Starting Out Right Beginning Band Pedagogy

by Millican, Si

• ISBN13: 9780810883017
• ISBN10: 0810883015
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-08-09
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

Orchestral Music: A Handbook, Fourth Edition by David Daniels (Scarecrow, Oct. 2005) / 640 pages / 9 x 11.5 / $74 (cloth)LTD sales: 6,893 units, $338,618.50 net, 379 in stockEarly Twentieth-Century Brass Idioms: Art, Jazz, and Other Popular Traditions edited by Howard T. Weiner (Scarecrow Press, 2008) / 186 pages / / 6 x 9 / $55 (cloth) LTD sales: 243 units; $7,973.57 net; 222 in stock

Author Biography

J. Si Millican is assistant professor of music education at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he teaches coursework in instrumental music education. Prior to his university work, Dr. Millican taught public school for 13 years at the high-school and middle-school levels.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Foundations
Who Are We Teaching?	p. 3
Learning the Language of Music	p. 19
Developing Fundamental Sounds and Music-Decoding Skills
First Sounds on Wind Instruments	p. 51
Developing Solid Percussion Foundations	p. 83
From Rote to Note: Reading Music	p. 111
Music and Materials for Young Bands	p. 131
Moving beyond the Basics
Advanced Instrumental Pedagogy	p. 143
Rehearsing and Performing with Young Ensembles	p. 175
Getting Help	p. 191
Planning, Management, and Assessment
Recruiting and Retaining Students and Their Families	p. 205
Selecting Great Equipment	p. 223
Philosophy, Curriculum, and Planning	p. 245
Rules, Procedures, and Classroom Management	p. 263
Assessment	p. 281
Sample Band Handbook	p. 297
Sample Discipline Log	p. 307
Beginning-Snare Method Books	p. 309
Beginning-Band Method Books	p. 311
Sample Trip Itinerary	p. 317
Index	p. 319
About the Author	p. 325
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