PIANO I

PIANO 2 - 4 

🍎 Piano 1 is a pre-req for this course

This is a performance emphasis course that includes additional comprehensive activities in reading, creating, and listening to music as well as developing an understanding of history, vocabulary, structure and symbols. Students will play a wide repertoire of keyboard music literature alone and in ensembles. 

GUITAR I

GUITAR 2 - 4 

🍎 Guitar 1 is a pre-req for this course

This is a performance emphasis course with acoustic guitar as the primary medium. Comprehensive activities in reading, creating and listening to music are included. Students will perform a variety of music literature and styles in ensemble and solo performance. 

MUSIC TECHNOLOGY

This course will provide students with an introduction to basic music technology applications. The course will be taught within a hands-on framework and will allow students to create their own compositions. Students will also develop skills with sequencing, recording, and notating music.

HONORS MUSIC THEORY

⭐This course is designed to familiarize the student with the building blocks of music. Rhythm, melody, harmony, form, and analysis are the key components of this course. Students will use standard music notation to read, write, and understand the structure of music. Sight singing, ear-training and creating through composing and arranging are important components of this course.

Music For Life

This course focuses upon the use and value of music in people’s lives. It encourages students to view music in a social context rather than as abstract Information to be learned for its own sake. It presents music as a natural and essential ingredient of one’s own life and of human life in all cultures. The course surveys music from diverse cultures around the world and shows how people express themselves through music. Finally, Music for Life exemplifies how music is a common denominator for the human experience across the globe.