Music in Community – Voice Studio Sommer Garner

By Brendan Lai-Tong Welcome back to the Music in Community Series! For those of you who just started following along, this series focuses on music teachers and groups  who are doing great things for their community.  If you haven't already done so, please read our previous entries where we featured Candace Love, a music teacher who... Continue Reading →

Tips for Woodwind Doublers

By Carolyn Walter Woodwind “doubling,” or performing on multiple members of the single reed, flute or double reed family, is a fairly common practice.  From an arranger’s standpoint, utilizing players who can double on multiple woodwinds vastly expands the available stylistic and timbral palette available, especially when there can only be a finite number of... Continue Reading →

Music in Community – Band Feature

By Brendan Lai-Tong Welcome back to the Music in Community series! Today we are excited to take you on a trip to Egypt and Italy! Despite political unrest in Egypt, the Silver Khartoum International Community School Band (KICS) joined the music students of the New Cairo British International School to perform in the Nile River Music... Continue Reading →

Dennis Alexander – Artist Interview

By Brendan Lai-Tong Today we had the opportunity to interview Professor Dennis Alexander, a prolific composer on staff at Alfred Music Publishing. In addition to his compositional duties at Alfred, Dennis is also an active soloist, accompanist, chamber musician and clinician.  Keep reading to learn more about Dennis and how he approaches his compositional process.... Continue Reading →

How to Improve Music Memorization Skills

By Carolyn Walter Memorizing music can be a daunting task for musicians of all stripes.  Unfortunately for many of us, repetition alone is not enough.  Simply playing a piece of music from a score over and over again only teaches you to play the piece extremely well. . .but with the aid of the written... Continue Reading →

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