Author: Bruce PearsonPublisher: Neil a Kjos Music Company
ISBN: 9780849759789
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Foundations for Superior Performance
Author: Richard S. WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
"Foundations for Superior Performance" is designed to help structure the daily rehearsal and advance the performance level of the ensemble. The primary goal is to offer a framework of exercises and routine drills that will facilitate the mastery of essential playing fundamentals. Different skill levels have been integrated into this book to meet the needs of the inexperienced player, and, at the same time, challenge the most advanced.
Author: Bruce PearsonThe Cambridge Companion to Duke Ellington
Author: Edward GreenPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316194132
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Duke Ellington is widely held to be the greatest jazz composer and one of the most significant cultural icons of the twentieth century. This comprehensive and accessible Companion is the first collection of essays to survey, in depth, Ellington's career, music, and place in popular culture. An international cast of authors includes renowned scholars, critics, composers, and jazz musicians. Organized in three parts, the Companion first sets Ellington's life and work in context, providing new information about his formative years, method of composing, interactions with other musicians, and activities abroad; its second part gives a complete artistic biography of Ellington; and the final section is a series of specific musical studies, including chapters on Ellington and song-writing, the jazz piano, descriptive music, and the blues. Featuring a chronology of the composer's life and major recordings, this book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in Ellington's enduring artistic legacy.
Symphonic Warm-Ups - BB Clarinet 1
Author: Claude T. SmithPublisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
ISBN: 9780634008078
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Claude Smith's contemporary approach to teaching technique, tone and style is written in a variety of keys and meters and is divided into three sections: I. Scale Studies II. Etudes III. Chorale Studies. The etudes and chorales are in progressive order of difficulty so bands of all levels can find appropriate starting places and progress from there. It's the perfect way to begin every rehearsal.
Standard of excellence
Author: Bruce PearsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bands (Music)
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
The Standard of Excellence Comprehensive Band Method combines a strong performance-centered approach with music theory, music history, ear training, listening composition, improvisation, and interdisciplinary and multicultural studies. The result is the most complete band method available anywhere.
Author: Traugott Rohner
Author: Bruce Pearson
Author: Bruce Pearson
Author: Tom C. Rhodes