Wind instrument tuition instead of recorder teaching

The junior brass band has become a 35-child band.

Changes made in the second year of the preparatory course at the Hafnarfjörður Music School in autumn 2019 have resulted in a significant increase in enrolment in the school's wind instrument department following the completion of the preparatory course. The pre-school was changed into a wind instrument preparatory course, where pupils learn to play wind instruments in small groups instead of the traditional recorder teaching, both at the school's premises and, increasingly, in the town's primary schools. The junior brass band, which was a 16-child band, has now grown to 35 children. The Hafnarfjörður Music School celebrated its 70th anniversary in September 2020, and the anniversary will be celebrated in various ways as circumstances permit.

^{Many more students at the Hafnarfjörður Music School are choosing various wind instruments as their instrument for further study, following a change to the school's preparatory course.}  

The popularity of woodwind and brass instruments is increasing

Students begin the pre-school programme at the age of 6-7. The pre-school
is intended to prepare children for instrumental tuition, with an initial emphasis
focused on singing, movement and listening, as well as incorporating elements of creativity
all sorts of projects where students create their own music. In the first year, there are
Emphasis was placed on teaching the recorder, but that change was made in the autumn of 2019.
Convert the second year into a blower pre-course. This change has resulted in much
More students are choosing different wind instruments as their instrument upon completion.
studies in the pre-school. Guitar, piano and drums continue to reign supreme as
first choice, but now woodwind instruments such as the flute, clarinet,
saxophone and oboe and brass instruments such as cornet, trumpet, horn,
The baritone horn, bassoon and tuba are starting to gain ground. You can start learning on
all these instruments immediately after nursery school and from the very beginning of their studies, all at the same time
and a certain basic skill has been achieved in the interaction within the bands and
other ensembles.

A very strong music programme and concert series take place at the Hafnarfjörður Music School.