Instrument concepts: Hand/instrument position, embouchure formation, and tone production

Rhythmic Concepts: Whole note/rest, half note/rest, quarter note/rest

Instrument Care: Daily and weekly maintenance

Note Trainer: Lines and Spaces

Ningenius: Yellow and Orange Belt

Music Theory: Staff Attributes, Parts of Instrument, Keys of Instrument

Method Book: Pages 4 - 9

Performances: Instrument Showcase (Cancelled: COVID Protocols) 

Instrument concepts: Hand/instrument position reinforcement, embouchure strengthening, and tone development

Rhythmic Concepts: Eighth notes, tied notes, dotted notes

Instrument Care: Daily and weekly maintenance

Note Trainer: Lines, Spaces, and Ledger Lines

Ningenius Music Theory: Orange, Green, and Blue Belt

Method Book: Pages 10 - 16

Performances: Epic Waters and Winter Concert

Begin Tetrachords and Chromatics

Rhythmic Concepts: Dotted quarter, triplets, sixteenth notes, new time signatures

Instrument Care: Daily and weekly maintenance

Note Trainer: Lines, Spaces, and Ledger Lines

Ningenius Music Theory: Green, Blue, and Purple Belt

Method Book: Pages 17 - 22

Performances: Solo and Spring Contest preparation

Begin Scales and continue Chromatics

Rhythmic Concepts: Sixteenth note patterns

Instrument Care: Daily and weekly maintenance

Note Trainer: Lines, Spaces, and Ledger Lines

Ningenius Music Theory: Purple, Brown, and Black Belt

Method Book: "Technique builders"

Performances: Solo and Spring Contest preparation

Begin 2-octave scales

End of Year Audition material