Improving Intonation in Band and Orchestra Performance

Improving Intonation in Band and Orchestra Performance

Author: Robert Garofalo

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 1996-07-01

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 9780634056000

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(Meredith Music Resource). The most comprehensive yet practical intonation book ever written. Includes tuning guides and intonation charts for all instruments.


Conducting and Rehearsing the Instrumental Music Ensemble

Conducting and Rehearsing the Instrumental Music Ensemble

Author: John F. Colson

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 521

ISBN-13: 0810882604

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"The most comprehensive guide on the rehearsal process for conducting instrumental music ensembles. This work breaks the multidimensional activity of working with an ensemble, orchestra, or band into its constituent components"--from publisher description.


Rehearsal Handbook for Band and Orchestra Students

Rehearsal Handbook for Band and Orchestra Students

Author: Robert Joseph Garofalo

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9781574630084

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Comprehensive handbook designed especially for secondary school band and orchestra students. Inlcudes 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 -- p. 1.


Tuning for Wind Instruments

Tuning for Wind Instruments

Author: Shelley Jagow

Publisher: Meredith Music Publications

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781574632095

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This book contains everything a music educator requires to approach fine-tuning intonation with their ensemble. This resource includes intonation charts for tracking personal progress, along with extensively researched color-coded fingering charts for every instrument providing pitch tendencies and suggestions for alternate fingerings.


Guide to Score Study for the Wind Band Conductor

Guide to Score Study for the Wind Band Conductor

Author: Frank Battisti

Publisher: Meredith Music

Published: 2000-03-01

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 1476850674

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(Meredith Music Resource). This outstanding "one-of-a-kind" text was designed to assist the conductor in achieving a personal interpretation of music.


Instrumental Music Education

Instrumental Music Education

Author: Evan Feldman

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2020-07-26

Total Pages: 501

ISBN-13: 0429650175

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Instrumental Music Education: Teaching with the Musical and Practical in Harmony, Third Edition, is intended for college instrumental music education majors studying to be band and orchestra directors at the elementary, middle school, and high school levels. This textbook presents a research-based look at the topics vital to running a successful instrumental music program, while balancing musical, theoretical, and practical approaches. A central theme is the compelling parallel between language and music, including "sound-to-symbol" pedagogies. Understanding this connection improves the teaching of melody, rhythm, composition, and improvisation. The companion website contains over 120 pedagogy videos for wind, string, and percussion instruments performed by professional players and teachers, over 50 rehearsal videos, rhythm flashcards, and two additional chapters: "The Rehearsal Toolkit" and ''Job Search and Interview." It also includes over 50 tracks of acoustically pure drones and demonstration exercises for use in rehearsals, sectionals, and lessons. New to This Edition: A new chapter on teaching beginning band using sound-to-symbol pedagogies Expanded coverage for strings and orchestra, including a new chapter on teaching beginning strings A new chapter on conducting technique Expanded material on teaching students with disabilities Concert etiquette and the concert experience Expanded coverage on the science of learning, including the Dunning-Kruger effect and the effective use of repetition in rehearsal Techniques for improving students’ practice habits


Composers on Composing for Band

Composers on Composing for Band

Author: Kimberly K. Archer

Publisher: GIA Publications

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 598

ISBN-13: 9781579997397

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Each composer addresses the following topics: Biographical information, The creative process ... how a composer works, Orchestration, Views from the composer to the conductor, Commissioning new works, The teaching of composition, Influential individuals, Ten works all band conductors at all levels should study, Ten composers whose music speaks in especially meaningful ways, The future of the wind band, Other facets of everyday life, Comprehensive list of works for band.


Blueprint for Band

Blueprint for Band

Author: Robert Joseph Garofalo

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9780962430879

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(Meredith Music Resource). An easy-to-follow, detailed curriculum that uses band performance as a means for teaching comprehensive musicianship. Blueprint runs a full scale of music history, theory and special projects, while serving as a step-by-step guide to band organization, rehearsal procedures and special units on musicianship.


Teaching Instrumental Music

Teaching Instrumental Music

Author: Shelley Jagow

Publisher: Meredith Music

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9781574630817

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(Meredith Music Resource). This book is a unique resource for both novice and experienced band directors, gathering effective teaching tools from the best in the field. Includes more than 40 chapters on: curriculum, "then and now" of North American wind bands, the anatomy of music making, motivation, program organization and administrative leadership, and much more. "A wonderful resource for all music educators! Dr. Jagow's book is comprehensive and impressive in scope. An excellent book! Bravo!" Frank L. Battisti, Conductor Emeritus, New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble (a href="http://youtu.be/nB4TwZhgn7c" target="_blank")Click here for a YouTube video on Teaching Instrumental Music(/a)


Guides to Band Masterworks

Guides to Band Masterworks

Author: Robert Joseph Garofalo

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9781574630220

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(Meredith Music Resource). A comprehensive approach to teaching band literature through performance by integrating technical skill development with knowledge and understanding of music structure and style. Includes flexible rehearsal strategies for teaching 6 outstanding grade 4 and 5 works for band that provide for individual differences and learning styles. The end result, enlightened and musically expressive performances!