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Workshop Rates and Policies Overview

The New York Jazz Workshop offers a diverse range of music workshops, including weekly instrumental and vocal workshops, summer intensives, international programs, and private lessons. Each category follows specific policies and rates, outlined below.

On This Page

• Weekly Workshop Rates
• Multi-Term & Full-Year Plans
• Small-Group Formats
• Intensive & Camp Rates
• Discounts
• Registration & Admissions
• Payment Policy
• Card on File & Automatic Renewal
• Absences & Refund Policy
• International Programs
• Private Lessons
• Reservations & Cancellations
• Notice Periods at a Glance

Rates effective September 1, 2026 (2026–27 season). Last updated September 7, 2026. All prices in US dollars.

Weekly Workshop Rates

These rates cover most of our weekly classes, including the weekly Let’s Sing vocal workshops. Check which length your class is before choosing a plan:

• 2-Hour Workshops — BEBOP Ensemble with Sean Conly 2026-2027 · Blues in Brooklyn 2026-2027 · Brazilian Ensemble 2026-2027 · Intro to Jazz Improv with Eli Hershiser 2026-2027 · Jazz Creations with Joe Fonda 2026-2027 · Jazz Improv 2: Ensemble and Improvisational Playing 2026-2027 · Jazz Improv 3 2026-2027 · Jazz Standards Workshop 2026-2027 · Swinging through the American Songbook 2026-2027
• 1-Hour Workshops — Let’s Sing 1 - LIVE! 2026-2027 · Let’s Sing 2 - Online! 2026-2027
• 90-Minute Workshops — No Wrong Notes 2026-2027

Multi-Term & Full-Year Plans

Enrolling in more than one term at a time carries an additional discount on top of the term rate.

Small-Group Formats

International programs (Italy, Brazil and others) are priced per trip, with options that vary by accommodation and duration. See NYJW International Intensives for full pricing and what is included.

Private lessons are priced per teacher and lesson length. See private lesson rates.

Weekly Instrumental Workshops

• Duration and Frequency: 2 hours per session, held weekly.
• Billing Cycles: Options include every 4 weeks, term, or annually. See weekly workshop rates.

Let’s Sing Workshops

• Duration and Frequency: 1 hour per session, held weekly.
• Billing Cycles: Options include every 4 weeks, term, or annually. See weekly workshop rates.

Enrollment Options 
Term Enrollment: Access to each session of the selected weekly workshop throughout the term or year, offering the best value. Term plans do not renew automatically — we invoice you before each new term.
Four-Week Enrollment: Access to four consecutive sessions of the workshop. This is our one plan that renews automatically.
Flex Plan: Four single sessions across our weekly workshops, paid up front. You choose your four dates in advance and can reschedule a booked date at any time up to 48 hours before it. If you notify us later than 48 hours before the session, it can no longer be rescheduled — and if you do not attend, you lose that session.
Single Sessions: Available on a case-by-case basis, subject to availability. Single session payments do not reserve future class spots.

Discounts

• A 25% discount on each additional workshop for students enrolled in multiple workshops, for classes through August 31, 2026. For 2026–27 season enrollments the discount is 20% on each additional workshop — your highest-priced workshop counts as the first.
• Participants aged 26 and under receive a 25% discount on weekly workshops and summer intensives. Proof of age is required.
• Participants aged 70 and over receive a 10% discount on weekly workshops and summer intensives. Proof of age is required.
• Discounts are not cumulative — one discount per enrollment. They do not apply to private lessons or to international programs.

Registration Process

To participate in any class or workshop, completing the online registration form on our website is mandatory for new students but does not commit you to enrollment.

Admissions

After submitting your registration form, a representative from the workshop will reach out to you. If there is available space, you will be offered the opportunity to audit a session of the workshop for a nominal fee of $35. This allows you to experience the workshop firsthand and determine if it meets your expectations. If you decide that the workshop is a good fit for you, we will issue an invoice for the enrollment period you prefer.

Payment Policy

We keep a credit or debit card securely on file for weekly workshops and private lessons. Your card details are stored and processed by Stripe, a PCI DSS Level 1 certified payment processor — NYJW never sees or stores your full card number. For other programs, check, ACH and wire transfer remain available on request:

• Payment is due in advance of the class or lesson unless we have agreed otherwise in writing.
• If paying by check (single sessions, summer intensives, and international programs), please send it to the New York Jazz Workshop’s mailing address below at least 10 days before your class begins.
• Keeping a card on file is not the same as automatic renewal. A card on file is a stored payment method — we charge it only when you make a purchase or ask us to enroll you in something. Automatic renewal is a schedule, and only one plan has it: the 4-week weekly workshop plan.

New York Jazz Workshop, Inc
676 Riverside Drive # 4A
New York, NY, 10031

Card on File & Automatic Renewal

Do you keep my card on file? Yes — a card on file is a condition of enrollment for weekly workshops and private lessons. It means no missed invoices, no lapsed enrollment, and no losing your seat in a class with a waiting list. Your card is held securely by Stripe so you don’t have to re-enter it, and we charge it only when you make a purchase or ask us to enroll you in something. The one exception — the only thing that charges on its own schedule — is the 4-week weekly workshop plan, described below. Term plans, Flex plans and private lesson packages never renew automatically (lesson packages can, but only if you ask us to set that up).

