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Grading for Musical Excellence���Paul Kimpton / Ann Kimpton. Remarkable and practical, this workbook
challenges music educators to examine their grading procedures for fairness and clarity and help motivate students
to improve and achieve musically. Exercises and reflective questions encourage educators to work as a team to
assess the current grading system and move to the next level by incorporating the latest research about grading
and connecting to Common Core standards. An essential resource for educators!
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Habits of a Successful Band Director (Pitfalls and Solutions)���Scott Rush. A wealth of practical information
you���ll turn to again and again. Among the many topics included are: classroom organization and management,
working with parents and colleagues, warm-ups, rehearsal strategies, selecting literature and student leadership.
Also included are outlines, reproducible forms and pitch tendency charts. Easy to use, it���s a must for new and
experienced band directors.
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Music Advocacy (Moving from Survival to Vision)���John L. Benham. Finally, a ���how-to��� book for advocating
for music education in your own school district! It helps you to understand educational processes and how budget
decisions are made. It also provides suggestions on how to involve all constituents in the process of advocacy by
guaranteeing that the best interests of students remain the basis for all decision making. Music programs can be
saved even when cuts appear to be imminent, and this book provides effective, proactive strategies, not only to
avoid those cuts but also to establish a long-term plan for continued development. This is a must-have resource for
K-12 and collegiate levels!
10282830 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27.95
The Musician���s Trust���James Jordan & James Whitbourn. ���The Musician���s Trust��� clarifies and celebrates
the important role this quality plays among musicians, both among individuals and ensembles, as well as between
teachers and students. Drawing on the experiences of conductors, composers, producers and teachers, the
necessity of trust is brought center stage. Topics include: building trust; conductor gestures that inadvertently
breed mistrust; trusting your own musical judgements; trusting each other within the ensemble; and finding tone
colors that reflect the presence of trust.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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Teaching Music Through Performance in Band, Vol. 9���Richard Miles. Here���s another remarkable addition
to the landmark series incorporating Teacher Resource Guides for 100 band works, Grades 2-6. Includes insights
on band works and composers as well as fascinating essays by Tim Lautzenheiser, Ray Cramer, Larry Blocher,
Eugene Migliaro Corporan, Edward S. Lisk and Richard Miles. An important continuation of this invaluable series!
10347950 Hardcover Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.95
10347974 CD Set-Concert Band Grade 2-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.50
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Music Curriculum Writing 101 (Assistance with Standards-Based Music Curriculum and Assessment
Writing)���Denese Odegaard. Help music students learn more in less time, reach higher goals, and become
active participants in their education. An extremely timely and beneficial text for band, choir, orchestra and general
music that provides the steps needed to create an effective music education curriculum for you, your school,
and your district. A sequenced music curriculum gives direction to your teaching, builds cohesion among your
colleagues, engages students and parents in goals you set, and builds awareness and support from your school���s
administrators. Contents include: overview of the national and state music standards; aligning district standards to
the national or state standards; suggested activities for each national standard; designing an organized curriculum
of lesson plans; assessments; organizing assessment documentation; student involvement; curriculum sample with
resources and websites. A must for all music educators!
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