Music and Visual Arts Instruction

Musical Chairs Studio (MCS) observes the following holidays.  Students will not be charged nor will they be expected to schedule a make up lesson for the holidays listed below:

• President's Day
• Memorial Day
• 4th of July
• Labor Day
• Rosh Hashana*
• Yom Kippur*
• Thanksgiving weekend
• Christmas Eve and Day
• New Year's Eve and Day
• MCS will close for Winter Break, Friday, Dec. 24th, 2021 to Monday, Jan. 3rd, 2022. 

*Please notify your instructor if you plan to miss lessons for either of these holidays.
**Students are also encouraged to take one week of vacation during Spring Break and two weeks of vacation during the summer. 

Musical Chairs invoices on a 3 month basis. Students / families are welcome to pay by weekly or monthly installments if they wish. Payments for each month are due at the beginning of the month. The final payment for each session is due on the 1st day of the third billing month.

Instructors set aside a dedicated time for each student. When they do this, it means you are committed to the lessons both time and cost wise. To ensure reasonable progress for our students, we require that students regularly attend their lessons.

If you need to cancel a lesson, 24 hours notice is needed for the lesson to be eligible for a make up lesson. Your instructor will schedule this with you individually. If you opt to not have the make up lesson, you are still responsible for the cost of that lesson.

"No shows" and short notice cancellations are not eligible for make ups. However, we do understand when the infrequent last minute illness arises and will do our best to work with you.

Please note that many of our instructors have a wait list for students. It is not fair to the instructors to forego lesson fees from students who regularly cancel when other students are waiting and willing to commit to the entire semester. Musical Chairs prides itself in hiring the highest caliber of professional instructors. In order to maintain this level of instruction, we must provide teachers with predictable income. Our policy also serves to address this need.

Payment is accepted by credit card. We keep an authorization on file for all students. Please return the Credit Authorization Form found below to the office at Manager@musicalchairsstudio.com or have your teacher deliver it to us. 

Piano Tuning
Carl Chadek  ​(773) 531-2600 carl.chadek@att.net

Stuart Thompson  (812) 583-1013 stuartsings@gmail.com

Evanston Band and Orchestra
4819 N Main St. Skokie, IL                                            

(847) 673-3812 

A440 Violin Shop
2222 W. Roscoe St
Chicago, IL. 60618
773.348.4949 

Dixon Strings
410 S Michigan Ave (also location on Ravenswood and Wilson)
Chicago, IL 60605
(312) 602-9756