Starting Out Right

This is the only complete resource for organizing, planning, and teaching beginning woodwind, brass, and percussion students.  The book covers every aspect of teaching beginning band students, from the first sounds on the instruments through the first full-band performances.  It is the only comprehensive reference that offers step-by-step guidelines for teaching each beginning band instrument, as well as organizing and running a successful beginning band program.  Based on the author's public school teaching experience, the book is designed for use in undergraduate methods and pedagogy classes, as well as for clinics and workshops at the undergraduate and graduate levels.  This book is also designed to be a reference for the many novice teachers who lead beginning bands, or those teachers whose expertise is not in the band realm.  Hardcover, 338 p.