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Growing Your Musician
Tony Bancroft
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Description for Growing Your Musician
Paperback. Covers a variety of issues such as choosing the right instrument, how to set practice guidelines, how parents can talk about music with their children, and ways to inspire children and enhance their creativity and confidence. This work includes a list of frequently asked questions, a handy guide to musical terms, and tables and charts. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222.
All teachers need this book on their desks to help parents develop their budding musicians! This user-friendly guide covers a variety of issues such as choosing the right instrument, how to set practice guidelines, how parents can talk about music with their children, and ways to inspire children and enhance their creativity and confidence. Includes a list of frequently asked questions, a handy guide to musical terms, and lots of tables and charts throughout for easy reference. See new edition: Growing Your Musician: A Practical Guide for Band and Orchestra Parents, Second Edition
All teachers need this book on their desks to help parents develop their budding musicians! This user-friendly guide covers a variety of issues such as choosing the right instrument, how to set practice guidelines, how parents can talk about music with their children, and ways to inspire children and enhance their creativity and confidence. Includes a list of frequently asked questions, a handy guide to musical terms, and lots of tables and charts throughout for easy reference. See new edition: Growing Your Musician: A Practical Guide for Band and Orchestra Parents, Second Edition
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
MENC - The National Association for Music Education United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Lanham, United States
ISBN
9781565451605
SKU
V9781565451605
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Tony Bancroft
Tony Bancroft began his instrumental music career at age 11, playing tuba in middle school band. He continued to pursue his love of music into adulthood, earning a bachelor's degree in music from UCLA and a master's degree in music from Yale University. Performances at Carnegie Hall and at music festivals around the world are among the highlights of his musical career. He currently serves as the music director for the El Segundo Unified School district in California, and the city has honored him with four public commendations. In 2003, he was selected as an alternate for a Fulbright Teaching Scholarship and was a nominee for the Music Center of Los Angeles County's prestigious Bravo Award.
Reviews for Growing Your Musician
Parents will find [Growing Your Musician] comprehensive, informative, and reassuring in supporting their child's instrumental music endeavors.
The Grammy Foundation
A helpful guide for parents who want to be hands-on in their support of the young music student.
Aaron A. Flagg, director of Educational Outreach, The Juillard School A practical and down-to-earth guide to the challenges and pitfalls of shepherding your child through selecting and practicing an instrument.
Lynda Jenner, director, Community Partnerships, Music Center Education Division Real self-help music book for parents—a true blueprint of how to engage your child in a lifetime of music.
Mike Gordon, mayor, El Segundo, California This "how-to" guide is the perfect embodiment of a primer for parents at the beginning of their child's instrumental career.
Thomas C. Duffy, Yale School of Music, DMA, Deputy Dean, Yale School of Music This is a terrific, much-needed book packed with valuable advice and helpful anecdotes benefiting parents and their music-learning children.
Alexander Bernstein, president, The Leonard Bernstein Family Foundation ...this manual provides advice of great practicality within a comprehensive approach for nurturing young musicians of all ages.
Charles Grode, director, Education Community, Relations and Diversity, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The Grammy Foundation
A helpful guide for parents who want to be hands-on in their support of the young music student.
Aaron A. Flagg, director of Educational Outreach, The Juillard School A practical and down-to-earth guide to the challenges and pitfalls of shepherding your child through selecting and practicing an instrument.
Lynda Jenner, director, Community Partnerships, Music Center Education Division Real self-help music book for parents—a true blueprint of how to engage your child in a lifetime of music.
Mike Gordon, mayor, El Segundo, California This "how-to" guide is the perfect embodiment of a primer for parents at the beginning of their child's instrumental career.
Thomas C. Duffy, Yale School of Music, DMA, Deputy Dean, Yale School of Music This is a terrific, much-needed book packed with valuable advice and helpful anecdotes benefiting parents and their music-learning children.
Alexander Bernstein, president, The Leonard Bernstein Family Foundation ...this manual provides advice of great practicality within a comprehensive approach for nurturing young musicians of all ages.
Charles Grode, director, Education Community, Relations and Diversity, Chicago Symphony Orchestra