COMMERCIAL MUSIC @ WEST
The Commercial Music program at West is a fully-immersive music learning, making, and performance experience. Learning how music works, how it's put together, and how it is performed, is very crucial in the music industry. Along with learning an instrument, students have the opportunity to perform with their grade-level ensemble and even audition for the advanced, multi-grade, performance ensemble!
What instruments are offered at West?
The Commercial Music Experience @ West...
The experience at West includes rudimentary development in areas such as:
Playing an Instrument
Students will focus on music literacy in the following areas:
Songwriting
Students will focus on the following songwriting elements:
Performance Practice
Students will focus on the following aspects of performance practice:
Message from the Director
I am so grateful for the opportunity to provide a modern and relevant music opportunity for the students at West! Please take the time to cruise our website and get a better understanding of what we are doing. Thank you very much!
- Jordan Wells
What instruments are offered at West?
- Guitar
- Keyboard
- Bass
- Drums (Percussion)
- Brass Instruments
- Trumpet
- Trombone
- Woodwind
- Clarinet
- Flute
- Saxophone
- Vocal
The Commercial Music Experience @ West...
The experience at West includes rudimentary development in areas such as:
Playing an Instrument
Students will focus on music literacy in the following areas:
- Scales
- Nashville Number System
- Lead Sheets
- Chord Charts (occasional)
- Intro to Instrument Foundations
Songwriting
Students will focus on the following songwriting elements:
- Song structure
- Lyrics
- Brain storming/thought organization
- Pop Theory
- Group collaboration
Performance Practice
Students will focus on the following aspects of performance practice:
- Authentic covers
- 12 Bar Blues
- Rehearsal technique
- Performance technique
- Set-up/Tear down
Message from the Director
I am so grateful for the opportunity to provide a modern and relevant music opportunity for the students at West! Please take the time to cruise our website and get a better understanding of what we are doing. Thank you very much!
- Jordan Wells