Department/Discipline Program/Instrument Age/Grade
Requirements
NYSSMA Level/Literature/Other
Requirements
    Individual Instruction
  Guitar 10+  
  Harp  9+ Piano experience preferred
  Percussion 9+  
  Piano 7+ Acoustic piano(or a digital piano with 88 full-size, weighted keys) in the home required
  Strings    
       Traditional 7+  
       Suzuki strings  3+  
  Voice 15+  
  Woodwinds and Brass    9+  
       Suzuki flute  7+  
    Early Start Lessons
  Guitar 5-9
 
    Music FUNdamentals
  Music for Wee Ones 0 - 18 mos. wIth parent/caregiver Canandaigua only
  Music for Tiny Tots 18-30 mos.  with parent/caregiver  
  Music for Tots
30 mos.-3 with parent.caregiver
 
  Musical Stepping Stones
4-5
 
  Music Explorers, Music for Creative Kids,
Music for Homeschoolers
5-12
 
    Offerings for Adults
  Individual Instruction    
       Instrumental & Vocal
   
       Composition
   
  Ensembles
   
       Adult Chamber Music Workshops
   
       Chamber Music Connection
   
       Clarinet Choir
   
       Finger Lakes Concert Band    
       Flute Ensemble
   
       Guitar- Beg - Advanced Guitar
   
       Electric Guitar & Bass Ensemble    
       Hochstein Chorale
   
       Jazz Ensembles
   
       Trombone Choir
   
  History / Theory/ Workshops, etc.    
       Basic Music Theory
   
       AP Theory I: Form & Harmony    
       Methods for Transcribing Music    
     Finale for Beginners    
       Music History Survey
   
       Wellness Through Music: Intro to
     Performance Wellness
   
       Alexander Technique Workshop
   
  Dance
   
    Ensembles
    Orchestral Program
  Concertino Strings Grades 1-5 NYSSMA 2-3
   Sinfonia Grades 4-9 NYSSMA 4-5
  Philharmonia Grades 6-11 NYSSMA 5-6
  Youth Symphony Orchestra Grades 7-12 NYSSMA 6
  Virtuosi Scholarship Chamber Ensemble Grades 7-12 NYSSMA 6 , by invitation
    Wind Ensembles Junior Wind Symphony Grades 7-8 NYSSMA 3+
  Youth Wind Symphony Grades 9-12 NYSSMA 5+
  Finger Lakes Concert Band Grades 10-adult NYSSMA 6+
    Chamber Music Chamber Music Connection Grades 6-adult NYSSMA 3+ or equivalent
   Honors Ensembles Honors Ensembles      Grades 9-12  NYSSMA 6+
    Jazz Jazz Combos Grades 7-adult NYSSMA 5-6 or equivalent
   Percussion Percussion Ensemble Grades 9-12 NYSSMA 5+
    Strings Vivace Violins 10+ Suzuki Book 6+
   Guitar Electric Guitar & Bass Ensemble Grades 8 - 12 NYSSMA Level 5+ or equivalent
    Woodwinds & Brass Brass Ensembles Grades 8-12 NYSSMA 5-6
  Trombone Choir Grades 7-adult NYSSMA 4-6
  Clarinet Choir Grades 8-adult NYSSMA 5+ or equivalent
  Flute Ensemble Grades 8-adult NYSSMA 5+ or equivalent
  Scholarship Flute Choir Grades 9-12 NYSSMA 6
    Vocal Ensembles Little Singers age 4 - Grade 2  
  Youth Singers Grades 3-12  
  Hochstein Singers Grades 7-12  
  Hochstein Chorale
18+
 
    Dance Ensembles Jr. Scholarship Dance Ensemble  12-16 Intermediate Level
  Sr. Scholarship Dance Ensemble 13+ Advanced Level
    Theory, History, Jazz, Composition
  Basic Music Theory Grades 8-12  
  AP Theory I Grades 10-12 Basic Music Theory or Fundamentals of Music Theory
  Methods for Transcribing Music Grades 9+ Basic Music Theory, with concurrent registration for AP Theory 1 recommended
not offered at present Solfege and Aural Skills I
Grades 9-12
Basic Music Theory or Fundamentals of Music Theory
not offered at present AP Theory II Grades 9-12 AP Theory I, or equivalent
not offered at present Solfege and Aural Skills II
Grades 9-12
Solfege and Aural Skills I
  Music History Survey 14+  
  Composition 13+  
not offered at present Conducting 15+,  
  HYSO Conducting Apprenticeship
15+, interview required
 
   Music Therapy
  Programming available for all ages.                
    Dance
  Early Childhood
3-7  
  Ballet  5+  
  Exploring Dance 8-13
 
  Dance for Teens 14+  
  Dance for Adults Adults
 
 
 
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