America, the Beautiful. Par CURNOW JAMES. The perfect arrangement for your Beginning Band’s first patriotic performance! There are lots of opportunities for young players to solidify basic skills here. A few easy accidentals, articulations, dynamics, and phrasing can all be taught while rehearsing Sea to Shining Seay. There are many more uses for this arrangement than the typical concert setting, …

by Estelle Liebling. Par . A fantastic compendium of Traditional and New Cadenzas, cuts, technical exercises, and suggested Concert programmes. This book has been expertly compiled, arranged and edited by internationally renowned coloratura soprano, teacherand author Estelle Liebling. This is a practical guide, designed to be used as a teaching and training manual for younger coloratura sopranos,…

Description This award winning tutorial series is an essential stepping-stone for every young clarinetist and a vital tool for teachers and students alike. A New Tune A Day: Book 2 features the same logical, gentle pace and keen attention to detail that made earlier editions so hugely popular and successful. Filled with easy-to-follow lessons and clear photographs and diagrams, this will he…

Orchestra and concert promoters long for a public that is excited by music and curious about the modern repertoire. Today there are many ways to awaken this excitement. Musicians as well as music educators are forming new alliances to bring young people and adults into close contact with music.Listening Lab is a new series that offers practical and inspiring approaches for children, young people a…

Essential Elements for Strings offers beginning students sound pedagogy and engaging music, all carefully paced to successfully start young players on their musical journey. EE features both familiar songs and specially designed exercises, created and arranged for the classroom in a unison-learning environment, as well as instrument-specific exercises to focus each student on the unique characteri…

Par HUMMEL BERTOLD. As an educational and recital piece, Bertold Hummel's Sonatina Op. 35, composed in 1969, has accompanied many a young musician following his or her own path. Having sold a thousand times all over the world, it is one of the composer's best-known works and has been included in the repertoire list for the 'Jugend musiziert' competition by the German Music Council. The three movem…

Par HARRIS PAUL. Now more than ever, the ability to sight-read fluently is an essential part of the training of musicians of any instrument. This workbook is designed to help overcome the nerves that can cause sight-reading problems by giving sound technical advice and confidence boosting tips. Step by step it helps young trombonist to build up a complete picture of each piece, first through rhyth…

Par VEILHAN. This new, revised edition of J'Apprends La Flûte à Bec by Jean-Claude Veilhan is a beginner method for Soprano Recorder. Including all facets that a beginner method should have, it features information on the instrument, positioning, breathing and theory. Small studies and exercises are also part of the book to support the acquired knowledge throughout. Simple melodic studies will ena…

Par BRYANT ANN. This book is ideal for primary teachers with little or no experience of teaching music. It will also offer fresh ideas and inspiration to the most experienced music specialists. Teaching Key Stage 1 contains an entire scheme of work for pupils in Year 1 and Year 2, with a CD of performance and accompaniment tracks and photocopiable resources. The scheme has been devised by Ann Brya…

Par ADES THOMAS. Thomas Adès and Philip Hensher's dazzlingly precocious chamber opera Powder Her Face propelled its composer to international attention after its premiere in 1995 and, with nearly 300 worldwide performances, remains one of the most frequently performed British operas of the last two decades. Charting the glamorous rise and seedy fall of the notorious socialite beauty Margaret, Duch…

Par HEUMANN HANS-GUNTER. For three boat trips of the King on the river Thames in 1715, 1717 and 1736 and for the peace celebrations marking the end of the Austrian war of succession (1741-1748) Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759) wrote the three suites of Water Music and the Fireworks music. These brilliant open-air works are now available in the popular 'Get to Know Classical Masterpieces' series.…

Par SHELTON TOM. Every life is important. Every child is important. This Missa Brevis is for all people, both young and old, that are experiencing hurt and searching for relief. Our actions have the ability to transform the world and make a difference in the lives around us. May we comfort all those experiencing pain and loss. Ubi caritas et amor Deus ibi est. Where there is Charity and Love, God …

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