This is a year-long course that teaches a wide array of musical concepts. The course focus is on the fundamental principles of music theory that lead to aptitude in analysis and beginning composition. Instruction and practice in this course will serve to enhance and improve a student’s ability to comprehend, analyze, and notate music in a traditional style. Along with music theory and beginning composition the students also learn aural skills, dictation, and sight singing. Students learn the basics of music notation and score analysis along with knowledge of basic tonal harmony in the eighteenth century common practice period style. Students engage in a variety of written, singing, and composition exercises that teach them the many aspects of musical composition and analysis.