Our five C’s:
• Customization: I promise to match your student to the best teacher available for maximum success.
• Customer Service: Our clients know I am always ready to assist them personally and make their experience the best it can be with our school.
• Cost value: You won’t believe everything you get with our low tuition prices—year-round lessons in your own home, at least two recitals a year, online tuition payment options, student progress reports, honest assessments of students’ progress and potential, professional and progressive teachers complete with full background checks, and more!
• Client focus: I know all of our clients and students by name because I meet them in their homes and correspond with them often by phone and/or email. Our teachers become a beloved part of our clients’ families with their weekly visits. I follow and support all students’ progress through private online lesson reports and conferences with teachers and clients. We can also offer advice on how to make a better practice environment in your home, when to get your piano tuned, when to move up to a bigger violin, etc.
• Classification: Our Level System is unique to our school. It helps parents track student progress and expectations, gives students goals to work toward, gives parents a price break for beginners, and helps classify teachers by their specialties with beginners, intermediates, or advanced.

Anytime you’d like to start, we have no set sessions. Demand is highest in August-September and December-January and a wait-list may be in effect.

We teach year-round, with a one-time enrollment fee of $20.00. That’s a great deal when you consider that many studios have extended holidays and require that you re-enroll more than once a year. We offer lessons every week of the year, with allowances for some time off during whatever holidays or vacations you need. It’s my firm belief that taking more than a month off from lessons in the arts is detrimental to progress, especially to children, who are learning a set of fine motor skills as well as a new language. More than ninety percent of our clients manage to fit in 46 or more lessons per year, out of 52 weeks in a year. They consider music lessons a priority, and it shows in the progress and happiness of their students. That’s one reason our turnover rate is very low, and a big reason why our students progress faster than at other studios. In addition, good teachers are attracted to our school because they know they will be kept working as much as possible. Year-round lessons are the best value for students, parents, and instructors.

We offer two formal recitals per year: one in the spring and one in late fall. They are held at the historic Thomas Center near downtown. There is no fee for families or teachers to participate in any recital; your tuition pays for inclusion in all recitals. No recital is mandatory, but we encourage each student to consider performing, and we prepare them thoroughly.

Other competitions and performance opportunities, such as Florida State Music Teachers Association Student Day, Florida Federation of Music Clubs Festivals, National Federation of Music Clubs competitions, Guild Auditions, etc., may be presented to you by your teacher as they arise. If you’re interested in this track of study in a particular instrument, please inquire about teachers who include students in these programs.

Our job is to ensure everyone’s happiness and success. We will always honor such a request to the best of our ability. Occasionally students and teachers grow apart, and a new teacher or instrument provides new motivation for the student to get the most out of music lessons and continue enjoying them.

Your teacher and I will treat your request with utmost professionalism. I will consult with you to see if there’s anything we could have done differently and will be happy to try ideas for making your experience better, if possible. Unlike most studios, we require only two weeks’ paid notice of termination. All other pre-paid, unused tuition will be refunded immediately.