Starting Out Right: Beginning Band Pedagogy
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (802 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00915Q84W |
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| Number of Pages | : | 179 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This book would definitely inspire lively discussions in any instrumental methods class and also provides some useful ideas for the experienced educator. (Music Educators Journal)
Andre said A must have. This book changed my life. It has made me a more organized, better prepared, and generally happier teacher. The bands I teach are improving and I believe the students are seeing this better side of me. I have recommended this book to my friends, colleagues, and include in recommended text when working with future music teachers. If you teach band, this book is . Invest in this text! J. Brandon Fantastic book! This provides anyone teaching beginning band a sound approach in developing young musicians. Great book for any undergraduate music education program!. N. Germer said More prepared than ever!. This book taught me things that I didn't learn in college. This guy knows his stuff. I feel much more prepared to teach music than ever before.
Prior to his university work, Dr. Millican taught public school for 13 years at the high-school and middle-school levels.. Si Millican is assistant professor of music education at the University of Texas at San Antonio where he teaches coursework in instrumental music education
Another special feature of the book is a set of early field-experience application exercises. Ideas about managing student records, inventory, and equipment are also given special attention. Starting Out Right: Beginning Band Pedagogy is the only complete resource for organizing, planning, and teaching beginning woodwind, brass, and percussion students. The book also addresses curriculum design, scheduling, and staffing of band programs. The book is divided into several parts, which cover the sound-to-sign-to-theory approach to teaching musical literacy; child development as it relates to teaching music; recruiting and retaining students; developing fundamental sounds and skills on each woodwind, brass, and percussion instrument; teaching students to read tonal and rhythmic music notation; and selecting and rehearsing beginning band solo, ensemble, and full-band music. The book covers every aspect of teaching beginning band students from the first sounds on the instruments through the first full-band performances. It is the only comprehensive reference that offers step-by-step guidelines for teaching each beginning band instrument, as well as organizing and running a successful beginning band program. Starting Out Right guides readers as they explore a comprehensive individual and ensemble approach to teaching each woodwind, brass, and per