No. By submitting your registration you are expressing your interest in the Ludwig van Beethoven Music School's offer, but you are not yet entering into a binding contractual relationship.

As soon as we have received your registration, you will receive a written confirmation of receipt. You will then be placed on the waiting list for the relevant course. As soon as a place becomes available, you will receive an email from the head of your preferred district, and you can arrange a suitable lesson date with him/her by telephone or email.

You will then receive our confirmation of registration, which is contractually binding for both the Ludwig van Beethoven Music School and for you.

The fees for your lessons can be found in our  fee schedule (opens in a new tab). The basic price for a lesson varies depending on age and lesson format. We charge a registration fee of 14 euros for each initial registration.

• If several family members are registered, the family discount applies: 20% for the second, 40% for the third and 60% for the fourth and each additional family member.
• If you present us with a Bonn ID that is valid at the start of your lessons, you will receive a social discount of 50%. You can find information on how to apply here:  Apply for and extend your Bonn ID card (opens in a new tab).
• In addition to the social reduction, benefits for education and participation can be offset against the tuition fee. Information on how to apply can be found under  Education and participation package for children in Bonn (opens in a new tab).

The fees are usually an annual fee that is billed in 12 monthly installments. From the 1st day of the month in which you have a binding contract, the fees are payable to the Stadtkasse Bonn. Vacations are paid through. If you have a direct debit mandate, the fees will be debited monthly.

Every pupil in the core areas is entitled to 35 lessons per calendar year. If the Ludwig van Beethoven Music School is unable to provide these 35 lessons, the pupil may apply for a refund. This application must be submitted to the music school administration after the end of the calendar year in question by February 28 of the following year at the latest.

The waiting lists for the various instrumental subjects are continuously processed by us according to the date of receipt. In most subjects we will not be able to offer you a place immediately, as the number of applications usually exceeds the number of places available.

How long you will have to wait for your lessons to start depends on several factors:

Firstly, the waiting lists for the various subjects vary in length, as interest in certain instruments is sometimes more and sometimes less pronounced. On the other hand, the time you wish to have your lessons influences the waiting period. If you are flexible in terms of time and can also come to lessons in the early afternoon or evening, you will usually get a place more quickly.

The Ludwig van Beethoven Music School allocates places mainly on two dates per year, namely at the beginning of the school year on August 1 and at the end of the semester on February 1. These dates are linked to our  notice periods (opens in a new tab). If, in exceptional cases, a place becomes available during the course of the school year, you may also be allocated on other dates. As a general rule, the allocation takes place on the 1st of the month.

You can terminate your contract with the Ludwig van Beethoven Music School on January 31 or July 31. In order for your notice of termination to take effect on one of these dates, it must be received by us by November 30 of the previous year or May 31 of the current year at the latest (postmark). Unfortunately, we are unable to consider notices of termination sent after this date. Termination of the contractual relationship is then only possible again at the end of the following half-year.

When you start instrumental or vocal lessons at the music school, you have a trial period of six months. If, contrary to expectations, you are not satisfied, you can cancel your contract during the trial period with two weeks' notice to the end of the month. In the elementary area (parent-child courses, early musical education, basic musical education) the trial period is three months. For the 2nd year of early music education, which starts in August, notice of termination must be received by the music school administration by May 31st.

We can terminate a lesson contract prematurely in the following cases:

1. You move to another city and can prove this with your confirmation of registration.
2. You take up training or studies in another city and can prove this with a current certificate of enrollment.
3. You can no longer attend lessons for health reasons (as a rule, you must provide a medical certificate to prove this).

The Ludwig van Beethoven Music School in Bonn employs highly qualified and experienced teachers. However, if the lessons are not as you would like them to be, you have the option of changing teachers. Please  apply for a change of teacher (opens in a new tab).

Group lessons are a very rewarding teaching format, especially for beginners, but cannot currently be offered due to the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, comparatively few small groups are currently being taught. This is set to change again in the foreseeable future.

The Ludwig van Beethoven Music School has a large number of instruments for hire, which are available for a rental fee. The contact person is Mr. Stefan Bühl, who can be reached on 0228 77 4547.

In order to learn an instrument, it is best for a student to practise daily and repeat what they have learned in lessons. This requires a personal instrument.

You have the option of specifying two instrument requests and two preferred locations via our  online tool (opens in a new tab).