Meredith Music Resource

Guides to Band Masterworks - with downloadable student workbooks - provides band directors with a ready-made curriculum developed to incorporate comprehensive-musicianship training through quality ban...

Metrische Modulation, gemischte Taktarten, rhythmische Unterteilung, punktierte Rhythmen, Polyrhythmen u. v. m.

Rhythmiklehre für alle Instrumente mit zahlreichen Beispielen auf CD. A collection of short, graduated studies for teaching or learning to read rhythms. Exercises cover all fundamental rhythms, meter...

A collection of short, graduated studies for teaching or learning to read rhythms. Exercises cover all fundamental rhythms, meters, and mixed meters. Ideal as a supplement or primary reading method. U...

Frederick Fennell, widely acknowledged as the dean of American band conductors, has freely shared what he called long-distilled thoughts about the world's greatest music for band. In this collection,...

A Composer's Insight, Volume 1 - with a foreword by Michael Colgrass - is the first in a five-volume series on major contemporary composers and their works for wind band. Included in this initial volu...

With a foreword by Norman Dello Joio, this book is the second in a five-volume series on major contemporary composers and their works for wind band. Included in this volume are rare, behind-the-notes...

A Composer's Insight, Volume 3 - with a foreword by John Corigliano -is the third in a five-volume series on major contemporary composers and their works for wind band. Included in this initial volume...

A thought provoking collection of ideas by today's leading conductors on how a conductor develops feelings for a piece of music and communicates those feelings to an ensemble.

The Interpretive Wind Band Conductor will help conductors make the creative leap from simply reading notes to insightful musical interpretation. In addition to a long list of topics on conducting and...

12 of the most prominent elementary, middle school, and junior high school band directors in the United States share innovative ideas on program structure, recruitment, and rehearsal strategies for be...

In this highly informative compendium, nationally renowned orchestra directors share their unique expertise concerning rehearsal philosophy, intonation, tone and bow control, setup and fundamentals, a...

A must have exciting collection of favorite tips from 57 of today's most outstanding educators, performers, and industry pros in the jazz education world. This is an ideal source that contains proven...

If grading music students in any creative course for credit is a challenge, how much more difficult is it to grade something as personal and nebulous as jazz improvisation? Should students be evaluate...

What instruments brands provide the best value? Are used instruments a good investment? What mouthpiece should beginners use? Single or double horn? Is there a way to make it easier for beginners to p...

Guides to Band Masterworks with downloadable student workbooks provides band directors with a ready-made curriculum developed to incorporate comprehensive-musicianship training through quality band li...

Provides a detailed guide to the understanding and solving of intonation problems that exist on most instruments and in many ensembles.

Commissioned by the Bishop Ireton Wind Ensemble, this tone poem by internationally renowned composer Tom Duffy is a masterpiece of instrumental timbres. Butterflies and Bees! is an exciting, audience...

Premiered by Randy Eyles and The United States Air Force Band, this ragtime novelty xylophone solo with band accompaniment has been performed around the world. In 1987 it was performed during a live r...

A fun-filled arrangement of this popular Green work for solo xylophone and band. Already a favorite with military bands and outstanding college groups, this arrangement is becoming a classic for solo...

The Bishop Ireton High School Band in Alexandria, VA has had 27 international concert tours, 30 combined concerts with university or professional bands and 24 world premieres of works they commissione...

Visit a virtual rehearsal on your PC or Mac where each video clip illustrates a different rehearsal concept, including: warm-up, style, intonation, balance and blend, rhythm, and musicianship. Feature...

Lyrical Conducting: A New Dimension in Expressive Musicianship is the latest soon-to-be hit from master musician and music educator Ed Lisk. The concepts and instructional techniques discussed here pr...

Ed Lisk's latest publication presents the art of musical expression in a unique and understandable way that is easy to apply with student musicians. Through music study, students experience the beauty...

Presents beginning and intermediate level band directors with exciting teaching strategies to use with today's band methods. Using a natural learning sequence, these concepts provide a foundation for...