This is not your grandfather's lip slur book! It is an innovative method incorporating an entirely new vocabulary of harmonically rich and rhythmically varied exercises; challenging, fun and interesti...
This method provides the fundamental techniques, musical concepts and performance practices necessary to excel as a vibraphonist. Featuring 2 and 4 mallets in accessible to advanced exercises, studies...
This text covers every possible style appropriate to an intermediate book for woodwinds. It includes music from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Twentieth Century eras while representing more tha...
This text covers every possible style appropriate to an intermediate book for brass. It includes music from the 14th century up to the beginning of the 20th century from dozens of countries, including...
100 outstanding middle and high school, collegiate and professional band and orchestra conductors passionately and candidly share their most powerful rehearsal techniques and cutting-edge program idea...
Why do pegs continuously slip or stick making it difficult to tune? Or endpins become stuck or keep sliding down? What about fine tuners that malfunction; strings that break, become false or fray; bow...
Now's the time to practice smarter, not harder. It's time to Practice with Purpose! Practice is everything if you want to improve as a musician. But, what and how do you practice effectively and with...
An easy-to-follow, detailed curriculum that uses band performance as a means for teaching comprehensive musicianship. Blueprint runs a full scale of music history, theory and special projects, while s...
A practical source of authentic assessment strategies for music educators. Includes over 70 pages of tasks and charts for assessing the learning process as well as the product.
Teaching Music with Passion is a one-of-a-kind, collective masterpiece of thoughts, ideas and suggestions about the noble profession of music education. Both inspirational and instructional, it will s...
An exciting, balanced approach to student performance, music learning and personal change. Written in an informal, engaging style, the text is highlighted by anecdotes, quotations, challenges for self...
A stimulating collection of unique concepts on teaching and conducting by 57 of today's most outstanding music educators. Contains to-the-point, thought-provoking ideas proven successful by master tea...
With assistance from the Virginia Commonwealth University Wind Ensemble, Ed Lisk demonstrates all of the rehearsal techniques described in his monumental text Alternative Rehearsal Techniques. Each co...
A stimulating collection of unique concepts on becoming a successful performer by 57 of today's most outstanding brass professionals. Contains to-the-point, thought-provoking ideas proven successful b...
Like his first critically acclaimed international bestseller Teaching Music with Passion, this new book from Peter Boonshaft is even more poignant and powerful. Called one of the most exciting and exh...
This book is a unique resource for both novice and experienced band directors, gathering effective teaching tools from the best in the field. Includes more than 40 chapters on: curriculum, then and no...
This essential book for all performers, teachers and conductors of wind instruments clears away the cobwebs of superstitions and the fixed ideas of what can and can't be done. Written by one of the gr...
This valuable collection of deeply insightful strategies is like finding expert trade secrets all placed together in one easy, quick-to-read source. Contributors to the book were even eager to get a l...
This book provides one huge room where everyone can gather to ask questions on the art of rehearsing and listen to answers from people who know. In his foreword, Frederick Fennell says, If you are a c...
This valuable collection of quick-to-read yet deeply insightful strategies is like finding expert trade secrets all placed in one convenient source. Contributors to the book were even eager to get a l...
This exciting work, by one of today's most highly regarded music scholars, brings new light to the more than two dozen works by Ralph Vaughan Williams for military band, brass band and wind ensemble....
This handy guide features: more than 4, 000 foreign musical terms; terms in Italian, French and German; more than 160 musical examples; and comprehensive sections for percussion and strings.
A truly outstanding collection of timeless essays on basic repertory for band by Frank L. Battisti, John Bourgeois, Frank Erickson, Robert Garofalo, Donald Hunsberger, Francis McBeth, Kenneth L. Neidi...
Highlights the major components for survival and success during the formative years in a college, university or conservatory and provides examples and strategies to greatly assist the student musician...
The individual selection of quality literature - one of the most important responsibilities facing today's band director - is greatly simplified using this one-of-a kind publication. It is the ultimat...
Written by one of today's most prolific author/educators, Boonshaft's new book is sure to top the charts following the international success of his first two best sellers. Filled with motivational ane...
A Composer's Insight, Volume 4 is the fourth in a five-volume series on major contemporary composers and their works for wind band. Included in this initial volume are rare, behind-the-notes perspecti...
In this delightful collection of anecdotes, Michael Colgrass invites the reader into his private encounters with Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Dizzy Gillespie, and a host of other...
With the rising numbers of homeschoolers in the United States and numerous research studies that prove the powerful impact of music instruction on a child's social and intellectual development, this b...
Teaching with Passion, Purpose and Promise is a collection of practical solutions, inspirational stories, thought provoking quotations and motivational ideas for teachers of all levels and disciplines...
