Monthly Archives: July 2010

Sneak Peek: Percussion & Mallet Master Class DVDs

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Sound Innovations

Sneak Peek: One of SI’s innovative features is the instrument-specific Master Class DVDs included with each student book. These DVDs contain lessons from a professional musician or teacher, and can be referenced throughout the entire year, not just at the … Continue reading →

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Sneak Peek: World Music Song Excerpts

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Sound Innovations

Sneak Peek: Today, we’re highlighting the World Music genre – a music genre replaces approximately 20% of the songs in your Director’s Choice Edition. Genre choices include Christian, African-American, Classical, World Music, Texan Folk, Popular – Pop/Rock, and more. Click … Continue reading →

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Fun Facts: Bob Phillips

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Sound Innovations

Fun Facts: Bob Phillips, one of the Sound Innovations for String Orchestra authors, taught pubic school for 27 years. He was a rock and folk guitar player before studying classical bass. For more information about Bob or our other authors, … Continue reading →

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On the Road: Upcoming SI Clinic in Kansas City

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Sound Innovations

On the Road: Join Kirk Moss for an Orchestra Reading Session and SI Clinic sponsored by American Music Company in Kansas City, MO. Saturday, July 31, 2010 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Northland Cathedral 101 N.W. 99th Street Kansas City, … Continue reading →

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Teacher’s Score Prices

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Sound Innovations

The Sound Innovations Teacher’s Score provides a number of helpful features for directors, including Sound Advice boxes throughout the book with tips from the authors on each exercise, and a complete set of student mp3 CDs and Master Class DVDs … Continue reading →

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Sneak Peek: SI Accompaniment Samples

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Sound Innovations

Sneak Peek: With SI we’ve tried to include a large variety of music to educate and keep the interest of your students. Everything from video game music to traditional Jewish songs, from bluegrass to favorite television theme songs and more. … Continue reading →

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Snare & Accessories Book Update: Important Information

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Sound Innovations

We hope you are finding the SI Beta site and blog useful. Our goal is to facilitate an open an honest dialogue with the teaching community in order to provide you with the best possible experience with SI. Unfortunately, we … Continue reading →

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Director’s Choice Edition Webinar Recording

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Sound Innovations

Thanks to everyone who attended yesterday’s webinar on navigating alfred.com/soundinnovations, hosted by Bob and Pam Phillips. For those of you who could not attend or would like to view it again, you can view the webinar recording by clicking here.

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Sneak Peek: Violin & Cello Master Class DVDs

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Sound Innovations

Sneak Peek: One of SI’s innovative features is the instrument-specific Master Class DVD included with each student book. These DVDs contain lessons from a professional musician or teacher, and can be referenced throughout the entire year, not just at the … Continue reading →

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Fun Fact: How Many Files Did This Project Require?

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Sound Innovations

Fun Fact: Over 45,000 files were created for use in the Sound Innovations Standard Edition and the Director’s Choice Edition. This includes Finale, audio, and PDF files.

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Sneak Peek: Sound Samples from the Classical Genre

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Sound Innovations

Sneak Peek: When creating your Director’s Choice Edition of Sound Innovations, you can swap out individual songs. But did you know you could choose an entire song genre? It replaces approximately 20% of the songs in your method with whatever … Continue reading →

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Making the Method: A Behind the Scenes Look

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Sound Innovations

The SI team has been hard at work writing and proofing Book 2- here’s co-author Bob Phillips proofing pages.

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Sneak Peek: Clarinet & Bassoon Master Class DVD Excerpts

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Sound Innovations

One of SI’s innovative features is the instrument-specific Master Class DVDs included with each student book. These DVDs contain lessons from a professional musician or teacher, and can be referenced throughout the entire year, not just at the beginning of … Continue reading →

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Status Update: Director’s Choice Website

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Sound Innovations

Status Update: The Sound Innovations Beta website has been live for almost 1 week now! Teachers can now create and preview their method at alfred.com/soundinnovations. This is a great time to try out all of the variations before ordering, starting … Continue reading →

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Sneak Peek: Alfred Sound Innovations Fanfare

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Sound Innovations

Sneak Peek: Did you know Sound Innovations has a theme song? Here’s a sneak peek at two arrangements written to commemorate Sound Innovations, written by Robert Sheldon. Filled with tuneful melodies, soaring lines, and fast-paced technical flourishes, this work provides … Continue reading →

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Director’s Choice Edition Webinar

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Sound Innovations

Learn to navigate the Sound Innovations Director’s Choice website by attending our free webinar! This online clinic will guide you through the steps of creating your own customized method! Thursday, July 22, 2010 4 p.m. PDT/5 p.m. MDT/6 p.m. CDT/7 … Continue reading →

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Dave Black Celebrates 25 Years with Alfred

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Sound Innovations

Fun Fact: One of the authors of Sound Innovations for Concert Band, Dave Black, just celebrated his 25th anniversary of working at Alfred Music Publishing. Congrats, Dave! To learn more about Dave, go to alfred.com.

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SI Debut at Midwest 2009

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Sound Innovations

Revisit the Sound Innovations debut at the Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic 2009.

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Quotes from SI Clinics

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Sound Innovations

“All I can say is THANK YOU!!! And thanks to Alfred. The student teachers and other teachers are pumped about Sound Innovations!! This is definitely the method book ‘we all wanted to write someday.’ Makes me want to go back … Continue reading →

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SI Clinics in CO This Week

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Sound Innovations

Join clinician Scott Laird at the 2010 Colorado ASTA/Colorado Bandmasters Association Conference on Thursday, July 15th, and Friday, July 16th, 2010. All band and orchestra sessions will be taking place from 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM on both days, following … Continue reading →

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