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The Music of Gordon Goodwin, Play-Along Series 4, is a top-of-the-flight jazz play-along recording for advanced high school level students in a big-band setting. The tunes "rock" and offer stunning, professional big-bands that will…
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The Best of Belwin Jazz is a collection of twelve ensemble arrangements for young players. Each chart is written I a variety of styles and tempos: swing, ballad, Christmas, rock, Latin, and pop by experienced educational jazz arrangers and…
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The composer is a master of tonal color and he shows a remarkable ability to achieve unusual and fascinating sounds and effects. The crisp and intense combination of percussive instruments and winds is extraordinary.
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Symphonic Fanfare makes an outstanding concert opening fanfare. It begins with a dramatic motive played by the first trumpet in octaves with the first trombone. This motive crescendos to a short tutti chord followed by a fermata. This…
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This piece is an excellent way for students to learn that not every piece of music is in 4/4 time. "We Five Kings" is a clearly written piece of music in 5/4 time for band. The phrasing of the eighth notes in 5/4 time are 3,3,2,2. This…
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To get the most out of this book, you use the companion CD listening to a track while watching the transcription being played. Then work up to the tempo of the recording, trying to play along with the CD.
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Several years ago the Traverse City School Board was considering eliminating the sixth-grade beginning band program to balance the budget. Band director, John Campbell, waited until the end of the lengthy discussions before addressing the…
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Once the plant breaks the soil we need to tend to the seedling to ensure its growth. We must carefully fertilize, water, protect it from spring frosts and weed around the plant if we expect it to grow into the beautiful flower we need to…
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Musicians/artists/performers, those who live in the world of creative outreach, often live at-the-mercy of the critic's review. Concerts are evaluated by the response-of-the-audience; the outcome of the festival adjudication determines the…
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Preparing an Instrument Replacement Plan
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