Our music department offers private lessons in most of the performing mediums. Our emphasis, however, is in the areas of voice, piano, brass, jazz and classical guitar, percussion, organ and woodwinds. Two full-time and several adjunct music faculty assist in specialized areas of instruction and performance so that we can accommodate your needs. Lessons are available from 1 to 3 credits with each credit corresponding to a 25- to 30-minute lesson each week. Please note that because of the personalized, one-on-one instruction, there is a lab fee of $150 per credit hour of instruction.
Procedure: Mr. Palomaki assigns all students to instructors one to two weeks prior to classes beginning. Students are then contacted by their instructors anytime from a week before classes start through the first week of class to set up a specific lesson time and location to meet.
Music majors
Music majors taking lessons on their primary instrument or voice for 1 or 2 (sometimes 3) credits use the following designations:
Freshman Year
- Voice – MUSC 125 (repeated up to 6 credits)
- Piano – MUSC 127 (repeated up to 6 credits)
- Organ – MUSC 129 (repeated up to 6 credits)
- Brass – MUSC 131 (repeated up to 6 credits)
- Woodwinds – MUSC 133 (repeated up to 6 credits)
- Strings – MUSC 135 (repeated up to 6 credits)
- Percussion – MUSC 137 (repeated up to 6 credits)
Sophomore Year
- Voice – MUSC 225 (repeated up to 6 credits)
- Piano – MUSC 227 (repeated up to 6 credits)
- Organ – MUSC 229 (repeated up to 6 credits)
- Brass – MUSC 231 (repeated up to 6 credits)
- Woodwinds – MUSC 233 (repeated up to 6 credits)
- Strings – MUSC 235 (repeated up to 6 credits)
- Percussion – MUSC 237 (repeated up to 6 credits)
Non-music majors
Non-music majors or music majors taking a secondary instrument or voice sign up for the following:
Freshman Year
- Elem. Voice – MUSC 121 (repeated up to 2 credits)
- Elem. Piano – MUSC 123 (repeated up to 2 credits)
- Organ – MUSC 129 (repeated up to 2 credits)
- Elem. Brass – MUSC 141 (repeated up to 2 credits)
- Elem. Woodwinds – MUSC 143 (repeated up to 2 credits)
- Elem. Strings – MUSC 145 (repeated up to 2 credits)
- Elem. Percussion – MUSC 147 (repeated up to 2 credits)
Sophomore Year
- Elem. Voice – MUSC 221 (repeated up to 6 credits)
- Elem. Piano – MUSC 223 (repeated up to 6 credits)
- Organ – MUSC 229 (repeated up to 6 credits)
- Elem. Brass – MUSC 241 (repeated up to 6 credits)
- Elem. Woodwinds – MUSC 243 (repeated up to 6 credits)
- Elem. Strings – MUSC 245 (repeated up to 6 credits)
- Elem. Percussion – MUSC 247 (repeated up to 6 credits)
Please note: Not all lessons are printed in the schedule book because they take up too much print space. Look at the online schedule for all course numbers and sections.
