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To connect the dots even more plainly for anyone considering transferring who might need this spelled out, most music schools (NASM-affiliated or otherwise) require incoming transfer students to produce a form signed by the dean of the school from which they are transferring along with the application. That form states that the school has been made aware of the intention of the student to transfer out and it is designed to protect the interests of not only both schools involved, but the student as well. As long as the administration is involved, it becomes more difficult for an individual teacher to take revenge in petty ways.
You may certainly expect that the dean, when asked to sign such a form, will contact the teacher involved to find out what is going on. It would be a bad idea to give the form to the dean without first speaking to the teacher, because most teachers would be quite annoyed if the dean is the first person to tell them. This would constitute burning a bridge in a major way, which is not something that you can afford to do in the music world. Counterfeiting the dean's signature on the form would constitute fraud and could result in expulsion from both programs.
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