Tuition
Tuition Payment
Tuition Dates: Tuition is billed in two advance payments. The first payment for Fall 2019 is due Wednesday, September 4 and the second payment is due Wednesday, October 16.
Payment: Bills will be sent by email. It is possible to pay your bill online on the U of I's Marketplace Account, or by check. Instructions for registration and payment will be included in the email bill.
Please note that non-payment of your bill will result in the discontinuing of lessons, group classes and ensembles. Books and/or other materials requested by teachers are not included in bills.
Private lessons with Shannon Davies, Inga Kingsley or Diane Worthey are $47.00 an hour.
Private lessons with Amy Browse, Giselle Hillyer, Amanda Wilton, or any other Lionel Hampton School of Music faculty member are $57.00 an hour.
Suzuki faculty (Browse, Davies, Hillyer, Kingsley, Worthey) give 14 lessons in Fall semesters and 16 lessons in Spring semesters. All other Prep Division teachers give 14 lessons in both Fall and Spring semesters.
Suzuki Group Class:
- $65 in Fall and Spring semesters
Cantabile Strings Ensemble:
- $125 in Fall semesters, $138 in Spring semesters
Greater Palouse Youth Orchestra:
- $150 in Fall semesters, $172 in Spring semesters
Private Piano Lessons, Tier I (14 per Semester)
LHSOM Faculty
- 30-minute lessons (at $28.50 per lesson): $399.00/semester
- 45-minute lessons (at $42.75 per lesson): $598.50/semester
- 60-minute lessons (at $57.00 per lesson): $798.00/semester
Private Piano Lessons, Tier II (14 per Semester)
Post-Graduate Students with Pedagogy Training
- 30-minute lessons (at $20.00 per lesson): $280.00/semester
- 45-minute lessons (at $30.00 per lesson): $420.00/semester
- 60-minute lessons (at $40.00 per lesson): $560.00/semester
Private Piano Lessons, Tier III (14 per Semester)
Graduate Students with Pedagogy Training
- 30-minute lessons (at $18.50 per lesson): $259.00/semester
- 45-minute lessons (at $27.75 per lesson): $388.50/semester
- 60-minute lessons (at $37.00 per lesson): $518.00/semester
Private Piano Lessons, Tier IV (14 per Semester)
Undergraduate Students with Pedagogy Training
- 30-minute lessons (at $17.50 per lesson): $245.00/semester
- 45-minute lessons (at $26.25 per lesson): $367.50/semester
- 60-minute lessons at ($35.00 per lesson): $490.00/semester
The hourly rate for Alexander Technique tuition is $67. The number of lessons will be determined in consultation with the instructor.
Private Woodwind, Brass and Percussion Lessons (14 per Semester)
- 30-minute lessons (at $28.50 per lesson): $399.00/semester
- 45-minute lessons (at $42.75 per lesson): $598.50/semester
- 60-minute lessons (at $57.00 per lesson): $798.00/semester
Private Guitar Lessons (14 per Semester)
- 30-minute lessons (at $28.50 per lesson): $399.00/semester
- 45-minute lessons (at $42.75 per lesson): $598.50/semester
- 60-minute lessons (at $57.00 per lesson): $798.00/semester