Instrumental Music
The Evolution of a Successful Band Director: Workbook and Study Guide
Scott Rush
This user-friendly volume is chock-full of ideas for solving common technical problems and, more importantly, creates a framework for band directors to re- evaluate and improve every aspect of the job.
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NEW! Master Conductors DVD: H. Robert Reynolds: "Some Things I Believe"
with Tim Lautzenheiser
In this one-on-one conversation with Tim Lautzenheiser, Prof. Reynolds
provides practical insights that will help any band conductor. In addition, the conversation reveals Prof. Reynolds' personal quest for knowledge, his drive to engage the legends of the music world, and how his teachers and mentors have helped him to pursue excellence. Learn More
Master Conductors: History of the School Band Movement DVD
Dennis Fisher
This is the third DVD in the series featuring master conductors and teachers Frederick Fennell, Mark Hindsley, and William Revelli. This DVD is a must for anyone who cherishes what these three unique and inspirational individuals gave to our profession.
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Band Instruments "Quick Fix"
Repair Solutions
Gregory Biba
In an easy-to-follow and intuitively organized format, this manual provides essential repair techniques and instrument maintenance suggestions.
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Conducting from the Inside Out DVD 1: Gesture and Movement
Allan McMurray
This DVD is the perfect resource for anyone learning to conduct or as a refresher course for directors at the middle school, high school, or college/university levels.
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The American Wind Band
Richard Hansen
The American Wind Band: A Cultural History is the most thorough work of its kind ever published. This breakthrough book confirms the important role the wind band has played–and continues to play–in American culture and history. Learn More
Teaching Techniques and Insights
Joseph Casey
The perfect companion to Teaching Music through Performance in Band ... 135 instrumental music educators tell their secrets!
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At the Heart of Chamber Music
Gillian Rogell
Winner of 2 Telly Awards, this DVD offers coaches and players techniques that will help musicians play better—and help music lovers understand the language of chamber music. Gillian Rogell hosts the video as she and the Jupiter Quartet coach student and amateur groups, with commentary by Paul Katz, founding cellist of the Cleveland Quartet.
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Program Notes for Band
Norman Smith
Norman E. Smith's Program Notes for Band is the ideal reference for anyone involved in band music: directors, players, program note writers and announcers, record collectors, and concertgoers.
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Habits of a Successful Band Director
Scott Rush
Some of the topics covered in the ten chapters include: classroom organization and management, working with parents and colleagues, the importance of the warm-up, rehearsal strategies, selecting high-quality literature, and student leadership. Learn More
Master Conductors DVD: Dr. Harry Begian
Harry Begian / Tim Lautzenheiser
This one-on-one conversation between legendary conductor Harry Begian and Tim Lautzenheiser is an insightful portrait into the experiences and life of one of the most important wind band conductors of the 20th century.
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Master Conductors DVD: Dr. Harry Begian
Featuring Fennell, Hindsley, and Revelli
This DVD is the perfect window to the minds of three of the greatest wind conductors of all time: Frederick Fennell, Mark Hindsley, and William Revelli, compiled from archive footage from the University of North Texas.
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Master Conductors DVD: Dr. Harry Begian
Featuring Fennell, Hindsley, and Revelli
This DVD is the perfect window to the minds of three of the greatest wind conductors of all time: Frederick Fennell, Mark Hindsley, and William Revelli, compiled from archive footage from the University of North Texas.
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Master Conductors DVD: Dr. Harry Begian
Featuring Fennell, Hindsley, and Revelli
This DVD is the perfect window to the minds of three of the greatest wind conductors of all time: Frederick Fennell, Mark Hindsley, and William Revelli, compiled from archive footage from the University of North Texas.
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Mr. Holland on the Edge: Even More Tales of Musical Mayhem
Trey Reely
Join band humorist Trey Reely for a fresh and sometimes poignant look at the life of a band director.
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Percussive Palooza DVD
Eugene Corporon
This DVD features works by world-renowned composers and virtuoso soloists, including very rare footage of Keiko Abe, Japanese marimba soloist.
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Gran Partita, K. 361
W.A. Mozart
The Gran Partita, K. 361 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is widely acknowledged to be one the great treasures of the wind band medium.
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American Band
Kirsten Laine
American Band is an unusually intimate chronicle of life, in all its triumph, disappointment, and drama, in the kind of community in which most of America lives. It is an especially timely portrait, capturing as it does the spirit of the heartland at a time of profound change.
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GIA Composer's Collection Series
North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugen Migliaro Corporon, Conductor
The GIA Composer's Collection brings together into one place recordings of the master works by some of the most respected wind symphony composers of all time. The series also includes extensive liner notes about each composer and his contribution to the wind band.
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Improvisation Games for Classical Muscians
Jeff Agrell
Improvisation Games for Classical Musicians by Jeffrey Agrell is an amazing contribution to both the education and enjoyment of all who are interested in musical performances of any kind.
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Master Conductors DVD: Col. Arnald D. Gabriel
Arnald Gabriel / Tim Lautzenheiser
A musical goodwill ambassador, Gabriel was largely responsible for the popularization of wind band music in the post-WW II era through his accomplished work as the commander and conductor of the U.S. Air Force Band for 21 years.
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Master Conductors DVD:
The Art of the March
Fennell, Hindsley, and Revelli
Rare and historic footage of legendary conductors Frederick Fennell, Mark Hindsley, and William Revelli shows them working with ensembles in the rehearsal room and providing perspectives on interpretation, style, and performance practice.
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The Conductor as Leader: Principles of Leadership Applied to Life on the Podium
Ramona Wis
The Conductor as Leader will inspire you to go beyond teaching notes and rhythms to learning how to build connections between people that enhance their quality of life—and their musical performance.
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Choral Reading Program
James O. Froseth and Richard F. Grunow
GIA's score reading program teaches the vital skills of conducting: the ability to analyze scores and then detect errors in performance. Ideal for undergraduate and graduate students, and even experienced conductors, this is a challenging, sequential program that really teaches. Learn More
Percy Grainger
Robert Simon
n this pictorial biography, Simon includes a well balanced written biography and a current discography based on his research of Grainger in the United States, England, and Australia.
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Play and Teach Percussion
Steve Houghton, Linda Petersen
Finally! A comprehensive percussion method book for college music education majors! This fantastic new resource includes 2 CDs demonstrating the proper way to practice rudiments, play-along tracks, accompaniment tracks, extended world percussion examples, and much more.
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Developing Musicianship through Improvisation
Christopher Azzara / Richard Grunow
Using this accessible book and CD method, anyone can learn to improvise to familiar tunes!
Developing Musicianship through Improvisation offers an approach to learning music that is similar to the process for learning a language.
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GIA Windworks Series
North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugen Migliaro Corporon, Conductor
WindWorks represents a relationship between the North Texas Wind Symphony and GIA Publications. Thanks to GIA's generous support and commitment to wind music, it has been possible for the ensemble to continue to produce recordings of the highest quality.
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