About the Private Lesson Program

ENROLLMENT:
Private lesson enrollment must come through the enrollment application and must be processed by the student's band, orchestra or choir director. The enrollment application must be completed and returned to the student's band, orchestra or choir director. Tuition rates are $16.00 for a 1/2 hour lesson or $32.00 for an hour lesson.  A deposit check made out to the private instructor for $64.00 must accompany the enrollment application.

SCHEDULING:
Every attempt is made to schedule a student with a private lesson teacher as quickly as possible after the enrollment form is received by the band, orchestra or choir director. Occasionally there is a delay due to teacher availability, but it is the intention of the Music Department to provide a teacher for every student who desires to participate in the private lesson program and additional teaching staff will be employed where circumstances justify the need.

LESSON LOCATION:
All private lessons taught through the Spring Branch Independent School District Private Lesson Program are taught on the campuses of the district's secondary schools.     Private lesson teachers are screened for security.  Directors are not required to be in the room during the lessons. Parents always have the option of waiting in the music hall where the lesson is being taught.

MATERIALS:
Lessons are designed primarily to teach fundamental concepts and utilize the characteristic literature of a particular instrument or voice rather than rehearse the music a student is performing in a school organization. Consequently, students will be expected to furnish the necessary method book(s) for their lessons.

BILLING:
All payments will be made directly to the private lesson teacher.  Each lesson is documented and verified by the band, orchestra, or choir teacher.

MAKE-UP LESSONS:
Private lesson teachers will allow students to make up at least two lessons per semester provided:

1. the student had given the teacher at least 24-hour notice
2. the lesson was missed due to physical illness or other emergency for which 24-hour notice could not be given

Make-up lessons should be scheduled at a mutually-convenient time.