The Policy Update on 18th April 2024
Lesson plan options have been updated.
Solo Piano Lessons Online or In-Studio
- Once-a-week Solo Piano Lessons with Recorded Assignments or RA’s.
- Lessons are conducted in Andheri West, Kharghar, & Online – see The Location Schedule.
- Practise Meet-Up’s and Extra Solo Lessons are offered at no charge and function as advance make-up lessons.
- Students get access to some studio licensed method books with backing tracks for daily piano practise.
- Flexibility to replace lessons with Email Assessments of Performance Videos (Email PVA) on days students need leeway.
Lesson Plan Options
| Plan Details | Solo In-Studio | Solo Online |
| Lesson Duration Options (In Minutes) | 30, 45, 60, 90 | 30, 45, 60, 90 |
| Solo Lesson Frequency | Once-a-week lessons + Optional Monday Meet-Up’s | Once-a-week lessons + Optional Monday Meet-Up’s |
| RA Assessment | During Lessons | Before Lessons |
| Books & Materials | Printed Books or printable PDF’s | Printable PDF’s |
| Backing Tracks | Yes | Yes |
| Monday Online Meet-Up’s | 3 sessions a month in 9 months, each year | 3 sessions a month in 9 months, each year |
| Extra Solo Lessons | Pre-scheduled | Pre-scheduled |
| Email PVA Option | Available | Available |
Teaching Days
Lessons are conducted from the 1st to the 28th of each month with the exceptions listed below.
- May has 3 teaching weeks from the 2nd to the 22nd.
- December has 3 teaching weeks from the 1st to the 21st.
- Lessons are closed on specified studio holidays and for 2 weeks of teacher leave each year. Teacher leave is updated in the studio calendar when taken.
- Lessons not taken due to breaks at Easter, Gandhi Jayanti & Diwali are scheduled during the 29th to the 31st.
View the Studio Calendar for 2024.
Weekday Lesson Options
| Weekday | Timings | Lesson Type |
| Monday Evening | 3pm to 8pm | Online |
| Tuesday Morning | 9.30am to 11.30am | Andheri W. & Online |
| Tuesday Evening | 3pm to 8pm | Kharghar & Online |
| Wednesday | 3pm to 8pm | Kharghar & Online |
| Thursday Morning | 7.30am to 8am | Kharghar & Online |
| Thursday Evening | 3pm to 6pm | Kharghar & Online |
| Friday Morning | 7.15am to 8am | Online |
| Friday Evening | 3pm to 8pm | Andheri W. & Online |
| Saturday Morning | 9.30am to 12pm | Andheri W. & Online |
| Monday Morning | – | – |
The Value of a Fixed Lesson Schedule
Lessons are always conducted at the day and time slot of the student. This policy works well because of the reasons listed below.
- Students get enough time to practise so they get the best out of their lessons.
- Students learn better because I get time to study and upgrade my teaching.
- Planning vacations and family activities is a lot less scheduling for everyone.
Practise Guidelines
Please set a schedule for daily piano practise because this is compulsory.
- 5 days practise with 2 non-consecutive holiday/s each week is good.
- Practise holidays are good and a weekend holiday each month is recommended.
- Mini Practise Sessions on busy days will help you keep the learning going so you pick up quick when your schedule settles.
Student Responsibilities
- Attend your lesson on time.
- Practise daily.
The Role of Piano Parents
- To help children plan a daily schedule which includes study time, piano practise time and play or relaxed time. It’s important for learning, that activities are spaced well with nothing-to-do time and time to just BE.
- Follow guidance on adjusting piano bench height because the wrong seat can restrict physical movement of the hands and arms and lead to stressful learning and anxiety when students practise daily, and their hands don’t cooperate.
- Be a part of the goal setting exercise in piano lessons and ensure that learning goals correlate with the quality and duration of your child’s daily practise. This is important to ensure that the pace of your child’s learning is enjoyable. Always remember that high goals only motivate students who practise and actually cause anxiety to students who don’t have practise enough.
- Assist your child with his/her responsibilities towards piano lessons, gradually easing away as your child gets older and learns to manage these with some independence.
The Role of Preschool Piano Parents
- Attend every piano lesson and be attentive so you understand the teaching approach.
- Read the books in the piano parent lending library so you understand my teaching approach.
- Be present during daily piano practise and help your child incorporate movement and exercise in daily piano practise using ideas taught in piano lessons.
Should Parents Attend In-Studio Lessons?
Please talk to me about this as it varies with the student age.
Students generally learn better when they attend lessons on their own, but parents who’d like to sit in on lessons are always welcome.
