This is the method book I've chosen for this year. It is called "Essential Musicianship for Band - ensemble concepts". I have never used it before, so it is a bit of an experiment, but it comes highly recommended.
Please purchase the "ensemble concepts" version for you instrument! There are several different places you can purchase, but Amazon is usually a good route.
Also, I have been looking at a good deal of band literature for our experienced group and hope to purchase some soon. We were going to listen to some in class today, but I couldn't get the internet to work!
If you have time and your internet is working, please take a few minutes to listen to the following pieces and make a note of which ones you like best. We will discuss next week, and hopefully purchase some pieces in order to begin working on them soon. If there are other songs you like that are not on this list, please recommend those as well! The links below will take you to a page where you must click the "play" arrow to hear the piece.
Aztec Fire by Jay Bocook
Black Forest Overture by Michael Sweeny
St. Petersburg March by Johnnie Vinson
Hogan's Heroes March by Johnnie Vinson
Canticum by James Curnow
Nimrod by Edward Elgar/arr. Jay Bocook
Please purchase the "ensemble concepts" version for you instrument! There are several different places you can purchase, but Amazon is usually a good route.
Also, I have been looking at a good deal of band literature for our experienced group and hope to purchase some soon. We were going to listen to some in class today, but I couldn't get the internet to work!
If you have time and your internet is working, please take a few minutes to listen to the following pieces and make a note of which ones you like best. We will discuss next week, and hopefully purchase some pieces in order to begin working on them soon. If there are other songs you like that are not on this list, please recommend those as well! The links below will take you to a page where you must click the "play" arrow to hear the piece.
Aztec Fire by Jay Bocook
Black Forest Overture by Michael Sweeny
St. Petersburg March by Johnnie Vinson
Hogan's Heroes March by Johnnie Vinson
Canticum by James Curnow
Nimrod by Edward Elgar/arr. Jay Bocook