Westgate Music School
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Insurance Check: Not ProvidedWestgate Music School is a cutting-edge music instruction facility servicing the Chicagoland area. In addition, we offer online lessons via Zoom worldwide. Owner/Instructor David Kohut has spent his entire career in the music education field. He taught both in…
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About Westgate Music School
Westgate Music School is a cutting-edge music instruction facility servicing the Chicagoland area. In addition, we offer online lessons via Zoom worldwide. Owner/Instructor David Kohut has spent his entire career in the music education field. He taught both individual and classroom instruction both as a private instructor and teacher in the Illinois pubic school system. David founded Westgate Music School in 2015 in Palos Heights Il. Since then, it has provided instruction to thousands of satisfied students and their families.
Westgate Music School prides itself on providing students of all ages and abilities with the best musical experience possible. Westgate Music School uses the most up to date teaching methods and technology. Our teachers all possess degrees in music and have a wide variety of performing and teaching experience, which enables them to provide their students with the highest level of musical instruction.
Westgate Music School offers private lessons on the following instruments: Guitar (electric and acoustic), Bass (electric and upright), Piano, Drums, Voice, Banjo, Ukulele, Orchestral strings (violin, viola, cello, bass). We also offer instruction in songwriting, composition, music production, and music theory. In addition to private lessons, Westgate Music School also offers group ensemble classes in rock band, string orchestra, and a cappella vocals. We offer a variety of student recitals throughout the year where these groups can showcase their talents for their friends, family, and community.
If you are interested in taking music lessons but are in need of a musical instrument, not to worry. We partner with local music retailers so that are students are able to rent or purchase a musical instrument that fits their individual needs and budget.
Lesson prices
- Students are expected to arrive at their scheduled lesson each week with their required materials.
- Students arriving late for lessons will be given the remainder of their scheduled lesson time.
- Westgate Music School must charge for all missed lessons. There are no credits or refunds given for missed lessons. Once you are booked in a weekly time spot, you cannot skip weeks and roll lesson payments into the next month’s tuition. No exceptions.
- If the student needs to miss a lesson for any reason, please cancel the lesson as soon as possible through the student portal on our website. We will issue a makeup token that can be used to reschedule the lesson for a different time/day within the same week or register for an additional lesson at a later date/time of your choosing.
- You may not use a makeup credit for a regularly scheduled weekly lesson. Makeup credits are used for lessons given in addition to your regularly scheduled weekly lesson.
- If the student fails to notify the teacher of an absence, the student will be charged for that lesson and no makeup will be given. No exceptions.
- Each student will receive 2 vacation days per year. If know that you will be unable to attend a lesson, and wish to use a vacation day, simply notify the school 1 week in advance of the absence and you will not be charged for that lesson.
- If the student wishes to discontinue lessons, the student must notify the school at least one week in advance of their last lesson so that we may use that time to schedule other students.
- If a student discontinues lessons, any makeup tokens are forfeited. We do not allow students to redeem makeup tokens if they discontinue monthly tuition payments.
- If the teacher must miss a scheduled lesson for any reason or if a scheduled lesson falls on a holiday, the teacher will attempt to reschedule the lesson based on the availability of the student. If the teacher is unable to reschedule the lesson, the student will be given a tuition credit for that lesson applied to the following month’s tuition.
- Westgate Music School is closed on the following holidays: Christmas Eve/Day, New Years Eve/Day, Thanksgiving Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Memorial Day, Halloween Night.