Ensemble Performance
TITLE: T.R.I.A.D. – Using a Simple Acronym to Help Structure your Rehearsals
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Article
DATE: May 14, 2019
Curated from SmartMusic’s Music Educator Blog – by Troy Bennefield – For inexperienced teachers (and often more experienced ones, too), choosing which elements to fix in a rehearsal can be difficult. Although multiple elements are required for a fine performance, I’ve found the T.R.I.A.D. acronym to be helpful in prioritizing them. Today I’ll share these pedagogical strategies, that I believe […]
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TITLE: Video Tips from Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band: When It Goes Off the Rails
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Video
DATE: May 14, 2019
Curated from SmartMusic’s Music Educator Blog – Video by members of Gordon Goodman’s Big Phat Band – jazz band directors, mini disasters DO occur! Share with your students what the pros do when it goes off the rails! What should the rhythm section do when the entire horn section comes in two and a half beats early after the solo […]
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TITLE: What Students Are Saying About Band – Excerpts From Our Scholarship Applications
SOURCE: Nottelmann Music
FORMAT: Article
DATE: May 10, 2019
Have you gotten tired of always hearing bad news from our media? Looking for something to give you hope that things are all not that bad? Well, here it is! Read these selected statements from St. Louis area band students! In the application process of our The Bill Nottelmann Memorial Music Camp Scholarships, students are to submit a short essay […]
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TITLE: How Exaggerating Technical Errors Could Improve Your Technique
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT: Podcast and Article
DATE: April 25, 2019
Curated from The Bulletproof Musician by Noa Kageyama, PH.D – Here’s an interesting idea, a bit of a twist on how your students can clean up errors in their performance. I recently had an interesting conversation with a trumpet player, who described an unusual strategy that he used to help students overcome technical roadblocks in their playing. Specifically, in situations where […]
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TITLE: How To Use the Yamaha Harmony Director In Your Program – “The Most Important Piece of Equipment You Can Own!”
SOURCE: Nottelmann Music
FORMAT: Podcast Plus
DATE: April 12, 2019
THIS IS THE DEFINITIVE POSTING ON THE HARMONY DIRECTOR! Find out why Dr. John Zastoupil, Director of Concert Bands at Missouri State, describes the Yamaha Harmony Director as “the most important piece of equipment you can own!” View this EXCLUSIVE Podcast-Plus that takes your right into the Missouri State rehearsal room as John demonstrates how the HD works and how […]
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TITLE: Video Tips from Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band: Listening to the Band
SOURCE: Curated
FORMAT:
DATE: April 12, 2019
Curated from Smartmusic’s The Music Educators Blog – Jazz educators, you probably tell your ensemble students constantly to listen to each other, but do they really know how? In this, the second of a series of performance advice videos, members of the Big Phat Band talk about how to listen to the other members of your jazz band. Appearing in today’s […]
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