The Mission: Inspiring and Equipping Students for Independent Musical Growth Through Scales, Theory, Exercises, and Repertoire
Scales/Theory/Composing
- Play all major and minor parallel scales in two octaves
- Play cadences for each key signature in all three inversions
- Play arpeggios
- Correctly identify key signatures
- Know the theory for building scales and chord analysis
- Improvise with given scales and key signatures
- Replicate melodies and harmonies through ear training
- Create original music and notate it
Technique/Repertoire
- Sight-read exercises
- Easily count rhythms for a variety of styles
- Play duets
- Play articulation and dynamics with confidence, purpose, and artistry
- Develop dexterity
- Play with balance in the entire body, from the torso to the fingertip
- Perform for an audience with confidence
- Understand and play pieces based on their historical and cultural context
- Play from lead sheets