The Instrumental Music Director's Guide to Comprehensive Program Development

by Michael J. Pagliaro

Overview

The Instrumental Music Director’s Guide to Comprehensive Program Development gives practical solutions to the many issues that confront music directors. The topics addressed include:

• A review of tests which can be used to develop an all-inclusive student profile identifying strengths and weaknesses as a prologue to preparing individualized curricula
• A discussion of the “informed approach” predicated on understanding relationships among music, logical deduction, and the acoustic sciences thereby accelerating the learning process in music, increasing the knowledge base, and developing cognitive skills that can be applied to other studies
• A measuring process used toaccurately calculate the size of a beginning student in relation to the size of the selected instrument to ensure the two will be compatible
• A procedure for introducing students to the many different instruments
• The protocol for developing a symbiotic dealer/teacher relationship that will ensure a smooth running program fully equipped throughout the year
• Purchasing, renting, and caring for instruments and all administrative tasks which are the backbone of a successful school instrumental music program

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781475812893
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/20/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	427 KB

About the Author

Michael J. Pagliaro, ScD, retired professor, founder and CEO Emeritus in Counsel of a musical instrument company, and Director of Research and Development for a music research laboratory, is certified by the State of New York as Teacher of Music, Secondary School Principal, Supervisor of Secondary Education, and by the City of New York as Teacher of Orchestral Music. An authority in musical instrument technology, Dr. Pagliaro invented four musical instrument products which are sold worldwide, is author of Everything You Should Know about Musical Instruments (Columbia Pacific University Press, 1992); The Violin: How It Works (Ardsley Press, 2002), The Flute: How It Works (Ardsley Press, 2003); The Violin Workbook (Ardsley Press, 2004) The Musical Instrument Desk Reference (Scarecrow Press, 2012); and The String Instrument Owner's Handbook (Rowman and Littlefield, 2014).

Table of Contents

i - Introduction
1 - The Defined Instrument Selection Process
2 - A Brief Overview of Testing for Musical Instrument Learners
3 - The Informed Approach
4 - The Common Core and The Constructivist Approach
5 - Supplementary String Lesson Material
6 - Supplementary Woodwind Lesson Material
7 - Supplementary Brass Lesson Material
8 - Supplementary Percussion Lesson Material
10 - The Measuring Process and Modified Easy-Start Instruments
11 - The Dealer/Teacher Relationship
12 - Buying Instruments for School Use
13 - Buying String Instruments
14 - Buying a Bow
15 - Buying Brass Instruments
16 - Buying Woodwind Instruments
17 - Buying Percussion Instruments
18 - Renting Instruments
19 - String Instrument Care
20 - Woodwind Instrument Care
21 - Brass Instrument Care
22 - Percussion Instrument Care
23 - Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

As a former superintendent of schools who was responsible for overseeing all that occurs within the district, I found that Dr. Pagliaro's book provided an extraordinarily comprehensive reference to guide both the instrumental music director and myself, a non-music major, toward the process of ensuring that a music program succeeds. This book covers all phases of preparing and implementing a program. It includes recruiting and counseling new students, developing individualized curricula, acquiring and maintaining the inventory, and some real life advice on the business of running a music program. This book is a must for all instrumental music directors and their supervisors.

Vincent S. Ziccolella

Dr. Pagliaro's comprehensive approach to developing an instrumental music program covers a range of topics from student guidance and curriculum development to the practical administrative chores of buying, renting, and maintaining instruments. The book deals with all issues that a music director must consider in managing such a program. This is a marvelous resource articulated from a thoughtful, well-informed perspective. I cannot imagine developing and maintaining an instrumental music program without such a valuable guide.

Gregory Ritchey

Dr. Pagliaro has written an important guide for all music educators. From recruiting the young instrumental student to the deep understanding of how each instrument works and produces sound, this book is an invaluable source of information. The advantage here is the way Dr. Pagliaro has broken down the specific information, all underlying his deep understanding of how music is learned. This guide should be kept within reach in all music classrooms.

Elizabeth VonWurmb