Hi, I pay for my accompanist. We all pay for our accompanists. There are staff accompanists at school, which is Baldwin- Wallace College, by the way, and there are also student accompanists in a collaborative piano class. If you want one of those students, they are usually free or a small charge. The staff pianists charge about $20 and hour, some of which is payed for by the school, but most of us end up paying about $200 a semester for juries, lessons, departmentals and recitals. I've never heard of a school that gives everyone an accompanist. I suppose finding your own accompanist makes you realize what you want out of a collaborator and how much you are willing to pay for what you want. That's the way it is in "the real world". No one hands you someone and says they'll play for you. You've got to go find them yourself and pay for the services they provide.
Trevor
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