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by John Williams Album Title: OUR BAND HERITAGE VOLUME 31   Recording: The Allentown Band  Conductor: Ronald Demkee  Publisher: AMP 2H098                       Purchase The musical legacy of John Williams is forever embedded in the hearts of movie lovers worldwide. He is also well known for television scores, music for the Olympic games and more. The Allentown Band and...

A special award of The John Philip Sousa Foundation Lorne Reid is currently in his 24th year as a band director in Las Vegas, NV. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and his Master’s Degree from The American Band College at Southern Oregon University, Mr. Reid began his career teaching at Las Vegas High...

Suggested solos for students to use at Solo and Ensemble Festivals Solos that are Best for 6th Graders Air Noble Conqueror Happy Song Pied Piper The Rooster Jacques Robert Leonard B. Smith/Leonard Falcone Edmund J. Siennicki Forrest L. Buchtel Edmund J. Siennicki Solos that are best for 7th graders In the Hall of the Mountain King Minuet in G Minstrel Boy Polovetsian Dances Sparkles The Young Prince Edvard Grieg/G. E. Holmes J.S. Bach/Ronald C. Dishinger Forrest L. Buchte Alexander Borodin/Forrest L. Buchtel Floyd O. Harris Floyd O. Harris Solos that are Best for 8th Graders Asleep in the Deep Brass Bangles Carnival of Venice Evening in the country Honor and Arms The Jolly Peasant March of the Marionette Ocean Beach Pavane Pour Infante Défunte Red Canyons Toreador’s Song form Carmen Henry W. Petrie/Harold L. Walters Floyd O. Harris Henry W. Davis Bela Bartok/Floyd O. Harris Frederick Handel/Allen Ostrander Robert Schumann/G. E. Holme Charles Gounod/Harold L. Walters Floyd O. Harris Maurice Ravel/Ronald Dishinger Clair W. Johnson Georges Bizet/G. E. Holmes Solos that are Best for advanced 8th graders and 9th Graders Arioso (From Cantata No. 156) Concert Aria Concert Rondo (k. 371) Fancy Free Fantasy for Trombone Mirror Lake My Regards Prelude and Minuet Rhapsody for Euphonium Rondo Romanze The Bride of the Waves Tramp, Tramp, Tramp Johann Sebastian Bach/H.R. Kent W. A. Mozart/H. Voxman W. A. Mozart/Jay Ernst Clay Smith James Curnow Edward Montgomery Edward Llewellyn Arcangelo Corelli/Richard E. Powell James Curnow W. A. Mozart/Ronald Dishinger Gustav Cords Herbert L. Clarke Edwin Franko Goldman/Theo M. Tobani Solos that are Best for 10th and 11th graders Allegro Spiritoso Andante et Allegro Andante and Rondo Annie Laurie Beautiful Colorado Carnival of Venice Brandenburg Concerto (for Trombone) Concerto Rondo-Bassoon Concerto mvt. 3 Fote Dance Suite (Unaccompanied) Grand Concerto Introduction and Dance Phantasy Piece Op. 10, #2 Minuet‐ Scherzo Appassionata Scene De Concert Solo De Concours Sonata (any one) Sonata in F major Sonata in F minor Suite for Baritone Toccata in the Style of Frescobaldi Gaspar Starlight (Waltz Caprice) Variations on a Theme of Schumann Jean Baptiste Senaille/Leonard Falcone J. Ed. Barat Antonio Capuzzi/Philip Catelinet Arthur Pryor/Robert Geisler Joseph De Luca Herbert L. Clarke/Arthur Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov W. A. Mozart/Richard Brian Isreal Friedebald Grafe J. Ed. Barat/Glenn Smith Burnet Tuthill Joseph De Luca Carl Maria von Weber/P. X. Laube Max F. Denmark Paul Veronge de la Nux Johann Galliard/Karl Fussl/Keith Brown Benedetto Marcello/Allen Ostrander Georg Philipp Telemann/Allen Ostrander Don Haddad Gaspar Cassado/Keith Brown (tenor clef) S Arthur Pryor Robert Schumann/William Davis Solos that are Best for advanced 12 graders and college students Allegro et Finale Andante et Allegro Believe me, If All those Endearing Young Charms Blue Bells of Scotland Carnival of Venice Concert Fantasie Concertino Op. 4 Concertino #1 in B flat Major Concerto Mvt. 1 (K. 191 for Bassoon) Euphonium Concerto Fantasia Fantasia di Concert Introduction and Polonaise Lyric Suite Morceau Symphonique, Op. 88 Pantomime Ricercare #1 (Unaccompanied) Sonata for Euphonium Sonata in C Major Symphonic Variants Eugéne Bozza J. Guy Ropartz/A. Shapiro Simone Mantia/David Werden Arthur Pryor J. B. Arban/Edwin Franko Goldman Gustav Cords Ferdinand David Julius Klengel/Leonard Falcone W. A. Mozart/Allen Ostrander Joseph Horovitz Gordon Jacob Edoardo Boccalari Max Denmark Donald H. White Alexandre Guilmant/E. Falaguerra Phillip Sparke Andrea Gabrieli David Uber Johann Friedrich Fasch/Fromme James Curnow Suggested solos for euphonium soloist and Band Andante et Allegro Believe me, If All those Endearing Young Charms Blue Bells of Scotland Beautiful Colorado Carnival of Venice Danny Boy Fantasia Fantasia di Concerto Fantasy for Trombone Introduction and Dance Mirror Lake Morceau Symphonique, Op. 88 My Regards Napoli Rhapsody for Euphonium Symphonic Variants The Bride of the Waves J. Ed. Barat/Loren Marsteller Simone Mantia/David Werden Arthur Pryor/Pearson Joseph De Luca Herbert L. Clarke Traditional/Lewis Buckley Gordon Jacob Edoardo Boccalari James Curnow J. Ed. Barat Edward Montgomery Alexandre Guilmant/Shepard Edward Llewellyn Herman Bellstedt James Curnow James Curnow Herbert L. Clarke

