Music Conservatory of Illinois

MCIL Cancellation Form
Please fill out and submit this form at least 24 hours prior to your lesson time. 
Admin will contact you to arrange a make-up lesson if that applies.

Private Lesson Attendance Policy:

• Attendance

  • Weekly attendance is mandatory and expected from all students. 

  • It is the responsibility of both student and parental figure to make it to lessons, and to arrive on-time for lessons.

• Student Absences:

  • Each student is permitted 2 absences per session.

    • Any kind of absence counts towards the total of 2 absences per session.

    • What counts as an excused absence?

      • If administration and teacher are notified at least 24-hours prior to the lesson’s start time, a teacher may choose to offer a make-up lesson, if their schedule permits it.

      • Otherwise, 

    • What counts as an unexcused absence?

      • No-show

      • If administration and teacher are notified under 24-hours prior to the lesson’s start time, 

      • These lessons cannot be made-up.

  • Make-up Lessons due to Student Absence

    • Make-up Lessons due to student absence can be offered in the form of the following:

      • Substitute teacher taught lesson

      • Teacher teaches lesson (if schedule permits it)

      • Lesson time being distributed over the course of multiple lessons (if schedule permits it)

    • Lessons missed by the student must be rescheduled during the same session as the originally missed lesson, or up to a week after the final lesson of a session.

• Sickness:

  • If a student is unable to make a lesson due to sickness, please inform administration and the instructor as soon as possible. 

  • Absences due to sickness count towards the maximum of 2 absences per session.

  • The first sickness absence of a session is excused.

  • Sick absences after the first in a session are unexcused

• Teacher Absences:

  • If a teacher is unable to attend a lesson, the following options will be offered:

    • Substitute teacher taught lesson

    • Make-up lesson (if teacher’s schedule permits it)

    • Lesson credited towards the next invoice

• Tardiness:

  • Students who are tardy are not guaranteed the full duration of their lesson

  • If a teacher is tardy, a student is entitled to the full duration of their lesson.

Pre-Piano/Partner Lesson/Group Class Attendance Policy

• Any kind of class with more than one student is unable to be rescheduled.

  • If all members of a class are from the same household/come to the class together, the class can be made-up in the form of the following:

    • Substitute teacher taught lesson

    • Teacher teaches lesson (if schedule permits it)

    • Lesson time being distributed over the course of multiple lessons (if schedule permits it)

• Pre-Piano and Group Class instructors can be substitute taught at any time

• Pre-Piano and Group Class instructors are subject to change at any time