A Composer's Insight, Volume 1 – with a foreword by Michael Colgrass – is the first in a five-volume series on major contemporary composers and their works for wind band. Included in this initial volume are rare,...

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 for an added unique effect. The flexible percussion...

A “How-To” guide that no elementary band director should be without, this book covers all aspects of the elementary band program from recruitment through the final concert. Beginning teachers, as well as those with years of experience,...

Student learning guides are sold in sets of 10. DetailsPublisher: Meredith MusicPublication Date: 03/2000Credits: by Robert GarofaloLength: 10.50 in.Width: 7.00 in.Series: Meredith Music ResourceFormat: Student Learning GuidesUPC: 073999114102

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 notes, alternate choices of music –...

This outstanding “one-of-a-kind” text was designed to assist the conductor in achieving a personal interpretation of music. DetailsPublisher: Meredith MusicPublication Date: 03/2000Credits: by Frank Battisti and Robert GarofaloMedium:...

This text provides students with instructional material for each work contained in the teachers manual. Included are musical examples of compositional techniques and orchestrations, diagrams of formal structure, historical background on the composer...

Imaginative, versatile and fun! This outstanding arrangement provides young musicians with activities for stimulating creativity. Suitable for Jr. High School - Elementary. DetailsPublisher: Meredith MusicPublication Date: 03/2000Credits: arranged...

This text provides similar content as Volume I with additional diagrams; glossary of terms; practice, listening and creative assignments; optional projects; and learning goals. DetailsPublisher: Meredith MusicPublication Date: 03/2000Credits: by...

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-reflection, and techniques used by the author...

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 hilarious to the life changing, this collection of...

The author shares his experiences of interpretation under the world's finest conductors during a career of 36 years with the San Francisco Symphony.¦This one-of-a-kind exploration includes excerpts from 14 major works for band and orchestra,...

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 the student from the beginning to advanced high...

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. Vaughan Williams' unique relationship with fellow...

Designed especially for secondary school band and orchestra students. Includes 11 rehearsal enrichment units covering the fundamentals of music theory, acoustics, tuning and intonation, music terms and symbols, sight-reading, conducting and music...