Music Theory & Piano

 
 
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How we’re different

Our apprentices at I.M. Terrell are passionate, driven, and eager to learn. Our entire student body is attentive, determined, hard-working, supportive of their peers, honest, responsible, and courageous. Nowhere else will you experience such a welcoming, enriching, and rigorous classroom culture and school climate.

 

Why I.M. Terrell?

  1. A four-year STEM program.

  2. Enriching opportunities that provide students unforgettable experiences and apprenticeships.

  3. Academic-corporate partnerships which lead to exclusive opportunities for students.

  4. State of the art facilities that are second to none.

Student Opportunities

  • Partnerships with the Fort Worth Symphony, Steinway and Sons, Metropolitan Opera, and Cliburn artists

  • Innovative learning environment and performing arts center

  • Open rehearsals and pre-concert lectures

  • Organ crawl and demonstration with world-renowned organist Bradley Welch

  • Interviews and masterclasses with world-renowned artists

  • Interdisciplinary collaborations

 
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Four Year Plan

 
 

Freshman

  • Music Theory 1

  • Piano 1

 

Junior

  • AP Music Theory

  • Music & Media Communication II

  • Piano III

 

Sophomore

  • Music Theory II

  • Music & Media Communication I

  • Piano II

 

Senior

  • Ethnomusicology: World Music Perspectives

  • Music + Movement (Music Theory for the Dancer)

  • Piano IV

  • Capstone Project

  • Senior Recital

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Music Theory

Music is a language that speaks to all, a language that many speak, and yet a language—the syntax of which—few people understand. In Music Theory we look and listen to great music, and we explore how it works. Music, just like language, is replete with meaning. By dissecting and analyzing music, we study its organization, meaning, and learn why it has certain effects on us.

 
 
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Piano

Class Piano is designed for students to establish a solid technical and interpretative foundation, which they can utilize to achieve their individual musical potential. Students work individually and in small groups to master the techniques of playing and to learn solo and duet repertoire, as well as collaborative accompaniment skills.

 
 

Contact

MUSIC THEORY &
PIANO DIRECTOR

Timothy Brendler

Timothy.Brendler@fwisd.org

 
 

PRINCIPAL

Baldwin Brown

Baldwin.Brown@fwisd.org

 

I.M. TERRELL SCHOOL OFFICE

(817) 815-2100

 
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