Lessons & Lesson Attendance

We are very fortunate in East Rochester to live in a school district where the teaching of small group and private music lessons is recognized to be an essential part of a music education curriculum. Every class students take in school focus on individual learning and individual achievement except for music ensembles, which are geared toward group learning and group success. Lessons are where students receive the individual instruction they need on their specific instrument or voice, and are extremely valuable to young musicians.

Both instrumental and vocal music lessons are scheduled as “pull-outs” on a five-day cycle (as opposed to the  school’s four-day cycle) and rotate throughout the periods of the day. Within this system of scheduling, a student should miss a particular class approximately once per month. Students are expected to immediately make up all missed work. Music ensemble grades are based on work done both in the ensemble class and in lessons. The portion of the grade from rehearsal participation and the portion from lesson attendance will be clearly split. In addition, and more importantly, a student who misses a lesson will still receive an assignment to prepare for the following lesson.

Some consideration regarding grading will be given to students who miss lessons due to tests or for other valid reasons; however, this is only when the student attempts to make up the missed lesson and is working at an appropriate level. This consideration cannot be given when absences from lessons become commonplace.

Flute

1.        Moyse—Forty Little Pieces in Progressive Order for Beginner Flutists

2.        Lester—60 Rambles for Flute

3.        Vester—125 Easy Classical Studies for Flute

4.        Cavally—Melodious and Progressive Studies for Flute (Book 1)

5.        Vester—100 Classical Studies for Flute

Oboe

1.        Barrett—Oboe Method

Clarinet

1.        Hovey—Practical Studies for Clarinet (Book 1)

2.        Hovey—Practical Studies for Clarinet (Book 2)

3.        Rose—32 Etudes for Clarinet

4.        Hite—Melodious and Progressive Studies (Book 1)

5.        Klose—Method for Clarinet

6.        Rose—40 Studies for Clarinet (Book 2)

7.        Voxman—Classical Studies for Clarinet

Saxophone

1.        Deville—Universal Method for the Saxophone

Trumpet

1.        Hering—40 Progressive Etudes for Trumpet

2.        Clarke—Technical Studies

3.        Getchell/Hovey Practical Studies for Trumpet (Book 1)

4.        Arban—Method for Trumpet

5.        Hering—32 Etudes for Trumpet

6.        Getchell/Hovey—Practical Studies for Trumpet (Book 2)

7.        Bozza—16 Etudes for Trumpet

French Horn

1.        Getchell—Practical Studies for French Horn (First Book)

2.        Getchell—Practical Studies for French Horn (Second Book)

3.        Kopprasch—Sixty Selected Studies for French Horn (Book 1)

4.        Pottag/Andraud—335 Selected Melodious Progressive and Technical Studies for French Horn (Book I)

5.        Kopprasch—Sixty Selected Studies for French Horn (Book 2)

6.        Pottag/Andraud—335 Selected Melodious Progressive and Technical Studies for French Horn (Book II)

Trombone/Euphonium

1.        Fink—Studies in Legato

2.        Hering—40 Progressive Etudes for Trombone

3.        Hering—32 Etudes for Trombone

4.        Arban—Method for Trombone

5.        Tyrell—40 Progressive Studies for the Trombone

6.        Kopprasch—Sixty Selected Studies for Trombone

Tuba

1.        Tyrell—Advanced Studies for B-flat Bass

2.        Knaub—Progressive Techniques for Tuba

Percussion

1.        Peters/Black—Cymbals: A Crash Course

2.        Peters—Fundamental Method for Mallets

3.        Wanamaker—Rudimental Contest Solos (Snare)

4.        Peters—Odd Meter Rudimental Etudes for the Snare Drum

5.        Wanamaker—Championship Corps-Style Contest Solos (Snare)