Benefits
- Develops hand-eye coordination better than sports.
- Builds confidence and self-esteem.
- Excellent ear training for pitch.
- Improves memory, intelligence and children’s behavior.
- Increases brain function and mathematical skills.
- Develops discipline, patience, determination and perseverance.
75% of Silicon Valley CEOs had instrumental music education as a child.
Recommended starting age: 10
Equipment needed: Trumpet, french horn, trombone, baritone (euphonium) or tuba—renting is an excellent option for brass instruments as even student models can be quite expensive and some inexpensive instruments sold are unreliable, or even unplayable.
Practice time: 15-20 minutes per day for beginners, increasing over time to at least an hour per day.
Recommended lesson length:
- Age 10-11, 30 minutes
- Above age 11, 60 minutes
Pricing:
- 30 minute private lesson once each week $120 per month
- 60 minute private lesson once each week $226 per month
We recommend age 10 as a great age to start learning any brass instrument. Children need to have all of their adult teeth, be strong enough to hold up the instruments—which can be quite heavy—and have enough lung capacity to blow through the instrument consistently.
Private lessons in conjunction with school music programs are a great way for students to get the individual attention they need to play well. Band and orchestra directors appreciate students that study privately, as they have limited time for any one student. Most bands and orchestras have anywhere from 50, to over 100 members. Individual instruction is, by necessity, extremely limited.
You’ll want to have a good quality, student model instrument to practice at home and play at your lessons.
All students learn to read music. Teachers will devise a customized curriculum for each student which will incorporate the style of music that the student wants to learn in addition to teaching music theory, history and other appropriate musical skills.