J.W. Pepper Music Catalog
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111 Order Toll Free! Call 1.800.345.6296 / w: jwpepper.com / e: satisfaction@jwpepper.com CONCERT BAND Go to cart BOOKS FOR BAND DIRECTORS l Rehearsing the Band, Vol. 3—John Zarco. Directors included in this publication represent the very "best of the best" with years of experience conducting and teaching. They freely share their ideas, techniques, and philosophies that are sure to enrich anyone who reads this book. Includes chapters by Harvey Benstein, Richard Clary, Steve Davis, Rodney Dorsey, Amanda Drinkwater, Patrick Dunnigan, Richard Floyd, Robert Halseth, Robert Ponto, Robert Taylor and Frank Wickes, with a foreword by Craig Kirchhoff. 10835305 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . 19.95 Rehearsing the High School Band—Stephen Meyer. The directors included in this book represent a sampling of individuals from different areas of the country, each of whom has had success teaching under unique and diverse circumstances. They represent the "best of the best," with years of experience in public and parochial schools, having earned national recognition for their programs. Together they impart their wisdom, love, and passion for music while sharing their experiences with readers. 10593554 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . 19.95 l Scale Your Way to Music Assessment (The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Quality Music Program - Second Edition)—Paul Kimpton. This hands-on, step-by-step action plan uses assessment to improve your teaching and your students' performances. The expanded Second Edition provides examples of how to teach and assess instrumental, choral, and general music students at elementary, middle, and high school levels. This book also describes how to meaningfully self- and peer-assess and set goals for practicing and improving the performances of a group. It includes appendices with actual written and listening tests; outlines of a testing program for band, choir, and orchestra; a glossary of terms and more. New downloadable resources include sample data, tests for all grade levels, music examples, and reference material. 10839673 Spiral-Bound Book . . . . . . . 39.95 Scale Your Way to Music Assessment (The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Quality Music Program)—Paul Kimpton & Delwyn Harnisch. Scale Your Way to Music Assessment is a hands-on, step-by-step action plan for using assessment to improve your teaching and your students' performances. Designed for instrumental, choral and general music programs in grades K-12, it describes in detail how to teach students to become accurate and consistent assessors of musical performance as they learn how to set goals for practicing and improving group performance. Published with a sturdy spiral binding, this useful book is well-organized in ten chapters, covering a wide range of topics: defining musical skills, collecting data, test writing, assessment software, state and national standards, school district goals, and more. Also included are six extensive appendices with actual written and listening tests, outlines of a four-year testing program for band, choir and orchestra, a listing of websites and email addresses, and a glossary of terms. The accompanying CD-ROM includes sample data, tests, music examples and reference material. Everything you need to develop a quality music assessment program is right here in this exceptional resource! 10062956 Book/CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . 39.95 Score Rehearsal Preparation (A Realistic Approach for Instrumental Conductors)— Gary Stith. This volume is sure to provide the most practical approach to orchestra and wind band score study for the active conductor. It methodically simplifies preliminary score study and initial rehearsal preparation for all conductors of band, orchestra and chamber ensembles. Suitable for conductors from elementary school to those leading professional ensembles, it is also valuable as a supplement to undergraduate and graduate- level conducting courses. Systematic, readable and adaptable for any future situation, this will quickly find its way into the conductor's regimen for years to come. 10284493 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . 19.95 Strategic Plans for a Successful Booster Club (Time-Tested Concepts for Breaking Through to the Next Level)—David W. Vandewalker. This book is the companion resource to Boosters to the Rescue! which provides ready-to-use Word, Excel, and PDF files to help booster clubs set and achieve a long- term vision for their organization. Strategic Plans includes project planning guides for three diverse sizes of booster clubs: Developing, Growing, and Maximizing. Strategic Plans offers a wealth of ideas, forms, organizational charts, and branding tools in four concise sections. Ready, Set, and Go! introduces the strategic planning process and explains how to start. Rally the Troops provides practical advice on how to organize, manage, and empower people. Roll It Out creates a business plan blueprint and a project planning guide, and Rock It Out includes ways to build effective teams. An invaluable resource for every music leader who wants to create a community of support around the important task of educating young musicians. 