Performance Curriculum

Composition and Music Theory
  • Classical, modern, jazz, pop, R&B, hip-hop, rock, blues and film scoring
  • Scales and harmony
  • Melody and motif construction
  • Approaches particular to individual instruments
  • Music history
  • Song and compositional forms
  • Lyrics
  • Inspiration and individual vision
Performance
  • Private lessons from beginning to advanced levels in voice and various instruments (guitar, keyboard, voice, bass, woodwinds, strings, percussion, etc.)
  • Structured units with regular milestones including recitals and recordings
  • Solo work
  • Ensemble performance both live and in studio sessions
Creating your CD or producing others
  • Creative vision
  • Artist relations
  • Responding to the marketplace (A&R)
  • Song and composition development and selection
  • Eliciting and delivering excellent performances
  • Advanced programming using state-of-the-art software
  • Sampling