Teaching Music through Performance in Band, Volume 1

The book that broke new ground with practical, analytical information for band directors...

By Larry Blocher, Eugene Migliaro Corporon, Ray Cramer, Tim Lautzenheiser, Edward S. Lisk, and Richard Miles
Compiled and edited by Richard Miles

Newly revised and expanded Second Edition!

Freshly revised and completely rewritten, the landmark book that broke new ground now contains more theoretical, practical, and analytical insights than ever.

This greatly expanded Second Edition takes full advantage of the experience gained from creating seven volumes devoted to all aspects of the band profession. This new edition provides band directors with the tools they need to help performers move beyond the printed page to musical awareness and understanding.

Every chapter is updated to reflect the most recent developments in the wind band genre and community. Each enhanced Teacher Resource Guide provides practical, detailed reference to 100 of the best-known and foundational band compositions, Grades 2–6, and their composers.

The chapters in Part I examine the same topics as the first edition, but the writing is both richer and deeper, thanks to the more than seventy additional years of combined experience. The expanded Teacher Resource Guides provide greater detail, more insight, and far more practical guidance for streamlining and energizing rehearsals. Each Teacher Resource Guide now also includes a thumbnail reference that lists the publisher, date of publication, and duration of each work.

Chapters include “Focus” (Larry Blocher), “Our GPS for Success: It’s All about the Literature!” (Ray Cramer), “The Quantum Conductor” (Eugene Migliaro Corporon), “Assessment of Student Learning in Band” (Larry Blocher), “Units of the Teacher Resource Guide” (Richard Miles), “Building a Sound Rehearsal” (Edward S. Lisk), “Curricular Models Based on Literature Selection” (Richard Miles), and “The Essential Element to a Successful Band” (Tim Lautzenheiser).

This Second Edition is a vital and essential resource—truly a major contribution to the wind band profession.

Table of Contents

Resource Recording, Vol. 1, Grades 2–3

North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor

Premier performances of 40 of the most significant works ever composed for band, Grades 2–3, as featured in Volume 1. One of the best ensembles of its kind gives skillful performances of this essential repertoire. These recordings are a perfect place to start when selecting high-quality music for your ensemble and a great source for conducting ideas.

Resource Recording, Vol. 1, Grade 4

North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor
Keystone Wind Ensemble, Jack Stamp, conductor

An exquisite collection of 20 of the greatest Grade 4 band works ever composed, many of them never before recorded. This is a crucial recording for anyone interested in the music the Grade 4 level has to offer.

Resource Recording, Vol. 1, Grade 5

Resource Recording, Vol. 1, Grade 6

Teaching Music through Performance in Band, Vol. 1 (Bundle) 

All Volume 1 components of the Teaching Music through Performance in Band series now available at a special bundle price!

The complete set of Volume 1 resources includes:

• Newly revised and expanded Teaching Music through Performance in Band, Vol. 1 book (G-4484)—the landmark book that broke new ground in the wind band world
• Newly remastered Resource Recordings of 40 of the most significant works ever composed for band, Grades 2 and 3 (CD-418)
• Resource Recordings of 20 of the greatest Grade 4 band works ever composed
• Newly recorded Resource Recordings of the best-known works composed for Grade 5 (CD-817) and Grade 6 (CD-818)

Sold separately for $211.50, all of these Volume 1 resources are being offered at a special bundle price! Resource guides and recordings of great music, affordably priced. Not to be missed!

Teaching Music through Performance in Band, Vol. 1, Grades 2-3
Resource Recordings (CD-418)

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Disk 1 (Grade 2) Ancient Voices - Sweeney As Summer Was Just Beginning - Daehn The Battle Pavane - Susato/Margolis Carpathian Sketches - Jager A Childhood Hymn - Holsinger Down a Country Lane - Copland/Patterson Greenwillow Portrait - Williams The Headless Horseman - Broege Kentucky 1800 - Grundman Korean Folk Rhapsody - Curnow Linden Lea - Vaughan Williams/Stout Little Suite 1. Prelude - Grundman Little Suite 2. Ballad - Grundman Little Suite 3. Festival - Grundman Llwyn Onn - Hogg Mini Suite 1. Birthday March - Gould Mini Suite 2. A Tender Waltz - Gould Mini Suite 3. Bell Carol - Gould Peace Song - Broege   Disc 2 (Grade 2-3) Portrait of a Clown - Ticheli Prospect - La Plante The Red Balloon - McGinty Snakes! - Duffy Soldiers' Procession and Sword Dance - Margolis Air - Erickson Austrailian Up-Country Tune - Grainger/Bainum Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie - Arbeau/Margolis Blessed Are They - Brahms/Buehlman Cajun Folk Songs 1. La Belle et le Capitaine - Ticheli Cajun Folk Songs 2. Belle - Ticheli Chant and Jubilo - McBeth Come Sweet Death - Bach/Reed Court Festival 1. Intrada - Latham Court Festival 2. Pavan - Latham Court Festival 3. Galliard - Latham Court Festival 4. Branle "Horses" - Latham

Disc 3 (Grade 3) Flourish - Vaughan Williams Ginger Marmalade - Benson Little English Suite 1. The Leather Bottle - Grundman Little English Suite 2. Roving - Grundman Little English Suite 3. We Met - Grundman Little English Suite 4. The Vicar of Bray - Grundman On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss - Holisinger Overture - Carter Plymouth Trilogy 1. Overture - Iannaccone Plymouth Trilogy 2. Reflection - Iannaccone Plymouth Trilogy 3. Carousel (Rag) - Iannaccone Prelude and Fugue in B-flat 1. Prelude - Bach/Moehlmann Prelude and Fugue in B-flat 2. Fuge - Bach/Moehlmann Symphonie - Jadin/Schaeffer Three Ayres from Gloucester 1.The Jolly Earl of Chomandeley - Stuart Three Ayres from Gloucester 2. Ayre for Eventide - Stuart Three Ayres from Gloucester 3. The Fiefs of Wembley - Stuart Toccata - Erickson Two Grainger Melodies 1. Six Dukes Went A-Fishin' - Grainger/Kreines Two Grainger Melodies 2. Early One Morning - Grainger/Kreines Yorkshire Ballad - Barnes

