SKU: FJ.FJH2330
ISBN 9781619282711. UPC: 241444407136. English.
In Book 3, Mary Leaf provides pieces that expand a pianist's concepts of rhythm and harmony. Students experience a solar eclipse with unusual harmonies, express an exotic melody at a caravanserai in the deserts of Africa, play a bit of the blues followed by a Baroque-styled piece, and convey a gorgeous cloudy day. Most of the nine pieces are 3 pages, and teachers will find this a very useful book-good teaching material.
SKU: HL.44010593
UPC: 884088495268. 9x12 inches.
An excellent choice for festival or concert, To the Ends of the Earth is an exciting challenge for your advancing young band. The connection with the major historic event of the first successful excursion to the South Pole will come to life for your band and audience. A look at the score shows the wealth of opportunities found in this powerful teaching tool. Your band will “come of age” through their own interpretation of the polar saga. Careful scoring will make your band sound its best!
SKU: HL.44010908
UPC: 884088585389. 9x12 inches. Mike Hannickel and Amy Adam.
You can't lose when you get your administrators or other staff members involved in your performance. “Teachers from Outer Space” is a hilarious comedy skit for band that lets three or more of your staff members temporarily become outer space aliens and use every corny outer space joke in the book! If you are looking for a funny contrast highlight – greetings Earthling, you've found it!
SKU: GI.G-CD-835
Down To Earth helps children to make a connection between the comfortable and uncomfortable parts of their lives and God. The songs are perfect for school assemblies, linking with themes for Christian Festivals, and for Religious Education. “Religious Eduication needs to be authentic in the ways it portrays religion. Buy this CD, and use it with your 7- to 11-year-olds, and you will hit that target” – RE Today (UK) Down To Earth has been produced by Fischy Music—an established and well-respected music charity working throughout the UK and beyond. Fischy Music is well-known for their singing and song-writing workshops, concerts, teacher training sessions, and music recordings. Their overall mission is to promote the emotional, social and spiritual well-being of children and families. Fischy Music is a charity with over 11 years' experience and their resources are used in thousands of schools across the world. Down To Earth fills a gap in resources that are available to schools— music that can be used in a Christian setting which is thoughtful and reflective, yet catchy and fun. The songs are easy to pick up and incorporate multi-cultural elements as well as contemporary influences. Down To Earth is suitable for Elementary school children and is available as a standalone CD or as a CD-ROM Resource Pack (which includes teaching notes, backing tracks, lyric sheets, and videos showing signs and actions and piano/guitar music arrangements). .
SKU: GI.G-CD-834
SKU: GI.G-9761
ISBN 9781622772636.
Music education majors are poised to enter one of the most enjoyable and meaningful professions on Earth. This no-nonsense guide is designed to help them get everything they can out of their student teaching experience. The authors of this book represent over 100 years of active involvement in music education. Each has taught in public schools and now serves in important music education positions at major universities across the United States. Their experience and hands-on work has provided them with great knowledge, insight, and vision of the student teaching experience—knowledge they are eager to share. The result is informative, practical, thought provoking, and even entertaining. Each chapter includes an overview of the areas of immersion young music educators will face in their new profession, including: How to best develop observation skills and glean helpful techniques How to develop your own educational vision and ethics How to prepare for the overload that many feel of the never-ending litany of daily teaching and administrative tasks you must negotiate Throughout the book, the authors remind us that teaching music through performance is an important daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly goal. The Teaching Music through Performance series has had a profound impact on all aspects of the wind band community. With the creation of this affordable guide, funded in part with revenue set aside by the originators of the Teaching Music through Performance series, the future of the profession—with your participation—remains truly bright. As Larry Blocher states in the book, IT ALL STARTS WITH YOU! Dennis Fisher is Conductor of the Symphonic Band, Associate Director of Wind Studies, and Professor of Music in Conducting and Ensembles at the University of North Texas. Lissa Fleming May is Associate Dean for Instruction and Professor of Music Education at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Erik Johnson is Associate Professor of Music Education at Colorado State University, where he teaches undergraduate and graudate courses in music education and conducts the 130-member CSU Concert Band.
SKU: FJ.B1625S
English.
Strong and intense melodies combine with modal harmonies and driving rhythms to create a piece for beginners that is accessible yet powerful. A variety of percussion timbres contrast with various styles in the winds to make this piece a great teaching tool to develop more musical playing skills. A superb choice for beginning bands.
About FJH Starter Series
Introduction to Beginning Band - Ideal for the first several months of instruction. These pieces are a comfortable length for students (about a half page of music) and are playable with as few as five instruments. All instruments are limited to a 6-note diatonic range. Several supplemental exercises are included to help teach different elements of each piece. Grade .5
SKU: AP.49110
ISBN 9781470646301. UPC: 038081564661. English.
Where the Heavens Meet Earth is a beautiful, lyrical work for young band. Featuring flowing melodic lines and a beautiful four-note motive that transfers throughout the ensemble, the piece is a perfect mid-program work to feature the colors of the different instrumental sections, permitting opportunities to teach about blend and balance within the group. This original Jeremy Bell piece was inspired by the picturesque salt flats in Bolivia called Salar de Uyuni. Located in the Southwest near the Andes, the flats were formed by the transformations of several prehistoric lakes. With variations in elevation that average around a meter, the extreme flatness following a rain turns the 80-mile landscape into the world's largest mirror, reflecting the sky above. (3:30).
SKU: AP.49110S
ISBN 9781470646318. UPC: 038081564678. English.
SKU: HL.1115748
ISBN 9781705180099. UPC: 196288105992.
Welcome to Earth is a collection for diverse solo piano pieces that capture the imagination of the piano player in multiple ways. Featuring a total of 10 short pieces, plus a bonus one in the end, each piece holds the interest of the pianist, or piano student, by moving from style to style with great ease, but always offering the personal touch of the composer, Thanos Fotiadis, who is a piano teacher, a pianist and a composer, living in the Netherlands.
SKU: CL.CTS-7748-01
Claude T. Smith created a notable addition to easy literature in this impressive concert chorale. The dynamic subtilties and long tones make this a great teaching or warm-up piece. Appropriate for sacred or secular occasions.
SKU: FP.FSS13
ISBN 979-0-57050-289-9.
The albums in Forsyth's Silhouette Series are widely acknowledged to provide as some of the finest piano arrangements of the works of the great composers available to the player of intermediate ability. These albums provide excellent teaching material, as well as superb recreational pieces for the adult player.
SKU: CL.024-4405-01
Rob Romeyn has penned a fun and engaging work for young band that your students will want to play everyday! After a powerful introduction, the infectious Tribal Groove is introduced by the percussion section. From here, a memorable theme is presented amid varied textures. Along the way, dynamics, rhythmic accents and ensemble interpretation are the teaching goals. The energy and intensity of your students will make this tune come alive, and sure to be the hit of any performance.
