Tuition
Tuition Payment
Tuition Dates: Tuition is billed in two advance payments. The first payment for Fall 2020 is due Monday, August 31, 2020 and the second payment is due Monday, October 12.
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.
Books and/or other materials requested by teachers are not included in bills.
Private Lessons, Tier I-A (14 per Semester)
LHSOM Faculty (Full Time with Doctorates)
- 30-minute lessons (at $30.00 per lesson): $420.00/semester
- 45-minute lessons (at $45.00 per lesson): $630.00/semester
- 60-minute lessons (at $60.00 per lesson): $840.00/semester
Private Lessons, Tier I-B (14 per Semester)
LHSOM Faculty (Part Time)
- 30-minute lessons (at $23.50 per lesson): $329.00/semester
- 45-minute lessons (at $35.25 per lesson): $493.50/semester
- 60-minute lessons (at $47.00 per lesson): $658.00/semester
Private 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 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 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
Private lessons with Shannon Davies, Inga Kingsley or Diane Worthey are $47.00 an hour.
Private lessons with Amy Browse, Giselle Hillyer and James Reid are $57.00 an hour. Private lessons with any Lionel Hampton School of Music faculty are $60 an hour.
Suzuki faculty, (Browse, Davies, Hillyer, Kingsley, Worthey) give 14 lessons in Fall semester and 16 lessons in Spring semesters. All other Prep Division teachers give 14 lessons in both Fall and Spring semesters.