Green Grass Music offers four performance opportunities throughout the year, ranging from informal, kid-only parties to playing background music at social gatherings to formal recitals.

Missy Barker is a member of Oregon Music Teachers Association and offers involvement in the yearly Syllabus program as well as competitions for advanced students.

Green Grass Music strives to develop well-rounded musicians, teaching more than simply note-reading, by incorporating:

• the use of manipulatives and movement to engage the student in more active learning
• ear training
• harmonization (playing by ear)
• rhythm
• sight-reading
• technical/theory skills (scales, arpeggios, chords, etc.)
• composition and improvisation
• music history
• playing fun and appropriate literature