Together Again in Harmony

SKU: GI.G-9883

ISBN 9781622773732.

Music educators have long understood that musical skills and concepts are best taught through quality literature. In Recycle Your Literature, author Diane M. Lange shows general music teachers how they can truly get the most out of the songs they teach by bringing them back year after year to scaffold and reinforce learning. As in Together in Harmony and Together Again in Harmony, Lange combines the learn-by-doing approach of Orff Schulwerk with the sequencing of music skills in Edwin E. Gordon’s Music Learning Theory. In this book, she focuses specifically on how repurposing literature throughout a child’s elementary education serves and enhances both methods. Recycle Your Literature is divided into two sections. Part 1 contains a brief explanation of Music Learning Theory, Orff Schulwerk, and the conceptual lesson plan. Part 2 follows with sample lesson plans that showcase how the same song can serve different musical goals every year in grades K–5. Each lesson plan is complete with information about concepts, skills, objectives, equipment (if needed), the teaching process, and assessment. This practical resource will keep things fresh for elementary music teachers and ultimately achieves the main goal of every music educator: to develop independent musicians who can intelligently communicate their musical ideas. Diane M. Lange is Professor and Music Program Director of Field Experience at The University of Texas at Arlington, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Early Childhood and Elementary Music Education. She also teaches early childhood music at her private studio, The Musical Treehouse, and is author of two other books published by GIA.

SKU: CF.YAS186F

ISBN 9781491151884. UPC: 680160909384. 9 x 12 inches.

A stunning and heart-wrenching composition based on the Jewish folk son Shlof, Mayn Kind. You can hear the emotional content pour out of this piece written in memory of an outstanding orchestra director. The piece beginnings with original material to set the tone, followed by a violin solo on the song. It them develops through a variety of different harmonic presentation before building to a nice key change and climatic moment. The piece ends as it began, but with a more hopeful tone. An amazing piece.
Sleep, My Child was commissioned by the Madison Middle School Band and Orchestra in Tampa, Florida, and is dedicated to the memory of their Director of Orchestras Kevin Frye. Director of Bands Chris Shultz championed the commissioning of this piece to honor Kevin after he passed away in December 2016. Mr. Frye was a beloved member of the staff at Madison Middle as well as the music community of Tampa and the state of Florida. I was a personal friend of Kevin’s. We were in several musical groups together when we were young that were formative to both of our musical careers. I also guest-conducted his Madison Middle School Orchestra several times over the past four years. His musicianship, teaching skills and love for his students were exemplary.When taking on the challenge of writing a piece to honor Kevin’s legacy, Mr. Shultz and I decided to try and include several important aspects of Kevin’s life into the piece. Kevin was proudly Jewish, a fantastic trumpet player and loved Jazz. With that in mind, and after a lot of research, a Jewish folk song Shlof, Mayn Kind was selected as the basis for the piece, not to be religious, but to honor his faith and heritage. Plus it is a beautiful song and I felt the title reflected the sentiment I was looking to express, which is of someone taking rest after a long battle with illness, so a lullaby seemed appropriate.I also wanted to incorporate Jazz into the piece, but in a concert setting, so you will hear as the piece develops, the harmonies of the folk song expand into ones found more commonly in Jazz compositions.  Not in a far out way, but in a subtle way to again honor this part of his life. For example the climactic moment of the piece at the fermata in m. 57 is a Dbmaj9#11 chord. It appropriately give the piece the angst that I was looking for at this moment in the piece, while honoring the importance of Jazz in Kevin’s musical life.The piece was also conceived to include both the Madison band and orchestra in the performance at the premiere. I wanted the pieces to work separately by the band and separately by the orchestra, but I also wanted them to be able to play the piece together to honor Kevin.The piece begins with original material designed to set the mood of the piece with a tempo/style marking of pensive, but also as material that I used as connective musical tissue between statements of the folk song.  After this introduction, the folk song is presented by a solo violin (or clarinet) with orchestral accompaniment in a simple straight forward presentation of the song. This is followed by a woodwind section statement of the folk song accompanied by muted trumpets. During this presentation the harmony starts to expand with more color notes in the chords. The low brass are added half way through this statement to add depth and lushness.The introductory material returns, but with some angry hits in the lower voices. This leads to a full ensemble state of new material that is used to transition to the climax of the piece, and to build tension. After the build, the piece modulates to a shortened statement of the folk song with more advanced harmonies and an active counter line in the violas, horns, saxes and first clarinets to further build the tension.  This tension is released at the fermata in m. 57 as mentioned above. After a thoughtful pause, the piece concludes with a completion of the folk song again with a solo violin (or clarinet) followed by a return of the introductory material to tie the piece together. The piece ends hopeful, with a solo trumpet (Kevin’s instrument) that is dissonant at first, but then resolves as if to say, Everything will be OK! It has been my distinct honor to have been asked to write this piece in Kevin’s memory! I hope that in some small way the piece helps to bring comfort to his family, students, colleagues and to all those that knew him!–Larry ClarkLakeland, FL  2017.

