Location

Private lessons are taught out of my home studio which is located near Redmond Town Center and  two blocks from Grass Lawn Park:  7015 152nd Av NE Redmond, WA, 98052.

Group classes are taught at the  Suzuki Strings of Redmond studio, 7981 168th Ave NE Redmond, Building 4, Room #224 in downtown Redmond, across from Redmond Elementary School.

Lesson Prices

Lessons are priced at $42 per 30 minute lesson, $59 per 45 minute lesson, $77 per 60 minute lesson and $95 for 75 minute lessons.  Siblings with back-to-back lessons are still charged at  the rate of two separate lessons. 

I charge a $32 quarterly studio fee per student to cover the costs of quarterly recital, studio materials, scheduling and accounting.

Group classes are calculated at $16 per class. Group classes are a mandatory part of studio participation (see group class page for more information). I understand absences are unavoidable but please note the full tuition for group class will be included in your tuition statement. I do not make up or refund missed group classes. Please attend as many as you can to get the best value for your tuition.

Tuition

I invoice one studio tuition for the school year, divided into two or 5 payments. Summer lessons are billed and scheduled separately.  Your studio tuition includes all lessons in the year (I add the number of days that your lesson day occurs in the school year), 20 group classes and 3 recitals.  A quarterly $32 studio fee per student helps cover the cost of studio materials, accounting/scheduling/emailing time, and recitals.

If you choose to pay tuition in two installments your payments will be due by the 15th of September and February. If you choose to pay in 5 installments your payments will be due on the 15th of September, November, January, March and May.  You have the option to pay electronically with Paypal or Zelle or with checks. No cash please. Checks should be made payable to me, Sharon Wherland. For Paypal or Zelle send to my email sharon.wherland@gmail.com selected “send to family and friends”.

Participation in my studio is to be considered a year-long commitment, including participation in lessons, recitals and group classes. Tuition covers all the benefits of the program and is not a per-lesson payment. 

No refunds will be given for lessons or group classes that a student misses, for any reason. I will reschedule or reimburse you for any lessons that I miss. If you cannot get to my house due to snow we can use zoom for the lesson. For more details click here to go to the “Missed Lessons Policy” page.

For new students:  Tuition will be adjusted based on the date you begin lessons. The quarterly studio fee ($32) will remain the same. 

 There is no charge for your first lesson.

Withdrawing from the studio
When you sign up for lessons, you are committing to a program that runs for the entire year. In the rare event that you need to stop lessons mid-year please give me one month’s notice or one month of tuition after the last lesson. I will reimburse any partial quarterly tuition beyond the month.

Tuition rates may be raised yearly with new rates announced in the summer for the following school year (starting in September).