How the 4-week plan renews

• A reminder comes first. About a week before each charge, we email you the amount, the date we will charge it, and the date of the first class of your next plan. You will never be charged without that heads-up.
• When we charge. Your card is charged on the date of the last class of your current 4-week plan, in the early morning (around 5:00 AM Eastern) — before that day’s class. Your next four classes begin at the following class.
• What we charge. The published rate for your workshop then in effect, less any discount you qualify for — see the rate tables above.
• Cancel any time before your next plan starts. If you cancel before we charge you, we don’t charge you. If we have already charged you and your next plan has not yet started, we refund you in full. To cancel, reply to your reminder email or email info@newyorkjazzworkshop.com at any time — no reason needed, we won’t ask you to call, and we confirm every cancellation in writing.
• If a charge fails, we will contact you. Your enrollment does not renew until payment succeeds.

What will I be charged, and when? A worked example. Say you’re in a 2-hour weekly workshop that meets on Thursdays, and your current 4-week plan covers September 10, 17, 24 and October 1. Around September 24 you receive the reminder email with the amount and the charge date. In the early morning of Thursday, October 1 — before that evening’s class — your card is charged for your next four classes (October 8, 15, 22 and 29) at your workshop’s published 4-week rate ($315 for a 2-hour workshop in the 2026–27 season). Decide it’s not for you? Email us any time before October 8: you won’t be charged, or if the charge has already run, we refund it in full.

Price changes

We review rates annually, and they usually change on September 1. If the price of a plan that renews automatically is going up — including through a change to a discount — we email you at least 30 days before the first charge at the new rate, stating your current price, your new price, and the date it takes effect. You do not have to accept a price increase: cancel any time before your next plan starts, and if we have already charged you at the new rate, we refund you in full. If your plan has already started, you may still cancel within 14 days of a charge at an increased rate, and we will refund the remaining classes in that plan.

The fine print, plainly

• Students under 18: a parent or guardian enrolls the student, is the cardholder for any card kept on file, and holds the rights described here, including the right to cancel.
• Summer intensives and international programs are unchanged by any of this — they keep their own deposit, balance and cancellation rules (see below), and a card on file is not required for them.
• The binding version of everything in this section is in our Terms and Conditions of Enrollment.

Absences & Refund Policy

A plan you have not started is refundable. Classes you miss inside a plan you are in are not. If we have charged you for a 4-week plan and its first class has not yet taken place, you can cancel and we refund you in full.

Once a plan has begun, its fee is fixed regardless of attendance, and make-up sessions are not available. Due to our fixed rental and teacher costs, as well as what’s best for academic results, think of it like a gym subscription: when you pay, your spot in a particular ensemble is held for you during that period — which is why we cannot release it and also keep it for you. If you take breaks in between billing cycles, your spot will be made available to other students. We have long waiting lists for some of the classes. If you expect to miss dates, consider the Flex Plan, which lets you schedule four sessions on dates of your choice.

Special circumstances: if illness, injury or a move makes it impossible to continue a program you have paid for, contact us — the school may offer a credit towards another course or service at its discretion.

Summer Intensive Workshops

The summer intensive workshops are intensive courses held during four or five consecutive days in the summer. Students are required to fill out the registration form and reserve their participation well ahead of time. In most cases, an audition tape is required.

• Discount: $50 off each additional intensive after the first, in the same year.
• Downpayment: A non-refundable 25% downpayment is required to book the intensive. The balance is due no later than a week before the start of the intensive.
• Refunds: Summer Intensives fees are not refundable. The school at their own discretion may offer a credit to a future class or workshop.

International Workshops (Italy, Brazil, Etc)

Full pricing and trip details for each destination are on the NYJW International Intensives page. For international workshop withdrawals and cancellations, the following penalties apply:

• 120 Days or More Before Start Date: Refund minus an administrative fee of $250.
• Between 119 and 30 Days Before Start Date: A penalty of 25% of the total amount due.
• Within 29 Days of Start Date: A penalty of 50% of the total amount due.

We highly recommend purchasing travel insurance to avoid losses should you cancel your trip due to sickness or other emergencies.

Private Lessons

There is a wide range of private lesson rates, varying by teacher and by the location of the lesson. For detailed information, please see private lesson rates. Lesson packages are prepaid and never expire, and they renew automatically only if you ask us to set that up — see Card on File & Automatic Renewal.

Reservations & Cancellations Policy

• Booking and Payment:
  • Advance Booking: Required at least one week in advance to ensure scheduling and preparation.
  • Trial Lesson Payment: Must be completed no later than 48 hours prior to the lesson.
• Continuing Your Studies:
  • Purchasing Lesson Packages: Contact the school before your last lesson in the current package for uninterrupted continuation.
• Cancellation and Rescheduling:
  • Cancellation Notice: Must be provided to both your teacher and the school no later than 24 hours before the scheduled lesson time.
  • Less than 24 hours’ notice, or a no-show: The lesson is billed at the lesson rate. Teachers may reschedule at their discretion.

Notice Periods at a Glance

Every deadline on this page, in one place: