A guide to teaching instrumental music covers such topics as recruitment, creating lesson plans, curriculum development, running rehearsals, and organizing concerts.

Quick Reference for Band Directors is a go-to guide for new and experienced band directors. With tips on recruiting and retaining members, preparing lesson plans and program objectives, developing a booster group, budgeting, classroom management, using technology, and making emergency repairs, this book will soon number among your closest advisors.

Features: This latest installment in the landmark Teaching Music through Performance in Band series sets a new standard as the indispensable resource for band directors.This volume contains 1276 pages of Teacher Resource Guides to current wind band literature, Grades 2 through 6; thought-provoking and inspiring chapters by leaders in the profession; and a comprehensive set of indexes to more than 800 works.This volume features chapters on "The Roads to Inspired Teaching: Ingenuity, Insight, Integrity, and Inspiration" by Ray Cramer, "The Energy of Musical Thought" by Edward S. Lisk, "What Are You Working on Now" by Larry Blocher, "Principles for Achievement, Enhancing Musicianship, and Valued Colleagues" by Eugene Migliaro Corporon, "The Affective Domain of Band Directing: Developing Quality Habits of Highly Successful Music Educators", by Tim Lautzenheiser.Of special interest is a

Product Description: (Meredith Music Resource). Conducting-listening skills, harmonic and melodic content, ensemble sonority and expressive conducting are only a few of the insightful topics included in Ed Lisk's latest publication. The complexities of instrumental music as related to Howard Gardner's Theories of Multiple Intelligences are thoroughly discussed and provide an overwhelming foundation for the support of music in the schools...read more

Product Description: A continuation of the concepts presented in Vol. I, Vol. II features 8 instructional units designed to teach outstanding Grade 2 and 3 music including The Battle Pavane, Festival Celebration, Kentucky - 1800, The Civil War, Air for Band, Mini-Suite and special units dealing with March Music and Multicultural Music...read more

Product Description: Covers a wide variety of topics and problems, from band seating to planning festivals, dealing with soloists to taking the ensemble on the road. It also tackles complex problems presented to directors of concert bands, such as how to warm-up an ensemble properly for both tone and intonation...read more

Product Description: (Meredith Music Resource). This text provides excellent copyright-free graphic materials that help students grasp often difficult musical concepts and ideas. These unique graphics can be used as handouts or with an overhead projector...read more

Product Description: (Meredith Music Resource). This text provides similar content as Volume I with additional diagrams; glossary of terms; practice, listening and creative assignments; optional projects; and learning goals.

Product Description: Book by Phillip C. Wise (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Developed to provide high school band teachers with sample lessons to implement the National Standards in band rehearsals, individual strategies are provided, both proficient and advanced. The 34 strategies reflect a variety of teaching and learning styles, along with step-by-step instructions, ideas, and resources...read more

Product Description: The New ASBDA Curriculum Guide has been revised, updated, and in many areas completely rewritten. Topics include: The Performance Based Curriculum, Evaluation Procedures, Scheduling, Classroom Management, Administering the Band Program, Organizing the Physical Complex, and Budget and Finance...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Book by Agnew, John, Bish, Douglas E.

Product Description: This is the first book by Tim Lautzenheiser, one of the most sought-after speakers on music education and leadership in the United States. It s all here: sections focused on the art of teaching, attitude development, student leadership, thoughts about the controversial world of competition as it relates to music, and a special section for band directors only...read more

Product Description: Responding to the upsurge of interest in wind and brass bands, Dr Kevin Thompson has written a practical manual for all who are involved with them whether in school or music centres, or in an adult community band. This essentially pragmatic book - the first of its kind - gives helpful advice on how to start a band, the choice of instruments, basic organisation, useful seating plans, rehearsal tips, composing and scoring for bands of different sizes...read more

Explains the organizations, activities, and responsibilities of high-school concert, show, and marching bands and the advantages and rewards of playing in a band