Terms & Conditions
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School Year | Semester | Vacation

The school year of the Musikschule Horgen follows the public school system of Horgen. School holidays and public holidays depend on the municipality of Horgen.

One school year is divided into two semesters: The fall semester commences after the summer break (August) and concludes in February, when the sports vacation starts. The spring semester begins after the sports vacation (February) and ends in July, when the summer break starts.

Registration | Cancellation | Admissions & Withdrawals

All registration forms can be found online on www.musikschule-horgen.ch

Registrations and cancellations must be made by the following deadlines:
• May 31st for the fall semester
• November 30th for the spring semester

Cancellations must be submitted in writing to the secretariat (Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein.), cancellations made verbally or to the music teacher only are invalid. Without a timely written cancellation, the enrolment as well as the payment obligation get automatically renewed for another semester.

Lesson scheduling

To enable our teachers to schedule their lessons, students are required to provide them with set time frames (for several days and times of the day) during which they are available. Naturally, lessons may also be scheduled on school-free afternoons.

Practice at home

Practice is essential in order to make progress in playing an instrument. When enrolling at our school, the student commits himself/herself to practicing their instrument regularly, both during the lessons and at home.

Missed lessons

Any music lesson missed due to the student’s illness, vacation, school events, class projects (cantonal, public and private schools), rescheduling issues, public holidays or due to any other reasons for an absence will not be compensated or refunded.

Exception: In the event of a student’s change of residence or in case of an accident with a medical certificate (dated and signed by a doctor, mentioning the period of absence), a refund will be granted after the 2nd missed lesson.

Lessons missed due to a planned absence of the music teacher will be rescheduled, if possible, or refunded. Absences due to a music teacher’s illness will be refunded after the 2nd missed lesson.

Refund of tuition fees

In the following cases, the tuition fees will neither be refunded nor credited:

• withdrawals occurring during the semester
• cancellations which are not duly authorized (timely written cancellation to the secretariat)
• cancellations due to disciplinary action
• missed lessons due to the student’s absence as mentioned above
• In case of cancellations on account of force majeure and/or official orders

November 2024

Legally binding are the complete German versions of the “Terms & Conditions” (Schulordnung) and “Fees” (Tarife) of the Musikschule Horgen.