Habits of a Successful Band Director: Pitfalls and Solutions

Scott Rush

Jan 2006 · GIA Publications

About this ebook

In Habits of a Successful Band Director Scott Rush provides: A how-to book for young teachers; A supplement for college methods classes; A commonsense approach to everyday problems band directors face; Sequential models for instruction that are narrow in scope; Solutions, in the form of information and probing questions, that allow assessment of a classroom situation; Valuable information in a new format and references to other helpful publications; A contemporary text for all band directors. Some of the topics covered in the ten chapters include: classroom organization and management, working with parents and colleagues, the importance of the warm-up, rehearsal strategies, selecting high-quality literature, and student leadership. The appendices provide valuable outlines and reproducible forms such as medical releases and pitch tendency chart.

Ratings and reviews

Outstanding content, but ALL non text materials (charts, illustrations, etc) from the hardcopy book are not included in the ebook. Since these diagrams are crucial to several sections, I would recommend getting the hard copy version.