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Applied Music Lessons
Lesson instruction is available in: (6ACM) accompanying (graduate students only), (6BSN) bassoon, (6CL) clarinet, (6DBL) double bass, (6EUP) euphonium, (6FL) flute, (6GTR) guitar, (6HP) harp, (6HPC) harpsichord, (6HRN) horn, (6JAZ) Jazz-various instruments, (6LUT) lute, (6OB) oboe, (6ORG) organ, (6PA) piano, (6PIC) piccolo, (6PRC) percussion, (6SAX) saxophone, (6TBA) tuba, (6TBN) trombone, (6TPT) trumpet, (6VLA) viola, (6VLN) violin, (6VCL) cello, and (6VCE) voice.
Undergraduate Applied Music
One weekly, one-hour private lesson (160-level) in the major or primary instrument (or voice) is included in the flat-rate tuition charged to all full-time Bachelor of Music degree candidates and is available for eight semesters.
Half-hour lessons (130-level) are provided for secondary instrument instruction, as described in the individual curricula. Students with a curricular requirement will have first priority for enrollment in secondary lesson studios. Other students may take secondary lessons on a space-available basis only if they have completed their piano class requirement, have the approval and signature of their advisor and the Office of the Dean of Academic Affairs, and pass the required audition.
Graduate Applied Music
One weekly, one-hour private lesson (460A-level) in the major or primary instrument (or voice).
MM PRL students should normally register for 460A (4 cr. hr.) applied lessons in their major instrument. Students must be enrolled in one-hour lessons every semester, up to and including the semester in which they give their degree recital. Students do not qualify for secondary lesson credit as part of their degree. However, if they wish to study a second instrument (half-hour lessons) for credit above and beyond the degree, they may register for 430 (1.5 cr. hr.) lessons, on a space-available basis only.
DMA PRL students should register for 460A (4 cr. hr.) applied lessons in their major instrument - 6 semesters of lessons are normally permitted; 5-6 semesters may be counted toward the degree. Students must be enrolled in one-hour lessons every semester up to and including the semester in which they give their final degree recital. DMA PRL students who have completed four consecutive semesters of applied-music study and who wish to register for anything less than 4 credit hours of applied music in a given semester must submit their request in writing to the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, who will act in consultation with the department chair. Students are encouraged to complete/pass at least two of their recitals by the end of their second year of study. The DMA minor field may involve secondary applied music study to a maximum of 6 credit hours [three semesters of 430 (1.5 cr. hr.) lessons].
130 (I, II-2) Undergraduate Applied Music Lessons
(half-hour/week): Use to fulfill secondary instrument requirement or elective.
160 (I, II-4) Undergraduate Applied Music Lessons
(one-hour/week): Use to fulfill primary lesson requirement.
430 (I, II-1.5) Graduate Applied Music Lessons
(half-hour/week): May be used as secondary instrument elective credit or as part of a DMA minor. May not be used to fulfill major lesson requirement, except for MM Conductors who are required to take 4 credits of applied music. For students who enrolled in their current graduate degree program prior to summer 2009, these lessons carry 2 credits per semester.
430A (I, II-2) Graduate Applied Music Lessons
(half-hour/week): Half-hour lessons in your primary instrument major may be taken only with permission of the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies. For students who enrolled in their current graduate degree program prior to summer 2009, these lessons carry 2.5 credits per semester.
460 (I, II-3) Graduate Applied Music Lessons
(one-hour/week): Use to fulfill primary instrument requirement for all graduate degrees offered in Composition and for the MM in Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media. Theory, Theory Pedagogy, Musicology, and Music Education (MA and PhD) majors may use 460 for elective credit.
460A (I, II-4) Graduate Applied Music Lessons
(one-hour/week): Use to fulfill primary lesson requirement for all Performance & Literature majors, Music Education majors (MM & DMA), and for DMA students studying Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media. For students who enrolled in their current graduate degree program prior to summer 2009, these lessons carry 5 credits per semester.