Teaching Music Through Performance in Band

by Blocher, Larry

• ISBN13: 9781579992026
• ISBN10: 1579992021
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: G I A Pubns

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	x
PART I: The Teaching of Music
Teaching for Moments that Matter
Larry R. Blocher
Teaching and Learning in Music	2	(2)
Learning by Doing	4	(1)
Knowledge, Good Intentions, and Desire	4	(1)
Deciding Where Students Need to Be	5	(1)
The Band (Music) Curriculum	6	(2)
What Good Teachers Do	8	(1)
Providing Accurate Information	8	(2)
An Effective Delivery System	10	(3)
Teaching for Moments That Matter	13	(2)
Making a Difference with Your Dash
Ray E. Cramer
How Do You Live Your Dash	15	(1)
Family Obligations	16	(1)
Setting Priorities	17	(1)
Role Models	17	(3)
Professional Responsibilities	20	(1)
Stress Management	20	(1)
Time Management	21	(2)
Developing a Healthful Lifestyle	23	(1)
Why You Should Be Fit	24	(2)
Conclusion	26	(4)
Beyond the Page Natural Laws of Musical Expression
Edward S. Lisk
How Do We Exercise ``Expressive'' Playing	30	(1)
Discovering Our Emotional Center	31	(2)
Speaking Rhythm Patterns	33	(2)
Three Natural Laws of Musical Expression	35	(1)
Low Searches for High!	35	(2)
High Searches for Low!	37	(2)
Short Looks for Long!	39	(2)
Conclusion	41	(3)
Music's Hidden Message
Eugene Migliaro Corporon
Introduction	44	(2)
Teaching as a Creative Act	46	(2)
The Four Stages of Musical Development	48	(5)
Moving from Message to Meaning	53	(9)
Coda	62	(3)
Strategies for Teaching Music in the Rehearsal
Richard Miles
Planning - Steps to Teaching and Rehearsing	65	(7)
Ideas to Assist with Managing Time	72	(7)
Incorporating Resources that Enhance Instruction and Learning	79	(16)
Summary	95	(1)
Selected References	95	(2)
The Selection and Development of Effective Student Leaders
Tim Lautzenheiser
Author's Note	97	(1)
Character Traits of a Student Leader	98	(3)
A Paradigm Shift for Today's Leaders	101	(1)
The Personal Values of a Student Leader	102	(1)
Choosing Leaders: Maturity Is the Key	103	(2)
Solution-Driven Leaders: The Ultimate Choice	105	(8)
PART II: The Band Conductor as Music Teacher
Grade Two
A Ballad, Theme and Variations for Band	113	(6)
Nelhybel, Yaclav
A Child's Embrace	119	(5)
Young, Charles Rochester
Aztec Dance	124	(5)
Story, Michael
Bosnian Folk Songs	129	(9)
Allen, Fred J.
British Isles Suite	138	(11)
Daehn, Larry
Caprice	149	(5)
Himes, William
Cumberland Cross	154	(5)
Strommen, Carl
Flurry for Winds and Percussion	159	(4)
Kinyon, John
Harvest Hymn	163	(6)
Grainger, Percy
Kreines
Kachina: Chant and Spirit Dance	169	(5)
McGinty, Anne
Lion of Lucerne	174	(6)
Curnow, James
Old Churches	180	(7)
Colgrass, Michael
Overture on a Minstrel Tune	187	(6)
La Plante, Pierre
Russian Folk Fantasy	193	(5)
Curnow, James
Songs of the Whaleman	198	(10)
Del Borgo, Elliot
Three Chinese Miniatures	208	(14)
Jager, Robert
Toledo	222	(11)
Carlson, Bruce
Tricycle	233	(5)
Boysen, Andrew, Jr.
Two Hebrew Folk Songs (Songs for Chanukah)	238	(5)
Ward, Norman
Variation Overture	243	(10)
Williams, Clifton
Grade Three
Angel Band	253	(14)
Hartley, Walter S.
Black Canyon of the Gunnison	267	(5)
Erickson, Frank
Bouquets	272	(9)
Mailman, Martin
Candide Suite	281	(12)
Bernstein, Leonard
Grundman
Concord	293	(8)
Grundman, Clare
Crystals	301	(15)
Duffy, Thomas C.
Giles Farnaby Suite	316	(8)
Jacob, Gordon
If Thou Be Near	324	(6)
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Reed
In the Forest of the King	330	(6)
La Plante, Pierre
Military Symphony in F	336	(8)
Gossec, Francois Joseph
