Measures of Success - Teacher's Manual - Book 1

Lead your ensemble to its full potential with Measures of Success for Band, Book 1 - Teacher's Manual, the essential conductor score and pedagogical anchor for this premier beginning method series. Expertly crafted by renowned educators and composers including Brian Balmages and Robert Sheldon, this comprehensive 364-page manual gives directors total structural control over their rehearsal space. It explicitly lays out the curriculum's six-part "Opus" layout, detailing how to concurrently build tone production and rhythmic accuracy while managing classroom pacing. The score provides full visibility over the student method line, offering professional insights into phrasing, musicality challenges, and creative imagery to instantly engage young minds.

Engineered for seamless classroom accountability, this teacher's edition contains full-band scores for 15 complete arrangements, multi-part duets, and targeted instructional outlines. It provides exact answers and strategies for the full-page "Encore!" assessments, empowering directors to efficiently track individual growth in music theory, critical listening, and playing by ear. Cross-curricular teaching is made effortless with built-in lesson extensions that link performance pieces to art, literature, and world history. Compatible with SmartMusic interactive software and packaged with full access to high-quality audio demo tracks, this conductor manual is the ultimate tool for running an organized, inspiring, and standards-aligned band program.

Product Details 

• ISBN: 9781569398029
• UPC: 674398226122
• Width: 9"
• Length: 12" 
• Page Count: 364 Pages