Applied Music (Studio Lessons)

1. Private lessons offered by the department are open to all students with prior musical experience, but enrollment is limited to available staff. Accordingly, priority is given on the following basis: (1) music majors, (2) music minors, (3) other full-time University students, (4) part-time University students.
2. An additional fee is charged for private lessons, which includes the use of a practice room.
3. Participation in a department ensemble is a corequisite for private lessons.
4. Beginners enroll in class instruction instead of private lessons. Music majors/minors whose secondary instrument is piano must pass the Piano Proficiency Exam prior to taking piano studio lessons or must demonstrate equivalent skills in an audition with the head of the piano area.
5. All students enrolled in Applied Music are automatically enrolled in corequisite course MUS 269, Recital/Concert Attendance (0 credit).
6. Applied music students taking 200 level courses are required to perform in at least one student recital each semester. Junior and senior showcase recital performances replace the Wednesday afternoon recital performance requirement for that semester.
7. Students enrolled in applied music are expected to practice for one hour a day for each hour of credit being received.
8. Private lessons are not given during final exam periods.
9. 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.
10. Private lessons are 25 minutes per week for 1 credit hour or 50 minutes per week for 2 credit hours. 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.
11. Following are details about jury exams (graded performance exam before collected music faculty):
12. Jury exams at the end of every semester are required of all students enrolled in applied music. See the Studio Lessons Syllabus for details. Exception: A student giving a junior or senior recital/showcase normally is excused from the jury exam in the term of the degree recital or showcase.
13. Jury exams must be passed with a recommendation from the jury for having achieved the appropriate level of technical and musical mastery on the chosen instrument or voice for continuation in applied music.
14. Students enrolled in applied music must complete the Studio Performance Record form and submit it to the faculty at the time of their jury exam. Students excused from jury exams must submit this form to the music office prior to the date for jury exams.
15. Second Year (Sophomore) Evaluations
16. The Second Year Evaluation will be administered in March of a student’s fourth semester of applied music study and replaces the jury exam for that semester.
17. Expectations and procedures for Second Year Evaluations are available in the music office.
18. Successfully passing the Second Year Evaluation is prerequisite to registration for MUS 346 Junior Recital and MUS 446 Senior Recital/Showcase.
19. Students who do not advance to the next level are placed on probation and will retake the Second Year Evaluation in November of the following fall semester. Students who do not advance for the second time may not continue in the Bachelor of Music program.