COVID-19 Policy Adjustments (2020-2021)
Individual Studio Study and Coaching
To compare to usual policy, please see "Individual Studio Study and Coaching" under Regulations and Procedures in this bulletin.
As pedagogy evolves rapidly, the JSoM will embrace innovative pedagogical approaches for studio lessons, vocal coachings and chamber music coachings. Faculty and students are encouraged to explore such possibilities.
1. Studio instruction shall be delivered in individual lessons, unless other arrangements are made with the Associate Dean for Instruction.
2. All music majors and concentrations will study with faculty members.
3. Lessons and vocal coachings will be a minimum of 50 minutes per week. Consideration should be given to scheduling time for disinfection without reduction in instructional time.
4. Each student (major and concentration) enrolled in performance or composition study in a private lesson setting in a fall or spring semester will receive a minimum of fourteen lessons per semester given by the faculty member who is the teacher of record.
5. Each student (major and concentration) enrolled in performance or composition study in a private lesson setting in the summer will receive a minimum of eight lessons given by the faculty member who is the teacher of record.
6. Students enrolled in chamber music will receive six coachings of at least 60 minutes each with the faculty member(s) assigned and will complete an approved project or public performance.
7. Students enrolled in vocal coaching in a fall or spring semester will meet with the teacher of record a minimum of seven times if enrolled for one credit hour or a minimum of fourteen times if enrolled for two credit hours. Students enrolled in one credit hour of vocal coaching in the summer will receive a minimum of four coachings with the teacher of record. Students enrolled in two credit hours of vocal coaching in the summer with receive a minimum of eight coachings with the teacher of record.
8. The lessons, chamber music coachings, and vocal coachings shall be distributed across the semester or summer term in a relatively equal way.
9. A student enrolled in secondary lessons in a fall or spring semester will receive fourteen lessons per semester with the instructor assigned to the student at the beginning of the semester.
10. A student enrolled in secondary lessons in the summer will receive a minimum of eight lessons with the instructor assigned to the student at the beginning of the summer term.
11. In rare situations of strategic importance to the school, exceptions to this policy for a limited period can occur if approved in writing by the dean.