Placement Auditions

Take the next step on your musical journey, call or text to schedule your placement audition: 417-592-1756

The first step toward enrolling for private lessons with Miss Heather is calling to schedule your placement audition session. This initial assessment of the student's current aptitude will help establish clarity and direction for lessons. Placement auditions are designed to build rapport between Miss Heather and the student, to determine goals for lessons and to obtain a clear understanding of the teacher’s and student’s expectations. 

Even students with no prior experience are required to complete a placement audition. Miss Heather is skilled at determining a student's aptitude, whether or not the student is a beginner. 

Audition sessions last approximately 30 minutes and the audition fee is $55. 

Experienced students should feel free to bring a piece or two to share with the Miss Heather. 

During the placement session, Miss Heather may suggest that students obtain certain materials before beginning lessons. Miss Heather will make recommendations about which method books will be best for the student's lessons. Please keep in mind that the purchase of music books and supplies are an additional expense involved with taking music lessons. All music method books should be purchased at the Conservatory. Students who have no music books or supplies currently should wait to obtain their books until after their placement audition with Miss Heather.  

All placement auditions take place in Miss Heather’s in-home studio, unless the student prefers virtual lessons.

There is no need to feel apprehensive about your initial session with Miss Heather. This is not an audition to determine if students are "good enough" to take lessons. The purpose of this session is to determine if Miss Heather is the right teacher to help the students reach their goals, to assess students’ current aptitude and to determine the best curriculum pathway to reach students’ goals together.