Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra All Over the World

The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra All Over the World Review



20 greats from these prog-rock legends, including: All over the World * Confusion * Don't Bring Me Down * Evil Woman * Hold on Tight * Shine a Little Love * Show Down * Strange Magic * Sweet Talkin' Woman * Xanadu * and more.


Monday, January 30, 2012

Conducting the Wind Orchestra: Meaning, Gesture, and Expressive Potential

Conducting the Wind Orchestra: Meaning, Gesture, and Expressive Potential Review



This book examines the conductor's methods in terms of the realization of expressive potential in a selected body of works. This examination encompasses analytical, technical, and expressive gestural aspects of the art and craft of conducting. The author also discusses the idea of meaning in music and ways, both musical and extramusical, in which meaning arises in performance. In this unique study, the author also considers how the use of physical gestures may have an impact upon the realization of expressive potential in a given work and, in particular, upon those works selected for discussion. Central to this process is the notion that there is something "behind the notes." Text-based modes of analysis do not afford access to music as it is created by the actions of performers and conductors. The author argues that this music often has strong extroversive associations. Inquiry limited to the text neither helps the interpreter to realise fully the expressive or communicative potential of that work, nor does it fully consider the impact of expressive issues on performance. Thus, the conductor acts as a mediator in this process, taking the work and all relevant information surrounding it into account as it is prepared for performance. It is within this context that the author examines John Corigliano's Overture from Gazebo Dances, Karel Husa's Introduction and Fanfare from Music for Prague 1968, Edward Gregson's Celebration, and Morning Music by Richard Rodney Bennett, with regard to their expressive potential and adopts topical analysis in a general way as a point of departure in an attempt to relate this potential to physical gestures, facial expressions, and body language in the art and craft of conducting. In addition, the author considers the applicability of the analytical tools developed in the study to the actual practice of performance with regard to the works discussed, and attempts to show the relationship between the analysis of a given work, the physical manifestation of what that analysis uncovers, and the realisation of expressive potential in performance. This book will help readers better understand the relationship between the conductor's physical gestures, body language and facial expressions, and the expressive potential of selected works for the wind orchestra. As a book that clearly reflects the author's passion, it will be a welcome addition for collections in music.


Sunday, January 29, 2012

Music Minus One Trumpet: Northern Lights (Canadian All-Star Stage/Jazz Band; Sheet Music and 2-CD Set) (Music Minus One (Numbered))

Music Minus One Trumpet: Northern Lights (Canadian All-Star Stage/Jazz Band; Sheet Music and 2-CD Set) (Music Minus One (Numbered)) Review



Play your instrument with a top Big Band! Perfect for practice, performance, auditions, and more! Here's the finest band that Canada fielded in 1970 and Music Minus One was fortunate enough to bring them to a studio for these performances from their extensive library. Listen to a pro play with this dynamite ensemble, then you step in for your own solo gig! Includes a high-quality music book featuring solo parts for each tune; and two compact discs featuring a complete digital stereo reference recording, plus recordings of the accompaniments minus you, the soloist. Track Listing: Suite Fortune * Dorian Rock Pile * Ballad * Ascendancy * How To Say It * PeteÂ’s Thing * My Bones * Get Down * SteveÂ’s Theme * Warm * Set-Up Goes Bananas


Friday, January 27, 2012

Band Director's Communication Kit

Band Director's Communication Kit Review



Band Director's Communication Kit Feature

  • Media CD ROM 48 Pages
  • For All Band Programs by Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser and Charles Menghini
  • Composer: Charles Menghini
In the Band DirectorÕs Communications Kit, Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser has provided every teacher with communication letters focusing on music advocacy, the importance of the arts in our schools, and the benefits of musical study in the development of the child. Dr. Charles Menghini, Director of Bands at VanderCook College of Music, Chicago, has contributed additional letters written specifically for band - essential time savers for the busy band director.


Thursday, January 26, 2012

Marching Bands Are Just Homeless Orchestras, Half-Empty Thoughts Vol. 1

Marching Bands Are Just Homeless Orchestras, Half-Empty Thoughts Vol. 1 Review



From back cover:

If you're looking for glass-half-full affirmations, you're in luck. The bookstore or library is half full of that kind of crap. What you're holding here is a collection of quips and observations with a refreshingly gloomy, sometimes twisted, always funny take on life. Or lack thereof.

