Composing for the Jazz Orchestra

Composing for the Jazz Orchestra Review

"Although it will be of primary interest to those who are engaged in composition themselves, [this] book is also recommended for readers who may wish to gain further insight into just what makes jazz composition so different from traditional approaches."—Malcolm Bessom, The Music Magazine

The Music Performance Library: A Practical Guide for Orchestra, Band and Opera Librarians

The Music Performance Library: A Practical Guide for Orchestra, Band and Opera Librarians Review

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Children's Corner - Orchestra Version

Children's Corner - Orchestra Version Review

This is a new, digitally enhanced reprint of the score originally published in 1911 by Durand et Cie., Paris. Originally composed in 1910 for piano solo, "Children's Corner" was scored for small orchestra the next year by Debussy's student and good friend Andre Caplet. This is the orchestral version most widely performed and recorded today. It is a brilliant example of early 20th century orchestral writing.

The Business of Getting More Gigs as a Professional Musician

The Business of Getting More Gigs as a Professional Musician Review

The Business of Getting More Gigs as a Professional Musician Feature

• Published by Hal Leonard 144 Pages
• by Bob Popyk
• Author: Bob Popyk

Getting more gigs doesn't just happen. Musicians have to make it happen. Despite a myriad of convenient excuses to choose from - the economy is off, money is tight, unemployment is high, not as many clubs are hiring, budget cuts mean fewer corporate gigs - there are always some musicians who do exceptionally well and work constantly, regardless of the month, year, season, economy or their location. A collection of Bob Popyk's most talked-about columns from International Musician magazine, The Business of Getting More Gigs as a Professional Musician will clue you in to what the musicians mentioned above already know and do. Covering in detail topics such as attitude, gig etiquette, business basics, money and diversifying, Popyk gives practical pointers to help you have a plan, network effectively, promote your assets, and market yourself constantly. He points out the need to treat gig-seeking like a business, and take it just as seriously. Musicians who take his advice will soon be well on their way to more and better-paying gigs. Also available by Bob Popyk: How to Find Gigs That Pay Big Bucks 00320370 DVD .95

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Capriccio Italien; Marche Slav. Kenneth Alwyn, London Symphony Orchestra and the Band of the Grenadier Guards. Classic ... review): An article from: Sensible Sound

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Capriccio Italien; Marche Slav. Kenneth Alwyn, London Symphony Orchestra and the Band of the Grenadier Guards. Classic ... review): An article from: Sensible Sound Review

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Title: Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Capriccio Italien; Marche Slav. Kenneth Alwyn, London Symphony Orchestra and the Band of the Grenadier Guards. Classic Compact Discs CSCD 6038.(Review) (sound recording review)
Author: John Puccio
Publication:Sensible Sound (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 1999
Publisher: Sensible Sound
Page: 108

Article Type: Sound Recording Review

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Essential Elements 2000 Conductor Book 1 Plus DVD and CD

Essential Elements 2000 Conductor Book 1 Plus DVD and CD Review

Essential Elements 2000 Conductor Book 1 Plus DVD and CD Feature

• CD features:Play-along tracks 1-58 with a professional player for every instrumentDVD features:Startup video learn the basics (15 min.)All 185 Play-along tracksMore duets and triosMusic listening libraryComputer ROM features:SmartMusic Software practice, record, and email a performance, plus on-screen assessmentFinale NotePad softwareTempo adjustment software for play-along tracks

Essential Elements was the major breakthrough for beginning band methods in the Õ90s. Now Essential Elements 2000 will take band programs into the next millennium! EE2000 features:¥ A CD featuring a professional soloist in every Student Book 1 ¥ Great performance music with planned first concert. ¥ Even more great tunes, motivating students to practice and stay in band. ¥ Special Rubank¨ Studies ¥ Better pacing, sequencing and reinforcement. ¥ Theory, history and creativity exercises integrated into each student book.

