J.W. Pepper Music Catalog
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Editors' Choice lNew for 2021 HBasic Library Available via ePrint All Prices in U.S. Dollars & Subject To Publisher Revision 104 CONCERT BAND Go to cart BOOKS FOR BAND DIRECTORS l A Choral Director's Guide to Instrumental Conducting—Michael Kemp. Choral directors are frequently called upon to conduct various instrumental ensembles, from a few accompanying instruments to a full orchestra. This very practical and straightforward book provides insights and advice to those who haven't studied instrumental conducting, who may be new to conducting instrumentalists, or those who are looking to hone or enhance their skills. Throughout this book, Michael Kemp explains the most beneficial ways for a choral conductor to hire, work with, and lead instrumentalists. The different approach needed to guide instrumental ensembles of varying skill levels is presented clearly and effectively. Helpful and perceptive accounts from Kemp's wide-ranging experience as a conductor illuminate the material. Useful sample seating chart of various instrumental combinations are also included. 11345239 Spiral-Bound Book . . . . . . . . .14.95 Classic Leadership - Teacher's Edition with DVD—Tim Lautzenheiser. The first published leadership curriculum specifically designed for high school students and written by one of the most well respected and sought-after experts on leadership development. Any organization will benefit from this effective compilation of time-proven leadership concepts developed from the author's work with more than two million young people over the past 30 years. Includes 12 weeks of lesson plans, activities, games, discussion items, homework activities, and a DVD for teachers that is a step-by- step guide featuring high school students in action. The companion workbook will help students as a guide and reference for years to come. 10434375 Paperback Book Workbook . . .19.95 Classroom Management in the Music Room —David Newell. With 30 years of teaching in the public schools as well as 15 years at the university level, master teacher David Newell shares his "secrets" of classroom management. Create a positive learning environment without ever having to raise your voice! This is a great resource for both the veteran and first year music teachers. 10351634 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . .29.95 The Complete Instrument Reference Guide for Band Directors—Richard Williams & Jeff King. This useful spiral-bound reference book includes extended fingering charts for all wind instruments; alternate fingerings, trill charts and key diagrams for all woodwind instruments; harmonic series and pitch tendencies for all brass instruments as well as instrument ranges for mallet percussion and rudiments for all battery percussion. Individual fingering charts for student use can be purchased separately. 5969465 Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19.95 The Complete Woodwind Instructor—Robert & Deborah Sheldon. A complete guidebook for the music educator, regardless of his or her background. Indispensable for all directors! 2348472 Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27.00 The Conductor's Challenge—Frank L. Battisti. This text is an extension and expansion of Guide to Score Study and examines the various paths conductors follow in arriving at an interpretation. The author emphasizes the importance of the conductor's imagination, personality and ongoing study in developing an interpretation that is personal, well informed and faithful to the composer's expressive intent. He examines the score analysis process including the role and function of a work's musical elements, the need to balance intellectual understanding and intuitive feelings about a piece, and the challenges faced by conductors when transforming an interpretation into a performance. 10637036 Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24.95 The Conductor's Toolbox—Richard Sparks. What do coaches, master teachers, and educational psychologists have to teach us about conducting? As it turns out, quite a bit! In this concise yet insightful volume, Richard Sparks draws from years of experience in the professional choral world and from his time teaching at two leading universities to help choral conductors transform their craft and create truly artful experiences. He gains inspiration from legendary college basketball coach John Wooden and shares striking and refreshing parallels between coaching sports teams and conducting music ensembles. Sparks draws equally from research in the fields of teaching and the psychology of learning and their application to teaching music. Just as an artisan builds a set of skills and learns the tools of the trade, conductors too must build a box of tools to help them learn, understand, and interpret music, lead rehearsals, and conduct. Highlights include: assessing yourself and your choir; using modeling; developing good habits in yourself and your choir; learning and teaching new skills; rehearsing more efficiently; teaching fundamental elements of music; selecting repertoire that improves your choir's skills; improving your planning and pacing of rehearsals. This book is for the young conductor starting out who wants to build a truly solid craft. It is also for the experienced conductor who wonders how to move to the next level, re-energize, and grow. 10985387 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . .17.95 Copyright Handbook for Music Educators and Directors—Pam Phillips & Andrew Surmani. The Copyright Handbook for Music Educators and Directors provides a concise overview of the key aspects of copyright law that affect music educators and directors in the United States. Designed to provide answers to the most common questions raised by educators and directors, this resource makes it easy to find specific answers and is arranged in a user-friendly question-and-answer format. For ease of use, a thorough glossary of terms and an extensive index are included. Not meant to replace legal counsel, the Copyright Handbook is a starting point for music educators and directors with questions concerning copyright. Topics: how to determine if a work is protected by copyright; the use of print music and lyrics; the use of audio; the use of video; digital products and the internet; performance rights; and composing and arranging. 10773128 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . .19.99 l Creating Excellence in Choirs and Orchestras —Dennis Shrock. Noted scholar and conductor Dennis Shrock uncovers the key factors and proven strategies that lead to the achievement of excellence in music ensembles at any level. With the use of historical references and examples, this book lays out 14 elements that contribute to an ensemble's success: goals, focus, attitudes, structures, procedures, responsibility, ontology, study, warm-ups, sound, cohesion, expression, conducting, and repertoire. While it highlights the choral and orchestral mediums specifically, all concepts can be applied to any type of ensemble, and the recommendations are not exclusively for the benefit of conductors. Music teachers, church musicians, ensemble members, and administrative staff will glean wisdom from these pages as well. Excellence is an attainable goal for anyone with a vision, and this insightful text guides readers as they embark on their own quest for musical excellence. 