SKU: GI.G-10710
ISBN 9781622776542.
Having been a high school band director for 30 years, I experienced firsthand the learning on the job syndrome that music educators encounter. From effective rehearsal strategies to repertoire selection to class scheduling to what to teach, Mary Land and Scott Rush have provided a valuable resource to supplement our music education curriculum. Habits of a Successful Music Education Student contains a wide array of essential information that all music educators should know before they start teaching! Alex Kaminsky Director of Bands, VanderCook College of Music Habits of a Successful Music Education Student is a fantastic and important addition to the series and a much-needed resource for the collegiate music education curriculum! Scott Rush and Mary Land provide a wealth of materials, knowledge, and wisdom for prospective instrumental music teachers while including a sequential curriculum and valuable topics for discussion for an instrumental methods course. Dr. Stephen Meyer Director of Bands, Northern Arizona University Mary Land and Scott Rush have blended their combined knowledge-and-wisdom in a remarkable book, Habits of a Successful Music Education Student.  Two brilliant minds, two master educators, two first-class musicians, two of our profession’s most celebrated exemplars offer-up priceless information certain to bring success to ALL, benefits, benefits…and more benefits.  This is a MUST READ for anyone/everyone who aspires to be A TEACHER WHO MAKES A POSITIVE IMPACT! Tim Lautzenheiser Senior Vice President of Education, Conn-Selmer, Inc. This is a significant text in the training of future instrumental music teachers. It is informed by years of meaningful, influential, and substantial musical efforts, achievements, insights, and contemplations. This book will help future instrumental music teachers be more effective and knowledgeable as they enter our challenging and rewarding field. With the valuable foundation derived through this book, future band and orchestra teachers will be better equipped to get more music to more people. Dr. Amanda Schlegel Assistant Professor of Music Education, University of South Carolina      Habits of a Successful Music Education Student covers important topics such as: Band and String Pedagogy Curriculum and Instruction Recruitment and Retention Beginner and Supplemental Method Books Technology in the Classroom Concert Programming for HS and MS Marching Band, Jazz Band, and Percussion Ensemble Repertoire for Multiple Ensembles and Soloists Score Study and Music Making Creating a Culture of Excellence Goal Setting Classroom Scenarios Being in the MUSIC and PEOPLE Business Social/Emotional Learning Student Leadership DEAI in the Music Classroom Quality of Life Work/Life Balance Tips from Master Teachers Beyond Student Teaching and much, much more! Mary Land is the Associate Professor of Music Education at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Scott Rush is the team lead for the Habits series published by GIA and is the former Director of Bands at Wando High School.
SKU: GI.G-9815
ISBN 9781622773688.
Habits of a Successful Choral Musician is a resource for both choir directors and choral singers that builds music fundamentals (sight-singing and ear training) and vocal functions (from posture to tone). This book has provided a clear and well-organized pedagogy that is helping my students to improve in all facets of being a choral musician. — Alan Davis, Director of Choirs, Hemet High School, Hemet, CA Habits of a Successful Choral Musician by Eric Wilkinson and Scott Rush is a fantastic resource for choir directors who seek to develop all levels of singers. The book provides a pedagogical approach to teaching voice building, rhythm work, tuning exercises, sight-reading, theory exercises, and suggestions to nurture the entire musician. I love how this one method book covers multiple aspects of musicianship, rather than having to use multiple books to build each individual skill. — Emily Chandler, Director of Choirs, Seven Lakes High School, Katy, TX Habits of a Successful Choral Musician is a field-tested, vital, and—most important—musical collection of more than 200 sequenced exercises for building fundamentals and artistry. Perfect for use by an entire choir or soloist, this book contains carefully sequenced warm-ups, vocalises, chorales, rhythm work, tonal patterns, sight-singing etudes, and much more. In one place, this book presents everything an aspiring singer 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 Choral Musician: Provides material for use during fundamentals time that promotes a comprehensive approach to developing skills necessary to fill the musical toolbox. Includes a sequential format that leads to the mastery of reading rhythms and, ultimately, to musical sight-singing. Provides chorales and other ensemble exercises for the development of tone quality, ensemble sonority, and musicianship. Includes partner songs, folk songs, and rounds to develop harmony skills. Combines pedagogy, literacy, fundamentals development, sight-singing, and musicianship into one book under one cover. Promotes the idea that technique and artistry are not taught in silos but are simultaneously taught as students build capacity in both areas. Habits of a Successful Choral Musician is the answer to the question, What should I be learning during fundamentals time? Eric Wilkinson is the Director of Choral Studies at Wando High School in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Scott Rush is the Director of Fine and Performing Arts in Dorchester District Two (SC) and is the lead writer for the Habits series published by GIA. Preview the contents with Erik Wilkinson in this video...
SKU: GI.G-9815T
ISBN 9781622773671.
SKU: GI.G-9602
ISBN 9781622772766.
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?â€.
SKU: GI.G-9605
SKU: GI.G-9601
ISBN 9781622772759.
SKU: GI.G-9603
ISBN 9781622772773.
