Curriculum
A clear path from first note to featured performer
No mystery, no meandering. Every level has defined skills, an expected timeline, and a milestone performance — so you always know where your child is and what comes next.
4 levels
Piano
⏱ 1–2 years
- Finding notes on the keyboard
- Steady beat & rhythm games
- First 5-finger songs
- Listening & following along
🏆 Milestone: Performs a song at the spring concert
⏱ 1 school year
- Reading notes on the staff
- Both hands playing together
- Quarter, half & whole notes
- Bastien Primer repertoire
🏆 Milestone: Plays a two-hand piece from memory
⏱ 1 school year
- Scales & simple chords
- Dynamics & expression
- Eighth-note rhythms
- Longer repertoire pieces
🏆 Milestone: Performs a Level 2 piece at the May concert
⏱ 1+ school years
- Advanced repertoire (Bastien 1–4)
- Chord progressions & accompaniment
- Sight-reading
- Personal style & interpretation
🏆 Milestone: Featured performance piece of their choice
3 levels
Guitar
⏱ 1 school year
- Tuning & guitar care
- First chords: G, C, D
- Basic strumming patterns
- Melodies from Hal Leonard Book 1
🏆 Milestone: Plays a full song with chord changes
⏱ 1 school year
- Full open-chord vocabulary
- Reading standard notation
- Fingerpicking basics
- Playing as a group ensemble
🏆 Milestone: Performs in the guitar ensemble at the May concert
⏱ 1+ school years
- Barre chords & power chords
- Improvisation & soloing basics
- Music theory for guitarists
- Advanced ensemble repertoire
🏆 Milestone: Featured solo at the end-of-year concert
2 levels
Winds & Percussion
⏱ 1 school year
- Instrument assembly & care
- Tone production & first notes
- Reading rhythms & notation
- Essential Elements Book 1 (first half)
🏆 Milestone: Performs with the ensemble at the May concert
⏱ 1+ school years
- Extended range & technique
- Ensemble balance & blend
- Essential Elements Book 1 (completion)
- Preparation for school band programs
🏆 Milestone: Ready to lead in their school band
Every path starts with Level 1. Every Level 1 starts with registration.
Registration takes about two minutes. We'll follow up with everything you need before the first lesson.