of this Agreement by the other Party will not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or others provision.           

Disclaimer

We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.  

Policy is effective upon enrollment. Policies & terms are subject to change.