To start, please make sure you have a saxophone, flute, or clarinet in proper working order. Also, make sure that you have all accessories (reeds, pencil, books, sheet music, ect) ready and near you during the lesson. In addition, a Metronome will be needed to be used in our online lessons by the student. The Metronome will keep time for the student while playing songs and exercises. I highly recommend a Metronome app and Bluetooth Speaker, as this will allow for the Metronome to be heard over the volume of the instrument. The Metronome app that I recommend is Tonal Energy Tuner (T.E. Tuner). You can find this is your app store or by clicking the link above.

Second, make sure your devices camera and microphone (smart phone, tablet, or computer) is working properly. A strong internet connection is recommended or be near a WiFi router or extender. 

Third, I would recommend to download and create a login for the Zoom app. This will allow you to customize your settings. It is free to download and use the Zoom app. Once logged into Zoom, please make sure that ORIGINAL SOUND has been activated. Please CLICK HERE for instructions on how to configure audio on Zoom. 

The Zoom Meeting ID and password will be sent out once the lessons have been confirmed. Please save this info as it will be needed to log into the proper music lesson online classroom.

To avoid a loss of a lesson, call, text, or email  no later than 3 hours before the scheduled online lesson and there will be no loss of a lesson. With notification, the lesson can be made up at a later time. Any cancellation with less than a 3 hour notification will result in a loss of that day’s scheduled lesson, which cannot be rescheduled. 

If a student cancels (with or without phone notification) his/her lesson for 4 consecutive weeks, the students time slot will be lost. The reason for this policy is to prevent wasted time slots that other students could have used as permanent lesson time slots. Only if a student has a medical injury accompanied by a doctor’s notice will the time slot be reserved. In addition, time slots cannot be held while a student takes a break from lessons unless the student places a deposit and schedules a return date. Again, this policy is to ensure available time slots to other students who wish to take lessons or schedule make up lessons.

Students are expected to arrive on time to lessons each week. If a student arrives late to a lesson, that lost time will not be made up. If a student arrives more than 15 minutes late, that lesson will be considered a lost lesson that cannot be made up. It is the student’s obligation to see to it that he/she is able to make lessons on time. If you know of a time conflict, please send a notification ahead of time and we can talk about rescheduling the lesson.