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 →
Sharon Burch – Artist Interview
By Brendan Lai-Tong We recently had the opportunity to interview Sharon Burch, music teacher, clinician and author of the Freddie the Frog series. Sharon is a National Board Certified Teacher in Music, holds a Bachelor of Music Education Degree from Truman University in Kirksville, Missouri and a Masters' Degree as a Professional Educator from Morningside College in... Continue Reading →
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