Enrollment, Tuition and Payment

Northwestern Music Academy offers lessons and classes in three 11-week quarters of the Academy year (Fall, Winter and Spring) plus a summer session. Open enrollment happens year-round, and new students are accepted if space is available.

Registration

Use the Registration Forms to register for the 2024-25 Academic Year (beginning Fall 2024). These registration forms are for continuing students (completed annually each Fall) or newly enrolled students who have already completed the assessment and received teacher placement. Your enrollment is finalized once the registration form and tuition payment is received. 

Child Registration Form Adult Registration Form

Registrations are automatically renewed each quarter for the remainder of the academic year (Fall-Winter-Spring-Summer quarters) unless otherwise notified.  

Any changes to your enrollment must be provided in writing (in an email) to your teacher and copied to the Registration and Billing administrator at least 2 weeks prior to the start of the new quarter. 

Contact: Registration and Billing Administrator Jia-Yee Tang

Interest Forms

New families interested in private lessons or classes at the Academy should fill out the Interest Form. You will be contacted by the respective coordinator of your instrument group to set up a placement interview/assessment.

• Piano Coordinator, Annie Hsiao: for private piano lessons and Junior Piano Class

• Strings Coordinator, Stacia Spencer: for private violin, viola, cello and guitar lessons and Weekly String Group 

Child Interest Form Adult Interest Form

Community student prices for the 2024-25 academic year are listed per 11-week quarter.

Northwestern Affiliates receive a 25% discount on tuition. (See Northwestern Affiliates below)

Academy lessons and classes are structured into three 11-week quarters per academic year (Fall, Winter and Spring). Summer quarter prices will vary.

See Piano and Strings pages for class descriptions.

Northwestern Affiliates

Northwestern Affiliates receive a 25% discount on their tuition as part of their benefits package.

Eligible Northwestern Affiliates include:

• Full-time benefits-eligible Northwestern employee (faculty or staff)

• Spouse and dependents of full-time benefits-eligible employees

• Full-time Northwestern students

Note that visiting scholars and Northwestern hospital employees are not eligible for tuition benefits in the Academy. Please check with HR Benefits if you are unsure of your eligibility.

Tuition Payment Policy

All tuition and fees are due to the Northwestern University Bienen School of Music.

• Tuition for the 11-week quarter (Fall, Winter and Spring) is billed quarterly and paid in full at the beginning of each term. Summer quarter is a la carte and tuition will be billed according to the schedule and arrangement with your teacher.

• The billing administrator will email billing notices a few weeks prior to the start of each quarter. Billing notices will contain payment links and pertinent deadlines.

• Credit/debit card payments (Visa/Mastercard/Discover/AmEx) are accepted on the Academy’s payment webpages. There are no convenience fees for credit/debit card transactions.

• Checks are no longer accepted.

• Music Academy tuition is non-refundable.

Late or Missed Payments

• If payment is not received by the end of the third week of the quarter, lessons will be suspended until tuition has been paid. If tuition cannot be resolved, students will be responsible for payment of any lessons taken during those first three weeks.

• Chronic late payers (two or more quarters of late payments) may be prohibited from future registration.