Instrumental Lessons  

Division:  Upper School

Department: Fine and Performing Arts:  Instrumental Music

Course Title/Code:  Instrumental Lessons  Art  391, 392, 393

Course Description:  Individual instruction is available in the following areas, dependent on the ability to schedule such meetings: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba, concert percussion and strings. 

Goal

• Students will develop individual skills on an intermediate or advanced level for practicing and performing on a wind  percussion or string instrument.

Skills

• Tone production (playing with a characteristic and beautiful sound)
• Tempo (keeping a steady beat)
• Rhythm reading (counting, clapping, and playing rhythm patterns)
• Pitch reading (naming notes and associating fingerings with notes)
• Technique (finger/hand dexterity, embouchure [lips] control, tonguing, range)
• Interpretation (phrasing, dynamics, expressiveness)
• Intonation (playing in tune with oneself, the section, and the entire ensemble)
• Listening (identifying structure and form of the overall piece of music, as well as the function of the part a student is playing)

Activities

• Practice outside of class at least one and one half hours per week
• Lessons during class
• Design and complete an individual project involving performing music

Assessment

• Classwork/Homework
• Project

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