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Teaching and Rehearsing The Middle School Band Marguerite Wilder GIA Publications, Inc. Chicago

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Page 1: Teaching and Rehearsing The Middle School Band

Teaching and Rehearsing The Middle School Band

Marguerite Wilder

GIA Publications, Inc.Chicago

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The ultimate goal of a rehearsal and personal practice is an artistic performance. Daily routines

should starts with warm up exercises and the practice of fundamental exercises that address the

components of the music that will be used in the concert literature. The use of appropriate interval

studies, slurs, articulation exercises, scales, chord progression studies, chorales plus rhythmic and

technical exercises will be addressed. Young instrumentalist need an understanding of the struc-

ture of their band literature. They need to understand how rhythm, melody and harmony combine

in their ensemble and personal performances. The use of lead sheets and practice loops facilitates

the student’s understanding of how their individual part relates to the whole of the music.

—Marguerite Wilder

A Musical Person is:

Tuneful (Thinks Tunes) Beatful (Feels Beat and Meter)

Artful (Responds to Expressiveness)

—John Feierabend

“Often a single experience will open the young soul to music for a whole lifetime. This experience

cannot be left to chance. It is the duty of the school to provide it.”

—Zoltan Kodaly

Music Literacy is the ability to hear what is seen and to see what is heard.

—John Feierabend

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 Interval  Study  

   Whole  Tone  Scale  Exercises  

 Lip  Slurs  

 Articulation  Exercises  

 Chorale  Example  1  

 Chorale  Example  2  

 

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Teaching Music Through Performance in Jazz for Beginning EnsemblesRonald Carter • Roosevelt Griffin • Ben Huntoon • Brian Logan • Rob Parton Willis Rapp • Dean Sorensen

Compiled and edited by Richard MilesWith this volume, the celebrated Teaching Music through Performance series is available for the first time for leaders of beginning jazz ensembles. This edition pairs practical perspectives from world-class jazz educators and performers—who specialize in working with beginning ensembles—together with Teacher Resource Guides for more than 60 of the best jazz charts published for beginning ensembles.

Part II: Conductor as Teacher focuses on the best jazz repertoire published today for beginning ensembles and provides a Teacher Resource Guide for each work. Each Teacher Resource Guide includes background information on both the composer and the history of each chart, technical and stylistic considerations, a discussion of musical elements of the work, and measure-by-measure rehearsal tips for the best jazz repertoire tailored for beginning ensembles. The repertoire covers Grade 1 through Grade 3.5.

This book is a truly significant resource for both beginning jazz educators and their students, and an invaluable contribution to the field.

For a complete listing of works covered in this volume, visit www.TeachingMusic.org.

Part I: The Teaching of Music includes chapters on

Teaching Music through Performance in Middle School BandGary Barton • Erin Cole • Chip De Stefano • Charles R. Jackson Susan Taylor Scott Tomlison • Marguerite WilderForeword by Larry R. Blocher Compiled and edited by Richard MilesRarely has a published resource contained so much invaluable information specifically for middle school band directors.

This much-needed volume fills a gap in the acclaimed Teaching Music through Performance series, providing critical information on creating an effective wind band program in Grades 6 through 8, from recruitment, rehearsal, repertoire, to concert.

Chapters by leading middle school band directors focus on organization and administration (Gary Barton), developing proper instrumentation (Erin Cole), recruitment and retention (Chip De Stefano), technique (Charles R. Jackson), literature selection (Scott Tomlison), rehearsal (Marguerite Wilder), and a comprehensive listing of other resources (SusanTaylor).

Central to this volume is the identification and analysis of 100 core works for middle school ensembles, organized by difficulty level, from middle school grade 1 to 3.5. A separate section is devoted entirely to analyzing marches, also organized by difficulty level. Together, these works make up core repertoire for middle school bands.

As with other books in the Teaching Music through Performance series, each Teacher Resource Guide includes information about the composer, the work, historical perspectives, technical considerations, stylistic considerations, analysis of musical elements and form and structure, suggested listening references, and cross references to additional resources.

