SKU: GI.G-123644
Instructional Designs
for Teaching
Comprehensive
Musicianship in Rehearsal
and Performance.
Composed by David Kish.
Music Education. 128
pages. GIA Publications
#123644. Published by GIA
Publications
(GI.G-123644).
ISBN
9781574633900. UPC:
884088961015.
Guide
s to Band
Masterworks with
downloadable student
workbooks provides
band directors with a
ready-made curriculum
developed to incorporate
comprehensive-musicianshi
p training through
quality band literature.
When incorporating unit
studies as a regular part
of the band curriculum,
students move beyond
simply rehearsing pieces
for a concert. They
develop long-lasting
benefits, growing as
musicians and learning to
love the music they
perform. Every unit study
integrates technical
skills, musical knowledge
and creative projects
that lead student
musicians to an
enlightened and
expressive performance.
Each unit study includes:
ear training · rhythm
studies · essential
skills information for
teaching the
compositional elements of
music · rehearsal
strategies for addressing
common ensemble issues
· creative projects
· active listening
activities · sample
teaching schedule ·
unit quiz (and answer
sheet) · student
practice plan · and
optional band projects.
Volume IV covers
Yorkshire Ballad by James
Barnes, Lux Aurumque by
Eric Whitacre, and Dusk
by Steven Bryant. Click
here for a digital
version of Student
Workbooks for this
publication. Click here
for a YouTube video on
Guide to Band Masterworks
- Volume 4.