Pricing & Policies

Complete Info on Rates for Lessons and Music Classes in PDX

Lessons: Quick Overview

***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.

No 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.

Cancellations/Refunds: You are welcome to drop lessons at any time with at least 24 hours notice though we ask as a courtesy that you finish the month paid for. The Annual Admin fee is non-refundable; however, we will refund any unused lesson credits if you are just not able to finish the month. There is 4% processing fee for all refunds.

New Pricing Plan Options! Choose One: Flat Rate or Flexible

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Flat Rate plan: the new streamlined plan

• $43/30 min, $57/45 min, $72/60 min private, one-on-one lessons.

• No make ups for student cancellations: one flat monthly fee.

• For teacher cancellations, we do make ups or give up to 3 credits/year (taken off your next invoice).

• The Annual Admin Fee goes down by $30 from last year!

• Ideal if you rarely cancel and/or don’t have time to schedule make ups.

• The savings is worth three 30-min lessons- $128/year!

• Virtual option for sick kids at the same lesson time or a family member can take their place.

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Flexible plan: the same plan we’ve always offered

• $46/30 min, $60/45 min, $75/60 min private, one-on-one lessons.

• Same make up policy we’ve always had: make ups for planned absences and no refunds late cancellations (less than 24 hours notice). Up to 3 credits for planned absences (taken off your next invoice).

• Make ups for teacher cancellation.

• Annual Admin fee goes down by $10 from last year!

• Ideal if you anticipate more than 2-3 cancellations/year or have plenty of time for make ups.

• Pay just $3.50 more per week than Standard Plan.

• Virtual option for sick kids, ideally at the same lesson time or a family member can take their place.

Annual Administrative Fee- Price Reduced for the 2024-2025 year!

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. Non-refundable.

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.

• Cancellation with less than 24-hours notice: Charges will apply and makeups are not accepted. For Flexible plans only.

• Email the Admin AND your teacher if you need to cancel. Y​ou 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 or do it virtually.

• Planned absences for Flexible Plan only. With our Admin’s help, try to lenghten 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 $120/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. A Winter ‘25 special of 25% off is available too!

• 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.

  
  

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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.