BRASS DEPARTMENT

General	Core Curriculum	Music Appreciation	Young Artist Program	Studio Class
Ensemble	Trumpet	French Horn	Euphonium	Trombone

CORE CURRICULUM

The CORE CURRICULUM covers the years required to master the basics of the instrument, which in the case of a brass instrument is reading musical notation, basics of blowing, tonguing & breathing, learning the valve combinations or slide positions, understanding partials, and playing music in all keys within the first 13th of the instrument's range.

Admission: Although KMI accepts piano students as young as age 4, we normally DO NOT accept brass students until age 9, especially for primary instrument study. A student who has had 2 years of prior private musical instruction (usually piano) will be admitted to the brass program as young as age 7 by recommendation of the student's piano teacher.

(See TUTORIAL: Timelines, for more information on the student's progress through the Core Curriculum).

(See CORE CURRICULUM for more information on GENERAL requirements applying to all students.)