Guitar Program
Grades 4 – 6 · Guitar ensemble
The ukulele grows up: students move to guitar and play the songs they hear every day, together.
Building on the chords and strumming from the Ukulele Program, students play guitar in an ensemble, learning chord changes, rhythm patterns, riffs and simple melodies on modern repertoire. They learn by playing first and reading later, the way they learned to speak, and they write and perform their own short songs as a group.
- Guitar ensemble format
- Chords, strumming patterns and riffs
- Songs students choose
- Writing and performing together
- Bridges into Modern Band in Grade 7
- Cadence
- Weekly during the school year
Guitar Program runs well in these venues:
Junior Jammers
The first stage of the modern-band journey — singing in tune, keeping a beat, and making music together.
Ukulele Program
An in-class ukulele ensemble where students play modern repertoire together — chords, rhythm, solfège, performance.
Modern Band Ensemble
A fifth stream of music education — alongside orchestra, jazz, marching band and chorus — built on the music students actually listen to.
Digital Music Production
Where students become authors: writing, recording and producing their own music on the tools the industry uses.
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