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Coppenbarger, Brent
Fine-Tuning the Clarinet Section
A Handbook for the Band Director
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing (Baltimore, MD, 2015)
Clarinets are prominent melody instruments, and a
strong clarinet section can make the difference between
a good band and a great band. In Fine-Tuning the
Clarinet Section: A Handbook for the Band Director,
Brent Coppenbarger offers a full range of strategies to
assist the band director, the beginning clarinetist, and the
advanced clarinetist in developing a strong clarinet section.
Paperback, 124 p.
10585417 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26.00
Everts, Paul D.
Conducting My Life
Life Lessons from a High School
Music Teacher
Infinity Publishing (Conshohoken, PA, 2015)
How do you conduct your life? Carefully? Cautiously?
Courageously? Well, you have one opportunity to conduct
your life and like music, you want your life to be better
than a "C." In our nation, "C" stands for average and the
definition of average is: the best of the worst or the worst
of the best. Mr. Everts hopes we would conduct our lives
with the goal of being the best of the best. In Conducting
My Life, Mr. Everts uses personal stories to show you
how he conducts his life with all those "C's" with another
important "C" - Christ. Jesus Christ.
10573325 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12.95
10573327 Hardcover Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30.95
Heine, Erik
James Newton Howard's Signs
A Film Score Guide
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing (Baltimore, MD, 2015)
Erik Heine provides the first close reading of the
composer's work. Heine discusses Howard's musical
style and influences, as well as his ability to compose
for a variety of genres, acknowledging him as one of the
most versatile composers working today. The book shows
how early sketches of cues for Signs were developed into
the final score, allowing the reader insight into Howard's
compositional process. The book also demonstrates how
Howard's style is difficult to pigeonhole, since his focus is
on serving the needs of the film. Paperback, 228 p.
10585419 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50.00
Jacobson, Jeanine M.
Professional Piano Teaching,
Vol. 1: Elementary
Alfred Publishing, Inc. (Van Nuys, CA, 2015)
An excellent introduction to the profession of teaching
piano. This revised second edition has been expanded to
include chapters on teaching adult students and teaching
popular, sacred, and other familiar music. Designed to
serve as a basic text for a first-semester or lower-division
piano pedagogy course, it provides an overview of learning
principles and a thorough approach to essential aspects
of teaching elementary-level students. Special features
include discussions on how to teach, not just what to teach;
numerous musical examples; chapter summaries; and
suggested projects for new and experienced teachers.
10555642 Paperback Book 2nd Edition. . . . . . . .59.99
Kaschub, Michele &
Janice Smith
Promising Practices in 21st Century
Music Teacher Education
Oxford University Press (Oxford, England, 2014)
This book surveys emerging music and education
landscapes to present a sampling of the promising practices
of music teacher education that may serve as new models
for the 21st century. Contributors explore the delicate
balance between curriculum and pedagogy, the power
structures that influence music education at all levels,
the role of contemporary musical practices in teacher
education, and the communication challenges that surround
institutional change. Models of programs that feature
in-school, out-of-school and beyond-school contexts,
lifespan learning perspectives, active juxtapositions of
formal and informal approaches to teaching and learning,
student-driven project-based fieldwork, and the purposeful
employment of technology and digital media as platforms
for authentic music engagement within a contemporary
participatory culture are all offered as springboards for
innovative practice.
10588527 Hardcover Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105.00
10588528 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36.95
Martin, M. Gregory &
Rachael L. Smolinsky
Marching Band Techniques
A Guide to the Successful Operation of a
High School Band Program
Shiffer Publishing, LTD. (Atglen, PA, 2016)
This book can be used as an accompanying text for the
collegiate marching band techniques course and to help
build a successful marching band program at a high school.
Topics include everything from developing a program
handbook to student leadership and adult staffing, budgets,
rehearsal techniques, sample forms, and basic information
regarding the development process of a marching band
show, as well as basic drill design techniques. It also
addresses typical mistakes made by young teachers and
offers suggestions on how to avoid/handle those mistakes.
Finally, workbook-style activities at the end of each chapter
help support and reinforce the material presented.
10601335 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39.99
Passman, Donald S.
All You Need to Know About the
Music Business
9th Edition
Simon & Schuster, Inc. (New York, NY, 2015)
Now in its ninth edition, Passman's classic guide is
updated to give you all the information necessary to thrive
in this exhilarating and unpredictable environment - no
matter who you are. Performers: learn the risks and
benefits of do-it-yourself music distribution, and how to
protect yourself whether you sign with a record label or go
it on your own. Songwriters: understand the complicated
world of exploiting your songs and negotiating the best
possible deals. Managers/Executives: get an overview of
the entire business, plus the specifics you need to advance
your career. Considering a career in music?: familiarize
yourself with the structure of the industry and figure out
which path to take. Paperback, 544 p.
10590471 Paperback Book 9th Edition . . . . . . . .35.00
Pereira, Daniel
We Can't Always Play Waltzes
Conversations with Bert Lucarelli
Carl Fischer, LLC (New York, NY, 2015)
Illuminating and insightful, Daniel Pereira's conversations
with oboist soloist Bert Lucarelli reflect on his life,
performing, music, and philosophy. Music lovers will not
only enjoy, but also will learn from, Bert's recollections
of rehearsing and working with great conductors and
musicians such as Stokowski, Solti, Krips, Reiner,
Kondrashin, and Stravinsky. Bert entices us into his world
with many insightful observations. Paperback, 140 p.
10586962 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14.99
Schillinger, Christin
Bassoon Reed Making
A Pedagogic History
Indiana University Press (Bloomington, IN, 2015)
Withheld by leading pedagogues in an effort to control
competition, the art of reed making in the early 20th
century has been shrouded in secrecy, producing a
generation of performers without reed making fluency.
While tenets of past decades remain in modern pedagogy,
Christin Schillinger details the historical pedagogical trends
of bassoon reed making to examine the impact different
methods have had on the practice of reed making and
performance today. Schillinger traces the pedagogy of reed
making from the earliest known publication addressing
bassoon pedagogy in 1687 through the publication of Julius
Weissenborn's Praktische Fagott-Schule and concludes
with an in-depth look at contemporary methodologies
developed by Louis Skinner, Don Christlieb, Norman
Herzberg, and Lewis Hugh Cooper. Aimed at practitioners
and pedagogues of the bassoon, this book provides
a deeper understanding of the history and technique
surrounding reed-making craft and instruction.
Hardcover, 176 p.
10585405 Hardcover Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30.00
Schleifer, Martha Furman &
Gary Galvan
Latin American Classical Composers
A Biographical Dictionary
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing (Baltimore, MD, 2015)
Now in its third edition, this book provides a singular
English-language resource for biographical information on
hundreds of composers from Central and South America
and the Hispanic Caribbean. Painstakingly gathered from
a wide variety of sources, the information updates and
expands previous editions and fills in the gaps left by
the other major English-language music dictionaries and
encyclopedias. Hardcover, 764 p.
10585420 Hardcover Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125.00
Sharon, Deke, Ben Spalding
& Brody McDonald
A Cappella
Alfred Publishing, Inc. (Van Nuys, CA, 2015)
More than any other person, Deke Sharon is responsible
for the current success of pop a cappella. Combine
Deke's expertise with that of directors Ben Spalding
and Brody McDonald, a foreword by Ben Folds, and
advice from Peter Hollens, and you have one of the most
comprehensive volumes ever created on the subject of
contemporary a cappella singing. The book is divided
into eight sections: Setting the Stage; Getting the Band
Together; Arranging; Preparing; Technology; Making a
Name; Extras and Making It.
10523225 Paperback Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29.99
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