Christopher Selby Scott Rush: Habits of a Successful Middle Level String-Viola:

ISBN 9781574635461.

Cont ributors: Sarah Ball, Scott Casagrande, Lafe Cook, Chuck Cushinery, Roy Holder, Mike Howard, Chadwick Kamei, Alex Kaminsky, Diane Koutsulis, Scott Laird, Ed Lisk, Stephen Massey, Elizabeth Reed, Jeff Scott, Andy Sealy, Christopher Selby, Kim Shuttlesworth, Susan Waters, Alfred Watkins, Darcy Vogt Williams Throughout this edition, you will read numerous accounts by some of the most accomplished and experienced music-makers in the profession. Through the use of imaginative, collaborative music making strategies, they provide students with meaningful musical experiences that illuminate the magical and expressive power of music. Topics covered include:  The Personal Meaning of Music How Music Making Affects Young Students Providing Musical Experiences Strategies for Musical Expression Strategies for Active Listening The Selection of High-Quality Music The Collaborative Process Creativity, Expression, and Imagination The Music Educator/Teacher The Conductor/Ensemble Director   Everyone in the group is involved in selecting the repertoire. —Dr. Charles Cushinery, Director of Orchestras,     Ed W. Clark High School, Las Vegas, Nevada As conductors, we are generally good at telling players what is wrong, but not always good at telling them when they do what we want. —Roy Holder, former Director of Bands,     Lake Braddock Secondary School, Burke, Virginia Giving students the tools and energy to express themselves and make creative decisions in their own music-making is key to the education of the ‘whole person.’ —Mike Howard, Director of Bands     Vandegrift High School, Austin, Texas For some of my students, making music gives them a place to belong, a sense of value, or a means to learn self-esteem. —Jeff Scott, Director of Bands,     Cario Middle School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina Music can stimulate imagination and creativity. It is the ultimate form of self-expression. —Alfred Watkins, former Director of Bands,     Lassiter High School, Marietta, Georgia Music means that we can express together, experience emotions together, and affect the human spirit on a deep level. —Darcy Vogt Williams, Director of Bands,     Stiles Middle School, Leander, Texas.

ISBN 9781622778171.

ISBN 9781622778164.

ISBN 9781622772766.

Habi ts of a Successful Middle Level String Musician is a field-tested musical collection of over 300 sequenced exercises for building fundamentals. Perfect to use with the entire string orchestra or a solo player, this series contains carefully sequenced finger pattern and shifting etudes, tone and articulation warm-ups, sight-reading exercises, rhythm vocabulary studies, chorales, and much more. In one place, this series collects everything an aspiring player needs to build fundamental musicianship skills and then be able to transfer those skills directly into the performance of great literature. Habits of a Successful Middle Level String Musician: Presents a differentiated, sequential, and comprehensive method for developing finger pattern and shifting skills to address the most common problems encountered by intermediate level orchestra students. Organizes tone, rhythm, and articulation patterns into a flexible and sequential series. Creates a method for teaching scales, arpeggios, and thirds that simultaneously accommodates students of different ability levels. Provides chorales for the development of intonation, tone quality, blend, and musicianship. Presents sequenced rhythm vocabulary charts in a format that allows transfer from timing to pitches in a musical context. Includes over ten pages of audition sight-reading exercises in a full- ensemble format that is well planned in scope and sequence. Promotes the idea that students should cross the threshold from the “technical components of playing” to music making. Habits of a Successful Middle Level String Musician is the answer to the very simple question, “What should I be learning during fundamentals time?”.

ISBN 9781622778188.

Habits of a Successful Middle Level String Musician is a field-tested musical collection of over 300 sequenced exercises for building fundamentals. Perfect to use with the entire string orchestra or a solo player, this series contains carefully sequenced finger pattern and shifting etudes, tone and articulation warm-ups, sight-reading exercises, rhythm vocabulary studies, chorales, and much more. In one place, this series collects everything an aspiring player needs to build fundamental musicianship skills and then be able to transfer those skills directly into the performance of great literature. Habits of a Successful Middle Level String Musician: Presents a differentiated, sequential, and comprehensive method for developing finger pattern and shifting skills to address the most common problems encountered by intermediate level orchestra students. Organizes tone, rhythm, and articulation patterns into a flexible and sequential series. Creates a method for teaching scales, arpeggios, and thirds that simultaneously accommodates students of different ability levels. Provides chorales for the development of intonation, tone quality, blend, and musicianship. Presents sequenced rhythm vocabulary charts in a format that allows transfer from timing to pitches in a musical context. Includes over ten pages of audition sight-reading exercises in a full- ensemble format that is well planned in scope and sequence. Promotes the idea that students should cross the threshold from the “technical components of playing” to music making. Habits of a Successful Middle Level String Musician is the answer to the very simple question, “What should I be learning during fundamentals time?”.

