Table of Contents. Acknowledgments...xiii

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1 Table of Contents Acknowledgments...xiii PART I: The Teaching of Music Chapter 1 THE FOUR CORNERSTONES OF THE MASTER MUSIC EDUCATOR Tim Lautzenheiser The Keystone Contextual Concepts of Master Educators What Is Our Teacher/Educator Personality? Attitude Development Telling and Selling the Value of Music for Everyone Music Is a Place for Everyone Sharing the Information Here s What We Know Music Learning: From Beginning to End Who? What? When? The Artistic Importance of Cooperation in a Competitive World The Heart and Soul of Every Exemplary Music Educator: The Gift of Teaching Music Chapter 2 FLEXIBILITY: BENDING IS NOT BREAKING Ray Cramer Introduction Flexibility in Teaching Suggestions and Questions for Flexibility Control Flexibility on the Podium It s All About Making Music Flexibility in Professional Growth Flexibility to Attain Greater Excellence Flexibility Finale Chapter 3 FOUNDATIONS Larry R. Blocher Teaching and Learning: Building on the Past Teaching Music through Performance in Band: Foundations Past Historical Highlights Timeline Building Blocks Toward an Educational Home for School Music Education...37 Teaching Music through Performance in Band: Foundations Now Part I Part II

2 C o n t e n t s Chapter 4 REFLECTIONS ON CONDUCTING Eugene Migliaro Corporon Communicative and Responsive Conducting Musical Leadership Decision Making An Approach to Score Preparation and Conducting Pedagogy.. 57 Score Preparation Purpose of the Investigation Components of Composition Components of Structure Components of Sound and Silence Conducting Pedagogy Components of Clarity Components of Motion Components of Change Conducting Goals Achieved Components of Expressive Movement Functions of the Conductor Musings on Conducting Wind Band Advocacy: The Stepchild Syndrome Coda: Who so would kindle another must himself glow Chapter 5 SHAPING ENSEMBLE SONORITY Edward S. Lisk Developing a Listening Program The Art of Overtone Tuning Blending Ensemble Listening Introducing the Six-Step Tuning Process Circle of Fourths Group Assignments Six Steps to Precision Tuning Aural Imagery and Visualization Three Basic Visual Concepts ) Horizontal Sound Structure ) Vertical Sound Structure ) Chord Color Graphic Illustrations Sound Sphere Illustration # Sound Sphere Illustration # Sound Diminishing into Silence The Secret of Note Resonance and Decay Seating Arrangement Distribution of Parts Coda Bibliography vi

3 T e a c h i n g M u s i c t h r o u g h P e r f o r m a n c e i n B a n d : V o l u m e Chapter 6 INSTRUMENTATION: A SOUND PRIORITY Richard Miles 1) Historical Perspective of the Development of American Wind Band Instrumentation Instrumentation for Different Size Bands Current Trends ) Views of Instrument Projection, Sound Power, Seating, and Balance Instrument Placement and Sound Power Balance and Band Sound Other Factors Potentially Influencing Instrumentation Resolving Balance Concerns Shaping Ensemble Sonority and Band Seating Options ) How to Develop Full Instrumentation with a Distribution Program Long-Range Planning ) Strategies for Developing Proper Instrumentation Making Proper Instrumentation a Priority Strategies to Establish and Maintain Proper Instrumentation ) Suggested Instrumentation for Varying Size Bands Selected References PART II: The Band Conductor as Music Teacher Teacher Resource Guides Grade Two Akatonbo Joseph T. Spaniola 121 Ave Maria Anton Bruckner/arr. Edwin Powell 128 Chaconne Larry Daehn 133 Concert Processional Joseph Turrin 140 Fanfare, Song, and Fugue Jack Stamp 145 Gate City Snapshot Nathan Daughtrey 155 Irish Minstrel Song Michael Vertoske 164 Lauda Timothy Miles 171 Meditation Dwayne Milburn 184 Paloyoloyo John Swain 193 Passacaglia from Cantata No. 12. J. S. Bach/arr. Larry Daehn 200 Postwar Prelude Clifton Williams 206 Prelude and Fughetta Timothy Broege 213 Rhapsody from the Low Countries.... Henk van Lijnschooten 229 Sheltering Sky John Mackey 239 Sound the Call Daniel McCarthy 247 Sweet Like That Christopher Theofanidis 255 The Seal Lullaby Eric Whitacre 262 Three Processionals Michael Ball 269 Variations on an Ancient Hymn Howard Hanson 277 vii

