Your advancing students are ready to move up to a Performance Instrument.        Maybe they are playing on a beginner instrument, a subpar instrument, or an ancient subpar instrument?    

What we would love to do is offer the opportunity for your students to experience Performance Grade instruments during one of your rehearsals!   We have fond that it is a fun event and a reward for after a concert, and a bit of a rest for you!

Here's a Calendly link to schedule or just email!  

No obligation!  Most of the students don't have the opportunity to come into the store to have this experience.  So, let's give them this educational experience in their classroom!  

 4 steps about how the clinic runs:

1. Golden Music shows up 1/2 hour early to a normal rehearsal and hands out Performance Instruments to anyone eager to try.

2. Golden Music talks for five minutes at the beginning of the rehearsal to teach the difference between the Beginning instrument and Performance instruments.  

3. You continue as a regular rehearsal except we will pause briefly to switch students on instruments.

4. Take some time getting the students’ comments at the end or during. 

 Limited availability on scheduling so email or call us right away or secure a time on our Calendly https://calendly.com/goldenmusic/performance-clinic!  

 Performance versus Beginner...      When most students join the band, they start on beginner-level instruments. These are good quality instruments that are economical.  Performance instruments are typically crafted from more responsive materials, allowing students to play with ease and increased control throughout the instrument's entire range. Flutes and brass instruments will typically have higher silver content. Clarinets will be made of unique wood instead of plastic. In addition, some instruments like saxophones and trombones will have extra keys or tubing to extend the range of the instrument and offer alternative fingerings for more control when playing. Performance string instruments will be made from higher-quality wood and step-up bows from high-quality horse hair.  Performance instruments typically have larger diameter tubing, the bore, allowing for a fuller, more pleasing tone. 

Craftsmanship - Performance instruments require finer tolerances and nuance during their manufacturing, as well as during their use. Because of this, instruments of this quality are built using more hand craftsmanship, and no two will be exactly alike.  Many upper-level brass instruments will even include a seamless one-piece, hand-hammered bell, allowing the instrument to vibrate freely where the tone is most significantly determined.  Performance instruments are made from higher-level materials, which allow the instrument to produce warmer, more resonant tones.  

 Usually, students switch to these instruments in their third year of playing.

 Do you remember when you got your first step-up instrument? Brian, Golden Music's Outreach Rep, says, "Oh my gosh, it blew my mind. I got this double horn that just made everything so much easier."  It would be great if you could share your story of getting your step up instrument with the students!

This experience will blow your students' minds and will make your orchestra or band pop!