Guidelines for parents sitting in – Please keep your cellphones on silent, observe the lesson and carry a book to read if needed. Please make notes if you have questions – there’ll be time to talk to me before the lesson ends.
Privacy Policy
- Student information is confidential and student identity is kept private.
- Performance and lesson videos that are suitable may be published publicly on social media, edited to cover faces for privacy and with student initials only. Students may opt out of this by sending me an email during registration or at any time.
- Videos and images of studio events are sent jointly to all student families for their own personal viewing, unedited.
- These rules apply to all studio events unless they are public events or students have filled in a consent form for unedited use of videos that reveal their identity.
Piano Examinations
- Examinations are optional and students may choose to study with or without them.
- Students may choose to appear for piano exams through Trinity College London, ABRSM, LCM or MTB.
- Students living in India will book their examinations through Anitaelise Piano Studio.
- Students living out of India will book their examination directly and enter details of Anitaelise Piano Studio in the ‘presented by’ or ‘teacher details’ field. They will send me a PDF image of their report and certificate afterwards.
Public Performances
Please remember that what sounds wonderful to a student may be just ‘barely ready’ with a lot of rough edges that need to be sorted out with further practise. Students will therefore need my approval before they participate in any music events or public performances.
Rules For In-Studio Students
- Students will use the teaching premises and pianos with care and food and liquids will be kept away from the pianos, and any studio equipment.
- Students will stay in the teaching room unless they need to use the washroom. The rest of the premises is private, and children are not allowed to explore it.
- Children will be accompanied by their parents and parents will be responsible for the conduct of their children within the studio/event premises.
- Parents and students will bear the cost of repair and/or replacement of any furniture, equipment, piano/s, or any other part of the studio and premises, which becomes necessary due to damage caused by a member of their family or their guests.
- Health guidelines will apply if they are notified by local authorities.
- Please use mild deodorants and perfumes for any in-studio events and refrain from spraying your clothes with perfume, as I am allergic to strong perfume.
Fees
- Fees pay for your lesson. They also cover access to printed studio licensed books and digital resources and apps that I purchase for the use of my students under the terms mentioned in this policy.
- Books – Primer level students get all their books within the fee. All other students will need more books than those mentioned above and will need to purchase them separately. Please purchase and use legal music and make sure composers can earn a living.
- Online Practise Meet-Up’s are offered to all students at no charge.
- Add-On Lessons are stand-alone single lessons and are charged at a separate fee.
- Fees do not cover costs and expenses other than those listed above.
- All fees and payments received are non-refundable. They are based on enrolment – not attendance – and they reserve your lesson slot.
- Fees are accepted via NEFT or via Google Pay and your receipts are emailed via a google form within two working days.
- Timely fee payments help me access teaching resources and continue my own music education at affordable fees. The Late Payment Fee compensates for the time and the expenditure incurred on rescheduling my payments. Monthly payments carry a Monthly Administration Fee to cover the cost of extra time spent on administration.
- I reserve the right to stop lessons immediately for any reason I think fit, and in this case will refund fees for lessons I do not teach if they have been paid for.
Book Your Lesson Dates
| Quarterly Bookings | First Date | Last Date | Last Late Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| January-March | December 10th | December 15th | December 21st |
| April-June | March 10th | March 15th | March 21st |
| July-September | June 10th | June 15th | June 21st |
| October-December | September 10th | September 15th | September 21st |
| Monthly Booking Examples | First Date | Last Date | Last Late Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | December 10th | December 15th | December 21st |
| February | January 10th | January 15th | January 21st |
Late Payment Fees apply to payments after the last payment date.
Terms for the use of Studio Licensed Music and Resources, and Teaching Materials
- Any music, materials and resources I provide to my students, whether in printed or digital form, or by way of access to apps and websites, are provided for the use of my students only, for their use in piano lessons and piano practise, for the duration of learning with me only.
- Any teaching materials I provide to my students, whether in music sheets or in videos, are provided for the use of my students only, for their use in piano lessons and piano practise, for the duration of learning with me only.
- Circulating any of the above resources or using them for any other purpose is strictly prohibited.
- The act of accepting these resources when I provide them binds my students legally to the terms under which I provide them.
Aside from the above, abiding by these terms and using legal music, materials and resources helps composers earn.
Deemed Acceptance of This Policy
Fees are accepted under the above policy only. Therefore any fee payment is deemed to be an acceptance of this policy.
A warm welcome to Anitaelise Piano Studio!
I hope my teaching helps you experience the joy that comes from learning.
Anita Elise Kohli – Piano Teacher, Educator & Lifelong Piano Student.
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