Welcome to the lessons page. Read below for updates concerning COVID-19 impacts on department auditions, medium of instruction, and practice room fees.
LESSONS ONLINE: At this point, most music lessons will be taught online, possibly for the remainder of the academic year.
PRACTICE ROOM FEES: We regret that the practice rooms in Braun Music Center and Dinkelspiel must be closed until further notice as part of the effort to limit transmission of COVID-19. Students enrolling in an online lesson studio will be credited the $50 we normally assess as part of the lesson fee to support the upkeep of pianos and practice rooms. We anticipate that the credit will post sometime after the final study list deadline of each quarter. Questions to rleigh (at) stanford.edu.
All Applied Music lessons at Stanford are subject to a lesson fee in addition to tuition. Sliding-scale financial support is available for private lessons from Friends of Music at Stanford. Visit the Applied Music Fees and Policies page for more details. Lessons are fully supported for Music majors, minors and performance certificate students.
Music lessons are enrollable classes in Axess, and all require that the student audition and secure a place in an instructor's studio prior to enrollment. If you are new to Stanford, you will have to audition, regardless of whether or not you auditioned as part of the Arts Portfolio process. Contact information and proficiency requirements for each area of study are given below. Some instrument areas have an audition link; others simply offer auditions by arrangement with the instructor. To sign up for lessons in winter or spring quarter for studios that have audition signup sheets in autumn, simply contact the faculty member directly.
ALL MATRICULATED STANFORD STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO REGISTER FOR LESSONS. A Zero-Unit Enrollment option has been created for graduate students and for students unable to enroll in lessons or ensembles. Review our Zero-Unit Enrollment Policy to learn how to enroll.
[Questions or problems with this page? Contact Rowen Leigh.]
Title | Level & Type | ExploreCourses and Axess links | Audition link | Minimum Proficiency/Audition Requirements |
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Advanced Jazz Bassjthurstonmilgrom@gmail.com Contact instructor for audition. |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Contact instructor for proficiency requirements. |
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Jazz Bassjthurstonmilgrom@gmail.com Contact instructor for audition. |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Contact instructor for proficiency requirements. |
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Advanced Bassoonrufusojr@aol.com Contact instructor for audition. |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Ability to play the 2nd & 3rd movement of the Mozart Concerto in B flat, K. 191, or equivalent; all major scales; one Milde scale study; 1st movement of the Mozart concerto.
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Bassoonrufusojr@aol.com Contact instructor for audition.
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Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Ability to play the 2nd & 3rd movement of the Mozart Concerto in B flat, K. 191, or equivalent; all major scales; one Milde scale study. |
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Advanced Carillontimzer@stanford.edu Contact instructor for audition. |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Contact instructor for proficiency requirements. |
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Carillontimzer@stanford.edu Contact instructor for audition. |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Contact instructor for proficiency requirements. |
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Advanced Cellostephenh@stanford.edu, cvccello@stanford.edu Contact instructor for audition. |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Movements. from Bach Suite 2 or 3; Lalo Concerto; Brahms’ Sonata in E Minor; Saint-Saëns or Haydn C Major Concertos; begun work on Popper Etudes, Op. 73.
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Cellostephenh@stanford.edu, cvccello@stanford.edu Contact instructor for audition. |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
At least 3 yrs. private lessons: ability to play pieces at the level of Bach Suite No. 1, Vivaldi, Marcello sonatas; Squire Tarantella or Bourrée; Elegy by Gabriel Fauré.
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Guzheng Classzitherzheng@gmail.com Contact instructor for audition. This is a group lesson. |
Beginning, Class | Course details | Enroll |
Contact instructor for proficiency requirements.
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Advanced Clarinetmarkgbrand@yahoo.com Contact instructor for audition. |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Ability to play at the level of: C. Rose, 32 Studies; Polatscek, Adv. Studies; Debussy, Première Rhapsodie; Brahms, F minor or E-flat Major Sonata; all major scales w/extensions; all melodic minor scales (tonic to tonic).
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Clarinetmarkgbrand@yahoo.com Contact instructor for audition. |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Ability to play at the level of: C. Rose, 40 Studies; C.M. Weber, Concertino; W.A. Mozart, Concerto (1st movement); major scales and chromatic scales (full range).
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Advanced Contrabassbruce.moyer@sjsu.edu Contact instructor for audition. |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Contact instructor: (408) 577-9219.
