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n Performance Assessment in BandWendy
Barden. Performance Assessment in Band by
Wendy Barden makes assessment easy with
48 pages of practical, proven techniques and
customizable forms that will help teachers engage
and motivate students, measure and transform
learning, and maximize the effectiveness of every
rehearsal. The result: skilled, energized musicians
and better bands and orchestras!
10089752 Hardcover Book -
One Book for All. . . . . . . . . . . . 9.95
l Planning Instruction in MusicFrank
Abrahams & Ryan John. This handbook is
designed to help music educators develop effective
objectives, lesson plans, and assessments for
their students, greatly improving successful
classroom, instrumental, and choral instruction.
Sample objectives, assessment ideas, and lesson
plan templates designed to show how meaningful
instruction can be put into action. Music educators
will be able to easily adapt these examples in
the handbook to their own classrooms, providing
music educators with more accountability results to
show administrators while achieving effective and
meaningful teaching.
10495598 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28.95
n Practice and Reflection for Band and
OrchestraWendy Barden. Help your students
improve their performing by helping them
accomplish more when they practice. The
information provided will help guide them toward
more effective and efficient practicing resulting in
obtaining a higher level achievement.
10189342 Hardcover Book . . . . . . . . . . . 10.95
l Quality of Life Habits of a Successful Band
Director (Balancing Life and Work for the
Modern Musical Professional)Scott Rush
& Jeremy Lane. Being a band director is more
than a career, it's a way of life. Demanding,
long hours, the stress of concert performances,
managing students, budgets and departmental
responsibilities all make it a challenging
profession. How does a band director sustain
a career while balancing work life and family
life? This indispensable book will help everyone
deal with this, whether a first-year teacher or
seasoned veteran. It's especially valuable for pre-
service music education students in solving many
problems before they start. A practical resource
that's insightful, meaningful and gripping.
10493228 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.95
n Rehearsal Handbook (For Band and
Orchestra Students)Robert Garofalo. There
are so many things that players should know
about music, but there is never enough rehearsal
time to cover them. That's why this handbook,
designed especially for secondary school band
and orchestra students, is such a great idea! The
text includes rehearsal enrichment study units
covering the fundamentals of music, intervals
and chords, transposition, acoustics, tuning and
intonation, music terms and symbols, sight-
reading, conducting and music history. This book
will help you and your students get more out of
every minute of rehearsal!
2129617 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.95
n Rehearsing the BandJohn E. Williamson.
If you are a conductor or are in training to be
one, this book is for you! It gathers some of
the greatest directors of bands in the country
to answer questions on the art of rehearsing.
Conductors Frank Battisti, Eugene Corporon,
James Croft, Donald R. Hunsberger, Jerry F.
Junkin, Craig Kirchhoff, Alan McMurray, H. Robert
Reynolds, James Smith, John Whitwell and John
E. Williamson give sound advice on topics such as
intonation, interpretation, technique and planning
to assist you in becoming a better and more
efficient director.
10052583 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . 19.95
n 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
n 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
l Seriously?! (Ruminations, Affirmations, and
Observations About the State of Music
Education)Scott Lang. Written in a warm
and conversational style, readers are invited
to sit down, pull up a chair, and stay awhile to
ponder this profession called music education.
This is the kind of book you'll not only read twice,
but you'll want to share with fellow teachers
and colleagues.
10495352 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . 23.95
n So You're the New Band Director: Now
What?Philip C. Wise. This excellent book
addresses all those non-musical aspects of being a
Band Director that get in the way of making music:
Discipline, Organization, Scheduling, Booster
Organizations; Dealing with Administrators and
more. It's chock full of tried and tested solutions
for hundreds of situations which confront directors
on a daily basis. You can learn this stuff the hard
way, or you can read this book and save yourself
several headaches!
5763503 Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29.95
4 Sourcebook for Wind Band and Instrumental
MusicFrank Battisti, Russ Girsberger &
William Berz. This valuable text was created to
aid directors and teachers in finding information
and expanding general knowledge. The
resources used were selected from hundreds of
published and online sources found in journals,
magazines, music company catalogs and
publications, websites, doctoral dissertations,
graduate theses, encyclopedias, databases,
and books. Information was also provided from
outstanding college, university, and school
wind band directors and instrumental teachers.
Units include: General Resources About Music;
Specific Resources; Use of literature; Library
Staffing and Management.
10490395 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . 39.95
n The Superior Educator (A Calm and Assertive
Approach to Classroom Management)
Stephen T. McClard. From the youngest
professional to the seasoned veteran, every music
educator wants success for their students and
their music program. Stephen McClard shows an
uncommon gift of perception, rich experience,
a love of students, a pleasant writing style and a
commitment to success in this outstanding book
that bridges the gap between the good educator
and the exceptional one. Anecdotal stories, real
solutions, and practical management ideas are
presented in such a straightforward way that
you'll be eager to try them in your own classroom
or group rehearsal setting. Instrumental or choral
directors, elementary through high school, will find
valuable and encouraging material on almost every
page. A must for every educator!
10078814 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . 15.00
n The Teacher's Guide to Music, Media, And
Copyright LawJames Frankel. In this era of
unprecedented access to information, teachers
have a wealth of resources readily available for
lesson planning, but determining what legally can
and cannot be used in the classroom is a difficult
task. The Teacher's Guide to Music, Media, and
Copyright Law helps to explain in plain English just
how information, images, video and music can be
incorporated into any kind of lesson plan without
running afoul of copyright laws. You'll learn: what
you can legally use without permission; how to
obtain and license what you need permission to
use; how to check the copyright status of any media
item; and how to apply copyright legality examples
to real classroom situations.
10064295 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . 24.99
n 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
n 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.
10027623 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . 39.95
n 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
n Teaching Music with PromisePeter
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
n 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
n 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
n Tools for Powerful Student EvaluationSusan
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
n Tuning for Wind Instruments: A Roadmap to
Successful IntonationShelley 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. . . . . . . . . . . 24.99
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You are all easy and
fun to work with,
and that means a
great deal."
—Tom Seaton, Woodland, CA