10683549 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.95 Teaching Band with Excellence (A Comprehensive Curricular, Pedagogical, and Administrative Resource)—Bruce Pearson & Ryan Nowlin. A practical companion to any band method that compiles effective teaching tools and valuable insight, organized into four sections of focus. The curriculum section addresses the application of techniques and musicality, including charts and graphs to reinforce the concepts. The section on instruments covers each instrument in the band. A section on administration deals with the many duties that extend beyond the classroom and the paperwork, planning and promotion and resources needed for educational and community networking. Section four deals with personal and professional growth, an area omitted in most band director resources. 10191869 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . 39.95 Teaching Instrumental Music (Developing the Complete Band Program)—Shelley Jagow. Both novice and experienced band directors will benefit from the wide range of information offered through this unique and effective resource. The valuable information contained in the more than forty chapters of effective teaching tools comes from some of the best educators in the field. The companion DVD allows you to visit a virtual rehearsal where each video clip illustrates a different rehearsal concept, including: warm-up, style, intonation, balance and blend, rhythm, and musicianship. Featured music educators include the late Frederick Fennell, Colonel Timothy Foley, Jerry Junklin, H. Robert Reynolds, Mellory Thompson, William Wakefield, and Garwood Whaley. Bonus items include: course activity forms, letter templates, and resources as referenced in the book. 10027623 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . 39.95 10056063 DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.95 Teaching Music with Passion (Conducting, Rehearsing and Inspiring)—Peter Boonshaft. Whether your band consists of young students or experienced musicians, you will connect with the concepts delivered in this magnificent book. Peter Boonshaft relays thoughts on the true essence of being a band director in a straightforward manner, with plenty of anecdotes and quotations to illustrate his ideas. His understanding of the craft of conducting and obvious enthusiasm for music education make this an extraordinary book that will both educate and inspire directors of all experience levels. This book is highly recommended reading! 5975800 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . 24.95 Teaching Music with Promise—Peter Boonshaft. One of today's most exciting and exhilarating voices in music education has given us a follow-up to his previous two international best-sellers. Filled with inspirational anecdotes, thought- provoking quotations and motivational ideas on how to improve teaching skills, this is a must- read treasure-trove for every current or future music educator! 10076148 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . 24.99 Teaching Music with Purpose (Conducting, Rehearsing, Inspiring)—Peter Boonshaft. Bridging the gap between effective teaching and artistic musical performance is difficult to define and filled with intangibles. Peter Boonshaft's thoughtful book is a groundbreaking volume that discusses the issues with the insight of a true professional. Instructional and inspiring, Boonshaft's vision for excellence is so clearly presented that seasoned veterans and first-year teachers will be nodding their heads in approval with each succeeding page. This is a book that you will open again and again throughout your teaching career. 10020240 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . 24.95 Teaching Rhythm (New Strategies and Techniques for Success)—David Newell. Here is a unique, innovative, and comprehensive textbook devoted exclusively to the teaching of rhythm. This book presents traditional as well as nontraditional 21st century outside-the-box concepts and strategies relative to the teaching of rhythm. There are five main parts to the book, which focus on: introducing students to the performance of rhythms; a look at the The Whole Note System; other counting systems and their effective uses in the classroom; compound meter; and irregular and mixed meters. All music teachers, whether band, orchestra, or choir directors, classroom music teachers, or private studio teachers, must deal with the problems inherent in getting students to first perform and then to understand rhythms. Rhythmic independence is one of the most important skills for students to master; this book will be an invaluable resource for all music educators. 