Format : Vocal Score
SKU: GI.G-10596
ISBN 9781622776238.
Contributors: Kim Bain, Chip De Stefano, Rick Ghinelli, Corey Graves, Chris Grifa, Robert Herrings, Wendy Hart Higdon, Kazuhiko Tsuchiya, Heath Wolf Written by an all-star team of music educators with over two hundred years of combined experience and success, Foundations presents the fundamental elements necessary for building, maintaining, and growing a successful middle school band program. Topics covered include: Creating a culture of excellence Professional development and self-care Organizing your program and band room Teaching students how to practice Developing fundamental performance skills Recruitment Student motivation Communicating with the administration and school community Keeping things in perspective The ideas in this book have been thoroughly researched, tested, revised, and, most importantly, are used in the authors’ own classrooms every day to achieve remarkable results. Guided by their skill and passion, the authors present actionable and practical advice that can be implemented in the classroom today and for years to come.  Chip, Chris, and their contributing authors have put together a comprehensive guide that you will want to reference throughout your career as a middle school band director. No matter when you start your beginners or how many grades you serve in your middle school or junior high program, there is something in Foundations you can use every period of every day. Once you have Foundations as part of your arsenal of resources, you will be on your way to “master teacher†status and you will LOVE having the opportunity to share this information with your middle school or junior high groups! —Richard L. Saucedo   Composer   Director of Bands, Carmel High School, retired Chip De Stefano and Chris Grifa have collected a group of rock star teachers to contribute to this resource! You will find many gems in every chapter to add to your toolkit! This book is required reading for every middle school band director as well as a great addition for our college students as they prepare for their careers in music education. —Cheryl Floyd   Director of Bands, Hill Country Middle School, retired  Chip De Stefano has been director of bands at McCracken Middle School in Skokie, Illinois, since 1996. He is active nationally as a clinician, guest conductor, and adjudicator, and he received his Master of Music Education degree from Northwestern University. Chris Grifa is the director of bands at Clay Middle School in Carmel, Indiana, and has been teaching since 2004. He serves as a clinician, guest conductor, and adjudicator for concert bands and marching bands across the country, and he received his Master of Music Education degree from the University of Florida.
SKU: CF.XPS17
ISBN 9781491161579. UPC: 680160920242.
Baby Chipmunk is a fun piece that depicts the rapid start and stop movements of a chipmunk. This is a great piece to introduce trills and fermatas in an easy and fun way. Additional performance ideas could include a chipmunk actor acting out the part. Sections could also play 'horns up' on the trills. At the end, the audience should assume the piece is over then, surprise! There's another trill. A variation could also be to surprise the conductor after he/she turns to bow.Baby Chipmunk is a fun piece that depicts the rapid start and stop movements of a chipmunk. This is a great piece to introduce trills and fermatas in an easy and fun way.Additional performance ideas could include a chipmunk actor acting out the part. Sections could also play 'horns up' on the trills.At the end, the audience should assume the piece is over then, surprise! There's another trill. A variation could also be to surprise the conductor after he/she turns to bow.
SKU: HL.4001587
9.0x12.0x0.054 inches.
Grade 3-4 Based on the popular arrangements by Chip Davis.
SKU: GH.CG-5504
Text: Britt Lindeborg (Swedish text).
Sang och piano. Sv. text: Britt Lindeborg.
SKU: CF.YPS222F
ISBN 9781491156636. UPC: 680160915170. 9 x 12 inches.
Written in an upbeat Latin rhythmic form, Chips, and Salsa, Too begins with percussion under a nice rhythmic motif in the winds. A tuneful minor melody in the clarinets, well below the break, continues above this Latin groove after the intro. The tubas (and cross-cued for euphoniums and bass clarinets) and flutes have a melody together beginning in m. 43, and the rest of the band is gradually layered in the mix until everybody is contributing to the mix. Latin rhythms, featured percussion, and lots of nice melodies for the winds makes this a piece your students and audiences will love! Pay careful attention to the articulation because without it you will lose the rhythmic feel. The tempo is marked quarter=152, but you can play it faster if you like. Too slow, and you can't dance to it! The syncopated rhythms are infectious and you will be surprised at how quickly your band catches on. The ranges are perfect for young players and there are plenty of doublings to assist smaller bands. Use as many percussionists as possible, but insist they groove together and don't cover up the winds. Remember, it's a dance. Have fun! Kiefer.ed@gmail.com Facebook: The Music of Ed Kiefer.Written in an upbeat Latin rhythmic form, Chips, and Salsa, Too begins with percussion under a nice rhythmic motif in the winds. A tuneful minor melody in the clarinets, well below the break, continues above this Latin groove after the intro. The tubas (and cross-cued for euphoniums and bass clarinets) and flutes have a melody together beginning in m. 43, and the rest of the band is gradually layered in the mix until everybody is contributing to the mix.Latin rhythms, featured percussion, and lots of nice melodies for the winds makes this a piece your students and audiences will love!Pay careful attention to the articulation because without it you will lose the rhythmic feel. The tempo is marked quarter=152, but you can play it faster if you like. Too slow, and you can’t dance to it! The syncopated rhythms are infectious and you will be surprised at how quickly your band catches on. The ranges are perfect for young players and there are plenty of doublings to assist smaller bands. Use as many percussionists as possible, but insist they groove together and don’t cover up the winds. Remember, it’s a dance. Have fun!Kiefer.ed@gmail.comFacebook: The Music of Ed Kiefer.
SKU: CF.YPS222
ISBN 9781491156629. UPC: 680160915163. 9 x 12 inches.
SKU: HL.14006586
From '24 Sketches' for Organ (1855).
SKU: HL.14009525
Work for Organ originally published in 1850 and reprinted here by Novello in 1910.
SKU: HL.14006589
This is a difficult work for Organ sometimes known as 'Introduction and Seven Variations on the Austrian Hymn'.
