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Required Items for All Students:
Note: The Center does have a few instruments available for monthly rent. Please contact us if you are in need of an instrument.
Registration Fee: All students must pay an annual registration fee for $20 per student or $50 per family. The membership runs from September to September and helps to cover basic administrative costs throughout the year.
Online Student Portal: Once registered, each active CIM student (or family) has access to an online account, called a “family portal” where you can manage your personal information, view your balance, check your lesson schedule, and make credit card payments. To sign into your portal, click on the link on the upper right-hand link of the CIM website (any page) using your email address.
Payment Policy: A payment plan must be chosen at the time of registration.
The Center for Irish Music offers the following payment plans to its students:
Plan A: One Payment. Payment for the full semester made at the start of the term
Plan B: Two Payments: 50% Due at the start of the term, 50% due starting at Week 9
Plan C: Four Payments: 25% Due at the start of the term; 25% due at Week 5; 25% due at Week 9; 25% due at week 13.
Payment is accepted via credit card (through your student portal or over the phone), check, or cash. Checks are payable to The Center for Irish Music and mailed to 836 Prior Ave North, Saint Paul, MN 55104. Please do not send cash through the mail. There is a drop box in which to place checks or cash payments outside of the Center for Irish Music Office for your convenience. Please include the following information on the check line or in envelope: Student, class, teacher, day & time of lesson.
If a student falls behind payments he or she will not be allowed to enroll in future classes until payment is received or a satisfactory payment schedule has been met.
Past due balances are subject to a monthly finance charge of 1.5% (18% annual.) Returned checks will be assessed a $25 returned check fee.
Group classes: If student notifies CIM admin via email or post within two business days of the first class, a 100% refund for remaining classes will be given.
Private lessons: If a student notifies CIM admin via email or post within two weeks of the first lesson, a 100% refund will be given for remaining lessons. Notifying your instructor of withdrawal from private lessons is not sufficient.
After the two-week grace period (private lessons): Once a student has registered for a certain number of lessons for the term, the arrangement is considered a contract between student and instructor. (Instructors have reserved that time slot and room specifically for the student.) If the student decides to withdraw after the two-week grace period, please notify CIM admin in writing within one week of your last lesson. 100% refunds are available only for medical reasons. For all other reasons, students will be charged for 20% of the balance of remaining lessons. If CIM admin is not notified of withdrawal, the student is responsible for the balance of all remaining lessons.
Registration fees are nonrefundable.
Cancelled by Student
Group Classes: Students are expected to attend all group classes. No group classes will be repeated due to the absence of individual students. For classes that have more than one section, make-up lessons may be available.
Private Lessons: 24-hour notice is required to cancel a single private lesson. Private lessons canceled with less than 24 hours notice will be charged to the student. Please call or email the CIM 651-815-0083 or admin@centerforirishmusic.org to give your 24-hour notice. A maximum of 2 cancelled lessons is allowed per 16-week term and make-ups must take place in that term.
Cancelled by CIM:
Group Lessons: The Center reserves the right to cancel classes or ensembles with insufficient enrollment. A minimum of 4 students is required to run a group class. Classes that do not meet minimum enrollment 24 hours before the first meeting may be canceled. In the event a class is cancelled, you will be notified and given the opportunity to transfer to another class. If you do not enroll in another class you will receive a full refund.
Private Lessons (cancellation by instructor): When an instructor cancels a lesson, they will reschedule a make-up with the student in make-up week (at the end of the term), or at another time during the term. Make-up lessons must be scheduled before the end of the term.
Family Discount Policy: When you register by the registration deadline, each member of your immediate family will receive a 5% discount on any CIM class or lesson for that same term.
Ensemble Member Private Lesson Rate: Students enrolled in any of our ensembles, youth or adult, receive private lessons at a discounted rate of $25/half hour (regular price, $28). Ensemble students must take a minimum of one lesson per month. Advanced Youth Ensemble students must take a minimum of two lessons per month.
Registration fees are not eligible for discounts.
As part of The Center for Irish Music’s mission as a non-profit community music school, we make every effort to keep music classes and lessons affordable and easily accessible. The Center’s Financial Aid Program was created specifically for the purpose of assisting individuals and families with demonstrated economic need. More information is on our website at www.centerforirishmusic.org under the “For Students” tab.
Deadlines for financial aid are:
These policies are subject to change. Please see our website for updates www.centerforirishmusic.org