First Year Instrumental Music Goals:
- Develop a proper instrumental technique: posture, breathing, hand position, embouchure, articulation, and tone production.
- Music Reading Skills: note names and fingerings, rhythmic values, steady beat, tempo markings, notation for articulation and dynamics, and key/time signatures.
- Musicianship: stylistic interpretation/nuance, phrasing, differentiate melody/ harmony/accompaniment, contrasting dynamics and articulations, balance of parts, intonation/tuning, and contrasting musical genres throughout music history.
Winter Concert Date: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. and 6:45 p.m.
Spring Concert Date: Monday, May 14, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. and 6:45 p.m.
Instrumental Lesson Book: Standard of Excellence, Book 1 by Bruce Pearson