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Contrabassbruce.moyer@sjsu.edu Contact instructor for audition. |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Contact the instructor: (408) 577-9219.
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Drum Setdavidrokeach@aol.com Contact instructor for audition. |
Private | Course details | Enroll |
Contact instructor for proficiency requirements. |
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Advanced Renaissance Windshwm@stanford.edu Contact instructor for audition |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Contact Herb Myers to discuss proficiency requirements and to set up an audition: (650) 723-0635, hwm@stanford.edu. |
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Recorder/Early Winds (Early Music)hwm@stanford.edu Contact instructor for audition. |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Contact Herb Myers to discuss proficiency requirements and to set up an audition: (650) 723-0635, hwm@stanford.edu.
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Advanced Fluteflute@stanford.edu, melodysflute@gmail.com, greere@gmail.com |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll | Audition |
Contact instructor for proficiency requirements. |
Fluteflute@stanford.edu, melodysflute@gmail.com, greere@gmail.com |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll | Audition |
Ability to play scales and arpeggios in major keys to 4 sharps and 4 flats; étude from Anderson, op. 33, or similar level; movement from a sonata by Handel, Telemann, or J.S. Bach; or a piece from the standard repertoire at a similar level. |
Advanced Flute (Baroque)greere@gmail.com Contact instructor for audition. |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Contact instructor for proficiency requirements. |
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Flute (Baroque)greere@gmail.com Contact instructor for audition. |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Contact instructor for proficiency requirements. |
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Advanced Fortepianobarth@stanford.edu Contact instructor for audition. |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Students should begin study in 172E first, then may move into 272E upon instructor approval.
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Fortepianobarth@stanford.edu Contact instructor for audition. |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
It is understood that students coming to the study of fortepiano at the undergraduate level will often not have had previous experience with early keyboard instruments. Keyboard skills on modern piano at the level of any Beethoven sonata (except op. 49) are sufficient for fortepiano study. For audition: Prepare 10 minutes of music for modern piano, memorized (preferably 2 contrasting pieces); there may also be some sight reading.
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Advanced French Hornlarryragent@astound.net Contact instructor. |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Contact instructor for proficiency requirements.
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French Hornlarryragent@astound.net Contact instructor. |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Previous private study to the advanced high-school level. Previous exposure to standard German (i.e., Kopprasch or Kling) or French (i.e., Maxime Alphonse, Bk. 2) exercises.
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Advanced Classical Guitarcaferguson@stanford.edu Contact instructor for audition. |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Tarrega, Sor, Carcassi; brief works by Bach, Scarlatti-Brouwer, or Villa-Lobos.
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Classical Guitarcaferguson@stanford.edu Contact instructor for audition. |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Ability to play short studies by Sor, Guiliani, or basic repertoire from Noad, Book I
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Classical Guitar Classcaferguson@stanford.edu This is a group lesson. |
Beginning, Class | Course details | Enroll |
No proficiency requirements. |
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Guitar (Jazz)rickv1@stanford.edu |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll | Audition |
Contact instructor for proficiency requirements. |
Advanced Harpannabelletaublharp@gmail.com Contact instructor for audition. |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Contact instructor. |
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Harpannabelletaublharp@gmail.com Contact instructor for audition. |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Contact instructor. |
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Harp Classannabelletaublharp@gmail.com Contact instructor. |
Beginning, Class | Course details | Enroll |
Contact instructor. |
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Advanced Harpsichordilanabardavid@gmail.com Contact instructor for audition. |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Ability to play at the level of: Bach Partitas; François Couperin 8ème Ordre; Scarlatti Sonatas; Jean-Phillipe Rameau Suites.
