Student Learning Outcomes

Students graduating from this program will:

• Refine musicianship and performance skills on primary instrument to inform teaching practices
• Articulate the ways in which existing content knowledge about performance skills can be conveyed in a variety of instructional settings
• Structure successful learning experiences that positively change student thinking and behavior
• Interpret current pedagogical research findings and synthesize research-based best practices to refine their teaching in both private and group music lessons
• To demonstrate an understanding of (and be able to communicate about) the historical and analytical components of music
• Understand basic financial principles of operating a successful private music teaching studio