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New Methods for Junior Band, Senior Band and Musical Theatre

Please see below for new releases in music education for band and choir.

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You may know the author Scott Rush from his reference books below. Certainly he isa director wit ha lot of good habits!

  • Habits of a Successful Band Director
  • The Evolution of a Successful Band Director
  • Habits of a Successful Middle School Band Director
  • Quality of Life Habits of a Successful Band Director
  • Habits of a Successful Choir Director

Please see below for Scott’s two new band methods:

New! – Habits of a Successful Middle School Musician – (A Comprehensive Method Book for Years Two, Three, and Beyond) by Scott Rush / Jeff Scott / Emily Wilkinson / Rich Moon / Kevin Boyle – Editor: Marguerite Wilder – $14.95

Perfect for use by an entire band or solo player for years two, three, and beyond, this series contains carefully sequenced warm-ups, chorales, sight-reading etudes, rhythm vocabulary exercises, and much more. In one place, this series presents everything an aspiring player needs to build fundamental musicianship skills and then be able to transfer those skills directly into the performance of great literature.

Habits of a Successful Middle School Musician:

  • Provides material for use during fundamentals time that promotes a comprehensive approach to developing skills necessary to fill the musical toolbox.
  • Presents effective exercises for clarinets going over the break, trombones in second and fifth position, flutes going from C to D, percussion sticking, trombone F-attachment tips, and L and R indicators for clarinet.
  • Includes a sequential format that leads to the mastery of reading rhythms and ultimately, to musical sight-reading.
  • Provides chorales for the development of tone quality, ensemble sonority, and musicianship.
  • Combines pedagogy, technique building, fundamentals development, sight-reading, and musicianship into one book under one cover.

Habits of a Successful Middle School Musician is the answer to the question, “What should I be learning during fundamentals time?”

New! – Habits of a Successful Musician – A Comprehensive Curriculum/Method for Use During Fundamentals Time  – Scott Rush and Rich Moon – $14.95

Habits of a Successful Musician is a vital, field-tested series for building fundamentals and – most important – a musical collection of more than 200 sequential sigh-reading exercises.

Perfect for use by an entire band at most likely a high school level, this series contains carefully sequenced warm-ups, sight-reading etudes, rhythm vocabulary builders, and much more. In one place, this series collects everything an aspiring player needs to build fundamental musicianship skills and then be able to transfer those skills directly into the performance of great literature.

Habits of a Successful Musician:

  • Provides material for use during fundamentals time that would promote a comprehensive approach to developing skills necessary to fill the musical toolbox.
  • Promotes the idea that fundamentals time should transfer directly into the performance of great literature.
  • Includes a sequential format that leads to the mastery of reading rhythms and, ultimately, to musical sight-reading.
  • Provides chorales for the development of tone quality, ensemble sonority, and musicianship.
  • Presents rhythm charts in a new format to allow transfer from timing and rhythm to pitches in a musical context.
  • Provides audition etude sight-reading in a full-band format that is well thought-out in scope and sequence.
  • Presents exercises in various keys, tonalities, and modes to aid in the development of the complete musician.
  • Creates a mindset intent on establishing a culture of excellence for both the full band program and individual players.
  • The Conductor’s Edition features expanded text, exercises, and lessons. This spiral-bound book is 142 pages long.

Habits of a Successful Musician is the answer to the question high school directors ask, “What should I be learning during fundamentals time?”

New! – The iTheatrics Method – The Quintessential Guide to Creating Quality Musical Theater Programs – by Timothy Allen McDonald / Cynthia A. Ripley / Marty Johnson / Broadway Innovations LLC – $73.95

The iTheatrics Method is the world’s first musical theatre education textbook specifically devoted to building high-quality, sustainable musical theatre productions and programs in schools.

Created by iTheatrics, the leading authority on music theatre education, this book is the culmination of more than twenty years of hands-on teacher training conducted by master educators Timothy Allen McDonald, Cynthia A. Ripley, and Marty Johnson. These methods have been vetted by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ prestigious Changing Education Through the Arts (CETA) initiative, and have been eagerly embraced by New York City’s Department of Education.

Written in an entertaining, conversational style, and featuring hundred of images from successful musical theatre programs all over the world, this book also includes the advice of more than 100 instructors currently working in the field. Whether you’re a teacher just starting out or a seasoned professional, This iTheatrics Method is indeed your quintessential guide to creating quality musical theatre programs for students.

Thank you for reading this. 17.75 school days till the end of June, but teachers or kids aren’t counting down!