Policies
Our policies are designed to ensure that your music lessons are organized and run smoothly. Whether you have questions about registration, tuition, scheduling, or other aspects of your lessons, this page provides clear guidelines to support you every step of the way.
Click on each section below to explore the specifics of our school policies:
Registration
Scheduling
Tuition
Tuition is charged per semester. Credit card, Zelle, cash and checks are acceptable forms of payment and may be made out to Go Go Allegro School of Music.
For bookkeeping purposes payment is never given directly to instructor, please mail or pay online via invoice.
Mailing Address: PO Box 590432, Newton Centre, MA 02459
Lessons are non-refundable and non-transferable.
A late fee of $30 will be applied to any late payment. If tuition is not paid after this late fee is applied, the lesson time may be released from the instructor’s schedule.
Lesson Times
Lesson times are reserved on a weekly basis for each student, so make-ups lessons will only be offered if it is a medical or family emergency. A missed lesson due to an emergency will not be refunded. If your missed lesson falls into this emergency category you will have the opportunity to schedule a make-up lesson during the same session it was missed. If your instructor is not available for the regularly scheduled weekly lesson, a substitute teacher may be utilized to ensure your lesson time remains unchanged.
Asynchronous lessons will be offered in the event you need to cancel your lesson. Please be sure to notify admin@gogoallegro.com of any lesson cancellations and we would be happy to share details on how to submit your asynchronous lesson.
Performances
Performance opportunities will be held throughout the school year and participation is strongly encouraged but not required. Performance dates scheduled mid year will take priority over regularly scheduled lessons. Sign-ups and performance fees will be required for all performance events.
Lesson Start and End Times
Plan on being available 10-15 minutes before and/or after your lesson time as these are in-home lessons and timing is dependent on traffic, road conditions and inclement weather. Your lesson time begins when the instructor enters your home. If you are not home or prepared to answer your door at your scheduled lesson time, you will only be given the remaining portion of your scheduled lesson time. No additional time will be given for student tardiness.
Re-enrollment
Re-enrollment is automatic from the Fall Semester to the Spring Semester unless the withdrawal form is filled out by December 15. If you wish to change your scheduled time in between sessions, you must request a change in schedule for the next session. Schedule changes in the middle of sessions are not possible.
Inclement Weather
Lessons will not be canceled even if local schools are canceled. Lessons will be held as normal regardless of weather unless you receive an email. Lessons may be held via Zoom in the case of inclement weather as a Remote Learning Day.
Parking
For safety reasons, it is required that you have adequate parking in your driveway and a clear walkway up to your door. If this is not available, you may have to forfeit your lesson. This is especially important during snow where on-street parking may not be available. If there is a preferred entrance (other than your front door) during snow, please communicate this with your instructor or administration.
Supervision
A parent, legal guardian, or adult caretaker must be on site for the duration of every lesson. Your instructor will not continue a lesson if there is no parent, guardian, or adult caretaker in the home and no refund or credit will be granted. Instructors will not provide supervision beyond the time limits of the scheduled lesson.
Non-Solicitation
You agree not to directly or indirectly solicit your instructor for lessons and acknowledge that such action constitutes a breach of this agreement and that your instructor is prevented from conducting lessons for you independently of Go Go Allegro School of Music.
Liability
You release Go Go Allegro School of Music, our Instructors, officers, directors, any parent and subsidiary or other affiliated entities, and its Instructors, from any and all liability and responsibility in any case of personal injury, property damage or loss, injury, accident, or misconduct. In no event shall we be liable to you for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, which are hereby excluded by agreement of the parties regardless of whether such damages were foreseeable or whether either of us has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Media
The student and the student’s parent/guardian(s) consent to and authorize Go Go Allegro School of Music to capture and use video-audio recordings and photographic images of the student and/or his or her musical performance or quoted statements in print, electronic, or online media, for educational and promotional purposes, and without compensation.
Contacting Go Go Allegro
Should you need to contact your teacher (info@gogoallegro.com, teacher name in subject line), Rebecca Helm (Director, director@gogoallegro.com), or School Administration (admin@gogoallegro.com) email is the preferred method and may be used at any time. Text messaging is available during regular office hours: 617-564-3220. SMS may be used for reminders and notifications, particularly with time sensitive information.
If there is a situation you would like to discuss in person with your instructor, please plan to utilize a portion of your scheduled lesson time. Additionally, you may schedule a phone or virtual meeting with the Music Director or a member of our administrative team during office hours.
