Teaching Music through Performance in Band (Hardcover)

The best-selling Teaching Music through Performance in Band series continues to be the indispensable resource for band directors. Volume 6 continues the tradition: current perspectives on major issues in the field together with tools to help band directors identify and teach the best band works being published today. Chapters written by a team of nationally recognized band directors and teachers include Who Always Has the Melody Most of the Time? by Larry Blocher, Soundings: Developing Beautiful Tone by Ray Cramer, with input from former students, Making a Difference by Edward S. Lisk, Historical Highlights of the Wind Band to 1800: A Heritage and Lineage, Part One: Antiquity to Classical by Eugene Migliaro Corporon, The One Who Makes a Difference: Characteristics of Master Teachers by Tim Lautzenheiser, and Featuring Soloists with Ensembles by Richard Miles. Like the other volumes in the series, this book includes extensive analyses of 100 works for band, Grades 2 to 6. The literature selected for this volume is a true showcase of the highest level works for band being published today.