Music Lessons Policies

Lesson Policies (2025-2026)

To start lessons, please call (202) 244-7326 to set up a lesson time!

Lesson Pricing

Note: The following prices are going into effect starting on October 1st, 2025

• $245/month for half-hour lessons
• $490/month for hour-long lessons
• The introductory lesson is billed individually, at $59 for a half-hour lesson and $118 for an hour-long lesson.
• Lesson payments will be charged on the 1st of the month prior to lessons being given. The charge for one month of half-hour lessons is $245; this is an average cost that works out to 50 lessons over the 50 weeks we are open per calendar year.

Scheduling Policies

• Students will be placed on their teacher’s weekly schedule after the intro lesson, and the monthly billing plan will kick in after the second lesson.
• If a student does not want to continue after the intro lesson, we require 48 hours’ notice before the second lesson to end lessons and prevent future billings.
• If you wish to cancel the intro lesson before taking it, we require 48 hours’ notice in order to refund the lesson bill, or 24 hours’ notice to reschedule that lesson (normal reschedule rules apply).
• We require students to inform us of their absence at least 24 hours beforehand to be eligible for lesson rescheduling. Lessons are eligible to be rescheduled up to 30 days after the initial missed lesson, and cannot be refunded or credited due to a student absence. Reschedules are dependent on your teacher’s availability, and are not guaranteed. Reschedule eligibility expires 30 days after the initial lesson date, but our staff will do everything possible to find a reschedule time that works for you. In the event that we cannot find a reschedule time, we will be able to offer a half-credit (more information below).
• To withdraw from lessons, please provide us with two weeks’ notice. If you notify us on your lesson day that you’ll have to stop lessons, we will need to bill you and pay our teacher for two more lessons after the day you call us. If you are able to notify us at least 24 hours before your weekly lesson that you’d like to stop lessons, then we will be able to count the upcoming lesson as one of the two lessons’ notice. For example, if your lessons are on Tuesdays at 5 and you let us know on Monday at 3 that you’d like to stop, then the next day’s lesson will be counted as one of the two lessons that we need to bill.
• We cannot book a new lesson time or a reschedule on a teacher’s schedule more than 2 weeks out from the intended lesson day.

Half-Credits Policy

• Each student is allotted three half-credits per period (Jan-Apr, May-Aug, and Sep-Dec), which can be applied when a student is unable to provide 24 hours’ notice of an absence or is unable to find a viable reschedule time on their teacher’s schedule.
• A half-credit is $29.50 for a 30-minute lesson and $59 for a 60-minute lesson. Half-credits will be applied on the student’s next monthly bill.

Holiday Closures Reminder

Middle C is closed for 14 days out of the year. When the school is closed, there will be no lessons held on those days, and there will be no reschedules for those classes. Additionally, credits for those classes have already been factored into Middle C’s monthly billing flat rate. The rate has been calculated based on a 50-week yearlong calendar, as opposed to a 52-week calendar, because there are 14 days across the year that Middle C is closed. The billing rate takes these days into account and factors them into the $245/$490-a-month bill, which means that these school closures have already been credited for all students. To that end, the $245-a-month bill remains unchanged for months when there is a schoolwide closure. The full schedule of school closures can be viewed below.

The 14 days Middle C is closed are New Year’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and December 25th-31st