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.
In Part I: The Teaching of Music, Tim Lautzenheiser tells us The Four Cornerstones of the Master Music Educator. Ray Cramer focuses on Flexibility: Bending Is Not Breaking. Larry Blochers chapter, Foundations, pinpoints ways to create intentional learning opportunities for students. Eugene Migliaro Corporon balances leadership, work ethic, and decision-making in Reflections on Conducting. Edward S. Lisk outlines Shaping Ensemble Sonority. And Richard Miles delineates Instrumentation: A Sound Priority.
The Teacher Resource Guides in Part II continue to bring to light 100 of the best wind band works published today at a range of difficulty levels, including works by Timothy Broege, Frank Ticheli, Donald Grantham
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