Department/Discipline Program/Instrument Age/Grade
Requirements
NYSSMA Level/Literature/Other
Requirements
    Private Lessons
  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
 
  Piano 4-6
Acoustic piano (or a digital piano with 88 full-size, weighted keys) in the home required
  Voice
12-14  
    Foundations in Music
  Music for Tiny Tots 18-30 mos.  with parent  
  Music for Tots
30 mos.-3 with parent
 
  Music for Young Children
4
 
  Music for Children
5-10
 
    Offerings for Adults
  Private Lessons    
       Instrumental & Vocal
   
       Composition
   
       Conducting
   
  Ensembles
   
       Adult Chamber Music Workshops
   
       Chamber Music Connection
   
       Clarinet Choir
   
       Finger Lakes Concert Band    
       Flute Ensemble
   
       Guitar-Advanced Guitar
   
       Hochstein Chorale
   
       Jazz Ensembles
   
       Trombone Choir
   
  History / Theory/ Workshops, etc.    
       Basic Theory for Adults
   
       Beethoven: The Nine Symphonies
   
       The Bright Lights of Broadway:
     A History of Musical Theater
   
       Harmony and Ear Training for Adults    
       Jazz Appreciation 101    
       Nights at the Opera:
     A History of Excess
   
       Music History Survey
   
       The Role of Women Composers
     in the History of Music
   
       Adult Cello Class
   
       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
  Adult Chamber Music Workshops 18+ NYSSMA 3+
    Guitar Adult Guitar Ensemble 18+ Aaron Shearer's Vol. 1
  Advanced Adult Guitar Ensemble 18+  
    Jazz Jazz Ensembles Grades 7-adult NYSSMA 5-6 or equivalent
    Percussion Flam Jam Percussion Group Grades 6-8 NYSSMA 3 or equivalent
  Percussion Ensemble Grades 9-12 NYSSMA 5+
    Strings Vivace Violins 10+ Suzuki Book 6+
    Woodwinds & Brass Brass Ensembles Grades 8-12 NYSSMA 4+
  Trombone Choir Grades 7-adult NYSSMA 5+ or equivalent
  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 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
  Fundamentals of Music Theory Grades 5-7  
  Basic Music Theory Grades 8-12  
  BasicTheory for Adults 18+  
  AP Theory I Grades 9-12 Basic Music Theory or Fundamentals of Music Theory
  Solfege and Aural Skills I
Grades 9-12
Basic Music Theory or Fundamentals of Music Theory
  AP Theory II Grades 9-12 AP Theory I, or equivalent
  Solfege and Aural Skills II
Grades 9-12
Solfege and Aural Skills I
  Music History Survey 14+  
  The Bright Lightas of Broadway: A History of Musical Theater 14+  
  Beethoven - The Nine Symphonies  14+  
  Nights at the Opera: A History of Excess 14+
 
  The Role of Women Composers 14+
 
  Alexander Technique Workshop Grade 9-adult
 
  Jazz Appreciation 101  
 
  Composition 13+  
  Conducting 16+,  
  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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