The Royal Conservatory Music Development Program provides a national standard of musical achievement for people of all ages studying music privately in the US, by offering a sequential course of study. The Program centers on periodic one-on-one, adjudicator-to-student performance evaluations that also function as teaching and learning opportunities. Assessments are offered for keyboard, string, woodwind, and brass instruments; voice; and the academic subjects of music theory, music history, and pedagogy.