Piano Prep/Piano Conservatory Program

About the Program

The ASU Piano Prep Program offers quality piano instruction to children - elementary through high school - in a creative and highly motivating learning environment. Since its inception in 1988, the program has provided students with opportunities for excellent musical instruction from experienced model teachers and highly selected ASU graduate students. Jan Meyer Thompson, founding director and professor of music, coordinates the program, linking teachers and piano prep students with university piano pedagogy courses in a lab school setting. Piano Prep Program students enjoy a well-planned and varied curriculum emphasizing the development of musicianship skills through individual and group piano study and performance. School of Music piano studios, digital piano labs and recital halls provide the finest facilities for instruction and performance.

Approximately 85 students from the metropolitan area are enrolled annually in two phases of the program. The two program types are:

Piano Prep Program
A seven-year elementary to intermediate level core program combining weekly individual piano lessons (40 or 50 minutes) with weekly, semi-monthly or monthly group lessons (45 or 60 minutes). Varied performance opportunities. Group lessons take place in digital piano labs with multiple keyboards. Children range in age from 6 to 14.

Piano Conservatory Program
A program of late intermediate to advanced study for continuing junior high and high school students. Weekly 60-minute lessons, studio performance classes and a variety of recital opportunities are offered.

Tuition for each academic year is payable in four installments.

Audition interviews are held in April and August for fall enrollment.