About Carl Fischer Young String Orchestra Series

This series of Grade 2/Grade 2.5 pieces is designed for second and third year ensembles. The pieces in this series are characterized by:
--Occasionally extending to third position
--Keys carefully considered for appropriate difficulty
--Addition of separate 2nd violin and viola parts
--Viola T.C. part included
--Increase in independence of parts over beginning levels

SKU: CF.YPS208

ISBN 9781491152287. UPC: 680160909780. Key: D minor.

A stunning and heart-wrenching composition based on the Jewish folk son Shlof, Mayn Kind. You can hear the emotional content pour out of this piece written in memory of an outstanding orchestra director. The piece beginnings with original material to set the tone, followed by a clarinet solo on the song. It then develops through a variety of different harmonic presentation before building to a nice key change and climatic moment. The piece ends as it began, but with a more hopeful tone. An amazing piece.
Sleep, My Child was commissioned by the Madison Middle School Band and Orchestra in Tampa, Florida, and is dedicated to the memory of their Director of Orchestras Kevin Frye. Director of Bands Chris Shultz championed the commissioning of this piece to honor Kevin after he passed away in December 2016. Mr. Frye was a beloved member of the staff at Madison Middle as well as the music community of Tampa and the state of Florida. I was a personal friend of Kevin’s. We were in several musical groups together when we were young that were formative to both of our musical careers. I also guest conducted his Madison Middle School Orchestra several times over the past four years. His musicianship, teaching skills and love for his students were exemplary.When taking on the challenge of writing a piece to honor Kevin’s legacy, Mr. Shultz and I decided to try and include several important aspects of Kevin’s life into the piece. Kevin was proudly Jewish, a fantastic trumpet player and loved Jazz. With that in mind, and after a lot of research, a Jewish folk song Shlof, Mayn Kind was selected as the basis for the piece, not to be religious, but to honor his faith and heritage. Plus it is a beautiful song, and I felt the title reflected the sentiment I was looking to express, which is of someone taking rest after a long battle with illness. Thus, a lullaby seemed appropriate.I also wanted to incorporate Jazz into the piece, but in a concert setting, so you will hear as the piece develops, the harmonies of the folk song expand into ones found more commonly in Jazz compositions. Not in a far out way, but in a subtle way to again honor this part of his life. For example the climactic moment of the piece at the fermata in m. 57 is a Dbmaj9#11 chord. It appropriately give the piece the angst that I was looking for at this moment in the piece, while honoring the importance of Jazz in Kevin’s musical life.The piece was also conceived to include both the Madison band and orchestra in the performance at the premiere. I wanted the pieces to work separately by the band and separately by the orchestra, but I also wanted them to be able to play the piece together to honor Kevin.The piece begins with original material designed to set the mood of the piece with a tempo/style marking of pensive, but also as material that I used as connective musical tissue between statements of the folk song.  After this introduction, the folk song is presented by a solo violin (or clarinet) with orchestral accompaniment in a simple straight forward presentation of the song. This is followed by a woodwind section statement of the folk song accompanied by muted trumpets. During this presentation the harmony starts to expand with more color notes in the chords. The low brass are added half way through this statement to add depth and lushness.The introductory material returns, but with some angry hits in the lower voices. This leads to a full ensemble state of new material that is used to transition to the climax of the piece, and to build tension. After the build, the piece modulates to a shortened statement of the folk song with more advanced harmonies and an active counter line in the violas, horns, saxes and first clarinets to further build the tension.  This tension is released at the fermata in m. 57, as mentioned above. After a thoughtful pause, the piece concludes with a completion of the folk song again with a solo violin (or clarinet) followed by a return of the introductory material to tie the piece together. The piece ends hopeful, with a solo trumpet (Kevin’s instrument) that is dissonant at first, but then resolves as if to say - everything will be OK! It has been my distinct honor to have been asked to write this piece in Kevin’s memory! I hope that in some small way the piece helps to bring comfort to his family, students, colleagues and to all those that knew him!–Larry ClarkLakeland, FL  2017.

