General Terms and Conditions (GTC), Delivery, and Payment Conditions.
Introduction:
The I-AME z.s. (International Association for Music Education), with registration number 269 87 546, based in Předměřice nad Jizerou 85, 294 74, and website address http://www.i-ame.org, hereby publishes the General Terms and Conditions (hereinafter referred to as “GTC”), which govern the mutual rights and obligations between you, as the client (hereinafter referred to as the “client”), and I-AME (hereinafter referred to as the “Association”), as the provider of music course and education services. Payment conditions for the provision of services are also included. Please carefully review these conditions before registering for courses or using the services.
1. Subject of the Agreement:
The International Association for Music Education (I-AME) is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to the development and promotion of music education. The subject of the agreement is the terms of use of these services between the client and the Association.
2. Registration and Payment Conditions:
Basic Registration – Preliminary Registration:
The client performs a preliminary registration on the I-AME website, selects a program from the offer, and provides their name, surname, telephone number, email, country, city of permanent residence, selected instrument(s) for participation in courses, duration of play on the selected instrument. They may specify preferences for the program and instructor, as well as any queries or notes for I-AME.
Detailed Registration – Detailed Information:
After preliminary registration, the client will be prompted to provide additional information necessary for artistic classification into a detailed registration with a unique identification (unique email address and password).
Additional Information, Recordings, Participant Section:
After completing the detailed registration, the client is redirected to the participant section, known as the User Area, where they can continually supplement additional artistic information, recordings, and personal requests for accommodation, and similar.
Payment Information and Deposit Payment:
The User Area contains a tab with a summary of the ordered services with the option of payment. It is necessary to pay a 50% deposit or the full amount.
Validity of Participation Registration:
After paying a deposit of at least 50% of the course fee, the registration is valid.
Final Payment:
The full course fee must be paid one month before the start of the courses.
Payment Methods:
- Bank transfer to the Association’s bank account in CZK or € currency. (The registration number should be provided as the variable symbol, and the client’s name should be included in the payment description.)
- Scanning the QR code.
- Payment by credit card using the payment gateway.
- Cash payment upon additional payment directly at the course office.
3. Provision of Services:
Services include:
- Solo lessons with a selected or assigned instructor (one hour per day).
- Chamber music – one or more chamber ensembles of various compositions from 2 to 8 members, for which the client receives sheet music or information on where to obtain it (one hour per day for each ensemble).
- Participation in an orchestra / choir / jazz band (two hours per day).
- Participants in the Music Camp section under the age of 14 also have a visual arts and creative program and supervision throughout their stay.
- Free entry to concerts by instructors and participants is included in the ordered services, with the number of concerts and the number of the client’s own concert performances determined by the artistic management of the Association.
- Lunches, breakfasts for accommodation participants, and dinners for children are included in the payment. Transportation to concerts is provided.
- Accommodation is included for international participants.
4. Registration Cancellation:
Free registration cancellation is allowed before submitting the detailed registration and paying the deposit. After completing these steps, the Association counts on the client’s participation, and registration can only be canceled for serious reasons, which are assessed by the Association’s management. Up to two months before the courses, partially or fully paid deposits can be refunded. After this time, only partially (after deducting operational costs associated with the registered client), and in case of cancellation or non-commencement of participation less than 14 days before the courses, the payment is non-refundable.
5. Personal Data Protection:
The Association ensures the protection of personal data of its clients. Conditions regarding the processing of personal data are provided on this page.
6. Final Provisions:
Validity of the Document:
- These General Terms and Conditions are valid and effective from the date of their publication on the Association’s website.
Supplementing these General Terms and Conditions. - Changes and additions will only be effective upon their publication on the Association’s website.
- Clients will be informed of changes and additions through an updated version on the website.
Validity of Relationships:
- Changes and additions to these GTC do not apply to contracts already concluded between the client and the Association unless expressly stated otherwise.
The validity and effectiveness of contracts concluded before changes and additions remain unaffected.
Invalidity of Provisions:
- If any provision of these GTC is invalid or unenforceable, it does not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.
- An invalid or unenforceable provision will be replaced by a valid and enforceable provision that most closely matches the original intent.
- All disputes arising from these GTC and contracts concluded based on them will be resolved amicably between the client and the Association. Complaint conditions and information on dispute resolution can be found on a separate page.
