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An essential book for all performers, teachers and conductors of wind instruments. It clears away the cobwebs of superstitions and the fixed ideas of what can and can’t be done. It is a book to return to again and again written by one the the great wind virtuosos of our time. Among the imports concepts and techniques includes are: Resonance, Attacks and Releases, Double Tonguing, Vibrato, Technique, Breathing, Musical Style, Interpretation.

Frederick Fennell, widely acknowledged as the 'dean of American band conductors,' has freely shared what he called'“long-distilled thoughts' about the world's greatest music for band. In this collection, he covers original scores by Persichetti, Hanson, Schuman and Chance, as well as classic works by Wagner and Holst. Fennell's clear and to-the-point analysis/interpretations are based on a lifetime of careful research, rehearsals, and professional performances. In this informative work, you will find inspiration for a truly superior presentation of these masterworks for band. Includes: Divertimento for Band (Persichetti) • Symphony for Band (Persichetti) • Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral (Wagner) • Chorale and Alleluia (Hanson) • George Washington Bridge (W. Schuman) • A Moorside Suite (Holst) • Variations on a Korean Folk Song (Chance) • I Really Do Love Marches! (Fennell).

The Interpretive Wind Band Conductor will help conductors make the creative leap from simply reading notes to insightful musical interpretation. In addition to a long list of topics on conducting and interpretation, it includes in-depth analysis of six masterworks for band, and provides solutions for conducting irregular and non-metrical problems inherent in contemporary music

Lessons and Meditations on the Art of Conducting. This incredible book by one of the world's foremost authorities on conducting contains no conducting patterns, and no advice on how to conduct any piece. Instead, it focuses on the skills, knowledge and experiences needed to become and function as a conductor-teacher

Learn to Trust Your Musical Self! In this groundbreaking book, prize-winning pianist and noted educator William Westney helps readers discover their own path to the natural, transcendent fulfillment of making music. Drawing on experience, psychological insight, and wisdom ancient and modern, Westney shows how to trust yourself and set your own musicality free. He offers healthy alternatives for lifelong learning and suggests significant change in the way music is taught. For example, playing a wrong note can be constructive, useful, even enlightening. The creator of the acclaimed Un-Master Class workshop also explores the special potential of group work, outlining the basics of his revelatory workshop that has transformed the music experience for participants the world over. Practicing, in Westney's view, is a lively, honest, adventurous, and spiritually rewarding enterprise, and it can (and should) meet with daily success, which empowers us to grow even more. Teachers, professionals, and students of any instrument will benefit from this unique guide, which brings artistic vitality, freedom, and confidence within everyone's reach.

This book provides one huge room where everyone can gather to ask questions on the art of rehearsing and listen to answers from people who know. In his foreword, Frederick Fennell says: if you are a conductor, or are in training to be one - or are confused about how it's going - this book is all about you and me. With chapters by: Frank Battisti, Eugene Corporon, James Croft, Donald R. Hunsberger, Jerry F. Junkin, Craig Kirchhoff, Allan McMurray, H. Robert Reynolds, James Smith, John Willwell, John E. Williamson

A 'cookbook' using recipes to describe tried-and-true techniques for string teaching. 57 experts in string teaching have contributed their best ideas to this book, each choosing a topic they are passionate about. This valuable collection of deeply insightful strategies is like finding expert trade secrets all placed together in one easy, quick-to-read source. Contributors to the book were even eager to get a look at each other's ideas! With outstanding records of performance, workshops, recordings, research, composition, leadership, and teaching, the 57 authors provide their favourite “recipes” that range from overviews of successful programs to specific topics that will inspire all levels and types of ensembles and performers.

This valuable collection of quick-to-read yet deeply insightful strategies is like finding expert trade secrets all placed in one convenient source. Contributors to the book were even eager to get a look at each other's ideas! With outstanding records of performance, workshop clinics, recordings, research, composition, leadership and teaching, the 57 authors provide their favourite 'recipes' that range from overviews of successful programs to specific topics that will inspire all levels and types of ensembles and performers. Sample 'recipes' include: Developing Facility on the Bass Clarinet (J. Lawrie Bloom); Breathing Demystified (Leone Buyse); Recipe for Preventing Play-Related Health Problems (William J. Dawson, M.D.); How Should I Test a Saxophone Mouthpiece? (Eugene Rousseau); and many more.