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This wonderful SIX program series was designed specifically to spark new student interest in music’s basic building blocks. Programs include complete teaching guides. These teacher guides provide hundreds of concepts in space science and comparisons to the harmony in space, the interpretation of stars as constellations to musical notes, and the beat of a pulsar to the rhythm of music.  Featured are London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Paul Anthony McRae, with vocalist Bobby McFerrin.  Performances and d music instruction are blended with dramatic video from NASA space lab.  Each program is approximately 26 minutes in length.  See details here of each of the six different Elements of Music programs.

Program 1  RHYTHM Compares the rhythms of music to rhythms found in space and broken down into its component parts including beat, meter and tempi. Musical examples include Pictures at an Exhibition, Capriccio Espagnol, and more.

Program 2 MELODY, what comprises a melody and how melodies express thoughts and emotions. Concepts of pitch, half and whole step intervals, major and minor scales, ascending and descending melodies, melody pitch range, and tonality are imaginatively presented.

Program 3 HARMONY & DYNAMICS includes musical examples dated back to 1570, as chords, harmonic progression, consonance, dissonance, tension and relaxation are brought to life by singers and the royal Philharmonic Orchestra.  Dynamics are explored through the Great Gate of Kiev as we learn about crescendo and decrescendo.

Program 4 MUSICAL FORM Here we learn how longer musical pieces can be broken down into smaller component parts using familiar melodies such as Greensleeves and Scott Joplin’s Maple Leaf Rag. Through these examples we learn how form is an important element of music.

Program 5 MUSICAL TONE COLOR, not colors we see, but rather how we can hear colors as we learn all the colors of the various instruments, voice colors, and a MIDI organ demonstration. Ravel’s Bolero provides a melody that we can hear played by a variety of instruments as well asmusic of Wagner, Korsakov, Puccini, Bizet, and more.

Program 6 MUSICAL INTERPRETATION brings a rousing finale to the series and includes the interpretation of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, as students examine all that we have learned in the series on rhythm, melody, harmony, dynamics, and tone color.

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This Best Selling progressive series is for grade school through high school music students. Starting with the science of sounds, musical tone, wind instrument performance, action steps to producing a great tone, and getting a handle on what it means to really play or sing in tune. The videos expose the mysteries of intonation for the band, and reinforce the steps necessary for developing a great tone on wind instruments. It features the high school Bands of America National Honor Band with their conductor Dr. Ray Cramer. The series introduce listening skills, pitch awareness, and the teamwork of playing in tune with others in a band."

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This look into the 200 years of bands and their development in America, includes rare historical footage dating to the Civil War. We see the origins in Europe and the early amateur Town Bands then explore various instrument transitions, the military bands, the great band leaders and composers, up to how bands became integrated into our schools and educational system of today.

Part 1 -beginnings of the band movement, instrument changes, and more up to 1920.

Part 2 - continues with performances of the Marine Concert Band, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Gene Krupa covering the swing era, and today's finest competition marching bands. Length 30 minutes each."

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Now available on the DVD this unique series designed to help students and parents in selecting a musical instrument as well as demonstrating all of the amazing things that can be done playing a Tuba. Pat Sheridan shows us techiques which will inspire your young music students. Entitled Choosing The Right Instrument or Why Would Anyone Ever Want To Play A Tuba? Part 1 and That's Why ! Part 2 is the follow up where Pat shows us his fabulous talent while teaching us some most essential brass techniques. The 2 programs show the fun that music can be and like no others we offer. DVD's sold as a set only.

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Here's an exciting two programs that could be given many different names like: • How to Choose An Instrument • Meet the Real Tubby the Tuba • EXTREME TUBA • What Parents Need To Know About School Bands • Music Doesn’t Always Have To Be Serious • The Perfect Recruiting Video • Is Pat Sheridan really the World’s Greatest Tuba Player?
Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser says he is the greatest... So these two fun dvds featuring Pat Sheridan are certain to help you build your band program, inspire and entertain your students, and show new parents the reason every kid should be playing an instrument in the school band or orchestra program. In Part 1 Why Would Anyone Ever Want to Play A Tuba?, you’ll hear great artists playing their instruments, you’ll see the original Tubby The Tuba cartoon, you’ll see young people trying out instruments, you’ll hear parents testimonials to the band program, and experience the process parents go through in having kids join the band. Length 39 min

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The series called Behind the Scenes is part of a larger series on the arts made for television. Programs utilize a fun blend of animation, computer graphics, documentary segments, humor, magic, and focus on specific aspects of music. A total of four full programs in the package include Melody, Rhythm, Harmony, and Free... Dance." The DVD entitled "Behind the Scenes" includes a teachers guide for each of the programs.

Part 1 Melody

Composer Allen Toussaint helps children explore musical contour, and learn how repetition, variation and contrast are used to create melodies. Students “draw, act out, and build songs” as they create their own musical com-positions. Length 30 minutes.

Part 2 Harmony

Conductor Joanne Falletta is featured. This program introduces the symphony orchestra and its variety of melodies. We learn how they can be played together as we discover how different accompaniments change the sound of a melody. Length 30 minutes.

Part 3 Rhythm

Jazz percussionist Max Roach is featured, and he shows children how to identify common rhythms in all we hear. Students learn how to layer patterns to create a composition. Length 30 minutes.

Part 4 Dance

Choreographer David Parsons transforms ordinary movements into a dance, he calls Sleep Studies. Using these movements to communicate an idea through creating of expressive forms Parsons invites children to join his dancers to express and experience "sleep" in a new way. Length 40 minutes.

A $38 savings, and you'll get all four DVD's in this most popular series complete with teaching guides. They include all of Tim's powerf illed methods, newest leadership information, and his touching true to life stories that will inspire and challenge your students to greatness.

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Two Sanford Marching Percussion Programs for Beginner and Intermediate Drummers at reduced prices
DCI Hall of Fame Fred Sanford produced the perfect solution to upgrading the proficiency of your percussion section. Using members of the World Champion Cavaliers, these programs provide graduated levels of instruction take the student through a logical progression of exercises designed to develop important fundamentals of percussion techniques on snare, quads, bass and cymbal. Included is a l6-page printed manual of the exercises.
Part 1
Play along Ensemble Exercises, Grip, Height levels, Control and Coordination, Counting and Reading, Dynamics & Phrasing, Single Hand Accent Patterns, Note Values, Rhythmic Subdivisions, Natural Stickings, Double Beats & Rebounds, Basic Rudiments, Timp-tom, Bass Drum, and Cymbals Length 35 minutes.
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Warm Up Exercises, Odd Time Signatures, Developing Speed Levels, Single/Double Beat Combinations, Open Roll Development, Multiple Bounce and Closed Rolls, Flams, Back Sticking, Quads, Tuned Bass Drums, Ensemble Exercises, International Drum Rudiments Length 30 minutes.

Classical European Composers
6 Exceptional Documentaries
Unlike other our other “Great Composer Series” for young students, this series was created for serious mature students of music from grades 8 through adult levels. Here are 6 exceptional documentaries with compelling musical performances. Each program relates the detailed story of the life of the man, the musician, the time in which he lived, his family life, and his professional development and fortunes. Especially important is the effect the work of these individual composer’s had on the development of musical forms, styles, compositions, and other composers. Sketches of people and places important in the composers’ lives as well as video footage of cities such as Vienna with people dressed in period costume, give us a sense of what life was like in those days. The quality of the musical performances, featuring the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, is outstanding. Each of the 6 programs are 25 minutes long, making up the three volumes.
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Volume 1, Bach • Mozart
Bach Program explores the life and times of this master, with excerpts of his most popular works… Italian Concerto, St. Matthew Passion, Toccata and Fugue, Violin Concerto, Brandenburg Concerto, and Suite No. 3.
Mozart The life and times of Mozart are illustrated against the background of his music including Marriage of Figaro, Piano Concerto No. 21, Horn Concerto No. 4, Eine Kleine Nacht Musik, and the Clarinet Concerto.


Volume 2. Handel • Haydn
Handel The German-born English composer, George Frederick Handel was one of the last Baroque masters. He was known primarily as an opera composer and producer, but his fame today rests mainly on his English oratorios, especially The Messiah.
Haydn This program illustrates the events and influences that shaped the artist and his compositions. Featured are excerpts from Symphony No. 26, Lamentation, Trumpet Concerto, Menuetto: Allegretto, Finale Vivace.


