Basics of Vocal and Instrumental Harmonic Improvisation by Edwin Gordon

Harmonic improvisation—where chord progressions form the foundation for improvisation—is often misunderstood and ignored in most of today’s “how to” books, according to music education pioneer Edwin E. Gordon in this insightful book. Yet harmonic improvisation is an essential component to musicianship and can assist with achievement in a variety of music skills, including reading and writing notation. Learn More

Conducting Women's Choirs
Editor : Debra Spurgeon

Conducting Women’s Choirs: Strategies for Success is a pioneering yet practical book and DVD devoted to all aspects of the women’s choir—a groundbreaking contribution and a true collaborative effort from top professionals in the field.
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The Composer's Craft
by Blake Henson and Gerald Custer

In this ingenious book, award- winning composers and composition teachers Blake Henson and Gerald Custer take a fresh look at what composers actually do by focusing on the elements of craft that composers use every day: the manipulation of sound and silence, gesture and color, text and texture.
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Deep River - The Life and Music of Robert Shaw
by Keith Burris

Robert Lawson Shaw was born in Red Bluff, California on April 30, 1916—another century, another America. By the time he died, 82 years later, Shaw had become one of America's classical music icons—a key figure who helped create a culture of classical music in the United States.
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Choral Vocal Technique - DVD
by Sabine Horstmann

On this DVD, Sabine Horstmann demonstrates the vocal technique sequences covered in her book, which in the past have been difficult to convey on just ink and paper. This DVD provides an overview of choral vocal technique for choirs at any level of development. The sequential exercises Horstmann demonstrates can serve as the central part of vocal training for any choir.
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Summer of Firsts by Paul Kimpton and Ann Kimpton

World War II enters a new phase, summer is in full swing, and Dale Kingston, the boy who saved the Conn Musical Instrument factory from burning to the ground in Starting Early (Volume One in the Adventures with Music series) faces his biggest adventure so far: Junior High School.
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A Music Learning Theory for Newborn and Young Children 2013 Edition; by Edwin E. Gordon

This book is about the most critical learning period in every individual's musical life: birth to age five. Written for early childhood teachers and interested parents, this is the most extensive book of its kind by perhaps the leading educator and researcher in music education. Professor Gordon shares insights and research from almost 20 years guiding young children in music learning.
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Teaching Music through Performance in Band, Vol. 9

Teaching Music through Performance in Band, Volume 9 is a remarkable addition to this landmark series, providing incredible insights into the wind band profession and invaluable Teacher Resource Guides for 100 works for wind band, Grades 2 through 6
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Motion, Emotion, and Love by Thomas Mark

Motion, Emotion, and Love is a book that will transform the experience of performers and audiences alike, by infusing performance art with a new vocabulary. For performers, the book is a practical guide to building intentional and inspirational practice time, bringing true artistry to every element of a performance, and developing strong personal communication with the audience.
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The Teacher's Ego by Lynn Eustis

Most voice teachers begin as professional singers themselves and now—perhaps facing the loss of their own performing identities—work to build and support their students in every way possible.
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Be Part of the Band by Scott Lang

Student recruitment is one of the most critical and overlooked parts of a band director's job. With limited time and dwindling resources, it's getting harder to effectively and efficiently communicate to both students and parents what you already know—THAT BAND IS A LIFE-CHANGING ACTIVITY! That is about to change!
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The Art of Interpretation of Band Music

All of us want inspired performances, whether we are audience members, players, or the conductor. But once we've mastered the basics, what are best practices for achieving true musical expressivity?
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Grading for Musical Excellence
by Paul Kimpton / Ann Kimpton

Grading for Musical Excellence, complete with workbook exercises and reflective questions, encourages music educators to "forget the baggage" and work as a team to assess the current grading system and move to the next level, incorporating the latest research about grading.
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Tanglewood II

What is the future of music education? A team of leaders in the music education profession gathered a series ofevents over two years, a worthy successor of the famous Tanglewood symposium of 1967. This remarkable book is the culmination of their efforts.
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Voicings Eugene Corporon

Fanfare Magazine: "The group is in a class all its own...Hats off to them...If you don't respond to the music or to the performances (I'm sorry for you, if that's the case), surely the audiophile-worthy engineering will get you."
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Audibles by Eugene Corporon

