Tuition

Here are the current rates for 30-minute lessons. We offer 45-minute and 60-minute lessons for comparable fees.

Violin – $20.00 per 30 minutes
Viola – $20.00 per 30 minutes
Cello – $20.00 per 30 minutes
Double Bass – $20.00 per 30 minutes
Guitar – $15.00 per 30 minutes
Harp – $20.00 per 30 minutes

These rates are at least $10.00-per-hour lower than many area teachers charge!

View Spring 2014 Monthly Tuition

Spring lessons for 2014 will begin on Monday, January 13, and will end on Saturday, May 25. Payment in full should be made at the first lesson each month for the tuition amount listed next to each teacher’s name.

Make checks payable to PINNER STUDIOS, not individual teachers. Multiple student/teacher payments should be combined on one check and given to one of the students’ teachers. Please note on the check memo line the amounts paid for each student. Payment records are maintained in an electronic database.

Policies

We will make up prepaid lessons that are missed due to illness, family medical emergency, or death in the family. Absences from prepaid lessons for convenience, lack of preparation, or other similar reasons will not be made up. Please notify us about lesson cancellations as far in advance as possible. Missed make-up lessons will not normally be made up.

Pinner Studios will be open for lessons on snow days unless it is unsafe to travel. If area schools close the Studios will remain open. If weather creates dangerous driving conditions we will send an email to everyone canceling lessons. Lessons missed for snow days will generally not be made up.

With lessons scheduled back-to-back each student should unpack in the waiting areas, tune (if comfortable tuning!) and be ready with instrument in hand before his or her lesson time in order to receive the full amount of time. Lessons that start late produce a domino effect on the rest of the day so we have to end lessons on time even if we start late!

Pinner Studios welcomes families! For everyone’s comfort and peace of mind, young ladies and children studying with our male teachers should have a responsible sibling or parent/guardian on site either sitting in on the lesson or relaxing in the waiting areas.

Payment is expected at the first lesson of the month for the entire month. Checks should be made out to Pinner Studios and left with each teacher.

Recitals are given in January and May. Students and their families will have their choice of Monday, Tuesday, or Thursday evenings. Each evening features two recitals with a combined reception between the two programs.