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#learnteachplayMailing address: P.O. Box 10003 • Van Nuys, CA 91410-0003 • Street address: 16320 Roscoe Blvd., Suite 100 • Van Nuys, CA 91406 • Phone: 818.891.5999 • Fax: 818.891.2639 • Web: alfred.com
CONTACT: Danielle Braus - Manager, Public Relations & Social MediaP: 818-891-5999 ext. 241 / F: 818-895-5301 / [email protected] / alfred.com
Who We Are We help the world experience the joy of making music.
Alfred Music is the world’s largest educational music publisher. Alfred Music produces educational, reference, pop, and performance materials for teachers, students, professionals, and hobbyists spanning every musical instrument, style, and difficulty level. Alfred Music’s home office is located in Los Angeles with domestic offices in Miami, Nashville, and New York, as well as offices around the world, including Australia, Germany, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. Since 1922, Alfred Music has been dedicated to helping people learn, teach, and play music. Alfred Music currently has over 90,000 active titles. Alfred Music represents a wide range of well-known publications—from methods like Alfred’s Basic Guitar , Alfred’s Basic Piano Library , Premier Piano Course , Sound Innovations , and Suzuki , to artists like Led Zeppelin , The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Sheryl Crow, Eagles, Cole Porter, and George and Ira Gershwin, to brands like Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Rolling Stone magazine, and Billboard .
In addition to its own titles, Alfred Music distributes products from over 50 companies, including MakeMusic, Inc., Belwin, Daisy Rock Girl Guitars, Dover Publications, Drum Channel, Faber Music, Highland/Etling, Kalmus, Penguin, and WEA.
Mailing address: P.O. Box 10003 • Van Nuys, CA 91410-0003 • Street address: 16320 Roscoe Blvd., Suite 100 • Van Nuys, CA 91406 • Phone: 818.891.5999 • Fax: 818.891.2639 • Web: alfred.com
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What We’re DoingAs part of its ongoing philanthropy, Alfred Music recently donated more than $8,000 of music education materials to local nonprofit Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA), which provides local underserved youth with academics, arts and athletics programs in the Rampart District.(View full press release)
Alfred Music joined the National Music Day and Make Music LA celebration with public performances in Palisades Park on Friday, June 21, 2013. National Music Day is a one-day event where free, live musical performances, opportunities to make music, and other musical events take place in the streets, parks, businesses and anywhere else people feel like playing or listening to music.(View full press release)
Alfred Music, in collaboration with The ASCAP Foundation, delivered over $14,000 of music curriculum and performance music to more than 35 school ensembles across the United States, in support of the VH1 Save The Music Foundation. (View full press release)
Alfred Music announced an exclusive distribution agreement with MakeMusic®, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Alfred Music will be the sole distributor in North America, India, Australia, and New Zealand for Finale® and Garritan® products. This agreement pairs the leader in music notation software with the leader in music education. MakeMusic products distributed by Alfred Music will offer a wide range of music software solutions for educators, pro-audio professionals, and musicians ranging in skill level from novice to professional. (View full press release)
Mailing address: P.O. Box 10003 • Van Nuys, CA 91410-0003 • Street address: 16320 Roscoe Blvd., Suite 100 • Van Nuys, CA 91406 • Phone: 818.891.5999 • Fax: 818.891.2639 • Web: alfred.com
Mailing address: P.O. Box 10003 • Van Nuys, CA 91410-0003 • Street address: 16320 Roscoe Blvd., Suite 100 • Van Nuys, CA 91406 • Phone: 818.891.5999 • Fax: 818.891.2639 • Web: alfred.com
CONTACT: Danielle Braus - Manager, Public Relations & Social MediaP: 818-891-5999 ext. 241 / F: 818-895-5301 / [email protected] / alfred.com
Alfred Music Announces
New Educational Classroom Resources
Los Angeles, CA—July 2014Alfred Music, the world’s leader in educational print music products, announces the release and distribution of new educational resources for the classroom.
Accessing Music explores alternative and creative ways to assist special needs students in the musical classroom, allowing them to achieve their best individual potential. Based on the philosophy of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), Accessing Music presents a way of planning, teaching, and assessing instructions that is naturally inclusive of all possible types of learners. This guide allows educators to help students get more from their lessons and classroom experiences, sparking a lifelong interest in music and music-making. Accent on Composers, Vol. 2 introduces another volume of Alfred Music’s most popular 100% reproducible book. For each of the 22 featured composers, there is a biography, a portrait, a listing of the composer’s musical genres, interesting factoids, and a timeline. Users can listen to an example of each composer’s music while following the listening guide. Also included are reviews/tests for each, plus more than two-dozen pages of supplementary material. Composers include Berlioz, Bernstein, Chopin, Ellington, Gershwin, Prokofiev, Puccini, Purcell, Mahler, Rachmaninoff, Strauss, and more. As an added feature, PDFs of the entire book are included on the enhanced CD.
You Want Me to Teach What? is the culmination of two experienced teachers who conquered the challenge of transitioning from a secondary instrumental or choral classroom to the general music classroom. This book offers practical advice with great care and wit. Chapters of the book address attitude, school environment, classroom management, curriculum and assessment, and student performance. In addition, concrete lesson plans are provided for each grade level.