11349227 Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39.95 The Creative Director—Edward Lisk. If you teach young musicians, you should read this book! Lisk takes a practical and innovative approach to get ting musicians off to a good start by focusing on the student's innate learning process. Following a "natural learning sequence," Lisk gives step by step plans to focus the student mentally on such key elements as tone, technique and rhythm. Mastery of each concept begins with the mindset of the learner, and gradually develops into performance of the skill learned. Even seasoned teachers will find there is something valuable to be learned from this book. 2470697 Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29.99 The Ensemble Movement Warm-Up—James Jordan. Building on the ideas of Rudolf von Laban and Edwin E. Gordon's Music Learning Theory, James Jordan has created an exciting new rhythm and movement pedagogy. This book explores how to organize and sequence movement activities in a choral setting to increase artistry and help raise the performance level of any ensemble, regardless of age. 11173436 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . .21.95 Everyday Wisdom for Inspired Teaching—Tim Lautzenheiser. What are the secret ingredients of master teachers? If you were a student in your class, what would you be learning? Would it be both exciting and valuable? How do you create a disciplined classroom environment without becoming a dictator? How can failure become a pathway to success? What are the qualities of true leaders? Tim Lautzenheiser explores the real-world questions, fears, and doubts all outstanding educators have. In the process, he discovers a gold mine of opportunities for teachers to assess their own effectiveness and reach the highest levels possible. In four parts (The Art of Teaching; Developing an Attitude for Success; Teacher Leadership Skills; and Selection and Encouragement of Student Leaders), Tim calls teachers and administrators to action. He writes, "It is easy to 'dream the dream' and even exciting to sit down and 'draw up the plan,' but doing it, actually taking action, seems to be where many halt... Don't react: act." 10001221 Hardcover Book. . . . . . . . . . . .24.95 Foundations of Conducting Technique—Frank Eychaner. A comprehensive beginning conducting text - complete with pictures, online videos, and supplemental conducting etudes - to facilitate the development of a clear and expressive conducting technique. This volume addresses three major areas for beginning conductors: gestural technique, score study, and leadership. For gestural technique, the text details a number of technical skills, including the appropriate use of the body, the roles of the right and left hand, basic conducting patterns and their derivatives, an application of Laban movement analysis, the importance of the conducting planes, and conducting with varied articulations (staccato, legato, and marcato), among others. In addressing score study, rather than advocating for one particular approach, this volume presents a number of possible score study methods for the student to explore. Finally, the text addresses how to be an effective and ethical leader from the podium. It also presents the transformational leadership model as a positive pathway for improving the conductor's effectiveness on and off the podium. Also included are music etudes to help students develop the technical skills of the conductor. A major contribution to conducting pedagogy and an extraordinary resource that distills the essence of effective conducting gesture. 11203497 Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49.95 Growing Musicians—Bridget Sweet. This book focuses on teaching adolescents within the context of a music classroom, regardless of content area (orchestra, band, choir, or general music). It provides a look at the importance of music courses in the lives of adolescents as they navigate the path between being a child and becoming an adult. Paperback, 208 p. 10627316 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . .24.95 Guide to Brass Musical Instrument Repair— Christopher Page Bluemel. This spiral bound book covers repairs from basic simple repairs to professional repair work, a step-by-step guide to brass repair. Easy to read and designed for use while repairing brass instruments, it contains plenty of helpful photos and diagrams. Perfect for a classroom repair text as well as a guide for directors and individuals. 10316755 Spiral-Bound Book . . . . . . . . .32.95 Guide to Score Study—Frank Battisti & Robert Garofalo. A comprehensive book containing a wealth of practical advice on how to become a better conductor by increasing one's understanding of score reading and musical analysis. A common- sense approach, with numerous musical examples for illustration. A valuable resource for all conductors! 4929220 Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29.95 A Guide to Student Teaching in Band—Dennis W. Fisher, Lissa Fleming May & Erik Johnson. Music education majors are poised to enter one of the most enjoyable and meaningful professions. This guide is designed to help get everything they can out of their experience. Each chapter includes an overview of the situations young music educators will face in their new profession. This includes: how to develop observation skills and glean helpful techniques; how to develop educational vision and ethics; and how to prepare for the overload that many feel in the never-ending litany of daily teaching and administrative tasks. 10978303 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . .15.95 Handy Manual of Fingering Charts for Instrumentalists—Clarence Hendrickson. This is well named! It is indeed a handy reference for the busy band director, containing fingering and trill charts for the standard band instruments, as well as a reference for string instrument positions. 257584 Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.99 INTONATION RESOURCES Improving Intonation in Band and Orchestra Performance—Robert Garofalo. Every band director will benefit from this in-depth and eminently useful text on intonation. Extensively detailed, this book covers acoustic principles of band and orchestra instruments, strategies for improving intonation, and specific guides for dealing with each instrument's idiosyncrasies. Indispensable! 5491550 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.95 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 Tuning the Band—James Jurrens. Here's a concise and easy to understand reference for the instruments of the concert band. It provides a detailed guide to intonation tendancies for each instrument as well as solutions for each problem. Comprehensive and practical, it's ideal for use in rehearsals and practice. 2243889 Paperback Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.95 STATE & FESTIVAL LISTS Find the right music for a successful competition. JWPEPPER.COM/FESTIVALLISTS