Student Achievement Performance Test 2026
Student Achievement Test Level VI will take place on Saturday, July 25 at 12:00, St. Paul's Romeo Church. Our adjudicator will be Jeffrey Beyer:
Jeffrey Beyer (he/him) is a professional flutist performing in the greater metro Detroit area. A respected chamber and theatre musician, Beyer has performed at the 2017 Florida Flute Convention (with clarinetist Amy Beyer Rosas), the 2015 Canadian Flute Convention (with pianist Sharon Sweet), several National Flute Association Conventions, as well as with national and international musical theatre touring productions. Beyer studied flute under Kelly Hill-Kretzer and graduated form Siena Heights University summa cum laude in 2005. Other influential teachers include Sharon Sparrow, Lori Newman, Nancy Sutton, and Clement Barone, Jr. Beyer resides in Oak Park, Michigan and has served on the board of directors for the Southeast Michigan Flute Association serving as the website editor, lifetime sponsor and past president and the Oak Park Arts and Cultural Commission (chairperson). He performs flute, piccolo, alto flute, clarinet and saxophone in Detroit area musical theater and internationally. Mr. Beyer has several music arrangements published by Alry Music. Mr. Beyer plays Sankyo and Abell (handmade wooden) flutes.
Jeffrey Beyer (he/him) is a professional flutist performing in the greater metro Detroit area. A respected chamber and theatre musician, Beyer has performed at the 2017 Florida Flute Convention (with clarinetist Amy Beyer Rosas), the 2015 Canadian Flute Convention (with pianist Sharon Sweet), several National Flute Association Conventions, as well as with national and international musical theatre touring productions. Beyer studied flute under Kelly Hill-Kretzer and graduated form Siena Heights University summa cum laude in 2005. Other influential teachers include Sharon Sparrow, Lori Newman, Nancy Sutton, and Clement Barone, Jr. Beyer resides in Oak Park, Michigan and has served on the board of directors for the Southeast Michigan Flute Association serving as the website editor, lifetime sponsor and past president and the Oak Park Arts and Cultural Commission (chairperson). He performs flute, piccolo, alto flute, clarinet and saxophone in Detroit area musical theater and internationally. Mr. Beyer has several music arrangements published by Alry Music. Mr. Beyer plays Sankyo and Abell (handmade wooden) flutes.
What is Student Achievement Testing (SAT)?
SAT is offered through Decker Music Studio for the student who wishes to learn more about music performance and theory who has the self-discipline to do written homework, and who would welcome a challenge. I recommend SAT for just this student. This is a statewide test sponsored by Michigan Music Teachers Association and administered locally by Michigan Music Testing, a consortium of local private music studios. This comprehensive test includes performing three pieces and demonstrating skills in the playing of scales, sight reading, in written theory and playing by ear.
Each year the student progresses to the next level of difficulty. The performance test will be adjudicated by a local professional instrumentalist followed by a masterclass open to the public. Past adjudicators include Brandon LePage, Jeffrey Beyer and Holly Clemans.