Volume 3. Beethoven • Vivaldi
Beethoven With period images, paintings, and video inserts, the life and times of Beethoven are explored with highlights of his most popular works including: Symphony No. 5, Moonlight Sonata, Egmont Overture, Pathetique Sonata.
Vivaldi Includes the life and times of the artist along with excerpts from his Concerto for two Mandolins, Bassoon Concerto RV472, Oboe Concerto RV361, Piccolo Concerto RV445, and Four Seasons.

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A BRAND NEW CANADIAN BRASS DVD BONANZA !
These two DVD's contain a wealth of instructional material with performances from four different concerts. Included are: Three different Master Class programs; Breathing and Posture, Tounging and Embouchure, Ensemble Performing plus the wonderful program Strings, Winds, and All That Brass.This program emphasizes how music is an essential part of a well rounded education. It touches how music teaches children lifelong skills such as problem solving, self discipline, teamwork, and self-confidence. The video is full of young musicians sharing their experi-ences and the rewards of studying music. It is great for showing parents.  Plus these two DVD's include four different full concerts of this amazing, entertaining musical group featuring a wide variety of styles from the ever popular Canadian Brass. A Super Bundle Bargain, over 4 hours of outstanding teaching material for only $98

Marching Excellence DVD Package 1 (NOW SALE PRICED)
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"One-Minute Method" with George Parks
Teaching marching to the band has typically been a long, drawn out and often unpleasant part of being a band director. Now, master teacher George Parks, founder of the George Parks Drum Major Academy, is sharing his secrets of training marching leaders using extremely fast and concise techniques to produce marching and uniformity. This system will produce “instant” improvements in the quality of your band. George has been the outstanding trainer of thousands of America’s drum majors for over 15 years. He is Professor of music and director of the Univ. of Massachusetts Minuteman Band.

Package 1, Parts 1 & 2 

The MARCHING BASICS

Attention Position, Ready, Parade Rest, At Ease, Facing Movements, Teaching & Cleaning Procedure, Form of The Ensemble, Individual Precision, Common Errors, Low Mark Time, and High Mark Time.

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Forward March, Teaching & Cleaning, Role Models, Specific Corrections, Guiding, High Mark Time, Timing & Phasing, Problems, Dress Right & Left, Group Exercises, 8 to 5 Marching, Flanks, Pivots, Squad Evaluation, Techniques, and March Off.

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"This program attacks and dispels the myth that “bigger is better” and that marching bands have to have over 100 players to be competitive.Through creativity and building on their individual band strengths you will be amazed at just how exciting and excellent small bands of less than 50 players can be. Your eyes will be opened as you experience complete Champion performances. Featured performances include Paoli, Indiana, Jackson Academy Mississippi, and more. Small Bands Can Be Outrageious is a testimony showing just how small bands from small schools can be outstanding and generate standing ovations in National competition. The clinics explore the planning and strategies for competing at a national level along with the band success stories. Length 1 hour plus. SB98D, $59

Save... $146, NOW ON 9 DVD's, the complete 25 Young People Concert Series. This magical historic series of programs for the young ushered in the wonders of music by the late great Maestro Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.  All have been digitally remastered are great for showing students.

This Super Bundle includes What Does Music Mean?, What Is Sonata Form?, What Is Classical Music?, What Makes Music Symphonic?, What Is Melody? and The Sound of An Orchestra , plus these 19 additional programs, What Is Orchestration, What Is a Concerto?, Humor In Music, What Is American Music?, What Is a Mode?, Musical Atoms: A Study of Intervals, plus 12 more Programs Order LB-DVD25

Great Composers Super Bundle
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"A delightful series to introduce young students to six Master composers. While highlighting great works of these composers, we are magically placed as though we had entered a time machine, right into the middle of that period in history. Average length 50 minutes. Super Bundle CS-6DVD $195 including Teacher's Guide. Free Teachers Guide!
The Composer’ Complete Teacher’s Guide This is a 100 page book is filled with ideas, listening guides, discussion topics, and cross curricular activities to bring these stories to life with your classes. Book includes complete background information, photos,and creative activities for your middle or elementary school classes. This guide is FREE when you purchase the entire Super Bundle including guide.