Harvard Music Department Resources:

• Music Ensembles, Instrumental Societies, and Performance Groups

• Music Performance Courses

• Performer and Composer Resources

• Music Lessons/Independent Study

Office for the Arts at Harvard Resources:

• Student Groups

• Funding

• Helpful Links

Music Lessons:

• OFA Music Teacher Reference Guide

• New England Conservatory: Faculty (search by instrument)

  • NEC: Opera/Voice Faculty

• Boston Conservatory at Berklee: Music Programs

  • BoCo: Opera/Voice Faculty

  • BoCo: Piano Faculty

  • BoCo: Brass Faculty

  • BoCo: Strings Faculty

  • BoCo: Woodwinds Faculty

• Boston Singers’ Resource: Teachers

• Cambridge Music Consortium

Music Skills:

• Harvard Skills for Singing Course

• NEC School of Continuing Education: Lessons, Classes, and Ensembles for Voice (filter by instrument; includes evening, online, and summer courses)

  • NEC Classes for Voice

Financial Resources:

• OFA Music Lesson Subsidy Program (application-based, for students receiving Harvard financial aid who already have demonstrated commitment to music)

• Lesson Subsidies for Music Concentrators (available to all full and joint concentrators in Music; for students receiving Harvard financial aid; smaller subsidies for students not receiving financial aid)

• Holden Voice Program (for members of the Harvard choruses)

• Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra Instrument Study Fund (for members of HRO)

• LIFT Awards (microgrants up to $250 per month by application due each 15th requiring teacher recommendation; listed eligibility criteria = BIPOC, age 22 or younger, any instrument, any purpose)

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Resources:

• Black Classical Music Educators (BCME) Student Resources & Black Teacher Directory

• LIFT Music Fund (includes financial grants for underrepresented groups in the U.S.)

  • LIFT Scholarship and Resource Directory

• The Sphinx Organization (for Black and Latinx musicians)

  • Sphinx Competition (string players)

  • Fellowships Directory

  • Scholarships Directory

  • National Alliance for Audition Support (all orchestra)

• Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts