WHAT'S NEW.....
Visit a virtual rehearsal on you PC or MAC where each video clip illustrates
a different rehearsal concept including:
Frank L. Battisti
"So many important facts are uncovered and solutions revealed. It's a must
for the library of any serious music educator"
H. Robert Reynolds
"...a book which contains a wonderfully diverse wealth of knowledge that
is 'hands on' for the informed music educator. ...an excellent resource for
both beginning teachers and veteran music educators."
Dr. Linda R. Moorhouse
"From creating artistic musical experiences to establishing a first-class
organization blueprint, there is not stone left unturned. This is not a book
to be recommended, but a book to be REQUIRED."
Tim Lautzenheiser
This valuable collection of quick-to-read yet deeply insightful strategies is like finding expert trade secrets all placed in one easy, quick-to-read source. Contributors to the book were even eager to get a look at each other's ideas! With outstanding records of performance, workshop clinics, recordings, research, composition, leadership, and teaching, the 57 authors provide their favorite "recipes" that cover an extreme range of topics from rudiments to rock, drum set to symphonic playing and keyboard percussion to interpretation. There is something for everyone in this unique publication that will inspire all levels and types of teachers, ensembles and performers.
This exciting new work, by one of today's most highly regarded music scholars,
brings new light to the more than two dozen works by Ralph Vaughan Williams
for military band, brass band and wind ensemble. Vaughan Williams' unique
relationship with fellow composer Gustav Holst is examined as well as his
relationships with personnel at the Royal Military School of Music, the
BBC and the Salvation Army. There’s much more in this hard-to-put-down
volume for conductors, performers, students and aficionados!
Craig Kirchhoff
This timeless treatise on the professional secrets of percussion performance,
written by two of America's most outstanding orchestral percussionists, provides
the kind of information that--before this book--could only have been gained
by years of public performance. Learn the many "tricks of the trade" and
subtle nuances of artistic percussion performance through text and photos.
"Congratulations! I read it from cover to cover and it has a lot of important
information in it. …it gives plenty of information and the pictures of
you and the instruments are excellent."
"...it’s terrific. If you had written it 25 years sooner, you would have
made my professional life much easier! The illustrations are great-and
each picture 'being worth a thousand words,' enhances the written explanations."
"...there is a great deal of the old fundamentals of playing percussion
instruments that many of the new band leaders should study."
Frederick Fennell widely acknowledged as the "dean of American band conductors",
has freely shared what he called "long-distilled thoughts" about the world’s greatest
music for band. In this collection, he covers original scores by Persichetti, Hanson,
Schuman and Chance as well as classic works by Wagner and Holst. Fennell's clear
and to-the-point analysis/interpretations are based on a lifetime of careful research,
rehearsals, and professional performances. In this informative work, you will find
inspiration for a truly superior presentation of these masterworks for band. Included are:
This valuable collection of quick-to-read yet deeply insightful strategies is like
finding expert trade secrets all placed in one easy, quick-to-read source.
Contributors to the book were even eager to get a look at each other's ideas.
With outstanding records of performance, workshop clinics, recordings,
research, composition, leadership, and teaching, the 57 authors provide
their favorite "recipes" that range from overviews of successful programs
to specific topics that will inspire all levels and types of ensembles and
performers. Sample "recipes" include:
Principal Percussionist of the San Francisco Symphony, Chairman of Percussion Studies
at the San Francisco Conservatory and faculty member at the Colburn School of
Music in Los Angeles, Jack Van Geem has provided a comprehensive performance
analysis of keyboard percussion parts for the major symphonic repertoire.
His easy-to-understand explanations are based on countless performances
under many of the world's finest conductors. Includes parts for practice and
performance.
Nancy Zeltsman
This one-of-a-kind volume is perfect for those who have never programmed a Canadian
band piece or simply want to expand their knowledge of Canada's many gems
for wind band. With up-to-date biographies of 63 Canadian composers and more
than 200 of their works in grades 1 through 6, this books listing of each work
includes program notes, description of the piece, grade level, duration and publisher.
Also included are easy-to-use, four year performance sequences for each grade level.
This book provides one huge “room” where everyone can gather to ask questions on the art of rehearsing and listen to answers from people who know. In his foreword, Frederick Fennell says:
"If you are a conductor, or are in training to be one—or are confused about how it’s going—this book is all about you and me."
This valuable collection of quick-to-read yet deeply insightful strategies is
like finding expert trade secrets all placed in one easy, quick-to-read source.
Contributors to the book were even eager to get a look at each other’s ideas.
With outstanding records of performance, workshop clinics, recordings, research,
composition, leadership, and teaching, the 57 authors provide their favorite
“recipes” that range from overviews of successful programs to specific topics
that will inspire all levels and types of ensembles and performers.
