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Private Music Lesson & Coaching Policies:

Private Lesson Student Perks:

  • At Little Mission Studio, we believe there’s more to learning music than just a weekly lesson. As a student of Private Music Lessons at Little Mission Studio, your Private Lesson tuition includes access to:
    • Bi-monthly Studio Classes
    • Seasonal Studio Recitals
    • Community Events & Faculty Recitals
    • Solo Practice Space (as available).
  • We also encourage musical collaboration with your fellow musicians, & offer ensemble classes & have rehearsal & performance space available.

Scheduling:

  • Lessons are scheduled & purchased monthly. Before the beginning of each month, you will receive an online invoice listing all lesson dates for the coming month, including any exceptions like holidays or planned faculty absences.
  • You have until your invoice due date (your first lesson day of the month), to respond to your invoice & coordinate any upcoming conflicts or scheduling needs on your end that will affect your lesson time for the coming month.
    • All LMS Private Lesson Students use our online Student Portal to look for alternate lesson times during a week they might have to miss their regular lesson.
    • If you cannot attend an alternate lesson time one week and need to skip a lesson entirely, email the LMS office, and your lesson schedule for the month will be adjusted accordingly. Payment for any planned student absences will be credited on the following month’s tuition invoice.
    • Tuition invoices not responded to before their due date are assumed accurate.
    • Running late? Sick? Stuck in meeting? Use our online Student Portal to cancel and reschedule lessons. Your instructor does not handle scheduling in any way, but is notified if you cancel and/or reschedule using the Student Portal. You may also always email the LMS office directly with any scheduling issues or concerns.

Attendance Expectations:

  • Once enrolled, you will have a regular weekly lesson time. Learning music is incredibly exciting & rewarding, but also requires hard work & consistency. To ensure the best learning experience, students are expected to attend their regular weekly lesson time. Your teacher has set aside your regular lesson time each week & expects to see you on a weekly basis at the same time consistently.
  • Students unable to consistently attend their regular weekly lesson time more than three lessons per month may be asked to forfeit their lesson time.

Tuition:

  • Students are enrolled in auto-pay billing and your payment for the coming month’s lessons will be run when you receive your next invoice, which will be your last lesson day of the month (ex. last Monday of every month if you have lessons on Mondays).
  • Lesson tuition payments not received by their due date will be subject to a 5% late fee.
  • Little Mission Studio accepts payment online only via Stripe & Square (most major US credit/debit cards).

Cancellations:

  • Student Cancellations: Of course emergencies or occasional illness happen. If you need to cancel a scheduled lesson, let us know as soon as possible, by using our online Student Portal to cancel your lesson. You may then use the Student Portal to try to reschedule your lesson within the same week, pending the availability of your instructor. Our faculty maintain very full schedules, & student-cancelled lessons are not guaranteed a make-up time. Student-cancelled lessons that cannot be rescheduled or made-up within one week of the original lesson time remain charged in full. Late student-cancellations, less than 6-hours before the lesson start time, will not be granted a make-up lesson. 
  • Faculty Cancellations: In the rare event your instructor needs to cancel a scheduled lesson due to illness or emergency, you will receive lesson credit in the following month.
  • Stopping Lessons: Once you’re enrolled, your lessons are ongoing & you remain a Private Lesson Student unless Little Mission Studio hears from you otherwise. If you need to stop your lessons for whatever reason (moving, changing jobs, etc.), you must notify the office before the 1st of the coming month.

Group Music Class & Workshop Policies:

Enrollment & Scheduling:

  • We accept enrollment for Group Music Classes & Workshops on a rolling basis. Enrollment for most classes closes one week prior to the class start date; check each class description for further details.
  • Space in classes is limited & students will be enrolled on a first-come, first-served basis. Often, Group Music Classes will fill up, so early enrollment is encouraged.
  • We list the full class schedule with each class description. Be sure to read over each class schedule carefully to be sure you can attend all class sessions.
  • Click here for a list of current Group Classes and Workshops.

