The CMI blended learning model merges curriculum written by the foremost experts in music education with web-based courseware and interactivity. This revolutionary model gives any teacher the ability to conduct a successful elementary, secondary or post-secondary music program without the need to have mastered the instrument they teach. Learn more…
Mike Christiansen – Director of Curriculum
Mike Christiansen, classroom guitar & curriculum author, is Professor Emeritus in the Music Department at Utah State University. Mike founded the guitar program at USU, and was Director of Guitar Studies at USU for 39 years. In 1994, he was selected as Professor of the Year at Utah State University. Mike received the ASTA (American Read the Rest…
Tevita Uesi
Providence Hall “CMI helps to make learning the basics of guitar more efficient and easy. The online site gives students the necessary tools to effectively practice the assigned lessons. Students are definitely engaged when playing along with the lesson videos in class because of the clarity and variety presented in the lesson material.”
World Percussion Level 1
This course has not yet been developed.
Intermediate Guitar Level 2
Intermediate Guitar Level 2 is the 2nd semester continuation of Consonus Music Institute’s Guitar Fundamentals intermediate Guitar course. The course teaching progression continues with new chord vocabulary, including additional Barre chord forms and the introduction of slash chords. Note-reading studies emphasize the 5th position notes on all 6 strings. The complexity of performance material is Read the Rest…
Beginning Ukulele
The ukulele is experiencing an unprecedented growth in popularity with students of all ages. It’s the perfect introduction to fretted instruments for younger students, and a great way to attract older students to music participation. CMI’s Ukulele Ensemble is the first course to present the Ukulele in an ensemble-based, blended learning class format. Like all Read the Rest…
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Welcome
The Consonus Music Institute (CMI) provides a dynamic learning experience that envelopes the learner in an interactive environment using both a visual and an audio approach. Our method gives a user-friendly, learn-at-your-own pace approach, that consistently improves the musician throughout each course outline.