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About the Book: Balance significantly impacts choral directors’ professional and personal lives. As choral technicians, we balance our choirs for tuning and other musical aspects. As program leaders, we balance our position as an authoritative figure and an empath, cultivating relationships with students and families to build a program. As leaders of choral programs, we must balance our egos to avoid being hindered by perfectionism, comparison, and workaholism stemming from our fear of shame and vulnerability. This textbook will guide teachers of all experience levels toward finding ...

Duncan Hamilton is already a multiple award-winning sports writer, but it is hard to imagine he will write a better book than this superb, elegiac portrait of the sociable, feted, but ultimately unknowable man who virtually invented modern sports writing.... Neville Cardus described how one majestic stroke-maker 'made music' and 'spread beauty' with his bat. Between two world wars, he became the laureate of cricket by doing the same with words. In The Great Romantic, award-winning author Duncan Hamilton demonstrates how Cardus changed sports journalism for ever.

¡Debra Lynn comparte su enfoque único y altamente efectivo para cantar de manera más sencilla, teniendo como base los principios del Bel Canto y el entendimiento de Manuel Garcia y Mathilde Marchesi!

Nothing beats singing with other people, whether at a stadium concert, a big sports event, or in a choir. It’s a powerful, uplifting and joyful expression of our humanity. But singing together is much more than that. James Sills is a vocal leader on a mission to get more people singing. It...

You’re about to discover how to effectively write a professional song by using basic tools and simple rules of songwriting with less stress and easy-to-follow guidelines.

This Piano by Ear box set is designed for the late-intermediate to early advanced-level student who loves all classical music. All of the great piano composers are represented in this set, including Mozart, Chopin, Mendelsshon, Tchaichovsky, Schubert, and more. There is also the lesson on the entire Beethoven piece “Fur Elise”, which is an hour and a half long! This is a great package for the serious classical piano student.

Many musicians, music students, and general music lovers are curious about the field of music therapy - the who, what, where, and how. This book provides a general overview of the profession, and it includes 26 audition essays, written by former students, confirming their motivation to "do good in the world through music". A career in music therapy combines their love of music with the desire to be of service to others. This book offers both the pragmatic reasons and "feel good" aspects that inspire people to enter this fulfilling profession.

Cantautori: Volete sapere come migliorare definitivamente il vostro modo di scrivere canzoni, abitudini e abilità in soli pochi minuti al giorno? Volete sapere come sviluppare gli strumenti per stimolare un infinito numero di nuovi brani, senza avere mai più il “blocco dello scrittore”? Volete sapere cos’è che rende così perfette le più grandi canzoni? Volete conoscere il motivo per cui dovete semplificare la modalità di scrittura delle canzoni per avere successo? Volete sapere dove cercare online per trovare le migliori fonti per una carriera nel mondo della musica, come ...

In this completely “all-audio” lesson, you will learn a fingerstyle solo of “Mary Did You Know” without tab, music, or video. The lesson starts with a full demonstration of the song followed by the detailed “by ear” lesson that lets you memorize the song as you learn it. Add this new Christmas standard to your repertoire today! This is a level two lesson.

This audiobook covers how to make money with your music in publishing, TV, film, and other media; the seven most-common types of music publishing deals the music producer, recording artist, or song writer may encounter; and key terms you need to know. This book will help you navigate some of the challenges you may face as a music recording industry professional.

As an artist and singing teacher, I have witnessed countless students experience tremendous growth and surpass their wildest dreams through these proven techniques.

Has this Ever Happened to You?You want to write a song but have not started yet... You lost the motivation. If your songwriting is stuck; Song Writers Block? Procrastination? You spent too much time planning. You spent too much time worrying about what to write instead of just sitting down and writing! You always start writing pieces but give up after just generally losing interest. If you suffer from an inability to get results… Then reading the following report would be a major turning point in your quest to effortlessly stop your problems. Pushing yourself to hard work, struggling, ...

Have you wondered how to play an instrument but do not have the time to attend a class or are you a bit older? You will be set on the course to achieving that dream of mesmerizing audiences with your trumpeting skills, whether as a lone wolf, or part of a band.

Yiruma has quickly become a household name in the realm of solo piano playing. In this Piano by Ear lesson you will learn his signature hit completely “by ear,” using no music, print, or video. The lesson starts with a full demonstration of the song which is followed by a detailed “phrase-by-phrase, note-by-note” lesson of the entire song.

The Piano Guys have brought fun back to the piano and now you can learn their arrangement of this song completely “by ear.” This lesson includes a full demonstration of the song followed by a detailed all-audio lesson by Bill Brown.

You can read this book for free with your Kindle Unlimited membership! Arranging music is one of the most fun things a musician can do. Whether you want to play a cover with your band or sing a pop song acapella with your friends, having knowledge about arranging will make the experience easier and more enjoyable. There’s no need to look for sheet music that works for your group- you can make your own arrangements more easily than you might think! In this book you will learn about: Write arrangements for two or more parts Arranging for chord instruments Concrete advice for creative ...

This Piano by Ear box set contains over thirteen hours of high quality music instruction teaching you some of the newest modern classical style songs for the piano. These solos are mostly at an intermediate level so most adult students who have been working with the piano for around two years can start working on these great solos right away.

Fictional drama about the meeting between Nadia Boulanger and Astor Piazzola that changed both the history of tango and the life of the musician. The famous author of Adios Nonino, Libertango, and Oblivion abandoned when young the tango and the bandoneon to learn and compose classical music. The meeting with the famous French music teacher Nadia Boulanger helped Piazzola to retrieve his musical roots and to revolutionize the Argentine tango with new techniques.

You know that moment when you release a song, and you’re so proud of it. You know it has something special. But then… people skip it. Not because it’s bad. Not because it doesn’t matter. They skip because they never made it past the first few seconds. That hurts, doesn’t it? The truth is, in today’s world, listeners are impatient. They’re drowning in songs, and they decide in an instant whether they’ll stay or scroll away. If your first line doesn’t grab them, you lose them. And I know that’s not what you want because your songs deserve to be heard. Your words deserve to...

This Guitar by Ear bundle delivers a hit-laden batch of the greatest rock and blues hits of all time. This set has songs from The Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Doobie Brothers, ZZ Top, Clapton, and more. You will also find two serious blues slide guitar songs in this series, including all seven solos of Johnny Winter’s version of “Dust My Broom”! This is more than 14 hours of high-quality guitar instruction teaching all of the songs everybody loves and wants to hear.