Attendance Expectations:

  • In order to help ensure the best class experience for you & your fellow musicians, we ask that you commit to attending all class sessions. Missed or skipped class sessions are non-refundable & unable to be made up.

Tuition:

  • Tuition for Group Music Classes is paid online during our online enrollment process.
  • If you submit a Group Music Class enrollment form, but do not complete tuition payment online, you will be removed from the class list & your enrollment cancelled.

Cancellations:

  • Ensemble Classes: If you with to cancel your enrollment or drop an Ensemble Class, you must contact us 24 hours before the second session of your class for a refund of class tuition, minus $100 deposit. No refunds are available if notice is given after this deadline.
  • Group Music Classes: If you wish to cancel your enrollment or drop a Group Music Class, you must contact us 24 hours before the second session of your class for a refund of class tuition minus 15% of tuition. No refunds are available if notice is given after this deadline.
  • Workshops: Tuition for Workshops in non-refundable.

Summer Music Camp Policies:

Enrollment:

  • We accept enrollment for Summer Music Camps on a rolling basis. Enrollment for most camps closes one week prior to the camp start date; check each camp description for further details.
  • Space in camps is limited & students will be enrolled on a first-come, first-served basis. Often, our camps will fill up, so early enrollment is encouraged.
  • Click here for our current Summer Music Camps.

Tuition:

  • Tuition for Summer Music Camps is paid online during our online enrollment process.
  • Your full camp tuition includes a non-refundable $100 deposit.
  • If you submit a Summer Music Camp enrollment form, but do not complete tuition payment online, you will be removed from the camp list & your enrollment cancelled.

Cancellations:

  • Missed or skipped camp sessions are non-refundable.
  • If you wish to drop from a camp, you must contact us no less than three weeks before the camp start date for a refund of camp tuition, minus $100 deposit. No refunds are available if less than three week’s notice is given.

Early Bird Camp Discount: If full tuition for camp is paid by April 1st, you will automatically receive $100 off your camp tuition! More Details.

Ensemble Class Discounts:

  • Make Music Together! Take the skills you’ve been learning & collaborate with others in one of our Ensemble Classes. Tuition for all our Ensemble Classes is by donation!

Family Discounts:

  • We love musical families as much as Maria von Trapp! Receive a 10% discount off of all lesson & class tuition, when two or more members of an immediate family are enrolled in lessons or classes at Little Mission Studio.

#MakeMoreMusic Discounts:

  • Want to take both voice lessons and piano lessons? Want to take a guitar class & try saxophone lessons? Any individual student enrolled in more than one type of lesson or class at Little Mission Studio will automatically receive 10% off of their tuition for everything! Make more music & save more money!

*All discounts are non-combinable. Little Mission Studio will apply one discount to tuition as applicable, whichever is greatest.

Gift Cards:

  • The Gift of Music! Little Mission Studio offers Gift Cards in any amount that are redeemable towards the purchase of lessons, classes, workshops, practice/rehearsal space rental, or merchandise at Little Mission Studio. Gift Cards make a thoughtful & unique gift for friends, family, loved ones, or co-workers! You choose the value, & the recipient can use it towards any lessons or classes offered at Little Mission Studio. Purchase in person at the studio or order online. All online orders will be shipped.

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Practice Room Rental:

  • We understand that practice space is hard to find in San Francisco! Roommates, neighbors, & small apartments are all challenges to finding the time & space to practice appropriately.
  • Current students can book solo practice time for free during our hours of operation. Not a current student & need to practice? Our rates for non-students are affordable at just $24/hour. All practice rooms must be scheduled & reserved at least 24 hours in advance. Please contact us to schedule and reserve time in a practice room. More info on requesting practice rooms here.

Rehearsal Room Rental:

  • Have a chamber group or small ensemble you’d like to rehearse? Rent any of our rooms at the affordable rate of $49/hour. Rehearsal room rental must be scheduled & reserved at least 24 hours in advance. Please contact us to schedule and reserve time for rehearsal space. More info on requesting practice rooms here.