10052965 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.95 Tim Lautzenheiser (A Teaching Music through Performance in Band 20th Anniversary Edition)—Tim Lautzenheiser. For thirty-five years, this nationally recognized advocate for the importance of leadership development and music education has inspired thousands through his insightful workshops and lectures. And for twenty years, he has contributed his wisdom to each volume of the celebrated Teaching Music through Performance in Band series. This edition compiles all ten of Lautzenheiser's thoughtful and practical chapters into one convenient and indispensable volume. Included are chapters on Successful Music Advocacy (Volume 2), The Selection and Development of Effective Student Leaders (Volume 4), The Cornerstones for Program Success (Volume 7), and much more. The wisdom and insight of these chapters will help music educators stay fresh and focused as they inspire and engage their students. 10683545 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.95 Tools for Powerful Student Evaluation— Susan R. Farrell. This book presents a practical source of authentic assessment strategies for music educators. Includes over 70 pages of tasks and charts for assessing the learning process as well as the product. With today's school systems demanding student accountability in all disciplines, this text provides music teachers with information regarding: assessment and its purpose, classroom conditions necessary for authentic assessment, choosing assessment strategies, understanding and developing scoring criteria, and descriptions of several alternative types of assessment. 5597331 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.95 Tuning for Wind Instruments: A Roadmap to Successful Intonation—Shelley Jagow. Here is all the information a music educator needs to fine-tune ensembles. Contents cover the origin of our pitch tuning standard; the best tuning notes for each instrument; 14 steps for tuning chords; how to properly tune brass slides; and much more. In addition, intonation charts for each instrument show pitch tendencies and alternate fingering suggestions. The most complete intonation resource for band directors! 10346285 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . 32.95 Woodwind Methods (An Essential Resource for Educators, Conductors & Students)— Charles West. Useful as a college woodwind methods class or as a quick reference manual for school band and orchestra directors, this volume provides concise descriptions of instrument similarities and differences, breath support, reed adjustment, and transposition. Includes instrument assembly, embouchure, hand position, and articulation; detailed fingering charts with primary fingerings and selected alternate and trill fingerings; progressive musical exercises and compositions that teach new fingerings; alternate fingerings, vibrato, flicking and multiple articulation; troubleshooting for mechanical or reed problems, repair and maintenance; recommendations for selecting reeds, mouthpieces and ligatures, instruments, method books, and study literature; and constructing a basic woodwind "toolbox." 10549231 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . 39.95 Work-Life Balance for Music Educators (Real Stories, Real Strategies, Real Solutions)— Paul Kimpton & Ann Kaczkowski Kimpton. Music educators are familiar with the teaching difficulties that occur in the music education trenches, but many are not ready to deal with the less-discussed challenges such as how to balance teaching and one's personal life, how to understand interconnections in other areas of a teacher's life, and how to deal with burnout and other stresses. Full of ideas for personal reflection and written in workbook form, this text encourages teachers to reflect upon their own professional journey in order to live a meaningful life, to consider what is truly important, and to set benchmarks for the future. The stories threaded throughout this book will be familiar to all professionals, regardless of their career choice, and will illuminate ways of adapting to a continuously evolving work environment and changing personal relationships. 10639140 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . 24.95 l Yes, You Can! (Survival Guide for Teaching Strings)—Stephen Benham/ed. Doris Gazda. Yes, You Can! is a practical guide for teaching the essential techniques of orchestral string instruments. Especially useful if you are coming into teaching strings from another discipline, such as band or choir. The guide carefully describes techniques and compares them to knowledge you already have so that you will feel confident in presenting these concepts to students. If you are already a string specialist, you will find this an indispensable resource guide that presents the pedagogical techniques of teaching string instruments in a concise, easy to understand format. 10880795 Spiral-Bound Book . . . . . . . 45.00 " Kudos to you for the ePrint online feature for some of your music. I just printed "Shepherd's Joy" percussion parts. No waiting, no shipping (smart in these economic times)." — Jeanne McGuire High School Music Director Farmington, UT