The Music Director's Cookbook : Creative Recipes for a Successful Program

Foreword vii Acknowledgments viii About the Authors ix Saliferous Silence 1(2) Mark Aldrich All Music Begins with a Good Breath (and Dies with a Lack Thereof) 3(2) Kenneth Amis Enhancing Expressiveness through Accurate Dynamic Placement 5(2) Terry Austin Personal Growth/Development 7(2) Frank L. Battisti How to Cook Your Favorite Meals without the Exact Ingredients (Or: Adapting and Adjusting Band Literature for the Unbalanced Ensemble) 9(2) Jay Bocook Food for Thought: Does Your Band Sound Better from the Back? 11(2) Peter Loel Boonshaft Guidelines for Choral Music Selection 13(3) Lynn M. Brinckmeyer Marking the Score for Better Eye Contact 16(2) Michael Burch-Pesses Effective Ensemble Articulation: Developing Rhythmic Accuracy within the Ensemble 18(1) Charles F. Campbell, Jr. Educating Future Music Consumers 19(3) John E. Casagrande A Healthy Serving: Introducing a New Work to Your Ensemble 22(2) Reber Clark Healthy Repertoire for Successful Band Programs 24(2) James Cochran Teaching Creativity through the Use of Graphic Notation 26(3) Michael Colgrass Linear Balance 29(3) Gary Corcoran Creating Better Balance and Raising Student Awareness of Parts Other than Their Own 32(2) Paula A. Crider The ``Z'' Dimension in Performance: Building Individual Awareness of Place within the Whole 34(2) Thomas C. Duffy Structuring Taped Assignments for Maximum Learning 36(2) Cheryl Floyd For Wholesome Nutrition, the Music Matters 38(3) Richard Floyd Involving Teachers in the School Band Program: A Recipe for Success 41(2) Eileen Fraedrich Serve It Fresh! 43(2) Rob Franzblau Balanced Percussion Education (Or: Bored Percussionists: A Recipe for Disaster) 45(2) David C. Fullmer Commissioning a New Work of Music 47(2) David R. Gillingham Program Planning 49(3) Steven Grimo Well-Rounded Teaching and Balanced Learning Outcomes 52(2) Alan Gumm The Great Musical Adventure: Commissioning Music for School Ensembles 54(2) Frederick Harris, Jr. Ensuring Success When Matching Beginners with Instruments 56(4) Samuel R. Hazo Teaching Principles of Melodic Interpretation 60(2) Leslie W. Hicken Why Did We Play That? Selecting Music and Methodology to Meet a Wide Variety of Needs 62(2) Roy C. Holder The Pitch Barometer-Measuring Intonation Skills 64(2) Shelley Jagow Preserving Your Musicians 66(3) William Jastrow First There Was Tone 69(2) Barry E. Kopetz Dealing with Intonation 71(2) Kenneth Laudermilch Why We Seek Excellence in Every Aspect of Teaching? 73(2) Tim Lautzenheiser Jumping the Hurdles of Notation in Pursuit of Musical Freedom 75(3) Edward S. Lisk Meet the Composer: The Next Best Thing to Actually Being There 78(2) Mitchell Lutch Listening Critically 80(2) Matthew Mclnturf Conducting in Music, Not Just in Time 82(2) Allan McMurray Song and Dance: It's All About Articulation 84(2) Charlie Menghini Preparing for a Successful Adjudicated Performance 86(3) Stephen W. Miles Empower Your Students to Fine-Tune Your Ensemble 89(3) Linda Moorhouse A Recipe for Cymbal Success 92(2) Willis M. Rapp Solving Technical and Musical Problems in Rehearsals: An Upside-Down Cake 94(1) Jeffrey Renshaw Developing ``H.O.T.S.'' During Lessons and Rehearsals 95(2) Nathalie Robinson Enhanced Ensemble Sonority via Vowel Modulation 97(2) Timothy Salzman Deep-Dish Assessment: Sight-Reading in the Rehearsal 99(2) Deborah Sheldon A Quantitative Approach to Ensemble Dynamics 101(2) Thomas E. Slabaugh, II Strengthening Instrumental Ensemble Tuning with Vocalization and Solfege 103(3) Frederick Speck Clap and Stomp Your Way to a More Responsive Band 106(2) Lawrence Stoffel It's the Chef that Counts (Or: What's Making that Band Sound So Good?) 108(1) Carl Strommen Developing a Philosophy for Success 109(2) James Swearingen The Wonderful Complexities of Quality Repertoire 111(2) John A. Thomson The Most Important Hour of the Day 113(2) Johnnie Vinson Times Have Changed: How About Your Warm-up? 115(2) Barry Ward Developing Solid Teaching Skills 117(2) Renee Westlake Solving Rhythm Problems in the Instrumental Ensemble 119(2) Garwood Whaley Delicious Dot! 121(2) Carol Zeisler Clarinets, an Essential Ingredient to a Well-Prepared Ensemble 123 Dennis Zeisler