Studio Lessons

Availability

Studio Lessons offered by the Music Department are open to all students with prior musical experience. Enrollment access is prioritized on the following basis: (1) music majors, (2) music minors, (3) other full-time University students with demonstrated proficiency, (4) part-time University students with demonstrated proficiency.

Concurrent Ensemble Enrollment

Enrollment in a Music Department ensemble related to the performance area of the Studio Lesson is a concurrent requisite for all Studio Lessons.

Credit, Applied Music Fee, and Time Requirements

Studio Lessons are 25 minutes per week for 1 credit hour or 50 minutes per week for 2 credit hours. An additional applied music fee ($100/credit hour) is charged for Studio Lessons. Students taking Studio Lessons are expected to practice for one hour a day for each hour of credit being received.

Scheduling

Students must contact their instructors during the first week of the semester to arrange for lesson times. Lessons begin the second week of each semester. Studio Lessons are not given during final exam periods. Individual lessons missed during the semester will not be made up unless notice is given to the instructor at least 24 hours before the absence.

Departmental Student Recital

Students taking 200-level Studio Lessons courses are required to perform in at least one Departmental Student Recital each semester.

Jury Exams

Students taking 100 or 200-level Studio Lessons are required to perform at the end of the semester before a group of faculty in the performance area of the Studio Lesson. A student giving a Junior or Senior Recital, or Senior Showcase, may be excused from the Jury Exam during the semester when the Junior or Senior Recital, or Senior Showcase, is being presented. Throughout the semester, students must document their activities in Studio Lessons using the Jury Exam Record Form, and submit the edited file by the assigned due date to music@ut.edu. Students excused from Jury Exams must still submit this form prior to the assigned due date.

100-Level Piano, Voice, Classical Guitar

100-level Studio Lessons in Piano, Voice, and Classical Guitar require demonstrated proficiency or prior classroom instruction as follows: enrollment in MUS 150 requires a passing grade in MUS 111, or the piano proficiency exam; enrollment in MUS 151 requires a passing grade in MUS 115; MUS 167 requires a passing grade in MUS 116.