How our lesson rooms work

We ask your written permission before we share any photo of your child, on this site, in newsletters or on social media, and you can change your answer at any time. We never put a child's name with a photo, and the photos on this site are examples until we replace them with our own.

Please keep a student home with a fever, a stomach bug or a bad cough, and tell us by message or a call so we can offer the time to someone on the waitlist. A cold does not stop you from playing; tell your teacher and come.

We close for a week at Thanksgiving, for two weeks in winter and on a few holidays. We write to families by midday when snow or ice closes the building, and a lesson we cancel is made up.

A parent or grandparent walks younger students to the lesson room and waits in the front room. We hand a student only to the grown-ups on your pickup list, and we ask for ID from anyone we don't know.

If you will be late, write to us or call the front desk. The student waits in the front room with a teacher or the front desk until you arrive, and we ask you to tell us who is coming instead if it is someone else.

A parent or grandparent may sit in on any lesson. Performance nights are open to families and friends: arrive early, silence phones and clap at the end of each piece.

Phones stay in a pocket or a bag during a class. A teacher may ask to record a passage so you can practice from it at home.

Wear what you can play in. For a performance, a white shirt and dark trousers or skirt are enough, and a charro suit is optional. Your teacher explains what the ensemble wears before the night.