ISBN 9781622772759.

Habi ts of a Successful Middle Level String Musician is a field-tested musical collection of over 300 sequenced exercises for building fundamentals. Perfect to use with the entire string orchestra or a solo player, this series contains carefully sequenced finger pattern and shifting etudes, tone and articulation warm-ups, sight-reading exercises, rhythm vocabulary studies, chorales, and much more. In one place, this series collects everything an aspiring player needs to build fundamental musicianship skills and then be able to transfer those skills directly into the performance of great literature. Habits of a Successful Middle Level String Musician: Presents a differentiated, sequential, and comprehensive method for developing finger pattern and shifting skills to address the most common problems encountered by intermediate level orchestra students. Organizes tone, rhythm, and articulation patterns into a flexible and sequential series. Creates a method for teaching scales, arpeggios, and thirds that simultaneously accommodates students of different ability levels. Provides chorales for the development of intonation, tone quality, blend, and musicianship. Presents sequenced rhythm vocabulary charts in a format that allows transfer from timing to pitches in a musical context. Includes over ten pages of audition sight-reading exercises in a full- ensemble format that is well planned in scope and sequence. Promotes the idea that students should cross the threshold from the “technical components of playing” to music making. Habits of a Successful Middle Level String Musician is the answer to the very simple question, “What should I be learning during fundamentals time?”.

ISBN 9781622772773.

Habi ts of a Successful Middle Level String Musician is a field-tested musical collection of over 300 sequenced exercises for building fundamentals. Perfect to use with the entire string orchestra or a solo player, this series contains carefully sequenced finger pattern and shifting etudes, tone and articulation warm-ups, sight-reading exercises, rhythm vocabulary studies, chorales, and much more. In one place, this series collects everything an aspiring player needs to build fundamental musicianship skills and then be able to transfer those skills directly into the performance of great literature. Habits of a Successful Middle Level String Musician: Presents a differentiated, sequential, and comprehensive method for developing finger pattern and shifting skills to address the most common problems encountered by intermediate level orchestra students. Organizes tone, rhythm, and articulation patterns into a flexible and sequential series. Creates a method for teaching scales, arpeggios, and thirds that simultaneously accommodates students of different ability levels. Provides chorales for the development of intonation, tone quality, blend, and musicianship. Presents sequenced rhythm vocabulary charts in a format that allows transfer from timing to pitches in a musical context. Includes over ten pages of audition sight-reading exercises in a full- ensemble format that is well planned in scope and sequence. Promotes the idea that students should cross the threshold from the “technical components of playing” to music making. Habits of a Successful Middle Level String Musician is the answer to the very simple question, “What should I be learning during fundamentals time?”.

ISBN 9781622772773.

Habi ts of a Successful Middle Level String Musician is a field-tested musical collection of over 300 sequenced exercises for building fundamentals. Perfect to use with the entire string orchestra or a solo player, this series contains carefully sequenced finger pattern and shifting etudes, tone and articulation warm-ups, sight-reading exercises, rhythm vocabulary studies, chorales, and much more. In one place, this series collects everything an aspiring player needs to build fundamental musicianship skills and then be able to transfer those skills directly into the performance of great literature. Habits of a Successful Middle Level String Musician: Presents a differentiated, sequential, and comprehensive method for developing finger pattern and shifting skills to address the most common problems encountered by intermediate level orchestra students. Organizes tone, rhythm, and articulation patterns into a flexible and sequential series. Creates a method for teaching scales, arpeggios, and thirds that simultaneously accommodates students of different ability levels. Provides chorales for the development of intonation, tone quality, blend, and musicianship. Presents sequenced rhythm vocabulary charts in a format that allows transfer from timing to pitches in a musical context. Includes over ten pages of audition sight-reading exercises in a full- ensemble format that is well planned in scope and sequence. Promotes the idea that students should cross the threshold from the “technical components of playing” to music making. Habits of a Successful Middle Level String Musician is the answer to the very simple question, “What should I be learning during fundamentals time?”.