SKU: GI.G-9604
SKU: GI.G-10175
ISBN 9781622774845.
NOW AVAILABLE! Habits of a Successful Beginner Band Musician is a field-tested, vital, and—most important—musical collection of 225 sequenced exercises for the beginning band student. The book’s cutting-edge online component, Habits Universal, features a backend gradebook that allows students to submit video recordings of their performances as a primary source of assessment. This gradebook is compatible with PowerSchool, Canvas, Google Classroom, Brightspace, Edmodo, Schoology, and many other platforms! In addition, Habits Universal features supplemental rhythm vocabulary sheets, accompaniment tracks, video start-up clinics, as well as a professional video coach for each exercise in the book. What makes Habits of a Successful Beginner Band Musician unique? Features include: Teacher tips for each exercise in the book. Diatonic solfege that begins on the first day of instruction. Initial exercises on the mouthpiece, mouthpiece and barrel, reed, bocal and reed, or headjoint prior to playing the first notes in the book. Sequential rhythm charts embedded in the book. These same rhythms are then presented with pitches for a seamless transfer to the music students are performing. Technique and skill-building exercises embedded within the method, which helps to prepare students for future Habits exercises. The introduction of the key of Concert C, which results in students playing the pitches B, E, and A more often (as opposed to the typical emphasis on B-flat, E-flat, and A-flat). The introduction of five keys: Concert B-flat, E-flat, A-flat, C, and F. The Concert G scale is also provided in the back of the book. Left (L) and right (R) indicators for woodwinds along with appropriate chromatic alternate fingering indicators. Shaded boxes around first-time challenges in the student books. A thorough explanation of (T:1) for trombones and rules for when to use it. Rhythm vocabulary that progresses through quarters, eighths, dotted rhythms, sixteenths, and an eighth and two sixteenths. The sequential introduction of the one-handed breakdown of a percussion rudiment before introducing the rudiment itself. The use of the “enharmonic ladder†and the “call-and-response game†to learn enharmonic notes. A thorough explanation of and markings for the “F dilemma†on oboe. An explanation of appropriate flicking on bassoon. Two pages of slow “clarinets only†work that focuses on going over the break and throat tones. .
SKU: GI.G-10159
ISBN 9781622777099.
SKU: GI.G-10172
ISBN 9781622774814.
NOW AVAILABLE! Habits of a Successful Beginner Band Musician is a field-tested, vital, andââ¬âmost importantââ¬âmusical collection of 225 sequenced exercises for the beginning band student. The bookââ¬â¢s cutting-edge online component, HabitsàUniversal, features a backend gradebook that allows students to submit video recordings of their performances as a primary source of assessment. This gradebook is compatible with PowerSchool, Canvas, Google Classroom, Brightspace, Edmodo, Schoology, and many other platforms! In addition, Habits Universal features supplemental rhythm vocabulary sheets, accompaniment tracks, video start-up clinics, as well as a professional video coach for each exercise in the book. What makes Habits of a Successful Beginner Band Musician unique? Features include:àTeacher tips for each exercise in the book.àDiatonic solfege that begins on the first day of instruction.àInitial exercises on the mouthpiece, mouthpiece and barrel, reed, bocal and reed, or headjoint prior to playing the first notes in the book. Sequential rhythm charts embedded in the book. These same rhythms are then presented with pitches for a seamless transfer to the music students are performing.àTechnique and skill-building exercises embedded within the method, which helps to prepare students for future Habits exercises.àThe introduction of the key of Concert C, which results in students playing the pitches B, E, and A more often (as opposed to the typical emphasis on B-flat, E-flat, and A-flat). The introduction of five keys: Concert B-flat, E-flat, A-flat, C, and F. The Concert G scale is also provided in the back of the book.àLeft (L) and right (R) indicators for woodwinds along with appropriate chromatic alternate fingering indicators.àShaded boxes around first-time challenges in the student books.àA thorough explanation of (T:1) for trombones and rules for when to use it.àRhythm vocabulary that progresses through quarters, eighths, dotted rhythms, sixteenths, and an eighth and two sixteenths.àThe sequential introduction of the one-handed breakdown of a percussion rudiment before introducing the rudiment itself.àThe use of the ââ¬Åenharmonic ladderââ¬Â and the ââ¬Åcall-and-response gameââ¬Â to learn enharmonic notes. A thorough explanation of and markings for the ââ¬ÅF dilemmaââ¬Â on oboe. An explanation of appropriate flicking on bassoon.àTwo pages of slow ââ¬Åclarinets onlyââ¬Â work that focuses on going over the break and throat tones.à.
SKU: GI.G-10171
ISBN 9781622774807.
SKU: GI.G-10162
ISBN 9781622774715.
SKU: GI.G-10168
ISBN 9781622774777.
SKU: GI.G-10164
ISBN 9781622774739.
SKU: GI.G-10169
ISBN 9781622774784.
SKU: GI.G-10167
ISBN 9781622774760.
SKU: GI.G-10165
ISBN 9781622774746.
SKU: GI.G-10163
ISBN 9781622774722.
SKU: GI.G-10173
ISBN 9781622774821.