Rates & Policies
Leon’s Policies 2024 - 2025
Rates
Half-hour lesson: $90
45 Minute lesson: $120
Hour lesson (for a single student): $160
Monthly Billing
Lessons are invoiced monthly. At the start of the month I’ll invoice all upcoming lesson dates in the month. I accept Venmo, Zelle, checks or cash.
Lessons can not be cancelled but they can be rescheduled. Make ups can carry over to the following week or month but do not replace that month’s lesson.
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If I miss a lesson, I will refund the student.
Students whose lessons are paid by the Federal Self-Determination Program are invoiced at month's end. SDP funds educational opportunities for children with developmental disabilities.
For more info: https://www.dds.ca.gov/initiatives/sdp/
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Recitals
I encourage everyone to participate in our recitals.
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December 2024 - Winter Recital at Gradus Ad Parnassum in San Mateo date TBA
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Summer 2025 - College of San Mateo Theater date TBA
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Daily Practice
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Music is difficult precisely because it requires hours of deliberate, focused, precise skill building.
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We must give ourselves over to this work. Find the love in it, despite the tears and even the boredom.
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Music asks us to give over our hearts, our creativity, our intelligence, our free exploration.
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For both skill and creativity to emerge in ourselves we have to agree, inside our minds to the task.
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Its ok to be afraid we'll fail.
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to be true we must commit to both when beginning piano lessons.
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Students are expected to practice every day
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Students will begin with either 15 minutes or 30 minutes but must move steadily to build their endurance until they can handle a more useful amount of practice between one to three hours.
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The rigors of practice are necessary and not to be underestimated
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Going easy on yourself now will lead to shame, disappointments and “coulda shoulda” type self-talk in the future. Lets have an adventure together and really go for something.
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Don't just practice until you have it right. Practice until you can't get it wrong.​
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Strike hard! Strike Fast! NO MERCY!
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Enjoy!
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For music therapy clients this is all relative to the nature of our lessons & goals
Semester Billing
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Semester Students are families who prefer to pay by four-month semester.
This comes at a 10% discount.
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January through April
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May through August
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September through December.​
Holidays
The studio is open for regular lessons Sundays through Wednesdays, from the morning until about 10pm. Often federal holidays are great times for makeup lessons, although some I take off. I take some Jewish holidays off as well. Mostly I try to coordinate my holiday time with that of my students.’
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The studio will be closed:
Winter Vacation December 22 - January 4
Purim: March 13-14, 2025
Rosh Hashanah: Wed 10/2
Succot: Wednesday 10/16
Simchas Torah: Wed 10/23
Passover 4/12/25 - 4/20/25
Spring Break – keep me in the loop about your spring break as there are so many different date ranges and I’m sure we can work it out
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The studio is open but attendance is optional on:
Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Monday 10/13/24
Veterans Day: Tuesday Nov 11th
Thanksgiving's extra days: (Mon Tue Wed Sun)
Winter Holidays: December 22 through January 3, 2024
Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Monday 1/20/25
Washington’s Birthday: Monday 2/17/25
Memorial Day: Monday, 5/25/25
Summer Vacation: The month of July
Summer Vacation
I encourage you to use as much of summer break as you can to advance at music while you have free time.
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Students are expected to maintain lessons during the summer months of June and August. If you can not attend, the invoice stands but we will find reschedule times for as many as we can.
The Month of July is optional for lessons but you must continue to practice. For students who wish to continue in the fall, I charge a $150 fee for July to hold your place. You are welcome to take lessons in July to avoid this fee.
I know some will be upset, but I can't have a repeat of the past two summers.
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Leon Rosen