Audio Magazine: "The performances are expert, and the sound—which ranges from single wind instrument solos to a full band replete with thundering timpani and bass drum that can be felt through a subwoofer—is as good as it gets. There's a remarkable combination of presence and stage depth."
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The Musician's Trust
James Jordan / James Whitbourn

Most musicians unwittingly experience the defining effects of trust and distrust in their music making. In The Musician's Trust, musical collaborators James Jordan and James Whitbourn bring the importance of trust center stage and explore the many facets of this mysterious quality, both for individuals and ensembles.
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Making Musical Meaning
by Elizabeth Sokolowski

This remarkable and compelling book by Elizabeth Sokolowski can serve as a foundation for developing any comprehensive K-12 music education program and serves as an important bridge between passion and practical implementation of music learning in the classroom.
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Improv Duets for Classical Musicians
by Jeffrey Agrell

Why don't classical musicians improvise? Why do jazz players get to have all the fun? And how do they develop such fabulous technique and aural skills? With these three books, Jeffrey Agrell opens the door to improvisation for all non-jazz musicians who thought it was beyond their ability to play extemporaneously.
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Creative Pedagogy for Piano Teachers
by Jeffrey Agrell / Aura Strohschein

Jeffrey Agrell and Aura Strohschein start out with the premise that Homo sapiens is also Homo ludens and that play is an essential part of any cognitive development, especially musical play and musical development. In this brilliantly conceived book, the authors by no means negate the importance of musical literacy.
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Improvised Chamber Music by Jeffrey Agrell

Why don't classical musicians improvise? Why do jazz players get to have all the fun? And how do they develop such fabulous technique and aural skills? With these three books, Jeffrey Agrell opens the door to improvisation for all non-jazz musicians who thought it was beyond their ability to play extemporaneously.
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Music Assessment across Cultures and Continents
Timothy S. Brophy and Andreas Lehmann-Wermser, Editors

What are the purposes of music education assessment? What are the best strategies and techniques? How does assessment improve music teaching and learning? What are the shared research priorities for music education assessment? And how are these questions answered in the context of the world's cultures and continents?
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Music! Words! Opera! Aida by OPERA America;
Clifford J. Brooks and Roger Ames

The epic story of Aida is the backdrop for exploring one of the world's great art forms. Music! Words! Opera! Featuring Aida includes complete lesson plans, an opera outline, activities, handouts, study questions, assessment tools, a glossary, and a DVD recording of a classic performance from the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by James Levine with a cast including Aprile Millo and Plácido Domingo (in itself a $25 value!).
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Musical Motivators in Early Childhood with Sr. Lorna Zemke DVD

On this remarkable DVD, Sr. Lorna Zemke—one of the most beloved and admired early childhood music educators in the United States—shares her practical wisdom and knowledge, gained over decades of classroom experience.
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Making Music Cooperatively
by Carol Huffman

Discover how cooperative learning can enhance and even transform your music teaching and provide your students with opportunities to embrace music with the joy and natural abandon that children possess.
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The Journal of Band Research

For a half century, The Journal of Band Research has been at the forefront of our understanding of wind band repertoire, attracting some of the most important wind band composers and conductors to write about the great works of the wind band canon. This book is a compilation of many of the great articles that have been published over the past 50 years.
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John Philip Sousa's America

Sousa shares hundreds of photos, cartoons, short stories, news clippings, quotes, sheet music covers, and magazine ads, collected in family scrapbooks, the Sousa Archive in the Library of Congress, and U.S. Marines archives.
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Leader of the Band by Scott Lang

Leader of the Band is filled with valuable tips and keen insights about what distinguishes an amazing classroom and the qualities it takes to create one. This book promises to challenge your beliefs, engage your mind, and fill your heart with joy. Learn More

Dog Tags

Paul Kimpton & Ann Kaczkowski Kimpton

A young boy and his faithful dog face a big decision.
The second adventure in the series where the heroes are young musicians!
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Choral Singing Step by Step by James Jordan

Prepare by acclaimed teacher James Jordan, Professor and Senior Conductor at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Choral Singing Step by Step is a perfect guide for amateur and novice choir members who wish to improve their own singing technique and understand the singing process. With this handbook, Jordan covers the same techniques he has used to help thousands of singers through his conducting workshops and clinics around the world. Learn More