Tuition

Private Lessons Tuition for each 14-week term is based upon lesson length and Instructor Level and is posted in the chart below for the 2025-2026 academic year. Single-payment semester tuition is due by the second lesson of the semester. For installments, semester tuition is divided into three payments, each due the first day of the first three months of the term, including a 5% fee:

Sept 1, Oct 1, Nov 1 for the Fall term
February 1, March 1, April 1 for the Spring term

Please note that lessons will be suspended when a payment is a month late.

14-Week Fall & Spring Semesters

Instructor Levels	30-min lessons	45-min lessons	60-min lessons
I. University student qualified to teach Beginner students	$200 or 3 payments of $70	$300 or 3 payments of $105	$400 or 3 payments of $140
II. Experienced adult qualified to teach Beginner, Intermediate, and Adult students.	$310 of 3 payments of $110	$465 or 3 payments of $163	$620 or 3 payments of $217
III. Adult with advanced music degrees, qualified to teach all students.	$400 or 3 payments of $140	$600 or 3 payments of $210	$800 or 3 payments of $280

as of 08/2025

Summer Lessons

Instructor Levels	6 lessons	9 lessons
I. University student qualified to teach Beginner students	$80	$120
II. Experienced adult qualified to teach Beginner, Intermediate, and Adult students.	$130	$200
III. Adult with advanced music degrees, qualified to teach all students.	$160	$240

Annual Registration Fee

A nonrefundable registration fee of $35 for each family, per school year (non-refundable) is due with your registration form. Summer lessons do not require a registration fee.

Payments

Tuition and fee payments may be submitted in one of several ways:

PAYPAL: To pay your tuition bill, please contact the Director to have a PayPal invoice sent to you. (2.5% electronic handling cost added.) To pay the annual Registration Fee, see the button in the right-hand column.
DROP-OFF: Please bring checks or cash in an envelope to the Music Office (during regular business hours) or to the door box of M211 in the Reynolds Center on the Harding University campus.
MAIL: Send payments to SCSM – Director, HU Box 10767, Searcy AR 72149
EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM ACCOUNTS: Those students who have an EFA through the Arkansas LEARNS Act may pay their tuition with those funds. The Director will send an invoice for you to use.

Tuition Assistance

A limited amount of need-based tuition assistance is available to SCSM families. Please complete and submit this Tuition Assistance application.

Policies

Late Payments

Lessons will be suspended when payment is over a month late, unless arrangements are made with the Director.

Music & Materials

Each student’s instructor will recommend music and materials to be purchased. Photocopies, except for temporary situations, are not allowed.

Missed Lessons

SCSM instructors are not obligated to reschedule lessons cancelled by the parents/student, although instructors will attempt to do so if given 24-hours notice prior to the lesson and in cases of illness or emergency. Please note that lessons missed or cancelled by the student/parent will not be refunded.

Holidays & Inclement Weather

Because many SCSM teachers are Harding University students, the SCSM Calendar is based upon the Harding University academic calendar. In case of inclement weather, please contact the SCSM Director or your teacher. FALL BREAK: Most SCSM teachers are out of town the entire week of Thanksgiving due to Harding University’s Fall Break. That week is not included in the tuition for our 14-week semester. Please make arrangements in advance to handle the situation. SPRING BREAK: Because most SCSM teachers are out of town for Harding’s Spring Break, that week is not included in the tuition for our 14-week semester. If the public schools’ Spring Break is scheduled for a different week, SCSM teachers will be in town teaching lessons, and that week will be counted as part of the 14-week semester. In that case, please make arrangements with your teacher in advance in order to make-up for any missed lesson time.