Imagine someone who has worked as an international saxophonist, an educator, a technician, a consultant, and as a designer, and you can imagine Peter Ponzol. For the first time, Peter offers details from his famous Saxophone Workshops. Learn about: ' Maintenance ' Reeds ' Mouthpieces ' Ligatures ' Sound ' Flexibility This exciting and informational pocket book will be a much needed addition to your musical library! Convenient pocket-sized book - 3.5 x 5.5 - perfect to toss in your gig bag! 64 pages. Peter has been around saxophones for decades, doing it all from manufacturing horns to reeds to mouthpieces. As well, he is a seasoned player. What he discusses in this book is coming from one of the sources-read carefully! - David Liebman, Sax artist/ author/ clinician. Read this review from Sax On The Web: The information in this book is right up SOTW's alley, with answers regarding reeds, necks, mouthpieces, saxes, maintenance, and the like. I would assume that the number of redundant threads started could be reduced almost in half simply with a reading of this book and those owning it could refer back to it at their leisure, as needed. And there is enough info in this book which contradicts some of our SOTW urban legends to make an episode of MythBusters. If you catch the right posts at the right time, much of the info in this book is already posted here on SOTW. But you have to see it and if hunting for it, you have to find it. OTOH it's all conveniently gathered and organized here in this primer - plus more. There are suggestions such as replacing the neck cork once or twice a year, which I would, if posting a response, say is not necessary. But here's the difference. Many of us on the forum are experienced musicians but few have the experience and depth that Ponzol has. We can write with credibility - Ponzol writes with authority. And this is based on decades not only as a top-echelon player, but as a successful and innovative sax, neck and mpc designer. The book is a 61 page pocket reference booklet which, in addition to topics mentioned above, include thoughts on ligatures, sound and flexibility. It is based on items of interest asked by attendees at workshops he has given over the years, hence the title. He begins by pointing out that at these workshops one of the first things he does is look at the condition of attendees' equipment with the observation that at least 90% of them need some kind of work and adjustments. What follows in the book's 61 pages are recommendations generated by this observation. Included are interesting comments such as: aging store-bought reeds by letting them sit for several years is fairly useless since the aging process stops once the bark has been cut away from the reed; not earth-shattering but interesting and certainly myth debunking. Again something that fits right in with many of the conversations on this forum. Interesting thoughts follow regarding the future of natural cane reeds, or how to select and get the most from your reeds - things I wouldn't think of like sanding the heel of your reed. SOTWers might also get a kick out of, and relate to, the title of his section on mouthpieces, 'Now the Fun Begins'. There are also interesting side comments we don't often hear like: in the 70s so many young players like Ponzol were trying to get Trane's recorded sound by working on metal Links because that's what they saw in photos and yet, Trane often recorded with hard rubber mpcs because, in Trane's opinion, it didn't have as much spit in the sound for him. It's interesting how some things come around back to you. There are two exercises I recommend to my students and have recommended on the forum regarding volume and embouchure control and flexibility. I've never heard anyone else recommend these exercises and yet here they are in Peter's book. Then it hit me. The only other one I know who uses them is a former teacher of mine and I remembered that years ago he said he had had some lessons with Ponzol. So 'the circle is unbroken' LOL. I would highly recommend it for beginners and intermediates, as well as for more advanced players to recommend to their students. It has made me re-think even some of my most basic assumptions regarding equipment and maintenance, which has made the read well worth it. I wish every SOTW newbie would start out their Forum time with this booklet at their disposal.

Description Soprano. This series of 5 book/online audio packs is an introduction to art song in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Each volume has a different song list, and includes 30 selections in appropriate keys. Beyond art song, each collection includes two carefully chosen opera arias, an oratorio aria, and an operetta aria by Gilbert and Sullivan. Après Un Rêve (Fauré) Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind (Arne) Breit' Über Mein Haupt (R. Strauss) Chanson D'amour (Fauré) Come Again, Sweet Love [Dowland, John] Come L'allodoletta (Donaudy) Das Veilchen (Mozart) Deh Vieni, Non Tardar (Le Nozze Di Figaro) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] Del Cabello Más Sutil (Obradors) Du Bist Die Ruh [Schubert, Franz] El Majo Discreto [Granados, Enrique] Flow My Tears [Dowland, John] Gretchen Am Spinnrade (Schubert) I Attempt From Love's Sickness (Purcell) If Music Be The Food Of Love (First Version) (Purcell) Intorno All'idol Mio (Cesti) It Was A Lover And His Lass (Quilter) L'abbandono (Bellini) Love's Philosophy [Quilter, Roger] O Mio Babbino Caro (Gianni Schicchi) [Puccini, Giacomo] Pie Jesu (Requiem) [Faure, Gabriel] Plaisir D'Amour [Martini, Giovanni Paolo] Ridente La Calma (Mozart) Si Mes Vers Avaient Des Ailes (Hahn) The Silver Swan [Gibbons, Orlando] The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze From The Mikado (Sullivan) Vergebliches Standchen [Brahms, Johannes] Weep You No More [Quilter, Roger] Where The Bee Sucks (Arne) Wie Melodien Zieht Es Mir (Brahms)

Arturo Himmer Sax Plus Band 1 8 weltbekannte Titel für Alt- oder Tenorsaxophon mit Playback-CD Besetzung: Saxophon mit CD Wer das Besondere sucht, ist bei Sax Plus! genau richtig. Weltnummern, anspruchsvoll arrangiert, und eine Top-Band auf der Playback-CD machen diese Serie einmalig. Phil Collins You'll Be In My Heart Céline Dion When I Need You Gloria Estefan Oye Mi Canto Gloria Gaynor / Hermes House Band I Will Survive Michael Jackson Heal The World Kenny G Songbird Spyro Gyra Morning Dance Zucchero Diamante

