The Band Whisperer: A Practical Guide to Making Beautiful Music
Composed by David Morrison
This text employs common-sense teaching tools developed by master educator David Morrison to help band directors in all ranges of experience and expertise continue to improve their art and craft—find their best game—in the development of beautiful characteristic ensemble tone; superb intonation; rhythmic accuracy; and exceptional balance and blend, articulation, technique, and musicianship. But just having the tools is not sufficient for success. The real key is using personal intuition—whispering—to effectively wield those tools. In the tradition of horse whisperers, dog whisperers, and baby whisperers who calm and otherwise transform their charges, The Band Whisperer examines how technique and aesthetics combine to move the hearts and minds of musicians and their audiences.
| Edition Number | W90 |
|---|---|
| Number of pages | 160 |
| 13-digit ISBN Number | 978-0-8497-7040-1 |
| 10-digit ISBN Number | 849770408 |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Publication Date | 05/27/2020 |
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Praise for The Band Whisperer
“The Band Whisperer examines how technique and aesthetics combine to move the hearts and minds of musicians and their audiences. It is designed to supply the band director with a flexible set of tools for developing a beautiful characteristic ensemble tone; superb intonation; rhythmic accuracy; and exceptional balance and blend, articulation, technique, and musicianship.”
Bruce Pearson Conductor, Author, and Composer Standard of Excellence Comprehensive Band Method Tradition of Excellence Comprehensive Band Method with Ryan Nowlin
“The information detailed in The Band Whisperer is the culmination of a commitment to lifelong musical, pedagogical, and intellectual personal growth ... This text employs common-sense teaching techniques developed through tried-and-true personal experience. They reinforce a philosophy and an ultimate goal of creating and experiencing performance at the highest level possible.”
James F. Keene Director of Bands Emeritus The Univeristy of Illinois
“In accordance with Ansel Adams’ definition of art as ‘the giving and taking of beauty,’ this wonderfully lucid volume describes musical imagination and the artistic interaction between teacher and student as ‘whispering.’ It insists on the obligation of the conductor/educator to both think and feel—to bring the mind, heart, and soul into union when making music.”
Colonel Timothy Foley 26th Director, “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band