Performance Handbook
Revised Fall 2024
A. Pre-Registration and Audition Requirements
1. An interview/audition may be required of all students wishing to take private lessons. Students should check with faculty members in their desired performance area for interview and audition requirements. Auditions for new students are generally held at the beginning of each semester. Consult individual instructors for exact time and location.
2. In the case of guitar, voice, and piano, students not accepted for lessons on the basis of the interview/audition may, upon the suggestion of the instructor, enroll in class instruction, if available. Students not accepted for lessons must unenroll.
3. If a returning student does not report for lessons by the end of the first week of classes, his/her space may be given to other qualified students from those who auditioned.
4. Students must obtain approval from their private teacher by submitting the . After receiving approval, the student must proceed to register for the class, either for credit or, with permission of the instructor, as an audit.
5. The student will also fill out and sign the Private Lesson Contract and attach it to the online Private Lesson Request Form.
6. Applied music instructors are not responsible for making up lessons due to a student's late enrollment, unless the performance faculty is unable to start teaching until after the drop/add period.