This valuable collection of insightful strategies is like finding expert trade secrets all placed together in one easy, quick-to-read source! With outstanding records of performance, workshops, recordings, research, composition, leadership, and teaching, the 57 authors provide their favorite recipes that range from overviews of successful programs to specific topics that will inspire all levels and types of ensembles and performers.

"At the Heart of Chamber Music" features the prize-winning Jupiter Quartet and Paul Katz, founding cellist of the Cleveland String Quartet. It was created by Gillian Rogell, director of the Heart of Chamber Music Institute, who narrates the film and offers a practical yet philosophical approach to chamber music. The film opens with Brahms' G Major Sextet performed by the Jupiter Quartet with Paul Katz and Barry Shiffman. Several groups - a piano trio and two string quartets - are coached by Rogell and the Jupiters, while Paul Katz contributes fascinating commentary throughout the film. Over the years the author has developed many coaching techniques, and through the process of making this video, has found that they fall into four major categories: creating a group sound; learning to see in order to hear; characterizing the music; and being the music. When there are many problems of ensemble, bowing, dynamics, and intonation, a coach is apt to become very busy getting all the details exactly together - and of course, that is step one; but if at the same time the players are encouraged to hear each other, to breathe and move together, even an elementary group will reach the desired end more quickly.

It's the first LIVE ACTION series to take children worldwide on a magical, musical voyage introducing them to the instruments that make the music. Tune Buddies is the perfect introduction to a child's lifelong musical journey. Little ones will go undercover with our crack detective in The Strings. Discover the key instruments of the string family as they search high and low for the missing violin string!

In this collection of in-depth interviews, today's leading performers get to the heart of one of the most beloved forms of classical music: the string quartet. Representing both young groups and longstanding favorites, they all have insights into the joys and hardships of expressing themselves as part of a tight-knit ensemble. How they practice, how they come to consensus, their performance secrets and anxieties, what moves and inspires them - all this and more comes to life in this series of revealing interviews with player and charter Strings magazine contributor Edith Eisler.

Music education has always been a top priority for the "Canadian Brass." This DVD includes 3 complete educational films from the "Canadian Brass." The first video, "Strings, Winds and All That Brass," gives the motivational message "Participate and don't give up!" The second film, entitled simply "Master Class," focuses on fundamentals such as posture, breathing, tonguing, embouchure, music performance, and playing with an ensemble. The final film, "Brass Spectacular," is an on-camera meeting of musical greats featuring the New York Philharmonic and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

First Edition. This book and its accompanying recording invite you to experience three of Beethoven's profound and beautiful works of music from the inside, with a leading Beethoven scholar and a premier performing ensemble as your guides. Lewis Lockwood provides historical and biographical background along with musical analysis, drawing on the most important insights of recent scholarship on Beethoven's life and works. The Juilliard String Quartet performs the first movements of the three quartets, including rarely heard original versions of Op. 18, No. 1. Book with CD.

The first book of its kind in the world, The Creative Band & Orchestra provides conductors, directors and educators with over one hundred ideas, techniques, exercises and musical examples. Through this book, you will be able to: enliven ensemble interaction; introduce five approaches to improvisation; heighten listening skills; stimulate new brainstyles; develop innovative scores; incorporate rotational seating; implement motivational ideas; present playing healthy techniques; and more!

Originally published in the 1940s, Paul Hindemith's remakable textbooks are still the outstanding works of their kind. In contrast to many musical textbooks written by academic musicians, these were produced by a man who could play every instrument of the orchestra, could compose a satisfying piece for almost every kind of ensemble, and who was one of the most stimulating teachers of his day. It is therefore not surprising that nearly forty years later these books should remain essential reading for the student and the professional musician.. Preface - Chapter I - Four Canons for String Quartett - Two Songs for Soprano (or Tenor) and Piano - Two Three-Part Choruses - Two Songs for FourPart Chorus - Chapter II - Two Songs for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano - Two Five-Part Choruses - Chapter III - Four Four-Part Choruses - Theme and Variations for String Trio - Three Pieces for Clarinet, english Horn, and Bassoon - Chapter IV - Two Pieces for Viola and Piano - Three Scherzi for Trombone and Piano - Chapter V - Miniature Dances for Piano - Three Pieces for Harmonium - Chapter VI - Suite for String Orchestra - Two Fugatos for Two Voices - Two Two-Part Istrumental Fugues - Three Three-Part Vocal Fugues - First Movement of a Sonata for Clarinet and Piano - First Movement of a Sonata for Horn and Piano - Theme and Variations for String Quartet.

A soup-to-nuts guide for parents as they enrich their child's life with music. Starting with early-childhood Kindermusik, the book covers everything from strings, winds, and choral music to piano, guitar, drums, and ethnic instruments, presenting parents with information and options for renting or buying an instrument, selecting a private teacher, and finding performing ensembles for their child. The book continues past a child's high school graduation, with suggestions for continued musical experience for those not pursuing a music degree as well as educational and career options for those interested in making their living in music. Written in a conversational style and packed with comments from professional musicians and music teachers, the guide presents musical options available to parents and their children at every stage of their education, offering specific information on such topics as keeping children motivated to practice and helping them deal with performance nerves. By giving parents the tools to help their child find success and enjoyment in music, this book gives parents confidence that they are making informed decisions for and with their child for the best possible musical experience. Paperback, 172 p.