Format : CD
SKU: GI.G-128942
ISBN 9781574633948. UPC: 888680013325.
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 volume features Courtly Airs and Dances by Ron Nelson, Albanian Dance by Shelley Hanson and Shortcut Home by Dana Wilson. Every unit study integrates technical skills, musical knowledge and creative projects that lead student musicians to an enlightened and expressive performance. Student workbooks for each of the featured works may be downloaded. Each unit study includes: · Ear training · Rhythm studies · Essential skills information for teaching the compositional elements of music · Rehearsal strategies for addressing common ensemble issues · Creative projects · Active listening activities · Sample teaching schedule · Unit quiz (and answer sheet) · Student practice plan · Optional band projects Click here for a digital version of Student Workbooks for this publication. Click here for a YouTube video on Guide to Band Masterworks - Volume 5.
SKU: HL.50511203
ISBN 9790080142080. UPC: 073999379419. 9.0x12.0x0.33 inches. Hungarian, English, German, French. Jozsef Sarmai.
This series is designed to serve two purposes: on the one hand it aims to make accessible (collected in separate volumes) the best-known pieces that form the backbone of the music school curriculum, and also to provide teachers and students with lesser-known works with which to extend this basic repertoire.
SKU: GI.G-171030
ISBN 9781574631340. UPC: 888680625795.
This continuation of volumes 1-5 provides band directors with a ready-made curriculum developed to incorporate comprehensive-musicianship training through quality band literature. This volume features American Riversongs by Pierre La Plante, Echoes of the Hollow Square by Johnnie Vinson, and ...and the antelope play by John Alan Carnahan. Every unit study integrates technical skills, musical knowledge and creative projects that lead student musicians to an enlightened and expressive performance. Student workbooks for each of the featured works may be downloaded. Each unit study includes: · Ear training · Rhythm studies · Essential skills information for teaching the compositional elements of music · Rehearsal strategies for addressing common ensemble issues · Creative projects · Active listening activities · Sample teaching schedule · Unit quiz (and answer sheet) · Student practice plan · Optional band projects.
SKU: GI.G-317160
ISBN 9781574630480. UPC: 884088095826.
A Composer's Insight, Volume 3 - with a foreword by John Corigliano - is the third 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 perspectives acquired from personal interviews with each composer. An excellent resource for conductors, composers or enthusiasts interested in acquiring a richer musical understanding of the composers' training, compositional approach, musical influences and interpretative ideas. Features the music of: Richard Rodney Bennett, Warren Benson, Roger Cichy, John Corigliano, David Holsinger, Roger Nixon, Bernard Rands, Philip Sparke, Frank Ticheli, Michael Weinstein, and John Zdechlik.
SKU: GI.G-122395
ISBN 9781574633863. UPC: 884088951955.
Guides to Band Masterworks with downloadable student workbooks provides band directors with a ready-made curriculum developed to incorporate comprehensive-musicianship training through quality band literature. When incorporating unit studies as a regular part of the band curriculum, students move beyond simply rehearsing pieces for a concert. They develop long-lasting benefits, growing as musicians and learning to love the music they perform. Every unit study integrates technical skills, musical knowledge and creative projects that lead student musicians to an enlightened and expressive performance. This volume features English Folk Song Suite, Variations on a Korean Folk Song and Cajun Folk Songs. Each unit study includes: ear training · rhythm studies · essential skills information for teaching the compositional elements of music · rehearsal strategies for addressing common ensemble issues · creative projects · active listening activities · sample teaching schedule · unit quiz (and answer sheet) · student practice plan · and optional band projects. Click here for a YouTube video on Guide to Band Masterworks - Volume 3. Click here for a digital version of Student Workbooks for this publication.
SKU: GI.G-123644
ISBN 9781574633900. UPC: 884088961015.
