Creating the "comprehensive musician" has been discussed by music educators for many years. While its definition varies, essentially comprehensive musicianship is a means of engaging students in musical learning with a goal of creating greater independence. This can be accomplished by creating a rehearsal setting in which performance and knowledge are equally valued and students learn music concepts through a variety of learning experiences. This article presents a model to develop the comprehensive musician through a course of study that resembles a high school general music class. The course, Absolute Musicianship for Performers (AMP), which was developed for the ensembles at Thomas Jefferson High School, Bloomington, Minnesota, is still thriving eight years later. It has also been used as a model at several other schools.