Updated June 2024

Thank you so much to all of you – parents, students, instructors, administrators – you make our creative arts community better and we would not have made it to almost 40 years if it was not for you! To continue to support your endeavors the best that we can, please review our School Policies that are in place to ensure that our school will be able to continue providing excellent music lessons with long-term committed Instructors. 

Lesson Pricing & Policies

All instruments, ages and skill levels are set at the following rates (as of January 2024).

● All lessons must be paid for at the time that they are scheduled with an Instructor.

● No refunds are available.

Frequency Lesson Length Tuition
Weekly Lessons 30 Min. $195.00/month
Weekly Lessons 60 Min. $360.00/month
Single Lesson 30 Min. $55.00
Single Lesson 60 Min. $100.00

Account Management & Contacts

Your account is managed by the front desk, not the instructors. Please talk to the front desk if you have any scheduling alterations or questions. All of our lesson scheduling and tuition payments are managed by our School Administrators. 

Lake City: 206-364-8815 Georgetown: 206-763-9700
info@seattledrumschool.com georgetown@seattledrumschool.com
Monday-Thursday Noon-8pm | Friday Noon-6pm | Varied Saturdays Monday-Thursday 2pm-8pm | Friday 2pm-7pm | Saturday 10am-3pm

Weekly Lessons

Our tuition fee is a monthly flat rate for private lessons paid in advance of each month. Lessons are scheduled every week of the month, which reserves your time slot with a regularly scheduled Instructor. This encourages consistent learning and discipline, as well as supports the strong foundation of our school and its fabulous Instructors.

● Tuition is the same whether there are four or five weeks in a month. This works as a benefit to our students and as a result, we do not offer makeups for holidays or student absences.  

● Lessons that begin in the middle of a month will be prorated for the number of weeks/lessons remaining in the given month.

● Our default autopay date is on the 25th of each month prior to pay for the following month’s lessons. For example; March lessons will be automatically charged to your card on file on February 25th.

Single Lessons

● Must be paid in full at the time the lesson is scheduled.

● Cannot be scheduled more than a week in advance.

● No refunds are available.

● If you are not paying the monthly flat rate, we cannot guarantee the same instructor or time will be available the following week.

Makeup Lessons

PLEASE NOTE: As of January 2022, our policy is that we do not offer makeups for holidays or student absences. Your tuition pays for a time slot with an instructor every week; a make-up would require your Instructor to volunteer additional time outside of their confirmed scheduled lessons. 

If you need to miss a lesson, please let us know ASAP as to not inconvenience instructors, who equally must indicate to us in advance their absences as not to inconvenience students and parents. Same-day callouts (unless for sickness or emergency) cause stress on our Admin team as well as affecting Instructors’ schedule planning for the day. This partnership is required between all parties to be successful! 

If you must miss a lesson, your options are:

  • Gift the lesson (for the specific day/time being missed) to a friend/family member.
  • It may be possible to switch an “in-person” to a virtual lesson with your Instructor at your lesson time.  
  • Miss the lesson that week.

The School Administrators will not coordinate makeups.

Instructor Absences

In the event that your instructor must miss a lesson, we will try our hardest to provide a qualified substitute Instructor for that time slot. If you choose not to accept a lesson with an alternative instructor, you will not be credited for the canceled lesson. If we are unable to confirm a substitute, your regular Instructor will work with you to schedule a make-up lesson. If that is not possible, we will credit the lesson the next month.

Discontinuing Lessons

  • If you have schedule changes or wish to discontinue lessons, inform your School Administrator to ensure proper scheduling & billing in writing to Admin@seattledrumschool.com (Lake City) or Georgetown@seattledrumschool.com (Georgetown). Telling your Instructor does NOT count as giving proper notice.

  • We ask for a month’s notice in writing to stop monthly lessons and REQUIRE a two week notice. We cannot offer refunds at this time, so let us know by the 15th of your intent to stop at the end of the month. If you miss informing us prior to your tuition charge date, we will apply two weeks towards the instructor and keep two credits for your usage within the calendar year.

    • We do not offer refunds after autopay is run between the 25th-30th of the month prior to the month the lessons will be taken.

  • This policy has been established for our instructors to give them time to schedule another student in that time slot, which helps us to retain such wonderful teachers with longevity.

Band Classes

Band Classes are a once-weekly, hour-long commitment.

  Tuition
Existing Students $110.00/month
Non-Seattle Drum School Students $130.00/month

● Make-ups and credits are not provided for Band cancellations on the part of the student, or if a Band Class falls on a holiday.

● If the instructor or administration cancels, each Band Class participant will pay a reduced rate the following month.

Band Camps

Band Camps are one-week programs during the summer, 9am to 2pm Monday through Friday, with performances on Friday afternoon at 1pm.

  Tuition
Currently Enrolled in Weekly Lessons $475.00/camp
Non-Enrolled Students $550/camp

Holiday Closures

● Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve & Christmas Day, New Year’s Day.

As of 2024, we are also closed on 4th of July.

Gift Certificates

● Seattle Drum School offers PDF virtual gift certificates for purchase in custom amounts based on our current tuition rates detailed in Lesson Pricing.

● Call, email or stop by one of our schools to purchase your gift certificate(s).

Thank you for supporting our Instructors and Seattle Drum School of Music. 

You make us happen!