The Santa Clara Vanguard 2012 Edition DVD brings you inside the 6-time World Champion Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps as they perform their Finals show Music of the Starry Night straight from Indianapolis, IN. You can view this show in both multi-cam and high-cam. In addition, the DVD showcases the 2012 Vanguard Cadets Finals performance in Michigan City, IN, the 2012 Silver Medalist SCV Winter Guard WGI World Champion Finals performance in Dayton, OH and the 2012 World Class Vanguard Winter Percussion performance in Dayton, OH.

Doug Cameron's Alternative Styles music book series offers a unique look into solo jazz violin technique. In the introductory book, he offers tips on writing, arranging, recording, practicing, improvising, intonation, sitting in jam sessions, the music business, performing and production. Volumes 1-3 contain original tunes and arrangements that encourage students to improvise using jazz and blues soloing techniques. Each book comes with a DVD of Doug performing each tune and offering performance advise. In addition to the DVD, customers will also receive a CD of accompaniments (minus the solo violin part) for each tune as well.

Improve your instrumental tone quality using this two-DVD study guide appropriate for all musicians! Amy Porter's research in performance and pedagogy combines with the wisdom of body awareness for beautiful, inspiring sound production. A powerful and comprehensive workshop right in your practice room!

Each insightful and informative chapter provides a window into the creative process of ten remarkable conductors as they share a captivating range of approaches into the world of musical expression. When is it appropriate to "change" a score? How can programming contribute? How much is too much "interpretation?" These and other questions are addressed in the quest to elevate performances to the next level.

The Art of Modulating is a treatise originally intended for the harp, but this edition has been edited for use by intermediate keyboardists and other musicians who have an understanding of basic music theory. In its pages you will find: the table of intervals; modulation rules; modulation formulas; examples of modulation; extensions and cadences; ten fragments of dances; five characteristic pieces and more.

Contents: Saisei Fanfare by Brett William Dietz; Miniature Set by Donald White; Concerto for Piano - Meditation by Steven Bryant; Rumpelstilzchen by Jess Turner; La Concepcion by Francisco Jose Martinez Gallego; Hold This Boy and Listen by Carter Pann; Rio's Convergence by Justin Freer.

Student recruitment is one of the most critical and overlooked parts of a band director's job. Limited time and dwindling resources make it harder to to effectively communicate to students and parents that band is a life-changing activity. Here is a dual disc, multimedia resource for recruiting current and future students and parents.

This valuable resource is essential for every church choir director. These warm-ups and activities will help prepare voices, bodies and spirits to share the Word through song. The opening prayers and meditations will help center your rehearsals. The vocal exercises will guide singers to produce a free and open tone, develop clean articulation and diction, improve resonance and intonation, all while singing inspirational words and passages. The group activities will develop a camaraderie that every church choir should know. The enclosed enhanced audio CD provides a demonstration recording of each vocal exercise PLUS printable, reproducible, projectable PDFs of each singer exercise. Use these meaningful exercises, prayers and activities to enhance your music ministry at any level. Includes sections on: Prayers for Preparation; Breathing Exercises; Movement Exercises; Exercises to Promote Good Posture; Vocal Exercises; Activities for Fellowship.

With 30 years of teaching in the public schools as well as 15 years at the university level, master teacher David Newell shares his "secrets" to classroom management. Create a positive learning environment without ever having to raise your voice! This is a great resource for both the veteran and first year music teachers.

This is a pioneering yet practical book and DVD devoted to all aspects of the women's choir - a groundbreaking contribution and a true collaborative effort from top professionals in the field. For the first time in a book, choral leaders bring together historical, philosophical, psychological, sociological, pedagogical, and real-world considerations to the women's choir - information missing from most choral methods and conducting texts. Areas of focus include: working with beginning, high school, collegiate, and community women's choirs; improving the sound of women's choirs; suggested repertoire for women's choirs; composing for women's choirs; building community within the ensemble; warm-ups and rehearsal strategies; building excellence in women's choirs. Sections also focus on mentoring, auditions, seating arrangements, historical women's repertoire, healthy vocal development, gender issues, history, status of the women's choir, and much more. This book features research, practical insights, and round-table discussions. The included DVD demonstrates choral techniques and teaching ideas with two women's choirs: Aurora, from Luther College, conducted by Sandra Peter; and The University of Kentucky Women's Choir, conducted by Lori Hetzel. Conducting Women's Choirs is, quite simply, essential for anyone who is involved in the women's choir movement and interested in the culmination of decades of experience and wisdom by leaders in the profession.