Private Lessons
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR FALL 2025:
Due to an ongoing staffing vacancy, all private lessons at the Granoff Center have been suspended for the Fall 2025 semester. We fully anticipate this program to resume operation in Spring 2026 after we have completed the search for our Director of Applied Music. Our sincerest apologies for the inconvenience.
If you are interested in pursuing private lessons independent of the Tufts Music curriculum, please reach out to musicadmin@tufts.edu and we may be able to connect you to an instructor.
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The Music Department provides students the opportunity for private study of instrumental and/or vocal performance in a broad range of styles including Classical, Jazz, Rock, Klezmer, and the folk and classical traditions of Eastern Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Mediterranean, India, Japan, and Indonesia.
Private lessons are open to all Tufts students, regardless of major or program of study, and can be taken either for credit or not for credit. All students who are taking this course for the first time must meet with a member of the Music Department staff in order to enroll. Private lessons are not included in the cost of tuition and require an additional fee per semester. The cost of private lessons varies each semester, but is approximately $1,140 for the ten lessons per semester.
Scholarship funding is available to students enrolled in private lessons who apply by the tenth day of each semester; a new application is required for each semester. Those eligible to apply are: 1) music majors and minors; 2) those on financial aid.
If you are a student interested in enrolling in private lessons for the Fall 2025 semester, please take note:
We are currently undergoing a staffing transition for the Director of Applied Music and Community Outreach position. As a result, we are currently unable to provide information beyond what is available on this page. We request that you wait until August of 2025 to make any inquiries you may have about the Private Lessons program.
Starting August 1st, please reach out to either the relevant staff member listed on the Tufts Music website, or musicadmin@tufts.edu.