Brass Methods

Catalog description

This music education course develops basic brass playing and teaching techniques for beginning and intermediate instrument classes. The course includes training in beginning band program design, aural and amp; visual diagnosis of individual and ensemble playing problems, and methods of accelerating music reading independence in young players. The course requires two off-campus field teaching experiences in local schools. Each field teaching experience will require about 3 hours to complete. Students should allow enough time in their schedules to complete this requirement.