Music/Publishing

This is the second of our weekly series presenting suggestions for online learning, this time focused on improvisation. Five MORE online learning opportunities  Improvisational Concepts Online Learning Opportunities #2 Content for…
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MIDNIGHT is my first publication for concert band in the Making Music Matter Series. Those who are familiar with my two band methods, Making Music Matter (Book 1), Beginning Band Method and Make Music Matter (Book 2)
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Beginning Band, Part One Jeff Scott Student Recruitment and Evaluation How did you come to have the band you currently have? That is a question we sometimes overlook in the process of trying to build a band program, but it…
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BEING TRUE TO THE INTENTIONS OF THE COMPOSER What does it mean to be "true" to the intentions of the composer? Is it enough to simply follow the tempo, the dynamic markings, and the stylistic directions? Does doing so yield an inspired,…
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Here are ten solidly-scored arrangements in a jazz style. The ensemble sound is tight and full behind the vocalist. Wolpe skillfully uses plenty of contemporary-sounding fourth voicings between the top two instruments.
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POP TRIOS FOR ALL Arranged by Michael Story Published by Alfred Music © 2008 Reviewed by Vince Corozine Pop Trios for All is a collection of fifteen pop songs playable on any three instruments or any number of instruments in…
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Pop Quartets for All is a collection twelve pop songs playable on any four instruments or any number of instruments in ensemble.
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"Essential Jazz Instructional Materials" John Kuzmich Jr. Bobby Watson, Volume 119 - Jamey Aebersold - Jamey Aebersold Jazz - 2007 - $15.90 for booklet and CD. II. HS/College. III. Scalar-chordal. IV. Play-along with rhythm section. VI.…
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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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REVIEW 11/2010 Hal Leonard The Best Of Easy Jazz The Best of Easy Jazz -Hal Leonard Corp. 2005 - $19.95 for full score, $9.95 for piano, $4.95 for parts and $14.95 for CD. II. MS. III. 15 Jazz band charts. VI. Individual. The…
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"Essential Jazz Instructional Materials" by John Kuzmich, Jr. October 10, 2010 1. Jazz Piano Handbook - Michel Weir - Alfred Publishing - 2007 - ? II. HS/College. III. Comping/Chordal-Scalar/Voicing. Play-along. VI. Individual. Price…
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Walking Basics - Ed Fuqua - Sher Music Company - 2007 - $22 for book and CD. II. MS/HS. III. Walking bass lines. IV. Play-along. VI. Individual. Walking Basics is a knockout publication dealing with the fundamentals of jazz bass playing…
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Here is an exciting, festival type overture. It is varied in tone color but unified in theme.
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Your percussion will shine in this aggressive band composition which explores contemporary harmonies and vigorous rhythms. The composer uses a variety of harmonic, rhythmic, and textural settings in the development of this work. It is…
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