This book presents an interpretive analysis of musical masterworks by 20 great maestros from Arturo Toscanini to Carlos Kleiber. Also included are interviews on the art of conducting with Pierre Boule...
This valuable edition provides comprehensive information on selected wind band works that were inspired by and incorporate hymns, chorales and spirituals. It includes music from all performance levels...
This inspiring story provides an extraordinary model for band programs of today and tomorrow explaining how the most creative high school band program in America's history evolved and functioned daily...
This comprehensive guide of intermediate and advanced repertoire highlights 100 of the best compositions and arrangements in print. Annotated in detail - metric and key design, performance and program...
From advising to clinical experiences to personal relationships to coursework, life as an eduation student is both exhilarating and consuming. This book highlights the major components for survival an...
This book is a must-read for anyone interested in acquiring a back-stage tour of symphony life, not included in the price of a box-office ticket! GAIN a behind-the-scenes look at the orchestra as a fa...
From a first-year teacher whose instruments were stolen before entering his building, to a teacher who received 'hate mail' before her first day, to a teacher whose sensitivity, flexibility and insigh...
This text is sure to provide the most practical approach to orchestra and wind band score study ever published. It methodically simplifies preliminary score study and initial rehearsal preparation for...
The music performance library is the heart of any musical ensemble, supplying music to performers and information to an entire organization. This text contains valuable information on this important t...
Dr. Milton Allen takes you on a careening voyage that charts a path from being a good musician/educator to becoming an artist musician/educator. Based on personal experiences ranging from the hilariou...
This new publication is an extension of The Winds of Change, that traced the development of the American wind band/ensemble in the twentieth century. This book covers all the important conferences, co...
This text is the fifth in a five-volume series on major contemporary composers and their works for wind band. Included in this volume are rare, 'behind-the-notes' perspectives acquired from personal i...
This is an American dream story rarely encountered! Patrick Conway's lifespan and the golden era of the professional band in America literally coincided. This book tells how Conway became one of the l...
The music performance library is the heart of a musical ensemble, supplying music to performers and information to an entire organization. This essential resource provides step-by-step directions on h...
Social Psychology of Musicianship, by Robert H. Woody, Senior Professor of Psychology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, presents seven components for musicianship - listening, studying, practicing, te...
Directors included in this publication represent the very best of the best with years of experience conducting and teaching. They freely share their ideas, techniques, and philosophies that are sure t...
A new and expanded version of the first two Winds of Change volumes containing much new information about wind band/ensemble literature, important conferences, concerts and events from the 19th centur...
12 of the most prominent elementary, middle school, and junior high school band directors in the United States share innovative ideas on program structure, recruitment, and rehearsal strategies for be...
This nuts-and-bolts collection of essential concepts for successful ensemble directors, like the author's The Pursuit of Excellence: A Band Director's Guide to Success, is comprised of short, easy-to-...
This book provides one huge room where everyone can gather to ask questions on the art of rehearsing and listen to answers from people who know. It includes chapters by Caleb Chapman, John Clayton, Jo...
In this highly informative compendium, nationally renowned orchestra directors share their unique expertise concerning rehearsal philosophy, intonation, tone and bow control, setup and fundamentals, a...
This biography begins in 1967 as Frank L. Battisti concludes a celebrated 14-year career as Director of Bands at Ithaca High School, followed by a move to Baldwin Wallace College Conservatory. Later,...
Jacob Druckman's Reflection on the Nature of Water has become one of the standard 4-mallet marimba solos in the contemporary marimba literature. This master class, written by the person it was compose...
This academic set includes both The Winds of Change and The Winds of Change 2 at a 5 savings over buying them individually.
Meredith Music's Rehearsing the Band series features books that provide a huge room where everyone can gather to ask questions on all aspects of rehearsing and isten to the answers from the experts. T...
This extension and expansion of Guide to Score Study, co-authored with Robert Garofalo, examines the various stages conductors traverse in arriving at an interpretation. Battisti emphasizes the import...
Chock full of tips, suggestions and friendly advice from a highly successful band director, this book will inspire you to achieve your full potential and help to transform the everyday job of teaching...
Why does the low register of any woodwind instrument respond poorly? Where can you purchase good double reeds? What should you do when a woodwind instrument cracks? What options are needed on a school...
A Selective Annotated Guide To Band Literature The second edition of Music for Concert Band is a new and comprehensive anthology of meticulously selected and graded literature for wind band. It contai...
This continuation of volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4 provides band directors with a ready-made curriculum developed to incorporate comprehensive-musicianship training through quality band literature. This volum...
This book was designed for use in a one or two semester heterogeneous college woodwind methods class or as a quick reference manual for school band and orchestra directors. It provides concise descrip...
