VanderCook MECA 2017
Materials & Links
Building Fundamentally Sound Musicians in Middle School Band
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The Eddie Green Sound! - Appalachian Spring
The Beginning Band Sound
Sample Fundamental Exercise - Advanced Band
Sample Fundamental Exercise - Beginning Band
I've Got My Eye on You - Blog Post
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Teaching Students to Practice For Success
Excerpt from The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle
How to Practice EffectivelyTedEd Video
Practice Webquest by Chris Grifa
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Care and Feeding of the Middle School Band Student
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CASEL Website - Additional info on Social and Emotional Learning
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Finding the Perfect Fit: Organizing Your Recruitment and The Instrument Fitting Process
Parent Meeting Prezi
Download Recruitment Documents on my "Materials" Page
NAMM Foundation Recruitment Resources
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Media Recommendations
Websites
Music Theory www.musictheory.net
Create your own Kahoot
Be Part of the Music
Band Directors Talk Shop
Beginning Band Boot Camp
Sightreading Factory
Apps
Tonal Energy Tuner
Bandmate Chromatic Tuner
MultiTimer
Canva
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Books
On Teaching Band: Notes from Eddie Green by Mary Ellen
Cavitt
Tuning for Wind Instruments by Shelley Jagow
The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle
The Complete Instrument Reference Guide for Band Directors
by Williams, King and Logozzo
Pathways by Joseph Alsobrook
Practice Perfect by Doug Lemov
Mindsets in the Classroom by Mary Cay Ricci
Teaching Music Through Performance in Middle School Band (chapter 4 on Recruitment)
Software
Intermediate Measures of Music Audiation (IMMA) Software
by Edwin Gordon
Magazine
The Instrumentalist Magazine (Wendy's articles in February & March 2016) - you must be a subscriber to access articles online