Hi {FIRSTNAME}, I hope you’re enjoying your teachers access and evaluation license for {COURSE_NAME} (Access Code: {ACCESSCODE}) in the Online Learning Site. I know from personal experience that the only thing more disruptive than having an escaped circus monkey in your classroom, is trying to teach guitar students of different abilities and experience at the Read the Rest…
Evaluation Day 6
Hi {FIRSTNAME}, I hope you’re enjoying your trial access to {COURSE_NAME} (Access Code: {ACCESSCODE}) in the Consonus Online Learning Site. Today I want to help you eliminate the #1 obstacle to your student’s success. Which is… Drum Roll… Lack of practice. So why don’t students practice? Two reasons: motivation and accountability, or lack of it. Read the Rest…
Evaluation Day 8
Dear {FIRSTNAME}, I hope your evaluation is going well and you’ve had a chance to explore Consonus Blended Courseware for Beginning Guitar and Ukulele. If you like what you’ve seen, now is a great time to order your courseware. Please watch this short screen cast to show you how to place your order online. If Read the Rest…
Student Pre-notification
STUDENT PRE-NOTIFICATION {TODAY} Dear {FIRSTNAME} {LASTNAME}, Your access to {COURSE_NAME} will expire on {EXPIREDATE}. After that date your account will remain active. However you will no longer be able to access this course. We hope you have enjoyed your music studies with Consonus Music Institute. If you would like to continue your studies you may Read the Rest…
Beginning Guitar Complete
Students expand their knowledge beginning with the introduction of basic skills including single note play, various strumming patterns as well as numerous open position chord forms. Students journey from reading tablature to standard notation. Level 2 begins with open position chords and progress to movable power chords. Improvisation is introduced, based on movable pentatonic scales. Read the Rest…
Intermediate Guitar Complete
Intermediate Guitar Complete continues the teaching progression established in Guitar Fundamentals – Beginning Complete. This course also provides an excellent entry point into a blended learning class model for students who have developed basic note reading skills and instrumental technique using another method. The course contains 41 lessons designed to be taught over two semesters. Author Mike Read the Rest…
Utah CMI Professional Development Workshops Well Received
June 13, 2013 – Consonus Music Institute’s lead instructor, Michael Christiansen, a master teacher, one of the world’s foremost experts in classroom guitar pedagogy, and gifted musician, recently presented professional development workshops to music educators in the Salt Lake, Nebo, and Granite, Utah school districts. His presentation showed how, by combining time-tested classroom instruction and Read the Rest…
Empowering teachers
CMI focuses on non-traditional instruments such as guitar, ukulele, and world percussion, and utilizes proprietary distance learning technology. Our curriculum integrates professional development to empower music educators to master the latest concepts and methods available in music instruction. Learn more…
Our Courseware
CMI’s courseware is designed to transform classroom music education by integrating thoughtfully developed curricula for non-traditional, instrumental music programs and delivering it through an effective technology-based, blended learning model. Teachers! Register for a FREE 10 day trial of both the Beginning Guitar – Complete and the Beginning Ukulele – Level 1 courses now! [TeacherEvalButton text=”Start Read the Rest…
Teacher Training Workshops
Are you an experienced guitar teacher? Or are you considering adding guitar to your teaching repertoire, but worry that your instrumental skills are not up to the challenge? Either way, CMI Classroom Guitar Training will give you the essential concepts and resources to enable you to successfully teach classroom guitar. Register now to be notified Read the Rest…