Christmas Favorites - Drums: Big Band Play-Along Volume 5 (Hal Leonard Big Band Play-Along)

Christmas Favorites - Drums: Big Band Play-Along Volume 5 (Hal Leonard Big Band Play-Along) Review

Christmas Favorites - Drums: Big Band Play-Along Volume 5 (Hal Leonard Big Band Play-Along) Feature

• Media Softcover with CD 24 Pages
• Drums Book/CD Packs
• Composer: Various

Play along with a real big band with this great book/CD pack. The book features authentic big band arrangements of 10 holiday classics in easy-to-read parts and the CD has great, professionally recorded accompaniments. Songs include: Baby, It's Cold Outside * The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) * Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! * My Favorite Things * Silver Bells * White Christmas * and more.

An annotated bibliography of contemporary works programmable by wind band and orchestra.

An annotated bibliography of contemporary works programmable by wind band and orchestra. Review

This study looked at the contemporary repertoire of college winds bands and professional orchestras. Music performed between Fall 2003 and Spring 2003 was collected from members of the College Band Directors National Association (n=23,677) and the League of American Symphony Orchestras (n=15,891). This collection reinforced the perception college wind bands program more contemporary music than professional orchestras. Also consistent with previous studies is the orchestra repertoire is centered around a core of composers. The core repertoire of the college wind band is not as narrow and is still growing. Contemporary composers were selected based on when they lived and having a minimum number of works performed by college wind bands and/or professional orchestras. From these composers (n=465) it was determined if they had composed a work performable by both college wind bands and professional orchestras. There were a total of 290 composers with 765 compositions compiled in an annotated bibliography. Biographies for each composer were drafted from available material. Information obtained for each work included composition date, duration, movements, publisher, instrumentation, premiere, commission, dedication, recordings, selected performances, program note, and the number of times it was performed during the period of the study. In order to obtain additional information publishers and composers were contacted. The resulting works consisted of compositions scored for brass ensemble, chamber winds, orchestral winds and transcriptions. Also shown is that these works also represent some of the most performed contemporary works by college wind bands and professional orchestras. This study implies works for winds and single strings (two violins, viola, cello, and string bass) would be an area worth investigating.

Symphonia No. 4 in D Major for String Orchestra

Symphonia No. 4 in D Major for String Orchestra Review

Grade 3 ? This work is an energetic introduction to "Sturm und Drang" style written by the father of modern astronomy. Dotted rhythms, hooked bowings, and detailed attention to dynamic changes allow for many opportunities to work on fundamentals. Chromatic fingerings are a must: Violin 1 uses third position, and all other parts use extensions. / String Orchestra / String Orchestra, Conductor's Score

A Conductor's Interpretive Analysis of Masterworks for Band

A Conductor's Interpretive Analysis of Masterworks for Band Review

Frederick Fennell, widely acknowledged as the "dean of American band conductors," has freely shared what he called "long-distilled thoughts" about the world's greatest music for band. In this collection, he covers original scores by Persichetti, Hanson, Schuman and Chance, as well as classic works by Wagner and Holst. Fennell's clear and to-the-point analysis/interpretations are based on a lifetime of careful research, rehearsals, and professional performances. In this informative work, you will find inspiration for a truly superior presentation of these masterworks for band. Includes: Divertimento for Band (Persichetti) * Symphony for Band (Persichetti) * Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral (Wagner) * Chorale and Alleluia (Hanson) * George Washington Bridge (W. Schuman) * A Moorside Suite (Holst) * Variations on a Korean Folk Song (Chance) * I Really Do Love Marches! (Fennell).

Johnny's Jukebox Trivia: 1,001 Fantastic Questions from the Golden Age of Rock and Roll

Johnny's Jukebox Trivia: 1,001 Fantastic Questions from the Golden Age of Rock and Roll Review

Johnny's Jukebox Trivia: 1,001 Fantastic Questions from the Golden Age of Rock and Roll Feature

• ISBN13: 9780595261239
• Condition: USED - Very Good
• Notes: 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!

Jukebox Johnny presents 1,001 of his best trivia questions about all of your favorite performers from the Golden Age of Rock & Roll. The questions in this book will thrill, entertain, amuse, and stump you! Even hard core fans will learn new tidbits about their favorite performers and how they came to make the music that they did. Come on, take this challenge, and find out just how much you really know about the music that shaped your life and the people who made it!

