Insight

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The series Practica Musica seeks to present to scholars and interested readers a wide span of documents concerning the theory and practice of music. These documents cover a range of statements and opinions concerning how music was conceived at a given time, how musical compositions have functioned in given social, institutional and cultural contexts, and how particular works have been evaluated by contemporary writers on music, not to mention matters of performing practice and compositional technique. The texts come from professional theorists, composers and performers, as well as from laymen and amateur observers of contemporary musical life. The series as a whole will contain different types of documents - ranging from systematic treatises to the jottings of dilettantes - but whatever their origins, they offer an intriguing insight into music and its crucial place in society.

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Culled from exclusive interviews from Berklee Today, the alumni magazine of Berklee College of Music, this collection of candid interviews with such illustrious alumni as Quincy Jones, Branford Marsalis, Steve Vai, Paula Cole, Mike Stern, Bill Frisell and many others is a gold mine of wisdom, humor and insight. Read about the unique, unexpected challenges that success can bring.

Music Teaching Style is an exciting, balanced approach to student performance, music learning and personal change. Written in an informal, engaging style, the text is highlighted by anecdotes, quotations, challenges for self-reflection, and techniques used by the author and top professionals in the field. The result - a fulfilling, productive and successful music teaching experience.

A Composer's Insight, Volume 1 - with a foreword by Michael Colgrass - is the first in a five-volume series on major contemporary composers and their works for wind band. Included in this initial volume are rare, behind-the-notes perspectives acquired from personal interviews with each composer. An excellent resource for conductors, composers or enthusiasts interested in acquiring a richer musical understanding of the composers' training, compositional approach, musical influences and interpretative ideas. Features the music of: Timothy Broege, Michael Colgrass, Michael Daugherty, David Gillingham, John Harbison, Karel Husa, Alfred Reed and others.