SKU: GI.G-J383

ISBN 9781622775408.

Through engaging children using Music Play 2, adults may build relationships with newborn and young children, additional family members, and other adults as they joyfully make music together, affirm and nurture newborn and young children’s innate capacities for expressive musicking and movement, and honor and extend young children’s expressed musical curiosities, ideas, and audeas (musical thoughts and ideas), helping them realize that their musical identities are worth sharing, developing, and preserving. Music Play 2 materials function in companion with Music Play (GIA, 1998) and Edwin Gordon’s Music Learning Theory for Newborn and Young Children (GIA, 2013). Music Play 2 (494 pages) is bundled into two parts, Part A and Part B. The following are the features of each part:   Part A (264 pages) Part B (229 pages) Tribute to Edwin Gordon Guiding Newborn and Young Children’s Innate Music Capacities Guiding Young Children Through Types and Stages of Preparatory Audiation: The Materials Using Music Play 2 Inclusion: All Children and Their Families (Salvador) 45 Extended Music Engagement Plans, each with a music selection (i.e., song, song/chant combination, or chant) in a wide variety of tonalities and meters, and prototypical examples of social-music and movement play in relation to Gordon’s three types of preparatory audiation. Each song has a chord root or bass-line melody notated, singable as an additional part, as well as chord functions to guide harmonic accompaniment to the melody. Each plan features More Audeas for Music Play, such as tonal pattern and/or rhythm pattern examples for each type of preparatory audiation, supplemental harmonic and rhythm accompaniments to add to the music selection, and More Ideas for Music Play, such as examples of ways to connect Music Play 2 activities to PK–2 2014 Music Standards, and one inclusion strategy in a Domain of Learning. Guidance for teaching chord root or bass line melodies and additional harmony parts, and chordal accompaniments. Complete listing of all PK–2 2014 Music Standards, along with which extended music engagement plans feature each standard. Indices: Comprehensive Index Headings, Music Play (1998) and Music Play 2 Comprehensive Index of Music Selections Alphabetized by Type and Title: Music Play (1998) and Music Play 2 Modified Comprehensive Index, Music Play 2: Parts A and B Music Play 2: Part A Music Selections Alphabetized by Type and Title Music Play 2: Part A Music Selections Alphabetized by Title 71 Music Engagement Plans, each with a music selection (i.e., song, song/chant combination, or chant) in a wide variety of tonalities and meters, and prototypical examples of social-music and movement play in relation to Gordon’s three types of preparatory audiation. Each song has a chord root or bass-line melody notated, singable as an additional part, as well as chord functions to guide harmonic accompaniment to the melody. Apply More Audeas and More Ideas you discover using Part A to music selections and engagement plans in Part B. Part B features tonalites and meters unique to music selections in Part B, and “Hello” and/or “Goodbye” music selections. Guidance for teaching chord root or bass line melodies and additional harmony parts, and chordal accompaniments. Editor and Contributor List (83 total) An 11-page, comprehensive bibliography and resource list to support researchers and practitioners and promote their audiation-based social-music and movement play with others, especially during early childhood. Indices: Comprehensive Index Headings: Music Play (1998) and Music Play 2 Comprehensive Index of Music Selections Alphabetized by Type and Title: Music Play (1998) and Music Play 2 Modified Comprehensive Index, Music Play 2: Parts A and B Music Play 2: Part B Music Selections Alphabetized by Type and Title Music Play 2: Part B Music Selections Alphabetized by Title Download Music Play 2 Extended Indexes (free)   Music Play 2 is a welcomed contribution for all who are concerned with appropriately guiding children’s musical understandings—parents, teachers, and caregivers. The book is extremely well organized with an excellent balance of theory and practice. The theoretical underpinnings of Music Play 2 are presented in a “user friendly” manner, the lessons are easy to follow and adapt for individual children’s needs and level of development, the numerous songs and chants represent a wide variety of tonalities and meters, and an extensive section on inclusion and inclusive practices has been added. Music Play 2 will be the resource I use for my early childhood music classes! —Joanne Rutkowski, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Music Education     The Pennsylvania State University This book had me interested from the table of contents onward. The lessons are detailed and ready to use in the classroom. I love that there are tonal and rhythmic patterns to go with each song or chant. This is truly a resource that will delight children and teachers as it is easy to use, appropriate for young children, and pedagogically sound. When I finished, I was ready to jump back into teaching early childhood music. Fantastic! —Alice M. Hammel, Ph.D.     James Madison University Music Play 2 is devoted to the wonder of young children’s musical development. The authors have adeptly woven theory and practice, offering a treasure trove of fresh, accessible lesson plans developed by leading researchers and practitioners in the field of early childhood music. An excellent, indispensable resource with original and high-quality music content, Music Play 2 is essential for all providers of music for young children, and sure to be used time and time again. —Suzanne L. Burton, Ph.D., Professor of Music Education     University of Delaware.