What was your background before ABC? Bachelor of MusicEducation - Instrumental focus from Eastern Michigan University 1 Prior Year teaching experience before beginning When did you graduate from ABC? - 2015 What is your current teaching position? Director of Secondary Instrumental Music for Van Dyke Public Schools Lincoln Middle School & Lincoln High School Director of Bands How long have you been in...

These originally appeared as blog posts on andrewhitz.com As the result of great teaching, I was required to do a number of things in college that directly prepared me to succeed as a professional musician. Here are five of those things that helped me to be prepared when my phone first started ringing. Practice Sight-Reading The skill I developed during college...

INTRODUCTION While earning my undergraduate degree at the University of Oregon, I only had the opportunity to take one jazz class during my time there and have since felt timid about teaching jazz effectively. I have had to rely heavily on my own high school jazz experience. I was fortunate to have been a part of a good program that...

Download the full score. Download score and all instrument books. Every single day in band, we warm up as a group. Warm up is not the most significant part of class as far as the amount of time spent (probably only 10-15% of the period), but it is perhaps the most important time of the whole class period, because it will...

Preparation It is my basic assumption that you will be teaching this concept to several elementary (or at least beginning) students at one time.  I also assume that, even though you have undoubtedly taken a brass methods class or some preparatory course sometime in the past, right now you have a trumpet (in its case) in front of you and...

Warm-ups That Work This set of warm-up books for band includes dozens of chorales, technical exercises, major and minor scales, percussion rudiment training and much more. Download Free Sample (Eb-Bb Scales) Purchase Full Product

I. Embouchure A good embouchure allows a clarinetist to produce a good sound, with correct intonation, with any articulation, in any register, without a noticeable embouchure change. (See Example 1). A. Teach specifics - insist on “rightness” Lower lip over lower teeth. Feel teeth 1/2 way between the “pink” line and “wet” line. Mouthpiece between 1/4” and 1/2” in the mouth...