Policies

Lessons

Lessons occur once per week, and last for 30, 45 or 60 minutes. Please do your best to be early for your lesson. If you cannot attend your lesson for any reason please call or text me at 312.772.4783 Lesson time will be coordinated between the teacher, student, and parents, and can be taught in person or online via Skype, Zoom, or Meet. Lessons include:

• Learning new pieces

• Note reading

• Ear training

• Music theory

• Music history

Payment

Payment is due prior to the start of each 12 week semester (and summer term, which varies in length based on student and teacher schedule). See the Calendar for semester dates and your lesson time. Lesson time is locked in once payment has been made. Possible payment methods:

• Online Bank transfer

  • Zelle (Chase Quick Pay) (to ethan.adelsman@gmail.com)

  • Venmo (@Ethan-Adelsman)

• Check

• Cash

In the event that a check is returned or bounces, all associated fees will be the responsibility of the student/parent, and must be paid in cash as soon as possible.

Missed Lessons

Lessons missed with less than 24 hours notice will not be eligible to be rescheduled. My time is valuable, and less that 24 hours notice does not give me adequate time to make other plans. That said, sudden illness or emergencies are exempt from this rule (I’m not a monster!).

Make Up Lessons

If a lesson is missed with more than 24 hours notice, we will schedule a make up lesson. This can be on a different day than the regular lesson, or made up by extending one or more regular lessons (for example, if a 30 minute lesson is missed, 15 minutes can be added to the next 2 regular lessons). Each student will be allowed 2 make up lessons per semester.

Lessons missed or canceled by me, the teacher, will of course be rescheduled.