Pricing & Policies
Rates for Lessons and Music Classes
Lessons
***Ask about our Seasonal New Student Discount!
First 30-min private lesson is free.
Lessons are prepaid the last week of the preceding month. Usually on the 25th.
Autopay is mandatory. Invoices are emailed mid-month for any updates.
Lessons are weekly. We don’t offer every other week.
Currently we don’t offer in-home lessons.
Joint Lessons: Minimum 45 minutes, +$12 per additional student is added to the rate. This is only for students of the same age/level of experience and not suited for students several years apart. The one exception is for parent/child lessons.
Price | Duration |
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$41 | 30 Minutes |
$55 | 45 Minutes |
$70 | 60 Minutes |
Annual Administrative Fee
We charge our Annual Admin Fee in September and prorate it according to the schedule below. Returning families are offered a $20 early-bird discount by paying for the year in July ($90 instead of $110).
September | $110 |
October | $100 |
November | $90 |
December | $80 |
January | $70 |
February-May | $60 |
June-August | $50 |
Discounts
Multi-student discount: 5% off the monthly bill if 2+ are enrolled from the same family.
Referral: $10 discount applied to your invoice for referring a family that enrolls for a minimum of one month.
Quarterly Payments: 5% Discount.
Camp multi-student and multi-week: see menu tab “Camp” for more info.
Make-Up Policy. Read This!
Cancellation with less than 24-hours notice: Charges will apply and makeups are not accepted.
Email the Admin AND your teacher if you need to cancel. You can also call our reception line and they’ll notify the teacher, 503-470-1490.
Sickness: If your child is sick and stays home from school, for everyone’s safety, cancel the lesson.
Planned absences: With our Admin’s help, try to lengthen your lessons: two 45-minute lessons to make up a 30-minute lesson. If that doesn’t work, please try to reschedule. Last resort, use one of three credits/year. Your membership fee helps make these options possible.
Teacher cancellations: We will arrange a substitute KTL teacher or schedule a makeup lesson with your teacher. We do our best to minimize teacher absences.
Seeds of Harmony: We don’t offer make-ups or credits for absences.
Classes
Seeds of Harmony is offered at $99/month which includes weekly 45 minute classes and At-home practice materials in a fun, Duolingo style. A minimum of 3 children per class is required.
Please note that while there is a free trial class we don’t add the multi-family discount and we don’t offer make-ups or credits for absences; however, we do offer regular discounts on the class so be sure to ask about our current offer.
If a family has a student in Seeds and another taking private lessons the one taking private lessons will have the multi-family discount applied to their fees.
UpStartRock Elite Performance Program: ON HIATUS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
-3 student band @ 60 min: $ 39/class ($156 per 4-week month)
-4 student band @ 60 min: $35/class ($140 per 4-week month)
-4 student band @ 90 min: $52.50/class ($210 per 4-week month)
**We can't apply multi-family member discounts to these classes.
**All students are required to take private lessons at KTL to be part of UpStartRock.
Standards & Expectations
Weekly attendance during the school year.
Perform at biannual formal or mini recitals. Students who perform have better results than those who don’t.
Practice a minimum of 3-5 days/week. Ideally 7 days.
Purchase books that your teacher recommends and bring them to every lesson.
If extra support is needed with practicing, motivation, or any issue at all, reach out to the Director.
Photos from recitals are used in KTL promotion. Parents are asked to sign an e-form during enrollment giving us permission to use pictures of their children. Parents can opt out by requesting a form from our Admin.
Calendar
KTL generally follows the PPS school calendar. We are not closed for in-service days.
Holidays: KTL is closed for Memorial Day, Labor Day, MLK day, July 4th, Winter and Spring Break.
Inclement weather: We email our plan to parents by noon and stay open if the roads are decent.
Summer: Summer hours are based on teacher/student vacation schedules.