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Instructor: Jimmy Ward
Phone: 850-231-0396
Email: wardj@seasideschool.net
Office: Seaside Neighborhood School, 10 Smolian Circle, P.O. Box 4601, Seaside, FL 32459
Office Hours: 10:30am-2:00pm

Text:
Texts will be taken from current music catalogues of popular, jazz, rock, classical, and blues music. Each piece will be analyzed in form, harmony, and melodic content with improvisational application as a class lab project using various resources discovered by the students, but directed and augmented by the instructor. Zen guitar dojo will be discussed with each piece being performed by the students in individual small group settings. Chosen pieces will have a final performance grade and be played live at school. One original piece involving the entire class will be composed and performed in concert.

Description:
This is a course with emphasis on performance as a means of furthering interest in higher levels of music theory, technique, and philosophy of the art of music. New pieces with more challenging material will be gradually added according to skill development. This course will be directed and provided with new material at my determination of individual and ensemble achievement. Sibelius contains all available materials and programs used in the music program. In short, this is the advanced class where preparation, knowledge, and application culminate into a live performance.

Goals:
1. To inspire and assist students to pursue higher levels of performance and musical understanding.
2. Provide exposure to real world problems and achievements encountered in life experiences of musicians.
3. To prepare for participation on higher musical levels.
Additionally I hope to make this process fun and culturally relevant.

Requirements:
1. Students are required to be on time.
2. Ready to play within 5 minutes of class starting.
3. Be courteous to the teacher and other students.
4. Practice AT LEAST 30 minutes a day.
5. Have materials for taking notes at all times.
6. Notify Mr. Ward immediately if you have problems with you instrument.

Evaluation:
Evaluation will be determined by:
1. Participation
2. Practice time at home
3. Performance
4. Research
5. Theory assignments
6. Make up work must be completed and submitted to the instructor within 24 hours after returning to school.
7. Late work will be accepted but penalized.

High level Final performances and practice work habits are essential to earning an A.