This book is unique. On one hand, Making Music Matter is a beginning band method book consisting of 24 progressive lessons that will foster musicianship, artistry, and technique in your students. But it is much more than a typical method book.
Making Music Matter contains a number of features that are original and innovative:
- Twenty-four original concert band compositions by Frank Ticheli
- Fourteen original solo compositions by Frank Ticheli, plus one composition by Frank Ticheli for full percussion ensemble
- First three pitches are easy to play, more immediately accessible, less intimidating, and present none of the tradition obstacles that beginning players often encounter
- Creative Corner, a series of three compositional exercises, was designed by Ticheli for the purpose of stimulating students' excitement about composing their own music
- Daily Drills and Warmups
- Numbered exercises found in each lesson
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