<p>You can also address the Music Dept on the River Campus with your questions. Sometimes the private lessons are given on the River Campus instead of going to Eastman. That really depends on the student and the instructor and their schedule and it isn’t anything you can plan for and/or request as sometimes your instructor will change depending on their own responsibilities. For example my d was a vocalist and her following her freshman year, her instructor, a DMA (Ph.d equivalent) student had increased responsibilities and could only continue with lessons for his rising seniors as they had been with him the longest. She was then with her next instructor for three years, although it was a challenge when she returned from semester abroad. Again you must audition for lessons and not everyone who auditions is placed or accepted, then you must pass a jury every semester in order to continue. Credit is given for lessons and initially as freshman you are assigned what is known as “secondary’” lessons. Depending on your jury, you can either advance to “primary” lessons or remain secondary. The distinction involves the length of the actual lesson and perhaps the # of credits given.</p>