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The Steel Band Game Plan. Strategies for Starting, Building and Maintaining Your Pan Program.
Chris Tanner
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Description for The Steel Band Game Plan. Strategies for Starting, Building and Maintaining Your Pan Program.
Hardback. Devoted to steel band pedagogy, this title intended for educators addresses a variety of topics, including instrumentation, personnel, basic pan technique, repertoire, and rehearsal strategies. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
The Steel Band Game Plan: Strategies for Starting, Building, and Maintaining Your Pan Program, the first comprehensive resource devoted to steel band pedagogy, is a must-have for anyone involved in the steel band idiom today. Written primarily for educators, The Steel Band Game Plan addresses a wide variety of topics, including instrumentation, personnel, basic pan technique, repertoire, and rehearsal strategies. This informative text addresses a sore need among the community of pan: the need for a thorough treatment of topics regarding the successful implementation and development of a steel band program. The style is user-friendly, and anyone who desires to start a steel band program, or who is currently directing one, will find it accessible and enlightening. It's a one-stop resource for a wide variety of information—from guidelines on major decisions such as what instruments to purchase, to helpful tips for getting the most out of your rehearsals. Simply put, The Steel Band Game Plan is a book that no steel band director can afford to be without.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Lanham, United States
ISBN
9781578865406
SKU
V9781578865406
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Chris Tanner
Chris Tanner is the founder and director of the Miami University (Ohio) Steel Band. He is a published composer through Pan Ramajay Productions, and he has appeared as a guest clinician and performing artist with collegiate and high school steel bands throughout the United States.
Reviews for The Steel Band Game Plan. Strategies for Starting, Building and Maintaining Your Pan Program.
Dr. Tanner's text speaks to an audience of educators, but incorporates the vocabulary, nuance and unique spirit of pan. He gives us a thorough, user-friendly guide that will become the standard for aspiring steel band directors. The information is logically organized and covers every possible aspect of starting and maintaining your own pan program. Tanner hits the nail on the head in each chapter, covering the specific 'nuts and bolts' information that every steel band director needs to know. This book is like having your own steel pan program mentor and it will inspire educators to develop new pan programs or empower seasoned directors to take their group to the next level. Potential readers should take comfort in Tanner's proven record of excellence as an educator, performer, composer, producer, and now, author of this essential book.
Phil Hawkins, recording artist and composer, San Francisco, CA The Steel Band Game Plan is a great resource for music educators diving into the sometimes murky waters of the Steel Band genre. The book presents proven methods that will not only get a beginning band up and running, but will improve and strengthen any Steel Band program. It is a much needed guide for the growing Steel Band community.
Mat Britain, director, Vanderbilt University Steel Band Program Chris Tanner has written an important resource for the entire steel band community—whether you are a student, educator, or enthusiast.
Dr. Ellie Mannette, founder, Mannette Steel Drums and The Mannette Foundation The Steel Band Game Plan is sure to be a vital resource to those starting new pan programs, and offers valuable advice and perspective to those who have existing ones. Dr. Tanner addresses the common hazards of starting a steel band in detail, and he gives many ideas to accelerate the progress of developing programs. This is a great 'how to' book for directors venturing into the steel band genre.
Gary Gibson, SeaNote Productions The Steel Band Game Plan is an excellent resource for anyone starting a steel band, with a great deal of information on its history, key innovators, and practitioners. The suggestions for the development of pan playing technique, rehearsal strategies, and repertoire are informative and insightful. Tanner's obvious passion to promote the steel band as an artform and not just a simple novelty is most satisfying.
Liam Teague, assistant professor of Steelpan studies and co-director of NIU Steel Band, Northern Illinois University
Phil Hawkins, recording artist and composer, San Francisco, CA The Steel Band Game Plan is a great resource for music educators diving into the sometimes murky waters of the Steel Band genre. The book presents proven methods that will not only get a beginning band up and running, but will improve and strengthen any Steel Band program. It is a much needed guide for the growing Steel Band community.
Mat Britain, director, Vanderbilt University Steel Band Program Chris Tanner has written an important resource for the entire steel band community—whether you are a student, educator, or enthusiast.
Dr. Ellie Mannette, founder, Mannette Steel Drums and The Mannette Foundation The Steel Band Game Plan is sure to be a vital resource to those starting new pan programs, and offers valuable advice and perspective to those who have existing ones. Dr. Tanner addresses the common hazards of starting a steel band in detail, and he gives many ideas to accelerate the progress of developing programs. This is a great 'how to' book for directors venturing into the steel band genre.
Gary Gibson, SeaNote Productions The Steel Band Game Plan is an excellent resource for anyone starting a steel band, with a great deal of information on its history, key innovators, and practitioners. The suggestions for the development of pan playing technique, rehearsal strategies, and repertoire are informative and insightful. Tanner's obvious passion to promote the steel band as an artform and not just a simple novelty is most satisfying.
Liam Teague, assistant professor of Steelpan studies and co-director of NIU Steel Band, Northern Illinois University