With illustrations by renowned artist Brian Andreas, this book is a glimpse inside the humorously askew mind of a writer whose witticisms have been featured on NPR, printed onto t-shirts, performed on stage in Germany, and posted online at the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times. He's been named one of the top ten funniest people on Twitter by the likes of Maxim, MSNBC, and Mashable.

"Tim Siedell clearly has no life, but he's extremely funny while not having one." Rob Reiner; Actor, Director, Writer, Producer


From Oxford University Press:

At some point, I think we've all asked ourselves, "When is the best time to start training a kitten to hold a knife?"

That question-written by Tim Siedell, a.k.a Twitter's badbanana - is one of the expertly crafted one-liners you can find in his new book Marching Bands Are Just Homeless Orchestras: Half-empty Thoughts Vol 1. It's the funnest/funniest book I've picked up in donkey's years, and it's also pretty and shiny and full of cool illustrations by Brian Andreas. Unless you hate puppies and America, you should give yourself and your minions this tremendous book... -by Mark Peters


More on author Tim Siedell:

"Smart, insightful, and genuinely hilarious." Adam Savage, Co-host, MythBusters

"In a medium that rewards wit, Tim Siedell is the most rewarding." Scott Simon, Host, NPR Weekend Edition

"A barrage of funny." Maxim.com

"The dude is a one-liner machine." Mark Sullivan, MSNBC.com


Tuesday, January 24, 2012

We Three Kings for String Orchestra - Score

We Three Kings for String Orchestra - Score Review



Grade 2.5 ? These are not your typical three kings-they paid attention in theory class! Appropriate for school or church performance, a lyric, mysterious chromatic harmonization of this familiar tune is wonderfully arranged by Jason Krug. Lower strings are featured regularly, and shifting is required for most. Violin 1 and Cello go to third position. / String Orchestra / Conductor's Score / Christmas


Sunday, January 22, 2012

Treasury of Scales Flute (Treasury of Scales for Band and Orchestra)

Treasury of Scales Flute (Treasury of Scales for Band and Orchestra) Review



Treasury of Scales Flute (Treasury of Scales for Band and Orchestra) Feature

  • Book Pages: 8
  • By Leonard B. Smith
  • Format Book
The Treasury of Scales includes all major and minor scales in harmonized form -- 96 total. Scales are harmonized in SATB format. The harmony and tempo conditions give the conductor material to teach tone, balance, and intonation. It's easy to use because so many of the instruments are playing the exact same lines. Treasury of Scales should be in every band folder as a permanent part of the repertoire and used daily as a warm-up exercise.


Saturday, January 21, 2012

Treasury of Scales for Band and Orchestra: 2nd F Horn

Treasury of Scales for Band and Orchestra: 2nd F Horn Review



The Treasury of Scales includes all major and minor scales in harmonized form -- 96 total. Scales are harmonized in SATB format. The harmony and tempo conditions give the conductor material to teach tone, balance, and intonation. It's easy to use because so many of the instruments are playing the exact same lines. Treasury of Scales should be in every band folder as a permanent part of the repertoire and used daily as a warm-up exercise.


Friday, January 20, 2012

Petite Suite - Orchestra Version

Petite Suite - Orchestra Version Review



Petite Suite - Orchestra Version Feature

  • ISBN13: 9781932419047
  • Condition: New
  • Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!
This is a new, digitally enhanced reprint of the score originally published in 1908 by A. Durand et Fils, Paris. The "Petite Suite" was originally composed by Debussy in 1889 for piano, four-hands. By the time an orchestral version was sought in 1907, the composer was too busy with numerous other commissions to orchestrate his youthful work and entrusted the job to the conductor and composer Henri Busser. This is the orchestral version most widely performed and recorded today.


Thursday, January 19, 2012

150 Original Exercises in Unison for Band or Orchestra

150 Original Exercises in Unison for Band or Orchestra Review



150 Original Exercises in Unison for Band or Orchestra was designed expressly for teaching division of measure, and tempos and rhythms, with warm up/tune up and scale exercises. Equally adaptable for any single instrument or any combination of instruments.


Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Now Go Home and Practice Book 1 Clarinet: Interactive Band Method for Students, Teachers & Parents

Now Go Home and Practice Book 1 Clarinet: Interactive Band Method for Students, Teachers & Parents Review



An interactive band method for students, teachers and parents. By Jim Probasco, David Grable, Dan Meeks ... arranged by James Swearingen. Promotes Parental Involvement...each page features PARENT POINTERS - helpful hints written by Jim Probasco (author of several "Parent's Guides" / Band Method / Clarinet


Tuesday, January 17, 2012

2012 Rush Wall Calendar

2012 Rush Wall Calendar Review



2012 Rush Wall Calendar Feature

  • brand new officially licensed calendar
  • keep track of time in style all year long
  • measures 11.00 by 12.00 inches
  • ships quickly and safely in a protective envelope
Canada's best power trio has been in the limelight for nearly 40 years. Rock musicians and fans revere Rush's amazing skills and incredible instrumentals. Celebrate Rush all year in full-color calendar images certain to make all the world a stage, wherever you hang it!


Sunday, January 15, 2012

Guides to Band Masterworks (Vol. I)

Guides to Band Masterworks (Vol. I) Review



Guides to Band Masterworks (Vol. I) Feature

  • Published by Meredith Music 68 Pages
  • Student Manual by Robert J. Garofalo
  • Composer: Robert Garofalo
This text provides students with instructional material for each work contained in the teachers manual. Included are musical examples of compositional techniques and orchestrations, diagrams of formal structure, historical background on the composer the work and the style period, practice guides, and student projects for each work.


Saturday, January 14, 2012

Power, Passion and Beauty- The Story of the Legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra: The greatest band that ever was

Power, Passion and Beauty- The Story of the Legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra: The greatest band that ever was Review



Starting in 1971 and lasting in one form or another for five years, the Mahavishnu Orchestra exploded onto the popular music scene while simultaneously trashing all existing conventions, forging a new direction that is still controversial to this day. The loudest and fastest band in the entire world, the MO literally could scare people yet also could create music of great beauty. Today, its genre-busting music serves as a foundation for many musical movements. All five members of the original band, John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham, Jan Hammer, Jerry Goodman and Rick Laird, cooperated with the author. In addition, almost 150 people, including some of the world's greatest musicians and artists, provide comments exclusive to this book. Among them are Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Jeff Beck, Sir George Martin, Jean-Luc Ponty, Peter Max, Joe Zawinul, Bill Frisell, Dennis Chambers, Bill Bruford, Peter Erskine, Jimmy Herring, John Scofield, Steve Lukather, Lyle Mays, Steve Morse, Narada Michael Walden and many, many more. Experience this remarkable story through those that lived it and are still living it. You will be captured by the Power, Passion and Beauty of it all.


Friday, January 13, 2012

The Joy of Music Leonard Bernstein

The Joy of Music Leonard Bernstein Review



The Joy of Music Leonard Bernstein Feature

  • Published by Amadeus Press 320 Pages
  • by Leonard Bernstein foreword by Tim Page
  • Composer: Leonard Bernstein
This classic work is perhaps Bernstein's finest collection of conversations on the meaning and wonder of music. This book is a must for all music fans who wish to experience music more fully and deeply through one of the most inspired, and inspiring, music intellects of our time. Employing the creative device of "Imaginary Conversations" in the first section of his book, Bernstein illuminates the importance of the symphony in America, the greatness of Beethoven, and the art of composing. The book also includes a photo section and a third section with the transcripts from his televised Omnibus music series, including "Beethoven's Fifth Symphony," "The World of Jazz," "Introduction to Modern Music," and "What Makes Opera Grand."


Thursday, January 12, 2012

Now Go Home and Practice Book 1 Alto Clarinet: Interactive Band Method for Students, Teachers & Parents

Now Go Home and Practice Book 1 Alto Clarinet: Interactive Band Method for Students, Teachers & Parents Review



An interactive band method for students, teachers and parents. By Jim Probasco, David Grable, Dan Meeks ... arranged by James Swearingen. Promotes Parental Involvement...each page features PARENT POINTERS - helpful hints written by Jim Probasco (author of several "Parent's Guides" / Band Method / Alto Clarinet


Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Now Go Home and Practice Book 1 Bassoon: Interactive Band Method for Students, Teachers & Parents

Now Go Home and Practice Book 1 Bassoon: Interactive Band Method for Students, Teachers & Parents Review



An interactive band method for students, teachers and parents. By Jim Probasco, David Grable, Dan Meeks ... arranged by James Swearingen. Promotes Parental Involvement...each page features PARENT POINTERS - helpful hints written by Jim Probasco (author of several "Parent's Guides" / Band Method / Bassoon