Description Based on the play by Beaumarchais, The Barber Of Seville is one of the greatest of all comic operas, delighting audiences with its keenly sketched characters, melodic elegance, rhythmic exhilaration, superb ensemble writing, and original and delightful orchestration. Presented in full score, reproduced directly from the authoritative edition published by Ricordi. Songlist The Barber Of Seville

Description G. Schirmer Opera Anthology - Arias For Mezzo-Soprano Carefully chosen arias to anticipate the needs of singers, teachers and coaches for years to come. Includes historical notes, plot synopses and translations for study. Edited by Robert L. Larsen. Songlist Acerba Volutta (Adriana Lecouvreur) [Cilea, Francesco] Ah, Michele, Don't You Know (The Saint Of Bleecker Street) [Menotti, Gian Carlo] Amour Viens Aider Ma Faiblesse (Samson Et Dalila) [Saint-Saens, Camille] Augusta How Can You Turn Away? (The Ballad Of Baby Doe) [Moore, Douglas] Chacun A Son Gout (Die Fledermaus) [Strauss Ii, Johann] Che Faro Senza Euridice (Orfeo) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald] Cruda Sorte..Gia So Per Pratica (L'italiana In Algeri) [Rossini, Gioacchino] En Vain Pour Eviter (Carmen) [Bizet, Georges] Faites-lui Mes Aveux (Faust) [Gounod, Charles] Il Segreto Per Esser Felici (Lucrezia Borgia) [Donizetti, Gaetano] L'amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle (Carmen) [Bizet, Georges] Lullaby (The Consul) [Menotti, Gian Carlo] Mon Coeur S'ouvre A Ta Voix (Samson Et Dalila) [Saint-Saens, Camille] Must The Winter Come So Soon? (Vanessa) [Barber, Samuel] Nobles Seigneurs, Salut (Les Hugenots) [Meyerbeer, Giacomo] Non Piu Mesta (La Cenerentola) [Rossini, Gioacchino] Non So Più Cosa Son (Le Nozze Di Figaro) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] O Mio Fernando (La Favorita) [Donizetti, Gaetano] Pres Des Remparts (Carmen) [Bizet, Georges] Printemps Qui Commence (Samson Et Dalila) [Saint-Saens, Camille] Que Fais-tu, Blanche Tourterelle (Romeo Et Juliette) [Gounod, Charles] Smanie Implacabili (Cosi Fan Tutte) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] Stride La Vampa (Il Trovatore) [Verdi, Giuseppe] Una Voce Poco Fa (Il Barbiere Di Siviglia) [Rossini, Gioacchino[ Va Laisse Couler Mes Larmes (Werther) [Massenet, Jules] Voce Di Donna (La Gioconda) [Ponchielli, Amilcare] Voi Che Sapete (Le Nozze Di Figaro) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] Voi Lo Sapete (Cavelleria Rusticana) [Mascagni, Pietro] We Cannot Retrace Our Steps (The Mother Of Us All) [Thomson, Virgil] When I Am Laid In Earth (Dido And Aeneas) [Purcell, Henry]

Description Jules Massenet: Manon (Vocal Score) Massenet's 'Manon', based on the libretto by Meilhac and Gille offers noisy crowd scenes, passionate duets, and tense melodramas, and was an instant popular success. This is the Schirmer edition of the Vocal Score. Songlist Manon

Les volumes de cette nouvelle série contiennent des duos , trios et quatuors , leur degré de difficulté allant de facile à travers intermédiaire à avancé . Chaque pièce est une transcription ou un arrangement, puisque dans l'édition des volumes notre principale préoccupation était de fournir une collection de compositions intéressantes et utiles , comme variable sous la forme possible en ce qui concerne l'instrumentation , pour les élèves des écoles de musique et aussi pour les adultes qui font de la musique pour leur propre plaisir . La gamme et la hauteur des pièces permettent les travaux à exécuter sur n'importe quelle combinaison requise ou possible des instruments proposés . Niveau avancé Quatuors propose de véritables friandises ( Mazurka de Chopin , Träumerei de Schumann ) . Les difficultés techniques et musicales ne dépassent pas le niveau d'un musicien amateur bien formés et expérimentés , et les possibilités de luxe de variations dans les modalités de quatre parties pour les différentes familles d'instruments (cordes , vents, percussions ) proposent de la musique collective prise pour homogène ou ensembles mélangés . Caractéristiques spéciales sont Polka d'Anna par Johann Strauss Jr. et Ragtime de Joplin , qui enrichissent le répertoire de musique de chambre avec la nouvelle couleur . / Quatuor

A Media Luz As Long As You Love Me Gospel-Medley Humoreske (Humoresque) Johann Strauß-Medley La Cucaracha Oh, Champs Elysées One Moment in Time Que Serà, Serà Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head Rock Around The Clock Rosamunde Silberfäden Take The A-Train Too Much Heaven

Description Charles Gounod: Romeo And Juliet (Vocal Score) Opera in five acts Songlist Romeo And Juliet

Description W.A. Mozart: Don Giovanni (Vocal Score) The premiere of Don Giovanni took place to great public and critical acclaim in Prague on October 29, 1787. The Opera is in two acts, with a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, based on the play by Tirso De Molina. Songlist Don Giovanni

Description A fairytale opera in three acts. One of the most beloved works in the operatic repertoire, first produced in Welmar during Christmas 1893, it remains an operatic rarity.