Lesson Program

Thanks for checking out our guitar and bass lesson program, serving Algonquin, Carpentersville, Elgin, Lake in the Hills, Huntley, Dundee and beyond! General info about our guitar lesson program is below. If you have additional questions or would like to register for lessons, please give us a call at 847-844-8844 or an email at free@fatcatguitars.com.

Find out why Fat Cat Guitars is a local favorite!
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Thank you for your interest in guitar and bass lessons at Fat Cat Guitars! We teach guitar and bass to students of all levels, from raw beginner to advanced professional. Our instructors are all accomplished musicians and experienced teachers who are well versed in a variety of styles.

Lessons are private 30 minute sessions occurring once weekly at the same day and time every week. To find out available time slots, just give us a call at 847-844-8844. We can start a new student at any point in a term if we have a time slot that works for you – no need to wait for a new term to start!

Fat Cat Guitars now offers lessons exclusively in four 12-week terms per year. However, we can start a new student anytime, so give us a call whenever you're ready to begin YOUR musical journey!

Fall 2007 – Summer 2008 Schedule:

Fall 2007: October 1, 2007- December 17, 2007
Tuition Due September 24, 2007

Tuition

12 weeks (full term), paid in full: $255

12 weeks (full term), paid in 3 equal payments using Visa, MC, or Discover: $88 per payment

6 weeks (half term): $150

(Half terms based on availability and begin on 1^st and 7^th weeks of full term)

Payment

Tuition payment is due seven days in advance of the first day of the term or half term in order to secure your time slot. You are of course welcome to register at any time but we cannot guarantee the availability of your existing or reserved time slot if you register after the tuition due date. Please note that we cannot provide a lesson without payment under any circumstances.

If you would prefer to authorize three equal credit card payments occurring four weeks apart, we are happy to offer this option.

Attendance

Musical instruction is most effective when it is consistent. Your tuition payment reserves your time slot for you exclusively, and that time remains reserved for you whether you choose to attend your lesson or not. For this reason, tuition is a flat fee and is not credited or refunded should you choose to miss one or more lessons. Your instructor is here, the lights are on, and operating expenses continue.

However, students enrolled for the full term will qualify for one make-up lesson a term if notification of an absence is provided in advance of the absence itself. The make-up lesson will occur in a make-up week scheduled at the end (Week 13) of every term, or at another time mutually agreed between instructor and student. Students who have attended all twelve lessons in a term will have a break during Week 13 of the term. Under no circumstances can a make-up lesson be provided in the event of a no call, no show absence.

Should Fat Cat have to cancel a lesson during the term due to inclement weather, instructor illness, or a scheduled holiday as indicated below, a make-up lesson would also be provided to you during this week. In the unlikely event of a store cancellation, we will alert you as quickly as possible via phone using the number or numbers you provide to us at registration.

Holidays

Fat Cat Guitars will be closed the following days in the 2007-08 year:

Closing Thoughts

We truly appreciate your interest in our program and we hope that you will make us part of your musical adventure. We have a saying here: We’re not in the business of selling guitars; we’re in the business of creating guitar players. This subtle but important difference informs everything we do. As a result, we are very proud to offer what we feel is an exceptional level of instruction and service as well as a true commitment to our students and passion for what we do. We genuinely want you to experience the thrill and satisfaction of making music, and this is why we structure our program in a way that delivers results as well as a whole lot of fun.

We want YOU to play guitar!