Popular Songs: Orchestra Play-Along Volume 1

Popular Songs: Orchestra Play-Along Volume 1 Review

Popular Songs: Orchestra Play-Along Volume 1 Feature

• ISBN13: 9781423445739
• Condition: New
• Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!

This exciting new series lets you play along with a real orchestra! Each pack includes ten pieces with individual parts arranged for violin, viola, cello, and bass plus a professionally recorded CD with a full orchestra. Pick your part, turn on the CD, and play along like a pro! Volume 1 includes: Big Spender * Breaking Free * Eleanor Rigby * I Will Always Love You * It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) * Pie Jesu * Start of Something New * We're All in This Together * We've Only Just Begun * Whistle down the Wind.

Bees Are Boppin' for String Orchestra - Score

Bees Are Boppin' for String Orchestra - Score Review

This bebop-inspired piece is a good introduction to swing eighth notes. Set in D major, the notes are easy to play (all in first position) and the piece works in a variety of tempos. Add a drummer to make it really cook! / String Orchestra / Conductor's Score

Swingin' the Dream: Big Band Jazz and the Rebirth of American Culture

Swingin' the Dream: Big Band Jazz and the Rebirth of American Culture Review

During the 1930s, swing bands combined jazz and popular music to create large-scale dreams for the Depression generation, capturing the imagination of America's young people, music critics, and the music business. Swingin' the Dream explores that world, looking at the racial mixing-up and musical swinging-out that shook the nation and has kept people dancing ever since.

"Swingin' the Dream is an intelligent, provocative study of the big band era, chiefly during its golden hours in the 1930s; not merely does Lewis A. Erenberg give the music its full due, but he places it in a larger context and makes, for the most part, a plausible case for its importance."—Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World

"An absorbing read for fans and an insightful view of the impact of an important homegrown art form."—Publishers Weekly

"[A] fascinating celebration of the decade or so in which American popular music basked in the sunlight of a seemingly endless high noon."—Tony Russell, Times Literary Supplement

The Marching Band Handbook: Competitions, Instruments, Clinics, Fundraising, Publicity, Uniforms, Accessories, Trophies, Drum Corps, Twirling, Color Guard, Indoor Guard, Music, t

The Marching Band Handbook: Competitions, Instruments, Clinics, Fundraising, Publicity, Uniforms, Accessories, Trophies, Drum Corps, Twirling, Color Guard, Indoor Guard, Music, t Review

This third edition of The Marching Band Handbook updates information on all areas of the marching activity, including clinicians, clinics, directors and workshops; competitions; drum corps; fund raising; indoor guard; military bands; musicians, instruments and uniforms; music selection and sources; parades; publicity and public relations; travel arrangements; trophies, awards, gifts, medals and plaques; and twirling. It provides comprehensive lists for the director, drill designer, booster, musician, guard member and twirler—where to buy instruments or batons, the location of spring and fall competition sites, judging organizations, fund-raising organizations and ideas, clinic locations, marching band music publishers, magazines covering drum corps, twirling or band.

Gustav Mahler and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra Tour America

Gustav Mahler and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra Tour America Review

In 1909, when the troubled New York Philharmonic Orchestra needed a leader to rejuvenate and reshape it, composer and conductor Gustav Mahler accepted the challenge. By instituting regular rehearsals, developing a season with forty-six concerts—tripling the previous number, and taking the orchestra on tour, Mahler spent the final two years of his life striving to make the New York Philharmonic the best orchestra in the country, and equal of any in the world. Gustav Mahler and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra Tour America documents Mahler's tours with the orchestra during the 1909 and 1910 seasons, detailing the conditions and preparations for each tour, the outcome of each concert, and the perceptions of audiences beyond New York City. Author Mary H. Wagner amassed data from more than 1,000 articles to present a thorough description of the planning and reception of the Philharmonic on its first tour outside New York. Starting with Mahler's decision to join the Philharmonic, the book describes the ways Mahler designed programs to appeal to American audiences, employing one hundred musicians on the tours and presenting works by Wagner, Strauss, Berlioz, and Bach to audiences, many of whom had never heard them played by a full romantic orchestra. The book also describes the touring conditions throughout America, providing a history of touring and orchestral development at the turn of the twentieth century.