Description

Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Intermediate Concert Band serves as an essential tool for enhancing your students' comprehension and skills as ensemble musicians.

It features 412 exercises, which include over 70 chorales composed by some of the most distinguished concert band composers of our time. A diverse range of exercises is organized by key and presented at various intermediate difficulty levels. Whenever feasible, multiple exercises within the same category are included to provide variety while still achieving the objectives of that particular exercise type.

You will observe that numerous exercises and chorales are distinctly labeled with dynamics, articulations, style, and tempo, allowing students to focus on these performance elements. Additionally, some exercises are deliberately designed to be flexible, enabling the teacher to decide the best approach for addressing the needs and objectives of their ensemble.

Whether your students are advancing through exercises to enhance their technical skills or are engaging their musicianship with exquisite chorales, this book can be utilized following any band method or as a supplementary resource for performance music. It includes chorales by composers such as Roland Barrett, Andrew Boysen, Ralph Ford, Rossano Galante, Robert Sheldon, Todd Stalter, Randall Standridge, and Michael Story. The Ensemble Development Series is also offered for Young Band and Advanced Band. For further information, please visit www.alfred.com/SIED.

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