Miss Erin

There are four distinguishing features that separate Simply Music from other, traditional programs:

• The quantity of music that students learn

• The quality of music that students learn

• How quickly the students learn to play

• How easily students learn to play

The Goals

Our foundation for achieving results and the thrust of our efforts are directed towards the following goals for you as a student:

• The ability to play a huge repertoire of classical, contemporary, blues, jazz and accompaniment pieces

• Experience playing as a natural self – expression

• Have a highly positive, self – affirming experience with music learning

• Develop the ability to progress independently in playing music, reading, writing, composition, improvisation, arrangement, structure and theory

The Curriculum

The Simply Music curriculum unfolds over a period of six years (or more), depending on various factors – the age of the student, the time  student’s invest in practicing, whether or not they have had prior experience etc. Most beginning students spend their first three years participating in the Simply Music Foundation Program, where they are taught the ‘base-tools’ that are at the heart of the Simply Music method. In years 4-6, student’s progress into Simply Music’s Development Program, which advances their musicianship, broadens their knowledge and experience and more fully rounds out their entire music learning experience.

Below is a broad outline of how the program unfolds over the first 3 years:

YEAR ONE

• 35 – 50 pieces of various musical genres

• Develop the basics of accompaniment performance

• Establish a strong foundation of playing

• Prepare for the introduction of music reading

YEAR TWO

• 25 – 40 pieces of various musical genres

• Develop accompaniment performance

• Develop a music reading and writing foundation

• Develop a foundation of classical and popular music

• Develop a foundation of blues and jazz music

YEAR THREE

• 15 – 30 pieces of various musical genres

• Expand accompaniment performance

• A more complex classical and popular foundation

• A more complex blues and jazz foundation

• Develop the basics of improvisation and arrangement
• Expand knowledge of theory and its practical application