SKU: PR.144407300

ISBN 9781491132364. UPC: 680160681709. 9 x 12 inches.

A beloved star in the international jazz world, AliRyerson has developed a large and enthusiastic following,particularly among alto and bass flutists in the traditionally classicalflute community. FOLKTALE is an original workequally inspired by both worlds. Along with all the elegantcounterpoint of baroque flute duets, FOLKTALE’slanguage is grounded in jazz harmony and rhythm, fullynotated for the classically-trained performer. Performancesuggestions are provided with hints on style and phrasing.When no bass flute is available, FOLKTALE may beplayed on C Flute and Alto.
FOLKTALE was inspired by a tune I wrote some years ago for my dear friend, Dr. Vivien Bonazzi. A dedicated jazzlover who hails from Canberra, Australia, Vivien is an accomplished flutist and guitarist. (Her day job is at the NationalInstitute of Health in Maryland, as Program Director in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics at the NationalHuman Genome Research Institute). Vivien commissioned me to write her a flute piece, something with a jazz feel anda written-out flute solo that would sound as if she were improvising. I enthusiastically agreed and wrote a tune titledAll Things Being Equal (a wink and a nod to the mathematical side of her personality!). I performed it only once, witha rhythm section, just before handing Vivien the sheet music. I never gave it a second thought until a couple of yearslater, when I found myself on a recording date with bass flutist extraordinaire, Wendy Stern. We so enjoyed working (andplaying!) together that day, that we vowed to join forces again as soon as possible. To speed up the process, I decided towrite us a duet. When I sat down to start composing, the melody I had previously written for Vivien kept popping intomy head. It finally occurred to me that it would make the perfect duet. So, after some major reworking of the score,FOLKTALE emerged, and I now have two very good friends to thank for its inspiration!