Composition Concepts for Band and Orchestra

Composition Concepts for Band and Orchestra
Author: Alexander Koops
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2020-04-12
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1475848927

This book is intended to introduce concepts about music composition to band and orchestra students of all ages and engage them in actual creative composing projects. The National Core Arts Standards (2014) emphasize that students should be engaged in the “creative practices of imagination, investigation, construction, and reflection in multiple contexts.” These lesson plans attempt to accomplish that challenge in the context of large group band and orchestra ensemble classes using composition activities and projects.

Jazz Composition and Arranging in the Digital Age

Jazz Composition and Arranging in the Digital Age
Author: Richard Sussman
Publisher: OUP USA
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2012-02-23
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0195381009

This is a comprehensive instructional text and reference guidebook on the art and craft of jazz composition and arranging for small and large ensembles. It is written from the perspective of doing the work using music notation software, and contains many practical and valuable tips to that end for the modern jazz composer/arranger.

Compositions Book 7: Missa Unitas

Compositions Book 7: Missa Unitas
Author: Ken Langer
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2013-02-21
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1300765747

A large original composition for brass choir and chorus that celebrates themes of unity and religious tolerance.

Teaching Music Through Composition

Teaching Music Through Composition
Author: Barbara Freedman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2013-04-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0199840628

This book is a full multimedia curriculum that contains over 60 Lesson Plans in 29 Units of Study, Student Assignments Sheets, Worksheets, Handouts, Audio and MIDI files to teach a wide array of musical topics, including: general/basic music theory, music appreciation and analysis, keyboarding, composing/arranging, even ear-training (aural theory) using technology.

Music For U-U Choirs

Music For U-U Choirs
Author: Kenneth Langer
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2019-05-03
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1949464040

Ken Langer has spent much of his adult life singing in or directing Unitarian-Universalist choirs. During that time he also composed new music for U-U choral groups that could be used as part of a service or a musical performance. His music ranges from simple to complex and from whimsical to worldly. It incorporates ideas from many cultures and influences and is made to meet the unique needs of U-U music programs.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Composition

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Composition
Author: Michael Miller
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2005-10-04
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1615644725

Write the songs that make the whole world sing. A step-by-step guide to writing music, this book shows musicians how to compose simple chord progressions and melodies, and leads them through more advanced compositional techniques and musical forms. Designed for composers of all types of music, it includes instruction on composing stand-alone melodies, using different scales and modes, themes and variations, orchestration, and composing for film, theater, and videogames. -Perfect complement to The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theory and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Songwriting -Includes a comprehensive glossary of musical terms, as well as an appendix of various computer-based composition tools -Easy-to-use oversize trim

Minds on Music

Minds on Music
Author: Michele Kaschub
Publisher: R&L Education
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2009-06-15
Genre: Music
ISBN: 160709195X

This textbook enhances preservice and practicing music educators' understanding of ways to successfully engage children in music composition. It offers both a rationale for the presence of composition in the music education program and a thorough review of what we know of children's compositional practices to date. Minds On Music offers a solid foundation for planning and implementing composition lessons with students in grades PreK-12.