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Harpsichordilanabardavid@gmail.com Contact instructor for audition. |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Ability to play at the level of: Bach Two-Part Inventions; Louis Couperin Suites; Pavan and Galliard of William Byrd. |
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Advanced Oboerobinrice@yahoo.com Contact instructor for audition. |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Ability to play all scales, Ferling or similar etude, one of the Six Metamorphoses after Ovid (Britten). |
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Oboerobinrice@yahoo.com Contact instructor for audition |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Ability to play a movement from a Baroque concerto, an intermediate etude, and major scales to 4 sharps and 4 flats. |
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Advanced Organrhmorgan@stanford.edu Contact instructor for audition. |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Ability to play J.S. Bach’s Prelude & Fugue in C, BWV 545, or equivalent. |
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Organrhmorgan@stanford.edu Contact instructor for audition |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Ability to play J.S. Bach’s Orgelbüchlein chorales or equivalent. |
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Advanced Percussionstan.muncy@gmail.com Contact instructor for audition. |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Snare: a rudimental solo (Pratt or equivalent) and advanced solo (Delecluse or equivalent); mallets: advanced 4 mallet solo, and vibraphone proficiency (dampening, pedaling, etc.); timpani: solo (Carter or equivalent), and orchestral excerpts. |
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Percussionstan.muncy@gmail.com Contact instructor for audition. |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Snare: any Peters Intermediate Etude or equivalent; mallets: all scales, and proficiency with 2 and 4 mallets; timpani: any Peters Fundamental Method Etude or equivalent |
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Percussion Classstan.muncy@gmail.com Contact instructor. This is a group lesson. |
Beginning, Class | Course details | Enroll |
No proficiency requirements. |
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Advanced Pianokarul2@stanford.edu, laura.dahl@stanford.edu, schultzt@stanford.edu, weldy@stanford.edu Follow link to video audition form. Winter Quarter audition video(s) due January 7, 2021. |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll | Audition |
Ability to play by memory pieces at the level of any Beethoven sonata (except op. 49). For audition: prepare 10 minutes of music, memorized (preferably 2 contrasting pieces); there may also be some sight reading.
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Intermediate Piano Classtimzer@stanford.edu |
Intermediate, Class | Course details | Enroll |
Meet with Dr. Zerlang in room 111 or contact him at timzer@stanford.edu or (650) 723-1549. |
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Introductory Piano Class Itimzer@stanford.edu This is a group lesson. |
Beginning, Class | Course details | Enroll |
No proficiency requirements. Sign up on class lists via Axess and attend the first day of class to receive a permission number for enrollment. |
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Introductory Piano Class IItimzer@stanford.edu This is a group lesson. |
Beginning, Class | Course details | Enroll |
Meet with Dr. Zerlang in room 111 or contact him at timzer@stanford.edu or (650) 723-1549. |
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Introductory Piano Class IIItimzer@stanford.edu This is a group lesson. |
Beginning, Class | Course details | Enroll |
Meet with Dr. Zerlang in room 111 or contact him at timzer@stanford.edu or (650) 723-1549. |
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Pianokarul2@stanford.edu, laura.dahl@stanford.edu, schultzt@stanford.edu, weldy@stanford.edu Follow link to video audition form. Winter Quarter audition video(s) due January 7, 2021. |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll | Audition |
Ability to play by memory pieces at the level of any Beethoven sonata (except op. 49). For audition: prepare 10 minutes of music, memorized (preferably 2 contrasting pieces); there may also be some sight reading. |
Advanced Jazz Pianomurlow@stanford.edu Audition live with Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/y2rgnpqp Audition with a recording: https://tinyurl.com/yy8pbo38 |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll | Audition | |
Jazz Pianomurlow@stanford.edu Contact instructor. |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
All skills listed for the beginning class, plus: |
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Jazz Piano Classmurlow@stanford.edu This is a group lesson. |
Beginning, Class | Course details | Enroll |
No prior jazz piano experience required, but student must be able to: Orientation from 4:30 – 5:00 p.m. on Wed, Sep 25 in Braun Music Center room 111 (piano lab) See website: https://music.stanford.edu/music-72d-introductory-jazz-piano |
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Advanced Saxophonechazjazz39@hotmail.com, davidhen@stanford.edu Contact instructor for audition. |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Test exercises in Rubank Advanced No.1; for jazz studies, first 6 exercises in Niehaus, Intermediate Jazz Conception.
