Meredith Music Publications

This sourcebook was created to aid directors and teachers in finding the information they need and expand their general knowledge. The resources were selected from hundreds of published and on-line so...

Meredith Music's Rehearsing the Band series features books that provide a huge room where everyone can gather to ask questions on all aspects of rehearsing and isten to the answers from the experts. T...

A Selective Annotated Guide To Band Literature The second edition of Music for Concert Band is a new and comprehensive anthology of meticulously selected and graded literature for wind band. It contai...

This engaging text presents a comprehensive history of the wind band from its earliest days to today. The author's narrative describes the development of instruments, musicians, composers, conductors,...

This book was designed for use in a one-semester college percussion methods class or as a quick reference for school band and orchestra directors. It provides concise descriptions and recommendations...

A Guide For High School Students, Their Guidance Counselors, Parents And Music Teachers This book details the fundamental knowledge, skills, and attitudes that prospective music majors need in order t...

Anthony Cirone and Garwood Whaley have joined forces to compose a superb concert bass drum and cymbal book. The only complete source of information, exercises and interpretation on these most importan...

A brand new edition of this internationally acclaimed classic snare drum method with play along CD. This reengraved comprehensive and musical beginning through intermediate level method includes readi...

This valuable collection of quick-to-read yet deeply insightful strategies is like finding expert trade secrets all placed in one convenient source. Contributors to the book were even eager to get a l...

Are you interested in a career as a drummer in musical theatre? Are you already working in the field and have questions? Are you heading out on a Broadway Show Tour and in need of advice? This is the...

All of the fundamental elements of timpani playing are presented and illustrated. Tuning studies are developed in a unique easy to understand manner. The most complete beginning method available.

This unique text provides information on the history, selection and fundamental performance techniques for both tambourine and triangle. It also provides skill development exercises and duets that cov...

Confused with the growing list of percussion instruments and terms? This new Meredith publication provides both definitions and an artistic interpretation of how each term is applied to the literature...

A collection of 8 percussion ensembles grades 2-6 written specifically for use in the junior/senior high school and the college methods class, a variety of styles, levels of difficulty and idioms. Inc...

In the preface to this book, educator and performer Ronald Horner notes that a fundamental approach to teaching students to play band or orchestra instruments is to present them with common melodies t...

Immerse yourself in the powerful world of the timpani! The "Primary Handbook For Timpani", published by the renowned Meredith Music Publications, is the ultimate beginner's method for aspiring percuss...

This book combines The Art of Tambourine and Triangle Playing, The Art of Bass Drum and Cymbal Playing and The Art of Percussion Accessory Playing into one volume providing students and teachers with...

A former percussionist for the San Francisco Symphony and professor of music at Indiana University, Anthony Cirone has provided a comprehensive performance analysis of cymbal parts for the major symph...

With an insightful foreword by Anthony J. Cirone, this incredible analysis of the timpani part to Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 provides valuable information on interpreting all Beethoven's symphonies. A...

The author shares his experiences of interpretation under the world's finest conductors during a career of 36 years with the San Francisco Symphony. his one-of-a-kind exploration includes excerpts fro...

The contributing authors of this publication are internationally recognized as percussion artists and pedagogues. They share their own thoughts and strategies to help the reader deliver more engaging...

Not only do old-fashioned hymns provide a spiritual benefit, they bring back fond memories of families at home or at worship lovingly joining together to sing. While contemporary religious music offer...

The hymns in this collection are drawn from traditional European melodies, American tunes, and African-American Spirituals. They represent some of the most recognized tunes in Western music. Many of t...

Until now, there has not been a bass clef euphonium book dedicated to the lip slur. Lip slurs are specific exercises designed to develop flexibility and are essential in building strength and developi...

This brilliant setting of Irish folk tunes is perfectly suited to the marimba and will provide a popular addition to college-level recitals.