Guides to Band Masterworks with downloadable student workbooks provides band directors with a ready-made curriculum developed to incorporate comprehensive-musicianship training through quality band literature. When incorporating unit studies as a regular part of the band curriculum, students move beyond simply rehearsing pieces for a concert. They develop long-lasting benefits, growing as musicians and learning to love the music they perform. Every unit study integrates technical skills, musical knowledge and creative projects that lead student musicians to an enlightened and expressive performance. Each unit study includes: ear training · rhythm studies · essential skills information for teaching the compositional elements of music · rehearsal strategies for addressing common ensemble issues · creative projects · active listening activities · sample teaching schedule · unit quiz (and answer sheet) · student practice plan · and optional band projects. Volume IV covers Yorkshire Ballad by James Barnes, Lux Aurumque by Eric Whitacre, and Dusk by Steven Bryant. Click here for a digital version of Student Workbooks for this publication. Click here for a YouTube video on Guide to Band Masterworks - Volume 4.
SKU: KJ.GP484
ISBN 9780849799174.
Progressive Piano Repertoire, Volume Three, is a collection of intermediate level piano pieces from the 18th to 21st centuries, arranged in order of difficulty . It is appropriate for any age student, and may be used independently or as part of any curriculum . It is specifically designed to be used after Progressive Piano Repertoire, Volume Two (GP482) . After completing Progressive Piano Repertoire, Volume Three, students will be prepared for Volume Four, or Level Six of Keith Snellâ??s Piano Repertoire (Baroque and Classical, Romantic and 20th Century) or Essential Piano Repertoire series
SKU: CF.PL1072
ISBN 9781491160244. UPC: 680160918836.
An Anthology of Piano Music for the Left Hand Alone marks a rare and significant entry to the piano literature as one of the only collections of the oft-neglected left-hand piano repertoire. Serious literature for the left hand alone has a long and storied past. Contained within this volume, the serious advanced pianist will find a wealth of artistically satisfying repertoire for the left hand that will not only strengthen the technical development of the left hand, but also make for impressive showpieces on the recital stage.This volume includes hitherto unpublished gems like Earl Wild's Etude No. 3 for the Left Hand Alone (Based on Gershwin’s The Man I Love) and Ruth Wylie's Soliloquy for Piano, Left Hand, Op. 23, as well as established classics of the repertoire like Godowky's Chopin arrangements, and even modern and contemporary additions like Bartok’s Etude for the Left Hand and Corigliano's Etude No. 1 for the Left Hand Alone.
SKU: AP.44281
ISBN 9781470620325. UPC: 038081498768. English.
Another delightful offering from classroom teacher and storyteller Susan Milligan and jazz singer and music teacher Louise Rogers, Jazzy Fairy Tales Volume II continues the jazz adventures for young children with three new fairy tales designed to bring jazz music into your classroom. The activities provided are a charming way to introduce young children to jazz with the musical stories of Georgie the Jazzy Giant, The Gunnigator, and The Jazzy Gingerbread Man. Jazzy Fairy Tales II Book and CD may be used to supplement an existing program or to provide a ready-made, easy-to-use, all-encompassing music curriculum. The CD is narrated and beautifully sung by Louise Rogers with easy call-and-response exercises and songs to accompany the stories. Jazzy Fairy Tales II is user-friendly and requires no previous musical knowledge. A delightful educational resource for any classroom! Recommended for grades Pre-K to 3.
SKU: GI.G-171029
ISBN 9781574631364. UPC: 888680625788.
The second edition of the second volume of this series which provides band directors with a ready-made curriculum developed to incorporate comprehensive-musicianship training through quality band literature features Second Suite in F by Gustav Holst, Chester Overture for Band by William Schuman, and George Washington Bridge also by William Schuman. Every unit study integrates technical skills, musical knowledge and creative projects that lead student musicians to an enlightened and expressive performance. Student workbooks for each of the featured works may be downloaded. Each unit study includes: · Ear training · Rhythm studies · Essential skills information for teaching the compositional elements of music · Rehearsal strategies for addressing common ensemble issues · Creative projects · Active listening activities · Sample teaching schedule · Unit quiz (and answer sheet) · Student practice plan · Optional band projects.