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The Evolution of a Successful Band Director

Workbook and Study Guide

A Proven Plan to Improve Your Effectiveness

Scott Rush

Intended for both novice and experienced band directors, this companion to Scott Rush’s bestselling book Habits of a Successful Band Director is designed to: Present effective teaching principles with more depth and understanding • Challenge readers to look deep within themselves to find solutions that will lead to more effective teaching • Pose questions and suggest activities to put these solutions int action and cause readers to set goals through self-discovery • Establish the classroom as a true laboratory for making music • Provide a study guide for college methods classes using Habits of a Successful Band Director.

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This is a field-tested, vital, and—most important—musical collection of more than 200 sequenced exercises for building fundamentals.

Perfect for use by an entire band or solo player at virtually any skill level, this series contains carefully sequenced warm-ups, sight-reading etudes, rhythm vocabulary builders, and much more. In one place, this series collects everything an aspiring player needs to build fundamental musicianship skills and then be able to transfer those skills directly into the performance of great literature.

• Provides material for use during fundamentals time that would promote a comprehensive approach to developing skills necessary to fill the musical toolbox.

• Promotes the idea that fundamentals time should transfer directly into the performance of great literature.• Includes a sequential format that leads to the mastery of reading rhythms and, ultimately, to musical sight-reading.• Provides chorales for the development of tone quality, ensemble sonority, and musicianship.• Presents rhythm charts in a new format to allow transfer from timing and rhythm to pitches in a musical context.• Provides audition etude sight-reading in a full-band format that is well thought out in scope and sequence. • Presents exercises in various keys, tonalities, and modes to aid in the development of the complete musician.• Creates a mindset intent on establishing a culture of excellence for both the full band program and individual players.

Habits of a Successful Musician is the answer to the very simple question, “What should I be learning during fundamentals time?”

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Being a band director is more than a career—it is truly a way of life. Demanding and extended hours are par for the course. Then there’s the stress of concert performances and managing students and budgets, let alone the parents! How does a band director sustain a happy and healthy career? How best to balance work life and family life? Who should band directors turn to for support and guidance? Written by two veteran music educators, this indispensable book is for anyone who struggles in dealing with the hazards of the profession, be it a first-year teacher or a seasoned veteran of more than 25 years. Quality of Life Habits of a Successful Band Director can be especially valuable for preservice music education students, and can help solve many problems before they start.Topics include: early career strategies; perspectives from the masters Ray Cramer and Frank Battisti; balancing family, spouse, workplace, and personal needs; motherhood and band directing; and transferring theory to practice through the development of action steps and professional strategies.

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Habits of a Successful Middle School Band Director Building on the successful Habits series, Scott Rush and his team have created a practical guide to all aspects of the middle school band program, including: • Recruiting for beginners • Mouthpiece testing and instrumentation • Running an effective middle school rehearsal • Teaching strategies for middle school Repertoire suggestions • Warm-ups for beginner, intermediate, and advanced middle school players.Additional sections address musicianship, classroom management, working with parents and colleagues, assessment, technology, the middle school mind, minor instrument repair, private lessons…even traveling with middle school students. Habits of a Successful Middle School Band Director is a resource to turn to time and again for ideas and inspiration. This is a comprehensive book that will grow as teaching skills grow, a book that will serve as a constant and essential companion throughout the career of any middle school band director.

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Habits of a Successful Middle School MusicianOne of the most important concepts in developing a fundamentals program is the ability of the group to transfer what is done during fundamentals time directly into the performance of music. Habits of a Successful Middle School Musician provides an effective daily routine that will ultimately lead to artistic music–making.

• Habits of a Successful Middle School Musician is a complete full-band method that includes both physical and mental warm-ups. The foundation–building method begins with stretching and breathing exercises that continues with long tones, whole and diatonic scales, and articulation technique patterns.

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Seven divisions of Habits of a Successful Middle School Musician:

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Sight-Reading Component Check List: 1. Tone 2. Timing 3. Tuning 4. Dynamics 5. Phrasing 6. Articulations 7. Rhythm 8. Balance*

9. Blend* 10. Attacks 11. Releases 12. Duration of notes 13. Range 14. Technique 15. Tone Color 16. Consistency /Accuracy

Components of Playing Four T’s: • Timing • Tuning • Tone • Technique

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