Description

Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band offers a comprehensive curriculum designed for novice band students, aiding their development as ensemble musicians. This series enhances any band method and serves as a supplement to any performance repertoire. It features 167 exercises, which include over 100 chorales composed by some of the most distinguished young band composers of today. The exercises are categorized by key and are available at grade levels 1/2, 1, and 1 1/2, including:

* Long Tones

* Passing the Tonic

* Pitch Matching

* Scale Builders

* Interval Builders

* Expanding Intervals

* Chord Builders

* Moving Chord Tones

* Diatonic Harmony

* Rhythmic Subdivision

* 5-Note Scales

* Scale Canons (5-, 6-, or 8-Note Scales)

* Scale Chorales (5-, 6-, and 8-Note Scales)

* Chorales.

The pieces were composed by Roland Barrett, Chris Bernotas, Jodie Blackshaw, Matt Conaway, Ralph Ford, Tyler S. Grant, Rob Grice, John O'Reilly, Robert Sheldon, Todd Stalter, Randall Standridge, Michael Story, and Scott Watson. Whether your students are advancing through exercises to enhance their technical skills or refining their musicianship with exquisite chorales, we are confident that your performers will feel excited, motivated, and inspired by utilizing Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band. Additionally, the Ensemble Development Series is available for Intermediate and Advanced Band. For further information, please visit www.alfred.com/SIED.

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