Conservatory Program
Since its creation in 1983, the Conservatory Program has provided private and group music instruction of the highest quality to the Augusta area community. With more than fifty faculty members and an annual enrollment of several hundred students, the Conservatory Program of Augusta State University is the area’s leader in music instruction.
The philosophy of the Conservatory Program is that music is for everyone, and is a vital part of the community. We welcome young and old, accomplished and beginner, students of all levels and visions.
We have an outstanding, professional faculty who enjoy challenging the promising musicianship of young musicians as well as guiding the advanced skills of more experienced musicians. Every faculty member in the Conservatory Program has at least an undergraduate degree in Music or Music Education and teaching experience. Among the 50 teachers currently teaching for us, 22 have masters degrees, and 14 have completed doctorates in music. View a list of our faculty.
The Conservatory Program offers Music Instruction in the four different categories: Private Lessons (Individual Instruction), Music Classes, Music Ensembles, and Summer Music Camps.
Tuition
- Tuition for lessons with Master Teachers is $40 per hour ($20 per half-hour lesson).
- Tuition for lessons with Instructors is $30 per hour ($15 per half-hour lesson).
- Students may register for any number of lessons between 6 and 16 (an entire semester) after consulting with their teacher, There is an additional $3 administrative fee for registrations of fewer than 6 lessons at a time.
Refunds and Cancellations
- Private Lesson Cancellation: A notice of 24 hours to the teacher is required for an excused absence. If a lesson is cancelled later than that time, the teacher has the option of counting it as a lesson taken.
- Refunds: There are no refunds for classes or ensembles after the first day of the term unless the class or ensemble has been cancelled due to insufficient enrollment, or the ensemble director determines that the student has been inappropriately placed in an ensemble. Private lesson students are expected to commit to their lessons for the duration of the term. Refunds of private lesson tuition are made only in the case of debilitating illness or irreconciliable differences with the teacher. Any refunds for private lessons will be for tuition of remaining lessons minus $6.00.