The Interpretive Wind Band Conductor will help conductors make the
creative leap from simply reading notes to insightful musical
interpretation. In additional to a long list of topics on conducting
and interpretation, it includes in-depth analysis of 6 masterworks for
band and provides solutions for conducting irregular and non-metrical
problems inherent in contemporary music.
Five original solos with piano accompaniment by a multi-faceted
composer/performer and historically significant mallet soloist. This
set includes program notes and composer biography. These five pieces,
Mallets Ala Zurke, Rag Doll Rag, Temptation Revamp, Waltz in Ragtime
and Joplin on Wood, are fun to play, fun to listen to and will surely
add to any concert or recital program as well as repertoire for solo
performances of any nature. Includes a CD recording of Harry Breuer
playing each piece with piano accompaniment.
This incredible book by one of the world’s foremost authorities on
conducting contains no conducting patterns, no advice on how to conduct
any piece. Instead, it focuses on the skills, knowledge and
experiences needed to become and function as a conductor-teacher. It
will surely become the standard text for all those serious about the
art of conducting.
"This text is a 'must have' for all serious musicians."
With an insightful foreword by Anthony J. Cirone, this incredible
analysis of the timpani part to Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 provides
valuable information on interpreting all Beethoven’s Symphonies. After
16 years as timpanist with the San Francisco Symphony and 32 years as
Solo Timpanist with the New York Philharmonic, Roland Kohloff performed
under every major conductor in the world. This one-of-a-kind study
includes:
An essential book for all performers, teachers and conductors of wind
instruments. It clears away the cobwebs of superstitions and the fixed
ideas of what can and can’t be done. It is a book to return to again
and again written by one of the great wind virtuosos of our time. Among
the important concepts and techniques included are:
These 4 pieces, Waltz, Sad Song, Rain and Shake It Out
offer the often-neglected percussion group musically satisfying and fun
pieces to play. The techniques required are rudimentary and the
instruments are usually available to the beginning band director.
Substitutions of "junk" or "found" instruments are suggested and
welcome. Notes to the instructor include all the information necessary
for the non-percussionist instructor to teach these pieces that are
written from the unique percussionist’s perspective, where students are
expected to:
A unique resource for both novice and experienced band directors
gathering effective teaching tools from the best in the field including
more than 40 chapters on:
"From creating artistic musical experiences to establishing a
first-class organization blueprint, there is no stone left unturned.
This is not a book to be recommended, but a book to be REQUIRED."
Tim Lautzenheiser
Former percussionist of the San Francisco Symphony and Indiana
University Professor of Music, Anthony Cirone has provided a
comprehensive performance analysis of cymbal parts for the major
symphonic repertoire. His easy-to-understand explanations are based on
countless performances under many of the world’s finest conductors.
Includes parts for practice and performance.
"...This is not a repertoire book. It is a lesson in musicianship. Mr.
Cirone generously shares the richness of his many years experience as
one of the best."
Jack Van Geem
Conducting-listening skills, harmonic and melodic content, ensemble
sonority and expressive conducting are only a few of the insightful
topics included in Ed Lisk's latest publication. The complexities of
instrumental music as related to Howard Gardner's Theories of Multiple
Intelligences are thoroughly discussed and provide an overwhelming
foundation for the support of music in the schools. From philosophy to
practicality, this book has it all!
"...The love shown for teaching and music making demonstrated by Edward
S. Lisk is truly a dynamic force in music education. This book will
only add to the momentum of a creative life’s work so lovingly shared."
Michael Haithcock
This valuable collection of quick-to-read yet deeply insightful
strategies is like finding expert trade secrets from around the world
all placed in one easy source. With outstanding records of
performance, workshop clinics, recordings, research, composition,
leadership, and teaching, the 57 authors provide their favorite
"recipes" that range from overviews of successful programs to specific
topics that will inspire all levels and types of choirs.
Like his first critically acclaimed international best seller Teaching
Music with Passion, Peter Boonshaft’s newest book, Teaching Music with
Purpose, is even more poignant and powerful. Called one of the most
exciting and exhilarating voices in music education today, Boonshaft’s
latest work is both inspirational and instructional and will definitely
warm your heart and transform your teaching.
"...should be a required book for every music educator. Beautifully
clear, precise and detailed, every aspect of the conductor's and
educator's role and responsibility is brought into wonderful focus.
…writes with both enthusiasm and imagination he gives the reader so
many ideas and concepts to implement with students that this book will
become an invaluable tool in helping to produce top-notch musicians..."
