Voice Lessons

• Be on time
• Bring any and all materials, music required for lesson
• Bring a pencil, notebook and 3 ring binder for notes and music to every lesson
• Bring a recording device or recording app on phone to all lessons
• Practice vocal exercises and repertoire at home
• Be willing to learn and try different techniques

The regularity of practice and good concentration during practice times are absolutely essential to good progress! Please designate a specific period of time for practice, and ensure that you/your child have privacy while practicing.

• Lessons are taught Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday every week.
• Lessons will be either thirty minutes, forty-five minutes, or one hour in length.
• Extended lesson times and group sessions can be arranged upon request provided there is an available time in the schedule.

Lesson frequency is one lesson every week or one lesson every two weeks/bi-monthly.  Other arrangements can be made pending availability in the schedule.

Students will be scheduled for a reoccurring day and time every week or every other week. Students who attend one lesson per week will have scheduling priority. Students who attend bi-monthly will be scheduled at the beginning or end of a lesson block and will rotate a day and time with another bi-monthly student.

• $28.00 per half-hour lesson; $112 per month
• $41.00 per 45 minute lesson; $164 per month
• $55.00 per 60 minute lesson; $220 per month
  (The price of one lesson will be added to tuition on months with 5 weeks of lessons.)

Payment for lessons is billed on a monthly basis.  Payment is due at the last lesson of each month, prior to lesson commencement, and will total the cost of the number of lessons to be taken during the following month. Cash and check are accepted.  Please make checks payable to Kirkwood Music Institute. A $10 late fee will be assessed if payment is not received 7 days/ one week after the due date.

Lessons canceled with 48 hours/2 full days advance given may be rescheduled. Lessons canceled with less than 48 hours’ notice will NOT be rescheduled and students will be responsible for payment of the canceled lesson. No refund will be given for no-shows or tardiness. In the event of illness or emergencies, I will do my best to provide students the opportunity to make up their missed lesson; however, make-ups are not guaranteed. Only 4 lessons will be rescheduled per semester/6 months. Please send written communication via text or email to cancel a lesson and specify the date(s). Communication is key here!

If I have to miss a lesson with a student I will reschedule it at the student’s convenience. If for some reason, we cannot make up a lesson, payment for that lesson will be credited towards the next month's bill.

As I am a working professional singer, I have to be vigilant about staying healthy and not catching colds from my students. Thus, it is very important that you never come to a lesson if you are unwell, or if you feel you may be coming down with something. This is especially important right at the beginning of a cold when you are most contagious; i.e., when you feel a bit off, but the cold hasn’t fully manifested itself yet. Please help me by taking this point very seriously and not coming to a lesson if you do not feel well. I am always happy to reschedule lessons due to actual illness. If you arrive at a lesson with a cold, however, I will send you home and the lesson will be charged. Thank you for your understanding!

If a student intends to discontinue lessons, a thirty (30) days advance written notice via text or email is REQUIRED. If this notice is not given then the full tuition for the following month will be assessed. For example, if you intend to stop taking lessons in October a written notice with that intent must be given by the first of September. If that notice is not given, a full months tuition for October will then be owed. The student would still be allowed and encouraged to attend the lessons paid for in October if they choose to do so. A non-attendance or verbal notice in class that you will not be continuing lessons next week does not constitute withdrawal and adequate discontinuations of lessons.

There will be at least one recital each year. Recitals allow students the opportunity to put to practice what they are learning in lessons. It is also a good time for family and friends to come and see how the students have progressed. This is NOT a mandatory event for all students, however, all students are encouraged to participate!

Please be in open communication with me as your/your child’s lessons progress. I appreciate and value your questions, concerns, and ideas! Please feel free to call or text between the hours of 9 AM and 9 PM if you have any cancellations or questions.