Reading this book soon leads one to discover that band conductors are indeed fortunate to have a number of talented and accomplished leaders, who were not only willing, but enthusiastic about sharing...
This engaging text presents a comprehensive history of the wind band from its earliest days to today. The author's narrative describes the development of instruments, musicians, composers, conductors,...
A Guide For High School Students, Their Guidance Counselors, Parents And Music Teachers This book details the fundamental knowledge, skills, and attitudes that prospective music majors need in order t...
This sourcebook was created to aid directors and teachers in finding the information they need and expand their general knowledge. The resources were selected from hundreds of published and on-line so...
Not only do old-fashioned hymns provide a spiritual benefit, they bring back fond memories of families at home or at worship lovingly joining together to sing. While contemporary religious music offer...
For someone with a drumming background, this book is a perfect companion: utilizing drumming experience by presenting the melodic fundamentals of music in an interesting and challenging way. No nurser...
This latest work in the Master Class series presents a comprehensive, interpretive analysis and performance guide of three major works for solo marimba by San Francisco Symphony Principal Percussionis...
The most complete intonation resource for band directors! This book contains everything a music educator requires to approach fine-tuning intonation with their ensemble: learn the origin of our pitch...
The author shares his experiences of interpretation under the world's finest conductors during a career of 36 years with the San Francisco Symphony. his one-of-a-kind exploration includes excerpts fro...
The hymns in this collection are drawn from traditional European melodies, American tunes, and African-American Spirituals. They represent some of the most recognized tunes in Western music. Many of t...
This book reveals how anybody can learn to sing and how any voice teacher or choral conductor can get anybody to sing, and keep making breakthroughs in singing. With multi-sensory techniques to match...
If we could sit down with some of the best choral conductors of our time, what might we learn? In this book, directors at Iowa State University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, Unive...
Until now, there has not been a bass clef euphonium book dedicated to the lip slur. Lip slurs are specific exercises designed to develop flexibility and are essential in building strength and developi...
This text covers every possible style appropriate to an intermediate book for brass. It includes music from the 14th century up to the beginning of the twentieth century from dozens of countries, incl...
Revised and updated! Lip Slurs for Horn provides a comprehensive collection of essential slurring skills for the first year student as well as exercises that challenge the most advanced professional....
Herbert has provided a comprehensive performance analysis for the timpani parts of Mahler's three symphonies. Includes complete parts for practice and performance.
Former timpanist of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Indiana University Professor of Music (retired), Gerald Carlyss has provided a comprehensive performance analysis for the timpani parts of the four s...
The songs in this collection are drawn from the rich folk music traditions from around the world. Each folk song is arranged three ways: the folk song tune by itself, a two-mallet version using rolls...
This collection of classics for marimba includes many of the most popular works performed at weddings. Each piece has been arranged for both two and four-mallet marimba techniques to accommodate malle...
David Herbert, Principal Timpanist of Chicago Symphony and long-time timpanist of the San Francisco Symphony shares his insights from his many performances and recordings of the nine Mahler Symphonies...
This latest work in the Meredith Music master class series presents a comprehensive, interpretive analysis and performance guide of three legendary compositions for timpani and percussion. Together, M...
Until now, there has not been a bass clef tuba book entirely dedicated to the lip slur. Lip slurs are specific exercises designed to develop flexibility and are essential in building strength and deve...
This familiar Oriental folk melody is arranged here as a percussion feature with band. The pentatonic melody is passed around through all the sections of the band and there are optional vocal parts fo...
Imaginative, versatile and fun! This outstanding arrangement provides young musicians with activities for stimulating creativity. Suitable for Jr. High School - Elementary.
As a reference text, Primary Handbook for Bassoon provides woodwind methods students with a thorough background in all aspects of both teaching and playing. As a teaching method, this book will take t...
57 experts from across the U. S. working as professors, studio teachers, professional singers, choral directors, composers, vocologists, and speech-language pathologists have all contributed to this a...
An invaluable, quick reference tool for any teacher, performer or student of the piano who desires an extensive listing of the most significant works composed for solo piano. Accurate, concise and tho...
This colorful memoir of the great jazz drummer and witty storyteller recounts his life story and career through tributes, recollections and anecdotes - many of them his own hilarious quips - from more...
Have you ever wanted to know the secrets to success of today's top marching bands and drumlines and how they achieve excellence? This extraordinary study takes you onto the practice field, inside the...
Why does that snare drum sound like a cardboard box? Why don't the pedals on the timpani stay in position? What kind of cymbals should I buy for a drum set? Why does the bass drum rattle when struck?...
This book was designed for use in a one-semester college percussion methods class or as a quick reference for school band and orchestra directors. It provides concise descriptions and recommendations...