Par HANNICKEL MIKE. This addition to the Curnow Music Press GREAT FOUNDATIONS SERIES of pre-Grade 1 publications is accessible to young musicians who have been playing for just a few weeks. A simple, repetitive theme with flashy, but very easy percussion writing ensures that you can have THE CHARIOTEERS ready to perform in time for the concert, even if you have “precious little” rehearsal time. The powerful nature of the piece is certain to appeal to young players / Niveau : 0.5 / Répertoire / Educatif

Par CURNOW JAMES. An important part of our Essentials of Musicianship Series, Scale Studies for Band is designed to be used as an instructional aid during your normal daily practice. Written so that the scale studies can be interlaced at appropriate times into your rehearsal, they enable you to address the scale and key considerations of your next piece just before starting that piece. For instance, if the next arrangement you will rehearse has a section in the key of G Major, you can take a moment and review the study in that key (Study Number 7). It’s amazing how many wrong notes can be avoided by reviewing the key signature in an interesting and exciting manner, before diving into theperformance piece rehearsal. In the long run, this “key signature review” approach can actually save more rehearsal time than it uses. In addition to the full band aspect of Scale Studies, you may find value in quickly and easily administered “playing tests” using these materials. However you choose to use them, the Scale Studies from the Curnow Music Press Essentials of Musicianship Series will be valuable indeed! / Niveau : 2 / Etude / Educatif

Par CURNOW JAMES. Every conductor knows the importance of using excellent teaching materials to aid in the development of all aspects of musical growth. The quality of the band's performance must be continually improving. Each component of the ESSENTIALS OF MUSICIANSHIP series is designed to focus on a specific area of musical performance. By using these materials during the warm-up period, the conductor can mazimize this time, and focus on specific areas that are important to the performance of the music being prepared. This is not a book, but rather it is a sheet music publication just like any other band publication. / Niveau : 2 / Etude / Educatif

With Your Own Concert Band on CD. This book contains the lead wind and brass parts for 16 popular pieces from the concert band repertoire. The play-along CD contains concertband performances with the clarinet part missing from the recording. Includes: Earth Song (Michael Jackson), The Second Waltz(Shostakovich), Gabriel’s Oboe (Ennio Morricone). Abba Gold, CanYou Feel the Love Tonight (Elton John) and many more. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Recueil / Educatif

Par JOHNSON TIMOTHY. Composer Timothy Johnson spent many years as a school band director. His teaching experience qualifies him to approach the development of this new entry into the CMP Essentials of Musicianship Series with reality-based confidence. Ever so gradually this product takes the band from the simplest forms of syncopation to more and more complex notation. Your students can build their reading skills at a pace they can handle. The astute teacher will also notice that there is plenty of concept reinforcement as the group steps from easy to more challenging rhythms. A great teaching tool! / Niveau : 1-2 / Répertoire / Educatif

Par CURNOW JAMES. Exceptionally useful! This collection of 24 etudes is specifically designed to help develop good individual and ensemble tone production and intonation. Citing tone production as one of the most important facets of good playing, Jim Curnow starts beginning players with material they have learned in their beginning method books, and then moves on to new and more advanced concepts. A great aid for your program! / Niveau : 1-2 / Répertoire / Educatif

Par CURNOW JAMES. An important addition to the ground-breaking Essentials of Musicianship Series from Curnow Music Press! You have probably found that if you rely entirely on your method book and performance pieces for teaching and reinforcement, many aspects of musicianship do not receive the focus that they should have. Method books have notoriously little reinforcement material because they try to cover so much with so little book space. The Essentials Series allows you to select the areas that your band needs work on and provides a great deal of reinforcement for those critical skills. If you are not yet familiar with this series, you have just discovered a tremendousteaching resource! Look at a score for Sight-Reading Builders and notice the comprehensive instructions for most effective use. Teach your band to read style and well as notes and rhythms! A wonderful resource! / Niveau : 3 / Etude / Educatif

Arr. James Curnow. A versatile collection of original pieces for the beginner. The CD will keep them interested in practising and provide lots of fun. The pieces are arranged in order of difficulty. Each book includes a piano accompaniment part. / Niveau : Très Facile à Facile / Recueil / Educatif

Par CURNOW JAMES. Completing the 'Essentials Of Musicianship' trilogy is 'Scale Builders For Developing Bands, ' geared to bands at the Very Easy to Medium Easy levels. Specifically designed to help you teach and review scales in an interesting and exciting manner, 'Scale Builders' will help you to reinforce the concept that it really is important for students to learn their scales! The twenty-four studies included in this set are designed as mini-compositions that are based on scales. This will give your students interesting music to play and practice. / Niveau : 1 / Etude / Educatif

This second volume of easy duets offer a vast array of practice and performance material. The duets have been carefully composed and arranged to tie in with the Look Listen and Learn method books, although they can equally well be used separately. Titles in Book 2 includes: Party Animal, Cool Man, It’s Swingtime, The Chef of Kiev and many more. / Niveau : Facile à Intermédiaire / Méthode / Educatif

Par CURNOW JAMES. Eight carefully crafted mini-compositions that begin with simple time signatures and rhythms and work up to mixed meters and complex rhythms. The exercises are musically rewarding and fun to play, and will give your students the practice they need to develop rhythmic accuracy. / Niveau : 2 / Etude / Educatif