4 C o n t e n t s Grade Three Arirang and Akatonbo... Kosaku Yamada/arr. Chang Su Koh 287 Baron Piquant on Pointe Donald Grantham 297 Café Ryan George 308 Cantus: Song of the Night Thomas Doss 315 Celebration Joseph Turrin 322 Ceremonial Dances Greg Danner 329 Children s Folksong Suite Kevin M. Walczyk 336 Dancing in Rain Yo Goto 345 Hill Country Flourishes Steven Barton 354 I Hear Him! For the Maestro John Alan Carnahan 362 Jubilo Fergal Carroll 370 Preludio Jean Sibelius/new ed. by Eugene Corporon 391 Rest Frank Ticheli 396 Spangled Heavens Donald Grantham 404 Summerland William Grant Still 416 The Jig Is Up Daniel Kallman 425 The King of Love My Shepherd Is Jess Langston Turner 431 The Spheres Ola Gjeilo 445 The Sun Will Rise Again Philip Sparke 451 Tranquility Adam Gorb 458 viii Grade Four Anthem Steven Bryant 469 Avelynn s Lullaby Joel Puckett 483 Awakening Dana Wilson 490 Baron La Croix s Shuffle Donald Grantham 496 Celtic Set Henry Cowell 505 Courtly Dances from Act 2 of Gloriana, Op Benjamin Britten/arr. Jan Bach 512 Five Pieces for Band Halsey Stevens/ trans. Donald Bryce Thompson 519 Fugue a la Gigue. Johann Sebastian Bach/trans. Gustav Holst/ ed. Jon Ceander Mitchell 527 Graceful Ghost Rag William Bolcom 536 Huldigungsmarsch (Homage March) Richard Wagner/ed. Alfred Reed 549 Hymn to a Blue Hour John Mackey 558 Irish Suite Leroy Anderson 568 Love Songs for Symphony Band Scott McAllister 582 Quirks Brant Karrick 598 Redwood Ryan George 605 San Antonio Dance Frank Ticheli 616 Scarecrow Overture Joseph Turrin 626 Scherzo: Cat and Mouse Robert Spittal 637 Sonata Allegro Clifton Williams 643 Songs Yo Goto 651

5 T e a c h i n g M u s i c t h r o u g h P e r f o r m a n c e i n B a n d : V o l u m e 9 Grade Five Crossing Parallels Kathryn Salfelder 665 Cuban Overture. George Gershwin/arr. and ed. R. Mark Rogers 674 Duende Luis Serrano Alicon 680 Escapade Joseph T. Spaniola 688 Frenzy Andrew Boysen, Jr. 697 from Glory to Glory Kevin Walczyk 707 Lost Vegas Michael Daugherty 715 Pandora s Box Brett Dietz 726 Passage Scott Lindroth 734 Riff Raff Ryan George 742 Rio s Convergence Justin Freer 748 Scenes from Childhood Kit Turnbull 755 Sea-Blue Circuitry Mason Bates 764 Serenade for Winds Carter Pann 781 Suite from The Mikado.... Arthur Sullivan, W. S. Gilbert/ arr. Hamilton Clark, David Irish 792 Symphony for Band Robert Washburn 800 The Sacred Harp David Liptak 809 Traveler David Maslanka 816 Upriver Dan Welcher 827 Vanitas for Wind Orchestra Chang Su Koh 839 Grade Six A Night on Culbin Sands Alexander Comitas 851 Concerto for Wind Ensemble Steven Bryant 863 Dragon Rhyme Chen Yi 885 Fanfare Ritmico Jennifer Higdon 894 Fanfares and Arias Steven Stucky 901 Flourishes and Meditations on a Renaissance Theme Michael Gandolfi 912 Il Cantico Oliver Waespi 928 Manhattan Roll Robert Beaser 934 Mindscape Chang Su Koh 944 Music for Winds Stanislaw Skrowaczewski 952 On the Waterfront Leonard Bernstein/arr. Jay Bocook 962 Pacific Celebration Suite Roger Nixon 976 Rumpelstilzchen Jess Turner 989 Shanghai Overture Bright Sheng 1000 Snake Alley: An American in Taipei David Dzubay 1007 Symphony for Winds: My Brother s Brain..... Carter Pann 1016 Symphony No. 2: Epitaphs Unwritten..... Kevin Walczyk 1039 Tango Variations Evan Hause 1052 Terra Cruda Susan Botti 1061 Variations on a Pentatonic Theme Rob Goorhuis 1070 ix

6 C o n t e n t s Indexes Index by Title and Composer for Teaching Music through Performance in Band: Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Index by Title and Publisher for Teaching Music through Performance in Band: Volume Index by Composer, Arranger, and Transcriber for Teaching Music through Performance in Band: Volume Index by Title and Composer for Teaching Music through Performance in Band: Volume x