The information below will help you prepare for your first piano lesson! If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
Location
Lessons are held at Living Water Brethren Church, 621 Carpers Valley Road, Winchester, VA.
Practice
My desire is to help students accomplish all of their musical goals. I recommend that students practice 30 minutes a day for at least five days a week, students preparing for college 60 minutes, and beginning and younger students 15-20 minutes per day. If students leave their music out on the piano they tend to practice more.
Waiting/Sick Policy
Please NO student or family member with ANY symptoms of any illness including fever, cold symptoms including runny nose and sneezing, vomiting or diarrhea within the past 24 hours will be permitted to lessons.
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- STUDENTS NEED TO BE FEVER FREE FOR 24 hours before returning to piano. Students will be given hand gel to sanitize their hands before piano. Please enter and exit quietly as to not disturb the student before and after you. Please wait in your car until 2 minutes before your lesson begins. Please quietly exit promptly as the lesson ends to not disrupt the student after you. Parents may drop off students to go run errands, wait with us in the sanctuary, or wait in their car. For siblings who take lessons and are waiting their turn, please bring something quiet to work on and sit quietly in the pews. There is no place for siblings who are not taking piano to play, please wait in your car.
Tuition
Tuition is due monthly at the first lesson of the month and is the same each month regardless of how many lessons are in the month. Tuition is $110/month, unless new books are received and added to your tuition. Tuition is based on how many lessons a student will have over the course of the school year. During the months of September through May, you will have your own weekly, assigned piano slot. I do not give refunds or credit for lessons missed due to illness, school or sports activities, bad weather, or any other reason. If Frederick County Public Schools are closed due to snow/ice, I will also be closed. If I have to cancel a lesson based on my own emergency, you will receive a make up day for that (probably in June).
Tuition is due at the first lesson of each month. I prefer tuition by cash or check (made to Jenny Richardson), but also have PayPal on the last page of this website for parents who find that more convenient. You do not need to have a Paypal account to use this, only a credit card. Please contact me via text or phone call to let me know as soon as possible if you cannot be at your lesson. Students who do not show up for any three lessons without contacting me will be dropped.
Summer lessons are handled a little differently. Students sign up for an appointment under the “Summer Schedule” tab on this website for the times they want to come to piano and tuition is $110/5 lessons, and then $20 for any additional days. There are no assigned spots during the summer. It is the parents responsibility to make sure you sign up for all of your summer lessons and no refunds are given if you do not attend all five.
Materials
Students need to have these materials at each lesson and at home to practice:
-Metronome (or download a free app)
-Pencil
-All of the books you are currently in (even if you didn’t have an assignment in them the week before)
Performance Dates to Remember for 2025-2026:
November 1 – FESTIVAL for PP-P4 levels at Tree House Music
December 13 (tentative)- Christmas Recital at Spring Arbor
March 7, 8:00-10:00 – FESTIVAL for E1 levels and higher
June 6 (tentative) – Spring Piano Recital and Awards