Month: March 2019
The percussion section of an ensemble can add or detract from the performance of a march in concert. The conductor needs to have a concept of the sounds expected from each percussion instrument and be able to assist the performers to achieve that tone quality. Directors should not be willing to accept whatever happens in…
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Lakeland, Florida (March 14, 2019)– The Excelcia Ensemble Series gives music educators new brass quintets, clarinet and saxophone quartets, and woodwind quintets which will engage and delight their students. Addressing the critical need for high-quality, mid-level, small chamber literature, expert educational composers, including Larry Clark, John M. Pasternak and Tyler Arcari, offer these newly-composed and…
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Are you interested in being a published composer for school band and orchestra? Let me start out by dispelling a myth right now. Getting music published does not equal getting rich! There are very few composers that I have ever known that can make a solid living just on getting music published for school bands…
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