<p>I am an incoming first year, and want to take private lessons in the music department. It looks like you need to be a music major to take them. Is there any way around this, and are they free? Additionally, what level of experience is expected for the 2000-level classes? </p>
<p>Also, I never sent my AP scores. If I do this through college board, will everything be alright?</p>
<p>My orientation is in over a week, so I just want to get this all cleared up!</p>
<p>Regarding AP’s just request to have them sent. It might take a bit for the system to put it in pending on the lag time of college board. You do not have to have your AP scores in UVa’s system prior to orientation. You just need to know your scores and what courses they match up to so you are not taking a course that you already have credit for. </p>
<p>A friend of ours contacted the music department directly regarding lessons prior to entering UVa. Here is the form you need:</p>
<p>[Interest</a> Form — McIntire Department of Music, U.Va.](<a href=“http://test.artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/undergraduate/forapplicants/interest.php]Interest”>http://test.artsandsciences.virginia.edu/music/undergraduate/forapplicants/interest.php)</p>
<p>You do not need to be a music major to take private lessons. However, there is normally an additional charge on top of your regular tuition (since music lessons are one-on-one, they are very labor-intensive for the faculty). If you are an advanced student and/or have financial need, the fee for lessons is sometimes covered by a lessons scholarship. These are funded out of endowments that various donors have given the Music Department in the past and each fund has slightly different requirements. The scholarships are awarded each semester by a committee of performance faculty.</p>
<p>Music lessons are given on two levels. The lower level is for beginning/intermediate students and for those who do not have a ton of time to practice. These lessons are given on a pass/fail basis. The higher level is graded, and requires a “jury” (faculty evaluation) at the end of each semester. The scholarship students are generally, but not always, taking at the higher level. Everyone who is accepted into the honors program as a performing student gets a scholarship to work on his or her honors recital.</p>
<p>If you are taking a less-popular instrument, like bassoon, you do not need to audition for lessons. There are more people who want to take some of the popular instruments, like piano and violin, than UVA has instructors on the faculty. So those kids must audition.</p>