COPPELL, TX - A new program at Coppell High School will help music students take their musical education into the real world, teaching valuable skills like music production, music promotion, and songwriting.
Build-A-Band Creative Music Production, a course and platform by music education company Zealot Interactive, covers four core tenets of musical skills: playing music as a group, music composition, utilizing industry-standard tools for recording music, and preparing a plan to promote and release music. Students work together to write, record, produce, and release their own original compositions.
“The goal of the program is to teach students real-life skills they can use to continue making music post-graduation and firmly incorporate music into their lives,” Zealot Interactive CEO Shaun Masavage said. “We’re impressed and encouraged by Coppell’s emphasis on music education and are excited to have our program in the hands of their students.”
In addition to a full curriculum of materials and media through the Zealot Interactive software platform, the program includes video testimonials from professional musicians, discussing topics ranging from how to handle disagreements between band members to how to balance working a full-time job and making music.
The program fully complies with Texas music standards, but also qualifies as Career & Technical Education (CTE) given its curriculum areas teaching how to use a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) and emphasis on musical career preparation.
“We’re excited to bring this program to the Fine Arts students at Coppell High School. Our Guitar course is a great entry point into fine arts for students, and by embedding CTE content we’re able to help them extend their knowledge into new and meaningful areas,” guitar teacher Tyler Sammons said.
130 students received access in this program’s first year at Coppell High School. Coppell ISD joins districts in five other states across the country in offering the new program to students in the 2025 - 2026 school year.
For more information about the Build-A-Band Creative Music Production program, visit the website overview here.
