Quick Reference for Band Directors

Ronald E. Kearns

doi:10.5771/9781610483476

Summary

Quick Reference for Band Directors is a go-to guide for new and experienced band directors. With tips on recruiting and retaining members, preparing lesson plans and program objectives, developing a booster group, budgeting, classroom management, using technology, and making emergency repairs, this book will soon number among your closest advisors. Learn how to build, maintain, and improve your program. Get tips on how to structure concert band, symphonic band, wind ensemble, marching band, small ensembles, jazz band, and pep band while developing musicianship. The book focuses on high school band programs but offers advice for elementary and middle school directors as well. Read it sequentially or select the chapters most pertinent to you. You'll come back again and again to benefit from the author's thirty years of teaching.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2011
ISBN-Print: 978-1-61048-346-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-61048-347-6
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 304
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Purpose No access
4. Chapter Contents No access
1. 1. 1. Creating a Resource Network No access
    2. National Standards for Music Education No access
  2. Using Guest Artists with Your Band No access
2. 1. Preparing for the Interview No access
  2. Personal Philosophy Development No access
  3. 1. Recruiting No access
    2. Retaining No access
  4. Scheduling Band Classes No access
  5. Developing a Five-Year Plan No access
  6. Mission Statement Development at Lower Levels No access
  7. Writing a Syllabus No access
  8. 1. 1. The Importance of Praise and Individual Recognition No access
  9. Beyond the First Encounters No access
3. 1. 1. Program Description No access
    2. Concert Attire No access
    3. Fees No access
    4. Festival Information No access
    5. Fundraising Overview No access
    6. Grading Policy No access
4. 1. 1. 1. Quick Fixes for Intonation Review No access
    2. Sample Plan #2 : Tempo Control No access
    3. 1. Simple Articulation Fixes/Explanations No access
    4. Sample Plan #4 : Sight Reading No access
    5. Sample Lesson #5 : Phrasing and Expression No access
  2. 1. 1. Make Notes o n the Score No access
  3. Pacing Your Rehearsal No access
5. 1. Planning for a Successful First Performance No access
6. 1. 1. 1. Marching Band Committee No access
      2. Fundraising Committee No access
      3. Publicity and Public Relations No access
      4. Awards and Recognition Committee No access
  2. 1. Things That Should be Included in Your Newsletter/PR Campaign No access
7. 1. Planning for Out-of-State Festivals and Trips No access
  2. Planning for International Festivals and Trips No access
8. 8. Developing a Budget for Your Band No access
9. 1. The Importance of Sight Reading in Band No access
  2. Guided Listening in Band No access
10. 1. Managing Discipline No access
11. 1. Video and Audio Tape Performances No access
  2. Evaluations before a Competition or Festival No access
  3. Maintaining a Standard o f Excellence No access
  4. Measuring Growth and Improvement No access
  5. Using Small Ensembles t o Improve Your Band's Sound No access
  6. The Importance of Praise and Individual Recognition No access
12. 1. Recruiting for Beginning Band No access
  2. Choosing Instruments No access
  3. 1. Student Rental or Purchased Instruments No access
    2. School-Provided Instruments No access
    3. School-Owned Instrument Use No access
  4. Selecting Methods for Beginning Band No access
  5. Recommended Beginning Band Methods No access
13. 1. 1. Concert Band No access
    2. Symphonic Band No access
    3. Wind Ensemble No access
  2. Working on Intonation for Band Classes No access
  3. Adjusting the Score for Your Band's Instrumentation No access
  4. Concert Band Choirs No access
  5. Selected Publishers for Concert Band No access
  6. Selected Composers for Concert Band No access
  7. Selected Arrangers for Concert Band No access
14. 1. 1. Brass Ensembles No access
    2. Woodwind Ensembles No access
    3. Percussion Ensembles No access
  2. Selected Publishers for Small Ensemble No access
  3. Selected Composers for Small Ensemble No access
  4. Selected Arrangers for Small Ensemble No access
15. 1. Pep Band No access
  2. Jazz Ensembles No access
  3. Small Ensembles No access
  4. Marching Band No access
16. 1. 1. Teaching Intonation in Marching Band No access
    2. Rhythmic Accuracy No access
    3. Tone Quality and Tone Control No access
  2. 1. Types of Physical Movement No access
    2. Structuring Your Marching Band for Parades No access
  3. Nonresidential Marching Band Summer Camp No access
  4. Residential Camps No access
  5. Marching Band Terminology No access
  6. Selected Composers for Marching Band No access
  7. Selected Marching Band Publishers and Composers No access
17. 1. Selecting Students for Jazz Ensemble No access
  2. 1. 1. The Rhythm Section No access
      2. The Saxophone Section No access
      3. The Trumpet Section No access
      4. The Trombone Section No access
  3. Choosing Jazz Ensemble Literature No access
  4. Developing Improvisational Skills No access
  5. Rehearsal Pitfalls to Avoid No access
  6. Using Combos to Help Develop Soloists and the Rhythm Section No access
  7. Writing Lesson Plans for Jazz Class No access
  8. 1. Saxophone Intonation No access
    2. Brass Intonation No access
    3. Trombone Intonation No access
    4. Acoustic and Electric Bass and Guitar No access
  9. Equipment Needed for Jazz Ensemble No access
  10. Parent Boosters' Assistance with the Jazz Ensemble No access
  11. Developing a Jazz Ensemble Budget No access
  12. Suggested Publishers for Jazz Ensemble No access
  13. Suggested Composers for Jazz Ensemble No access
  14. Suggested Arrangers for Jazz Ensemble No access
18. 1. How Do You Prepare for a PowerPoint Instructional Presentation? No access
  2. Recording Your Rehearsals and Using Playback to Evaluate Performance Growth No access
  3. Using Notation Software No access
  4. Using Play-Along Software and Hardware No access
  5. Video Taping Your Band's Performances and Rehearsals No access
  6. Smart Phones, Tablets, and Notebooks No access
19. 1. Emergency Repair Materials and Their Uses No access
  2. Common Problems Needing Emergency Repairs No access
20. 1. Record Keeping, Standardized Tests, and No Child Left Behind No access
  2. 1. Strategies for Teaching Advanced Students in Band Class No access
21. 1. Developing and Maintaining an Instrument Inventory No access
  2. Folders and Binders No access
  3. Starting a Concert Band Music Library No access
  4. Literature Most Often Performed by High School Bands No access
  5. Choosing Method Books for Class Use No access
  6. Supplemental Studies No access
22. 22. Sample Forms No access
1. 1. 1. Creating a Resource Network No access
2. 1. 1. Personal Philosophy Development No access
    2. 1. Recruiting No access
      2. Retaining No access
      3. Scheduling Band Classes to Aid in Retaining No access
    3. Developing a Five-Year Plan No access
    4. 1. Reclaiming No access
    5. Writing a Syllabus No access
3. 1. 1. Grading Policy No access
4. 1. 1. Simple Articulation Fixes/Explanations No access
  2. 1. Make Notes on the Score No access
  3. Pacing Your Rehearsal No access
5. 1. Planning for a Successful First Performance No access
6. 1. 1. Marching Band Support from the Boosters Club No access
    2. Fundraising Committee No access
7. 1. 1. Planning for Festivals No access
8. 8. Developing a Budget for Your Band No access
9. 9. Developing Musicianship in Band Class No access
10. 1. 1. Strategies for Avoiding Discipline Problems No access
11. 1. Video and Audio Tape Performances No access
12. 12. Developing an Elementary Band Program No access
13. 1. Large Instrumental Performance Groups No access
  2. Objectives for Bands in Concert Style No access
  3. Working on Intonation for Band Classes No access
14. 14. Using Small Ensembles to Improve Your Band's Sound No access
15. 1. Pep Band No access
  2. Jazz Ensemble No access
  3. Marching Band No access
16. 1. Marching Band Terminology No access
17. 17. Developing a Jazz Ensemble No access
18. 1. Smart Phones, Tablets, and Notebooks No access
19. 1. Emergency Repair Materials and Their Uses No access
  2. Common Problems Needing Emergency Repairs No access
20. 1. Record Keeping, Standardized Tests, and No Child Left Behind No access
  2. 1. Strategies for Teaching Advanced Students in Band Class No access
21. 1. Developing and Maintaining an Instrument Inventory No access
  2. Folders and Binders No access
  3. Starting a Concert Band Music Library No access
  4. Literature Most Often Performed by High School Bands No access
  5. Choosing Method Books for Class Use No access
  6. Supplemental Studies No access
22. 1. 1. Concert Band Resources in Book Form No access
    2. Marching Band Resources in Book Form No access
    3. Jazz Resources in Book Form No access
    4. Technology Resources in Book Form No access
    5. Internet Resources No access
    6. Technology Resources on the Internet No access
Index No access Pages 299 - 302
About the Author No access Pages 303 - 304