Students enrolling in Applied Music are assigned an instructor by the Head of the Music Department, and assignments are posted in the Department on the day following registration. Students must arrange for a lesson time with the assigned instructor by the end of the second day of classes. Students not scheduled by the end of the second day of classes will be dropped from the course.
Students register for four hours credit per semester for two fifty-minute private lessons per week.
Requirements include attendance at master classes arranged by the instructor, a student recital performance each semester, a final examination performance for a faculty jury at the end of each semester, and attendance at student recitals and other designated events. During the Senior year of study, the student presents a Senior Recital consisting of a performance of forty to sixty minutes. Junior and Senior Recitals must be approved by a faculty committee to be appointed by the Head of the Department of Music. This faculty committee will hear the entire proposed recital at least thirty days in advance of the performance date in a Recital Hearing and will approve or disapprove the public performance of the recital based on the Hearing. If memorization is required, the Hearing must also be memorized.