SUNBEAM LEVEL 1 -- PROGRAM GOALS:

• Create a positive happy habit of learning music.
• Develop the child’s listening skills.
• Experience independence in learning and interaction with other children.
• Master the music alphabet from A to G inclusive.
• Play C major and G major scales with bridges, hands separately.
• Recognize and reproduce on the keyboard high, middle and low sounds.
• Play, by ear, selections in a five finger position: C-G, G-D.
• Identify and play treble clef middle C to high C and bass clef low B to middle C.
• "Echo sing" patterns using solfege from do to la.
• Utilize 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 time signatures.
• Employ whole, dotted half, half, quarter, eighth notes and rests.
• Develop fine motor control in the use of individual fingers.
• Effectively use dynamics in singing and playing.
• Recognize major and minor tonality in singing and keyboard pieces.
• Transpose in voice and on the keyboard.
• Apply composition methods while composing songs of their own.
• Play in a recital, solo and with the class.

SUNBEAM LEVEL 2 -- PROGRAM GOALS:

• Play in the keys of C+, G+, D+, F+, a-, e- and d-, including recognizing related key signatures.
• Accompany using primary chords in the above keys, solid and broken.
• Recognize root, first and second inversions of triads.
• Transpose simple pieces into C+, G+, D+, F+, a- and e-.
• Play simple pieces by ear.
• Extend staff notation reading to all notes on the grand staff including ledger lines.
• Use time signatures of 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 and 6/8, including strong and weak beat emphasis.
• Play single and multiple notes hands together, including proper finger technique.
• Sing songs in solfege with hand signs from low do through high do in the keys of C+, G+ and D+.
• Use ti-ti, ta, ta dot, triplet, half note, half note dot, whole notes and rests in singing, playing and rhythm dictation.
• Expand vocabulary of musical terms including mezzo forte, mezzo piano, D.C. al fine, D.S. al fine, fine, waltz, tempo, moderato, andante and allegro.
• Recognize major and minor tonality, including an understanding of the relationship between major and minor keys.
• Transpose by sight simple pieces in the keys of C+, G+, D+, F+, a-, e- and d-.
• Expand knowledge of composers and music history.
• Expand composition skills and experimentation.
• Perform in two recitals, solo and ensemble.

SUNBEAM LEVEL 3 -- PROGRAM GOALS:

• Master the keys of C+, G+, D+, F+, A+, a-, e- and d- including the primary chords for each key.
• Increase solo performance time in class to master selected repertoire with hands together, hands separately, single and multiple notes.
• Play root, first inversion and second inversion of triads in solid and broken form, including the concluding perfect cadence.
• Transpose by sight and by ear simple pieces in the keys of C+, G+, D+, F+, A+, a-, e- and d-.
• Play simple pieces and solfege patterns by ear.
• Extend reading of staff notation to include all notes on the grand staff including ledger lines above, below and between staves.
• Use time signatures of 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/8, 9/8, C and cut time, including strong and weak beat emphasis.
• Use sixteenth, eighth, quarter, dotted quarter, triplet, half note, dotted half note, whole notes and rests in singing, playing and rhythm dictation.
• Sing songs in solfege with hand signs from low do through high do in the keys of C+, G+, D+, F+ and A+.
• Expand vocabulary of musical terms in dynamics and tempos.
• Master major and minor tonality including the relationship between major and minor keys, and a basic understanding of the circle of fifths.
• Increase solo, duet and ensemble keyboard experience with correct finger technique, including articulation such as staccato and legato.
• Complete written theory concepts in the Bright Ideas Homework book.
• Expand knowledge of composers and music history.
• Expand composition skills and experimentation.
• Perform in two recitals and participate in local music festivals, if possible.