Goldman
Leist
On a Southern Hymnsong	344	(9)
Holsinger, David R.
Portraits	353	(6)
Colonna, Jim
Prairie Songs	359	(6)
La Plante, Pierre
Prelude in the Dorian Mode	365	(5)
de Cabezon, Antonio
Brion
Brand
Salvation Is Created	370	(5)
Tschesnokoff, Pavel
Houseknecht
Serenade	375	(5)
Bourgeois, Derek
Shenandoah	380	(8)
Ticheli, Frank
Sussex Mummers Christmas Carol	388	(4)
Grainger, Percy
Goldman
Ukrainian Folksongs	392	(10)
Stevens, Halsey
Schaefer
Walls of Zion	402	(11)
Danner, Greg
Grade Four
A Festival Prelude	413	(8)
Reed, Alfred
A Moorside Suite	421	(11)
Holst, Gustav
Wright
After a Gentle Rain	432	(6)
Iannaccone, Anthony
American Overture for Band	438	(6)
Jenkins, Joseph Willcox
An American Elegy	444	(6)
Ticheli, Frank
Be Thou My Vision	450	(5)
Gillingham, David
Blue Lake Overture	455	(7)
Chance, John Barnes
Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral	462	(8)
Wagner, Richard
Cailliet
Epinicion	470	(4)
Paulson, John
Five Miniatures	474	(8)
Turina, Joaquin
Folk Dances	482	(5)
Shostakovich, Dmitri
Vakhutinskii
Handel in the Strand	487	(11)
Grainger, Percy
Lullaby for Kirsten	498	(4)
Bassett, Leslie
Morning Alleluias for the Winter Solstice	502	(18)
Nelson, Ron
Pastorale Nocturne	520	(7)
Yurko, Bruce
Puszta	527	(16)
Van der Roost, Jan
Serenade for Band	543	(8)
Persichetti, Vincent
Slava!	551	(4)
Bernstein, Leonard
Songs Without Words	555	(11)
Welcher, Dan
Symphonic Dance No. 3 (``Fiesta'')	566	(9)
Williams, Clifton
Grade Five
Aegean Festival Overture	575	(8)
Makris, Andreas
Bacchanale	583	(7)
Rudin, Rolf
Bugs	590	(13)
Cichy, Roger
Danceries	603	(20)
Hesketh, Kenneth
Dies Natalis	623	(5)
Hanson, Howard
Divertimento	628	(8)
Hearshen, Ira
Fanfare and Allegro	636	(8)
Williams, Clifton
French Impressions	644	(12)
Woolfenden, Guy
Gloriosa	656	(8)
Ito,Yasuhide
Music for a Festival	664	(6)
Jacob, Gordon
Pastime	670	(3)
Stamp, Jack
Santa Fe Saga	673	(7)
Gould, Morton
Southern Harmony	680	(14)
Grantham, Donald
Southwestern Sketches	694	(10)
Adler, Samuel
The Final Covenant	704	(7)
Tull, Fisher
The Red Pony: Film Suite for Band	711	(4)
Copland, Aaron
The Sword and the Crown	715	(10)
Gregson, Edward
Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann	725	(8)
Jager, Robert
Vesuvius	733	(7)
Ticheli, Frank
Yiddish Dances	740	(9)
Gorb, Adam
Grade Six
American Games	749	(6)
Maw, Nicholas
Canvas	755	(9)
Walker, George Theophilus, Jr.
Ceremonial	764	(8)
Rands, Bernard
Dream Sequence, Op. 224	772	(9)
Krenek, Ernst
Et exspecto resurrectionem	781	(18)
Messiaen, Olivier
Fascinating Ribbons	799	(4)
Tower, Joan
J'ai ete au bal	803	(10)
Grantham, Donald
Les Couleurs Fauves	813	(11)
Husa, Karel
Masquerade Variations on a Theme of Sergei Prokofiev	824	(16)
Gryc, Stephen Michael
Mosaic	840	(14)
Tippett, Michael
Myaku	854	(8)
Dzubay, David
Propagula	862	(8)
Linn, Robert
``Red Cape Tango'' for Metropolis Symphony	870	(10)
Daugherty, Michael
Spede
Rocky Point Holiday	880	(7)
Nelson, Ron
Symphony No. 4	887	(13)
Maslanka, David
Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa	900	(16)
Hearshen, Ira
The Warriors	916	(8)
Grainger, Percy
Pappajohn
Three City Blocks	924	(11)
Harbison, John
Timepiece	935	(8)
McTee, Cindy
Urban Requiem	943	(10)
Colgrass, Michael
Index by Title for Teaching Music through Performance in Band: Vols. 1, 2, 3, 4	953	(9)
Index by Publisher for Teaching Music through Performance in Band: Vols. 1, 2, 3, 4	962	(9)
Index by Composer, Arranger, and Transcriber for Teaching Music through Performance in Band: Vol. 4	971	(3)
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