PRIVATE LESSONS

Lessons are held at the Roland Dille Center for the Arts. Please meet your child's teacher in the foyer area in front of the Box Office at the lesson time to be escorted to lesson location.

Students under the age of 18 must not be left unsupervised within the Center of the Arts building or outside grounds for any reason at any time. The CSA, CSA teachers, and MSUM will not assume responsibility for your child should an accident occur while they are unattended.

Safety is very important to the CSA and to MSUM. All teachers complete a background check as part of the hiring process.

A waiver form must be signed by all participants or guardian of participants.

Parking Monday through Friday:

• Free parking is available on campus after 4:30 p. m.

• Street parking is available before 4:30 p. m.

Parking Saturdays and Sundays: free parking is available on campus.

Click here for additional information about parking on campus.

Students are expected to attend lessons on a regular basis. Teachers are not required to make up missed lesson(s) when no notice is given. Excused absences (absences that occur where advanced notice is given) can be made up during a mutually agreeable time, either in-person or virtually. If there is an emergency that causes a student to cancel a lesson (family emergency, illness, or a related issue), the lesson will be made up.

To report a student absence, please contact your teacher via phone. Refunds are not issued for lessons that the student cancels or misses.

Lessons cancelled by the teacher will be rescheduled at the earliest convenience of both the student and the teacher.

In the case of inclement weather where the campus of MSUM is closed (check www.mnstate.edu to check on campus status), lessons will either be rescheduled or held virtually. Please communicate with your teacher for a mutual decision on how lessons will be handled in the case of inclement weather.

Students are expected to be on time; time will not be added to a lesson to make-up for late arrivals. Teachers will wait 15 minutes before assuming that the student will be missing the lesson. Very rarely, and only in extenuating circumstances, will a teacher be tardy. If a teacher is late, the teacher will arrange for making up the lost time at a mutually convenient time.

Attend all lessons for the semester in which a student is registered.

Bring instrument (if applicable), music, and any other lesson materials the teacher requires to each lesson.

Be committed to practicing on a regular basis as advised by the teacher.

Follow building policies.

CSA teachers reserve the right to discontinue or terminate lessons for student disciplinary reasons. All CSA students are expected to behave with the highest respect to the MSUM School of Performing Arts facilities, CSA teachers, and other CSA students. CSA teachers reserve the right to immediately end any lesson due to disciplinary problems of any student. Disciplinary infractions of any kind will be referred first to the parents, and, if continuing, to CSA supervisors for disciplinary action. Disciplinary action may involve termination from the CSA program with tuition forfeited.

Parents/Guardians may register their child for either ten or fourteen 30-minute lessons in the CSA Private Lesson Summer 2024 Program.

Tuition for the Summer Session for ten 30-minute lessons is $150.

Tuition for the Summer Session for fourteen 30-minute lessons is $210.

Tuition for the Summer Session for ten 45-minute lessons is $230.

Tuition for the Summer Session for fourteen 45-minute lessons is $322.

Refunds and credits are only made in very rare circumstances and will only be considered if all attendance policies have been followed and a good faith effort has been made by both the student and the teacher to follow CSA policies through make-up lessons and consistent communication.

Notice of withdrawal from lessons must be submitted in writing via email to community.orchestra.academy@gmail.com. If written notice is not received, students will still be considered to be officially enrolled and will continue to be charged accordingly for tuition.

There will be a recital at the end of each session. Teachers will communicate with students and their parents/guardians about participation in each recital.

While the CSA strives to create positive growing experiences by maintaining student/teacher relationships throughout a student's study, periodic teacher reassignments may occur due to graduation of CSA teachers. Continuing students receive first priority in re-enrollment and teacher assignments.