Instruction will be tailored to the developmental needs of the student. Lessons will focus upon the Seven T's of Brass performance:
1) Tone (sound quality)
2) Tonguing (articulation)
3) Timing (rhythm)
4) Tuning (intonation)
5) Technique (coordinated facility/dexterity)
6) Trajectory (building of range, phrasing, and musicality)
7) Tenacity (staying with it until it stays with you)

Lessons generally follow this pattern: 1) concept review, 2) playing the assignment from the previous lesson, 3) demonstration of a new skill by the instructor, 4) guided development of new the new skill, and 5) assignment of personal practice to reinforce and acquire the new skill.  
Lessons are taught interactively with the teacher modeling skills, student mimicking the teacher's model, call-and-response, reinforcement of previous material.  The student will play 60+% of the time.  Some video clips and still pictures may be used to give aural/visual examples for the student to better understand the concepts.  

PREREQUISITE: The student should have completed the equivalent of band method books 1 & 2 and finished the 8th grade (see below).