Enrollment
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Any student who was not enrolled during the previous fall or spring semester is considered a new student.
To enroll in the Music Academy, fill out and submit the online registration form - one form per enrollment, please. Once your enrollment form has been validated, you will receive an email directing you to a link to pay the instructional fees. You may indicate a specific teacher request under "preferred teacher." (See "Staff" section to determine if your teacher is professional or student level faculty.) If you need help or advice selecting an appropriate teacher or enrollment period, please call the Academy office at (573) 651-2378. We recommend this preliminary communication since we maintain waiting lists in several areas, and since a few areas do not have both a professional and student level teacher available.
Registration form and instructional fee(s) are due by the following deadlines:
- Fall - August 4, 2023
- Spring - January 5, 2024
- Summer - May 24, 2024
Continuing Students
Students who were enrolled in the previous semester (excluding summer session) are considered returning students.
All returning students must re-register each semester. If registration is received and instructional fees are paid by the deadline, you will automatically be assigned to your current teacher. If payment is received after the deadline, your name will be placed at the end of the waiting list for first available opening. To request a different teacher or to change faculty levels, please call the Academy office before the deadline at (573) 651-2378.
Registration form and instructional fee(s) are due by the following deadlines:
- Fall - August 4, 2023
- Spring - January 5, 2024
- Summer- May 24, 2024
All Students
Once your completed registration form and payment are received, you will be contacted by your instructor to schedule lesson times. Please have your new Musicianship Class time handy when your teacher calls. Remember that most teachers receive their rosters the week before classes, so scheduling calls may not be made until that time.
New students and continuing students not currently enrolled in Musicianship Class must attend the Placement Test to determine the most appropriate class for age and ability.
Information
- Deadline for continuing students is August 5. Online registration and instructional fee(s) must be received by that date. Deadline for spring semester is January 6, 2023. (Registration form is required.)
- Deadline for new students is August 5. Registration form and instructional fee(s) must be received by that date. Deadline for spring semester registration form and instructional fee(s) is January 6, 2023.
- Deadline for summer semester is May 26. Registration and instructional fee(s) must be received by this date. Deadlines for summer group classes vary. Your early registration is encouraged.
- Registration and payment should be completed through this website.
- For full semester enrollments, please pay full instructional fee(s) or pay 50% at the time of registration, with the remainder due in 30 days.
- Reminder notices will only be sent by e-mail, so please mark the due date on your calendar.
- Lessons will be discontinued for students whose accounts are not paid within 60 days of the beginning of the semester.
- A $20 charge will be added to your account for any check that is returned for insufficient funds, or payment that is entered inaccurately and returned due to incorrect account information.
- 5% discount for a paid in full, full year enrollment (fall and spring semesters).
- Multiple child discounts are available on full semester enrollments for each child after the first enrollment - $35 for professional level faculty, $25 for student level faculty. This does not apply to multiple enrollments for the same child.
- See the Financial Assistance section below for scholarship information.
- Only one type of discount may be applied per family.
- Discounts and scholarships do not apply for summer lessons.
The Music Academy is pleased to offer the following forms of assistance to the extent that funds permit. Applications for financial assistance are reviewed before the beginning of each fall semester. The application deadline for fall is August 5, 2020.
Financial Assistance
Available to school age students, all assistance is determined on an individual basis, taking into consideration each family’s financial resources, the number of dependent children, as well as extraordinary circumstances. Parents must submit a copy of their most recent IRS–1040 form along with an application form. Recipients of scholarships are expected to maintain reasonable progress, maintain good attendance, and perform at least once during the academic year at an outreach concert. Students are also required to regularly attend the appropriate Musicianship Class. Applications for financial assistance are available from the Academy office at (573) 651-2378.
Music Academy Scholarships
Scholarships may also be awarded to students who have demonstrated exceptional talent and ability. Music Academy scholars receive an additional 15-30 minutes of lesson time at no additional cost. Students are eligible to be recommended by their teachers after at least one year of study at the Academy. Recipients must maintain superior progress and attendance and must perform at least once per semester in a student recital and once per academic year in an outreach concert. Music Academy scholars must also regularly attend the appropriate Musicianship Class.
To enroll, please complete this form.
Policies
- The Music Academy will no longer be able to accept payments or process credit card payment over the phone. Due to Federal laws and regulations, all payments will be made online through the website or in person at the Cashier's Office on the ground floor of Academic Hall Room 018A.
- For full semester enrollments, you may pay in full, or pay 50% at the time of registration, with the remainder due in 30 days. Reminder notices will only be sent by e-mail, so please mark the due date on your calendar.
- A $12 per month late fee will be charged to accounts not paid within 30 days.
- Lessons will be discontinued for students whose accounts are not paid within 60 days of the beginning of the semester.
Attendance
Students are expected to attend weekly lessons and/or classes at the set time that has been arranged with your teacher. Students should arrive on time in order to receive the full allotted time. The Academy reserves the right to refuse enrollment to students who have demonstrated a lack of interest or whose attendance has been inadequate.
Cancellation
Please call your teacher o cancel a lesson. Do not call the Academy office unless there is an emergency. Be sure to acquire you teacher's contact information at the first lesson.
Make-up Lessons
- The Academy follows the University calendar. Make-ups may not be given for University scheduled holidays.
- One make-up lesson is offered per semester if the absence is due to illness and if the lesson is cancelled before noon of the lesson day.
- Any lesson cancelled by the teacher will be made up.
- If lessons are interrupted due to late Instructional Fee(s) payments, teachers are not required to make up lessons even after the account has been brought up to date.
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