Our Mission is to teach music in a way that develops the innate musicality in each student and inspires participation for a lifetime based on the following principles:

· The capacity for understanding and creating music is in everyone

· Music provides a lifelong source of enjoyment, self-expression, and opportunity for growth

· Musical expression is achieved through phrasing and tone, to which end musical understanding and technique are essential

· The student is best served when teaching is responsive to intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development

· The teacher is critically important, and is most able to realize these principles when open to continued learning through ongoing professional development.