Music programs are faced again with cutbacks as states across the country grapple with huge budget deficits. These reductions have already been felt in many Michigan districts. Utica Community Schools, the second largest school district in…
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FOUNDATION OF CONTEMPORARY LEADERSHIP By Tim Lautzenheiser   The entire realm of leadership training has taken a dramatic shift over the last three decades. The strong-armed approach to leadership success has given-way to the concept…
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Music advocacy is not a complicated agenda requiring extensive research and the ability to quote lofty phrases or speak in platitudes. To the contrary, it is the chance to share the wonderful awareness; music makers enjoy a better life.…
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In his State of the State address this past January, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed $100 million to create a new Arts and Music initiative to support standards-aligned arts and music instruction in kindergarten and…
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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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This Scottish folk-song provides a warm and mellow sound. Its added appeal is that it gives young bands the opportunity to learn how to play in an expressive manner. All instruments have a chance to play the melody while the gently flowing…
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Enhance your band program with this selection which provides delicate moments of contrast.
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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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This is beautifully, sensitive arrangement that depicts a delicate, but powerful piece of music.
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The following two paragraphs are taken from the program notes contained in the front of the conductor's score for this composition.
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