Eric Ewazen
A stimulating collection of unique concepts on becoming a successful
performer by fifty-seven of today's most outstanding brass
professionals. Contains to-the-point, thought-provoking ideas proven
successful by master teacher-performers. Problem-solving tips,
philosophical concepts, and technique-building exercises, all in one
easy-to-read collection. An ideal source of exciting strategies for all
levels of development.
The third in a five-volume series on major contemporary composers and their
works for wind band. Included in this volume are rare, ‘behind-the-notes’
perspectives acquired from personal interviews with each composer. An excellent
resource for conductor, composer or enthusiast interested in acquiring a richer
musical understanding of the composers’ training, compositional approach, musical
influences and interpretative ideas.
“A rich and compelling contribution to all who care about living, breathing
music. Tim Salzman and his colleagues beautifully illuminate the backgrounds,
beliefs, and musical intentions of many of today's most important composers.
Rarely has there been such a lucid and eloquent representation of so many
talented composers' thoughts about themselves, their lives, and their music.”
Frank Ticheli
DEVELOPING THE COMPLETE BAND PROGRAM..........$14.95
by Shelley M. Jagow
ISBN 978-1-57463-095-4
Featured music educators Include:
The late Frederick Fennel, Colonel Timothy Foley, Jerry Junkin,
H. Robert Reynolds, Mallory Thompson, William Wakefield,
and Garwood Whaley.
Bonus Items Include:
Note: This DVD was not recorded in a professional studio. Each video clip
was recorded in a live classroom rehearsal environment with limited equipment
to minimize rehearsal disruption.
"A wonderful resource for all music educators! Dr. Jagow's book is
comprehensize and impressive in scope."
Conductor Emeritus
New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble
Director Emeritus of the University of Michigan Bands
Principal Wind Ensemble Conductor, University of Southern California
Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings
Associate Director of Bands, Louisiana State University
Immediate Past-President, National Band Association
Executive Director of Education
Conn-Selmer, Inc.
THE DRUM AND PERCUSSION COOKBOOK:
CREATIVE RECIPES FOR PLAYERS AND TEACHERS..........$24.95
edited by Rick Mattingly
ISBN 978-1-57463-101-2
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS WIND WORKS..........$28.95
by Jon Ceander Mitchell
ISBN 978-1-57463-098-5
"...the contributions of Jon Mitchell have become a cornerstone of
serious scholarship in our field. ...a welcome insight into the life
and works of Vaughan Williams. Contained within are valuable insights
into the world of Vaughan Williams that, for the majority of us, will
be an undiscovered country."
Professor of Music/Director of Bands
University of Minnesota
THE LOGIC OF IT ALL..........$24.95
by Anthony J. Cirone and
Joe Sinai
ISBN 978-1-57463-099-2
"Finally!!! A book that says it like it is. Valuable experience and
techniques that are accomplished only through years of playing is now
available at your fingertips in The Logic of it All."
Louie Bellson
Arthur Fiedler
Vic Firth
Haskell W. Harr
A CONDUCTOR'S INTERPRETIVE ANALYSIS
OF MASTERWORKS FOR BAND..........$19.95
by Frederick Fennell
Edited by Kenneth L. Neidig
ISBN 978-1-57463-094-7
Vincent Persichetti
Vincent Persichetti
Richard Wagner
Howard Hanson
William Schuman
Gustav Holst
John Barnes Chance
Frederick Fennell
THE WOODWIND PLAYER'S COOKBOOK
CREATIVE RECIPES FOR A SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCE..........$24.95
Edited by Charles West
ISBN 978-1-57463-097-8
J. Lawrie Bloom, Solo Bass Clarinetist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Leone Buyse, Professor of Flute, Rice University; Former Principal Flute, Boston Symphony Orchestra
William J. Dawson, M.D. Northwestern University School of Medicine; Bassoonist
Victor L. Goines, Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies at Northwestern Uni versity, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Member
James Mason, Principal Oboe, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra; Professor of Oboe, Wilfried Laurier University (Ontario)
Ricardo Morales, Principal Clarinet, The Philadelphia Orchestra; Former Principal Clarinet, Metropolitan Opera
Albert Regni, Principal Saxophonist, New York Philharmonic
Eugene Rousseau, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Saxophone, Indiana University; Artist Professor of Saxophone, University ofMinnesota
Himie Voxman, Former Director, University of Iowa School of Music; Prolific Author, Editor, Renowned Teacher
SYMPHONIC REPERTOIRE FOR KEYBOARD PERCUSSION..........$24.95
by Jack Van Geem
Edited by Anthony J. Cirone
ISBN 978-1-57463-089-3
"Jack Van Geem is one of the most accomplished, complete musicians I have
had the pleasure and honor to know. I can think of no one whose insights
on this material would be more illuminating or valuable. Thank you, Jack,
for this incredible gift!"
