Annual Registration Process

THE ANNUAL REGISTRATION PROCESS BEGINS IN AUGUST​​

 

Steps to enroll for the school year include:

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Complete the Registration Request Form for each student enrolling. You will be asked to specify your instrument, lesson or class type, your preferred dates, times and teachers, and confirm that you have read and agree to TMS policies. You will also schedule a time for a follow up phone call. If you are registering multiple family members, you'll need to complete a separate intake form for each student.

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Schedule a Phone Call We will call you at a designated time to confirm your requests, collect the annual registration fee and store your payment method. We'll review TMS policies, schedules, scholarship and payment plan options and ask any additional follow up questions to help us match you with the teacher that is right for you. If you have multiple students enrolling we may be able to fit all the scheduling into one phone call, but the request form will ask you to select another phone call time. 

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Annual Registration Fee The Annual Registration Fee is nonrefundable and is applied annually. It is valid each August through the following July. All students must purchase the fee each year. Students continuing from the previous school year into summer do not need to repurchase the fee. Private lesson students new to TMS in summer must purchase the registration fee to be scheduled. Camps do not require a registration fee.​

 

Scheduling & Initial Payment Our goal is to accommodate as many students as possible with the teachers, days and times they need. This takes time to match everyone and fit a workable schedule into our limited rooms. Please allow two weeks from the phone call to confirm a lesson time. Once enrolled and confirmed with a lesson day and time, your stored payment method will be charged, and you will receive confirmation through Pike13. You can use your Pike13 dashboard to see your upcoming schedule, set notification preferences and manage other family members.

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Billing & Changes Lessons and classes are enrolled for the entire school year, September-May. Tuition is charged to the stored payment method according to the arrangement made at the beginning of the school year: annually, per session, or on a monthly payment plan. Unpaid lessons will not be given. Students may request schedule changes or withdrawals between billing sessions, by specific deadlines. To be considered, all requests must be submitted using the official change request form. This form is emailed to enrolled families two weeks before each published deadline. Change requests sent via email, phone, or text will not be accepted.

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2025-26 Billing Sessions

Fall Session - September 8 - December 20 (14 weeks)

Winter Session - January 5 - February 27 (8 weeks) 

Spring Session - March 2 - May 24 (10 weeks)

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Schedule Changes

Winter Session Change Deadline - December 2, 2025

Spring Session Change Deadline - February 3, 2025

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Monthly Payment Plans

Session tuition is divided evenly across the number of months in the enrolled session. Because sessions vary in length, the monthly amount will change from session to session. Monthly rates do not reflect the number of lessons in a given month - they are a way to spread session tuition across multiple, evenly-divided payments.

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Joining Midyear or Midsession? Students may join as space allows. Registration is not complete until the annual registration fee and tuition are paid and you have received either a call or email confirmation from TMS.​

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