Teaching Music through Performance in Band, Vol. 1, Grade 4
Resource Recordings (CD-490)

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Disk 1 (Grade 4) Allerseelen - Strauss/Fennell Amazing Grace - Ticheli Caccia and Chorale 1. Caccia - Clifton Williams Caccia and Chorale 2. Chorale - Clifton Williams Chorale and Alleluia - Howard Hanson Chorale and Shaker Dance - John Zdechlik Chorale and Toccata - arr. Jack Stamp English Folk Song Suite 1. March - Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite 2. Intermezzo - Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite 3. March - Vaughan Williams   Disc 2 (Grade 4) Fantasia in G Major - J.S. Bach/Goldman and Leist First Suite in E-flat 1. Chaconne - Gustav Holst First Suite in E-flat 2. Intermezzo - Gustav Holst First Suite in E-flat 3. March - Gustav Holst Irish Tune from County Derry - Percy Grainger/Rogers Liturgical Music 1. Introit - Mailman Liturgical Music 2. Kyrie - Mailman Liturgical Music 3. Gloria - Mailman Liturgical Music 4. Alleluia - Mailman Night Dances - Yurko Old Home Days 1. Waltz - Ives/Elkus Old Home Days 2. The Collection - Ives/Elkus Old Home Days 3. The Opera House/Old Home Days - Ives/Elkus Old Home Days 4. Slow March - Ives/Elkus Old Home Days 5. London Bridge Is Fallen Down - Ives/Elkus

Disc 3 (Grade 4) Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo 1. Prelude - Arnold/Paynter Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo 2. Siciliano - Arnold/Paynter Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo 3. Rondo - Arnold/Paynter Scenes from the Louvre 1. Portals - Dello Joio Scenes from the Louvre 2. Children's Gallery - Dello Joio Scenes from the Louvre 3. The Kings of France - Dello Joio Scenes from the Louvre 4. The Nativity Paintings - Dello Joio Scenes from the Louvre 5. Finale - Dello Joio Second Suite in F 1. March - Gustav Holst Second Suite in F 2. Song without Words - Gustav Holst Second Suite in F 3. Song of the Blacksmith - Gustav Holst Second Suite in F 4. Fantasia on the Dargason - Gustav Holst Shadows of Eternity - Thomas Stone Sinphonia V - Timothy Broege Variations on a Korean Folk Song - Chance

Teaching Music through Performance in Band, Vol. 1, Grade 5
Resource Recordings (CD-817)

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Disk 1 (Grade 5) Canzona Children's March Colonial Song Divertimento - Prologue Song Dance Burlesque Soliloquy March Fantasies on a Theme, Piano Original Theme and Fantasy I Fantasy II Fantasy III George Washington Bridge   Disc 2 (Grade 5) La Fiesta Mexicana, Prelude and Aztec Dance Mass Carnival Overture in C Overture, Op. 24 Overture to "Candide" Sketches on a Tudor Psalm Suite Francais, Normandie Bretagne Ile de France Alsace-Lorraine Provence

Disc 3 (Grade 5) Suite of Old American Dances, Cake Walk Schottische Western One-Step Wallflower Waltz Rag Symphony No. 6, Adagio-Allegro Adagio Sostenuto Allegretto Vivace Symphony No. 3, Allegro energico Adagio Allegretto Allegro con brio   Disc 4 (Grade 5) Toccata and Fugue in D minor Trauermusik, WWV 73 Variants on a Medieval Tune, Introduction and Theme Variation I Variation II Variation III Variation IV Variation V Variations on "America" William Byrd Suite, The Earle of Oxford's Marche Pavana Jhon come kiss me now The Mayden's Song Wolsey's Wilde The Bells

Teaching Music through Performance in Band, Vol. 1, Grade 6
Resource Recordings (CD-818)

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Disk 1 (Grade 6) Armenian Dances, Part I Carmina Burana, Fortune, variable as the moon I lament Fortune's blows Behold the spring Dance–On the lawn The noble forest Were the world all mine The God of Love flies everywhere I am the Abbot When we are in the tavern I am suspended between love and chastity This is the Joyful Time Sweetest boy Hail to thee, most beautiful Fortune, Empress of the World Emblems Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo Heroes Lost and Fallen   Disc 2 (Grade 6) Lincolnshire Posy, Lisbon Horkstow Grange Rufford Park Poachers The Brisk Young Sailor Lord Melbourne The Lost Lady Found Masquerade Music for Prague, Introduction and Fanfare Aria Interlude Toccata and Chorale Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor Passacaglia (Homage on B-A-C-H)

Disk 3 (Grade 6) The Passing Bell Piece of Mind, Thinking Remembering Feeling Being Postcard Sinfonia No. 4, Allegro deciso Adagio Vivace Allegro molto Sinfonietta, Introduction and rondo Pastoral Nocturne Dance Variations Symphony No 4 "West Point", Epitaphs   Disc 3 (Grade 6) Symphony No 4 "West Point", Marches Symphony in B-flat, Moderately fast, with Vigor Andantino grazioso Fugue, rather broad Terpsichore, Bransle Gay – Bransle double de Poictu La Robine – Spagnoletta – Ballet de Amazones – Volte Gavotte – La Bouree Gaillarde – Reprinses – Gaillarde – Volte Theme and Variations Zion