Prerequisites

• Ability to comfortably play in a basic range of the instrument, specifically:
  Brass students: Ability to play in a 1 complete octave range and be working towards 1 and 1/2 octaves
  Woodwind students: Ability to play in a 1 and 1/2 octave range and be working towards 2 octaves
  Flutes should know all fingerings through 3rd octave G.
• Ability to maintain a steady inner pulse
• Ability to perform basic rhythms including whole, half, quarter, eighth, and some sixteenth note patterns.

• Ability to produce a good basic tone with breath support.

• Ability to perform basic articulations including clean attacks, staccato, legato, slur.

• Ability to use basic dynamics including f and p.

• Ability to demonstrate a basic awareness of intonation.

• Ability to demonstrate understanding of 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, and cut time meters, and familiarity with 6/8 meter.

• Ability to perform any two scales, at any tempo, in a one octave range.