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Band Repertoire |
Selecting music for the
young band and for the advanced band is an important endeavor for
the music educator.
Some concepts
that
should guide this process are:
1. Always use the best music possible, written by respected composers.
2. With advanced bands, try to rotate the core repertoire so
that every student who leaves a band program has experienced
a representative sample of some of the great works for bands/winds.
3. In programming for concerts, use music from different style
periods if possible.
Always show variety in tempi, style, meter and tonality among the
works chosen.
For more information on selecting literature for bands, please select one of these two handouts which I use in my classes at SFASU:
| Selecting Music - Young Band |
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| Selecting Music - Advanced Band |
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For more information listing specific pieces which represent the best in wind literature, please select one of these handouts:
| Core Repertoire for Bands |
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| Chamber Music for Winds |
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