Fees/Policies/Calendar

General

• Calendar: School year lessons begin the first week of  Charlotte Mecklenburg pubic schools. Breaks for private lessons and jam bands coincide with the following CMS breaks: Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Winter Break, Spring break and Memorial Day.  We are also closed the week of 4th of July.

• Weather or Instructor Cancellations: If CMS is closed due to inclement weather, we are (usually) closed as well. We are sometimes open when school is closed.  Instructor cancellations will always be credited or made up.
• Fees:  Please see individual programs below.

Private Lessons

• Fees: Effective September 1, 2017 tuition is $35 per half hour lesson ($50 for 45 minutes, $65 for one hour). Siblings enrolled for private lessons are $30 per half hour ($45 for 45 minutes and $58 for one hour).
• Billing: You will have an account with us using a credit or debit card kept on file. You may update this card at any time using the log-in at the top of each page on our site. Charges are run on or near the first of each month for the number of weeks that lessons are expected to occur in that particular month.
• Makeups: We are  unable to schedule makeup lessons for student misses. Occasionally, instructors may offer to rearrange their schedule (with advance notice) as a courtesy.
• Withdrawals: To withdraw or pause your lessons, e-mail notification to John Gurske is required before the new month. We do not refund fees after the first of the month.

Kindermusik

• Start anytime: We operate year round without “sessions.”  We are open 47 weeks of the year. Fees are prorated at whatever point you start in the month.
• Fees: monthly membership is $75 per calendar month.  Please note that prices are the same regardless of the number of weeks in a particular month. We give a 20% sibling discount. You may bring infants along to an older siblings class for free up until 9 months old with the intention of keeping them in a carrier.  Read more about our membership benefits.
• Trial Class: We do allow trial classes on a space available basis. To arrange this, please email Valerie, our program coordinator.
• Calendar: We are closed the following weeks: Thanksgiving Week; Charlotte Mecklenburg Public School Winter and Spring Breaks and July 4th week.
• Billing: You will have an account with Kindermusik International which will be auto drafted during the first week of the month.
• Makeups: Makeup classes are a unlimited during your active membership months. You may not use make up classes after withdrawing from monthly membership. Please e-mail Valerie whenever you would like to come to an extra class for a make up. As long as a class isn’t full, you are welcome to join!
• Withdrawals: To withdraw or pause your membership, e-mail notification to program coordinator is required 2 weeks before your final class. We do not refund fees after they are run the first of the month. Resuming after a pause is on a space available basis.
• Illness: Please do not bring children to class when they have been ill the previous 24 hours. This would include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, discolored nasal drainage, or a k own contagious virus. Lingering coughs from colds, clear allergic rhinitis or coughs from asthma or allergy conditions are not contagious and understandable. If your child has particular immunity needs, please bring it to our attention immediately so we may try and accommodate them.

Jam Bands