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Saxophonechazjazz39@hotmail.com, davidhen@stanford.edu Contact instructor for audition |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Knowledge and performance of chromatic scale (full range) and test exercises in Rubank Intermediate (beginning sections); for jazz studies, first 6 exercises in Niehaus, Basic Jazz Conception. |
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Advanced Trombonemcdowell@stanford.edu Contact instructor for audition. |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Proficiency at the level of Schlossberg, Daily Drills; Bordogni-Rochut, Etudes for Trombone, vol. 1; Kopprasch, Studies (vol. 1); all major and minor scales. |
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Trombonemcdowell@stanford.edu Contact instructor for audition |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Ability to play studies comparable to the Langey, Tutor; Fink, Studies in Legato (or Concone, Solfeggi); Cornette, Method for Trombone; Cimera, selected etudes and studies. |
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Advanced Trumpetadamluftman@gmail.com, john@johnworley.com Contact instructor for audition. |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Contact instructor for proficiency requirements. |
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Trumpetadamluftman@gmail.com, john@johnworley.com Contact instructor for audition. |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Previous experience: Private lessons during high school, some solo performance experience, knowledge of major and minor scales, some proficiency in a standard trumpet method such as the Arban Complete Conservatory Method. Contact the instructor directly to schedule an audition: Adam Luftman: adamluftman@gmail.com; John Worley: john@johnworley.com or (650) 968-0917. |
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Advanced Tubattuba@comcast.net Contact instructor for audition. |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Contact instructor for proficiency requirements. |
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Tubattuba@comcast.net Contact instructor for audition |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Major Scales - 2 octaves; one Etude from Johannes Rochut Melodious Etudes for Trombone, 8vb and 15mb; one Etude from Kopprasch 60 Studies for Tuba; solo of your choice. Contact instructor directly to schedule an audition: ttuba@comcast.com or (408) 377-3493. |
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Advanced Violalrobertson@stanford.edu Contact instructor for audition. |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll |
3-octave scales; ability to play at the level of Kreutzer, Mazas, or Fuchs etudes; 1 or 2 movements from J.S. Bach unaccompanied suite; Telemann concerto, and an entire J.S. Bach unaccompanied suite; Rolla, Zelter, or Hoffmeister concerto.
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Violalrobertson@stanford.edu Contact instructor for audition. |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
3-octave scales; ability to play at the level of Kreutzer, Mazas, or Fuchs etudes; 1 or 2 movements from J.S. Bach unaccompanied suite; Telemann concerto. |
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Advanced Violinajdoh2011@hotmail.com, dfong1@stanford.edu, dawnharms@juno.com, geoff@slsq.com, rsharp@stanford.edu, dalby@stanford.edu, joomee@stanford.edu Contact instructor for audition. |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll |
A minimum of 4 years of private instruction and the ability to play 3 octave scales and arpeggios; a movement of an unaccompanied Bach sonata or partita; a movement of a Mozart, Romantic or twentieth-century concerto; a short virtuostic piece to show your ability level; Paganini Caprice
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Violinajdoh2011@hotmail.com, dfong1@stanford.edu, dawnharms@juno.com, geoff@slsq.com, rsharp@stanford.edu, dalby@stanford.edu, joomee@stanford.edu Contact instructor for audition. |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
A minimum of 3 years of private instruction and the ability to play scales, arpeggios, and etudes (e.g. Dont, Op. 37, Kreutzer, Rode, Mazas); movement from a solo J.S. Bach sonata or partita or from any concerto or sonata (Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, etc). |
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Advanced Violin (Baroque)a.p.martin@earthlink.net Contact instructor for audition |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Contact Anthony Martin at a.p.martin@earthlink.net or 510-232-9824 if you’d like to take lessons. |
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Violin (Baroque)a.p.martin@earthlink.net Contact instructor for audition |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Contact Anthony Martin at a.p.martin@earthlink.net or 510-232-9824 if you’d like to take lessons. |
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Advanced Voicetenor@stanford.edu, wendyhh1@stanford.edu, novadjimenez@gmail.com, kjenning@stanford.edu Contact instructor for audition. |
Advanced, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Contact individual instructors for proficiency requirements at advanced level.
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Intermediate Voice Classkjenning@stanford.edu This class is closed by design. For further information, see "Proficiency requirements." This is a group lesson. |
Beginning, Class | Course details | Enroll |
Audition video required prior to the first class meeting. Enroll to the waitlist in Axess at the start of term and/or contact instructor for details. |
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Voicetenor@stanford.edu, wendyhh1@stanford.edu, novadjimenez@gmail.com, kjenning@stanford.edu Contact instructor for audition. |
Intermediate, Private | Course details | Enroll |
Two songs: one in English, one in another language is ideal. |
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Voice Class Itenor@stanford.edu Register on the waitlist (Axess), and come to the first class meeting. This is a group lesson. |
Beginning, Class | Course details | Enroll |
No proficiency requirements. Sign up on class lists via Axess and attend the first day of class to receive a permission number. |
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Voice Class IItenor@stanford.edu Register on the waitlist (Axess) and show up at the first class meeting. This is a group lesson. |
Beginning, Class | Course details | Enroll |
No proficiency requirements. Sign up on class lists via Axess and attend the first day of class to receive a permission number. |