Boston Conservatory
Berklee College of Music
Artistic Director, Zeltsman Marimba Festival, Inc
CANADIAN BAND MUSIC: A QUALITATIVE GUIDE TO
CANADIAN COMPOSERS AND THEIR WORKS FOR BAND..........$24.95
by Michael Burch-Pesses
ISBN 978-1-57463-087-9
"...should be of interest to anyone passionate about discovering new repertoire
and excited by the quest to uncover many hidden treasures.."
Jim Cochran,
President, Shattinger Music
REHEARSING THE BAND..........$19.95
by John E. Williamson
edited by Kenneth L. Neidig
ISBN 978-1-57463-093-0
Chapters are written by Frank Battisti, Eugene Corporon, James Croft, Donald R. Hunsberger, Jerry F. Junkin, Craig Kirchhoff, Allan McMurray,
H. Robert Reynolds, James Smith, John Whitwell and John E. Williamson.
THE STRING TEACHER'S COOKBOOK:
CREATIVE RECIPES FOR A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM..........$24.95
project director/editor Joanne May
ISBN 978-1-57463-091-6
THE INTERPRETIVE WIND BAND CONDUCTOR..........$24.95
by John W. Knight
ISBN 1-57463-082-2
"I must thank you for your musical and detailed commentary of my
transcription of Elgar's 'Nimrod.' Your in depth analysis and
interpretive suggestions will help conductors give a musical
performance of this piece."
Alfred Reed
Composer
"Dr. Knight has produced a book that all wind conductors need to read.
It is a comprehensive book that quotes many professionals...[he] has
made a lifelong study of conducting the winds and has written an
impressive book... It is an excellent treatise that can be of value to us
all."
W. Francis McBeth
Composer/Conductor
HARRY BREUER'S RAGTIME SOLOS:
FIVE SOLOS FPR XYLOPHONE, MARIMBA OR VIBES (with CD)..........$24.95
by Harry Breuer
ISBN 1-57463-085-7
Includes CD!
ON BECOMING A CONDUCTOR:
LESSONS AND MEDITATIONS ON THE ART OF CONDUCTING..........$24.95
by Frank L. Battisti
ISBN 1-57463-086-5
Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Director of Wind Studies
College of Music-University of North Texas
"...Its lessons apply equally well to conductors of all levels of
experience, and its meditations will bring new insight to this
wonderfully complex art. It is truly a 'must have'."
Dr. William L. Berz
Director of Bands
Rutgers University
"...The format and content of this book underscores the author's deep
grasp of both the craft and art of conducting."
Michael L. Haithcock
Director of Bands
University of Michigan
TIMPANI MASTER CLASS with ROLAND KOHLOFF:
BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY No. 5..........$14.95
by Roland Kohloff
Edited by Anthony J. Cirone
ISBN 1-57463-083-0
THE ART OF WIND PLAYING..........$19.95
by Arthur Weisberg
ISBN 1-57463-084-9
4 PERCUSSION QUARTETS FOR YOUNG PERFORMERS..........$19.95
by Morris Lang
ISBN 1-57463-077-6
TEACHING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC:
DEVELOPING THE COMPLETE BAND PROGRAM..........$34.95
by Shelley Jagow
ISBN 1-57463-081-4
Executive Director of Education, Conn-Selmer, Inc.
SYMPHONIC REPERTOIRE FOR CYMBALS:
A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE MAJOR ORCHESTRAL CYMBAL REPERTOIRE...........$19.95
Edited by Anthony J. Cirone
ISBN 1-57463-080-6
Principal Percussion, San Francisco Symphony
Faculty, San Francisco Conservatory; Colburn School
THE CREATIVE DIRECTOR:
CONDUCTOR, TEACHER, LEADER..................$24.95
by Edward S. Lisk
ISBN 1-57463-079-2
Director of Bands, University of Michigan
THE CHORAL DIRECTOR'S COOKBOOK:
INSIGHTS AND INSPIRED RECIPES FOR BEGINNERS AND EXPERTS..................$24.95
Edited by Alan Gumm
ISBN 1-57463-078-4
TEACHING MUSIC WITH PURPOSE..................$24.95
by Peter Loel Boonshaft
ISBN 1-57463-076-8
Composer
THE BRASS PLAYER'S COOKBOOK:
CREATIVE RECIPES FOR A SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCE..................$24.95
Edited by Ken Amis
ISBN 1-57463-075-X
A COMPOSER'S INSIGHT:
THOUGHTS, ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY ON CONTEMPORARY
MASTERPIECES FOR WIND BAND VOLUME III..................$39.95
Edited by Timothy Salzman
with a foreword by John Corigliano
ISBN 1-57463-048-2
Composer/Professor of Music,
University of Southern California
Thornton School of Music