Composer Gallery offers a complete full-color poster set depicting 24 favorite composers as delightful caricatures on 9” x 12” card-stock. On the backside of each, users are able to learn more with compelling biographies, dates, and historical information. New classroom educational resources from Alfred Music range in price from $19.99 to $39.99 and are now available at music retail stores and at alfred.com. To download high resolution images of these products, please click below: www.alfred.com/img/images/public%20relations/pr/primages/201405/00-42413_Accessing_Music.tif www.alfred.com/img/images/public%20relations/pr/primages/201405/You_Want_Me_To_Teach.tif
Mailing address: P.O. Box 10003 • Van Nuys, CA 91410-0003 • Street address: 16320 Roscoe Blvd., Suite 100 • Van Nuys, CA 91406 • Phone: 818.891.5999 • Fax: 818.891.2639 • Web: alfred.com
CONTACT: Danielle Braus - Manager, Public Relations & Social MediaP: 818-891-5999 ext. 241 / F: 818-895-5301 / [email protected] / alfred.com
Alfred Music Releases
Sacred Choral Music for the Holiday Season
Los Angeles, CA—July 2014Alfred Music adds to its catalog of sacred music with the release of choral scores for Christian worship ministries. Darkness into Light, Miracle at the Christmas Café, HymnFest, and Christmas Suite are added to the company’s catalog just in time for the holiday sales season.
Darkness into Light is the new 40-minute adult Christmas musical from Mary McDonald, which features fresh settings of carols along with beautiful new songs, and celebrates the Light of Christ. An optional candlelight moment is included along with inspired narration and lighting suggestions to heighten the darkness into light theme. For efficient rehearsals, Listening CDs and Part-Dominant Reproducible CDs are available for purchase. An Accompaniment Track CD and Chamber Orchestration parts are also available, giving choirs a variety of performance options.
Miracle at the Christmas Café welcomes the listener to Bethlehem and the Christmas Café, where Polly Porkchop and Mac N. Cheese serve up some home cooking and tell The Greatest Story Ever Told that happened right up the street not long ago. Easily prepared and presented, this funny and touching 20-minute reproducible musical can be performed by large and small children’s choirs alike. Listening CDs are available for efficient rehearsals, along with an accompaniment track CD for performance.
Classic hymns are given an artful touch from veteran Benjamin Harlan with new collection, HymnFest. Each arrangement can stand on its own, or worship choirs can perform the entire five arrangements (with optional narration to tie them together) as a 20-minute performance during a regular worship service. Optional suggestions are also included to create a full hour-long hymn service with additional anthem and hymn ideas. Included hymns are “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee,” “For the Beauty of the Earth,” “All Creatures of Our God and King,” “This Is My Father’s World,” and “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah.” This collection of arrangements may also be purchased with an accompanying listening CD for learning purposes.
Three carol arrangements from Mark Hayes are linked with brief spoken narratives to create Christmas Suite. This collection is recommended for a Christmas Eve service or anytime during the Christmas season when a full work isn’t desired. “Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella,” “Midnight Noel,” and “O Holy Night” are selections included in this suite of holiday music. There are a variety of ways choirs are able to perform this piece, with both accompaniment track CD and chamber orchestration parts available.
These new choral titles from Alfred Music are now available at music retail stores and at alfred.com.
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Mailing address: P.O. Box 10003 • Van Nuys, CA 91410-0003 • Street address: 16320 Roscoe Blvd., Suite 100 • Van Nuys, CA 91406 • Phone: 818.891.5999 • Fax: 818.891.2639 • Web: alfred.com
CONTACT: Danielle Braus - Manager, Public Relations & Social MediaP: 818-891-5999 ext. 241 / F: 818-895-5301 / [email protected] / alfred.com
Alfred Music Releases
Complete Edition of Award-Winning Ukulele Method
Los Angeles, CA—July 2014Musicians who wish to learn the ukulele need to look no further than Alfred Music’s Complete Ukulele Method: Complete Edition. This book and CD pack combines three books into one complete volume to provide everything an aspiring ukulele player needs to begin strumming, and eventually master, their ukulele with confidence.
Each section of Complete Ukulele Method: Complete Edition is also available as an individual book with DVDs that feature six-time Grammy award-winner Daniel Ho. The first section is perfect for beginning players, as well as more seasoned players who wish to enhance their knowledge. Beginning Ukulele teaches everything to get started on the instrument with easy-to-follow lessons on chords, strumming, picking basic music theory, and reading tablature (TAB) and standard music notation. Intermediate Ukulele takes users to the next level with detailed lessons on new grooves, the blues, melody and chord-melody playing, and jazz. The power-packed conclusion, Mastering Ukulele, teaches how to arrange chord-melody solos using the entire ukulele fretboard, among many other advanced topics. It instructs the technique of triple strums, bursts, split strums, and fan strokes. Each section/book features fun songs in a variety of styles, including rock, blues, Hawaiian, and fiddle tunes.
Mastering Ukulele won the “Best in Show” award at the 2014 NAMM Show. “This is a wonderful, advanced method book that we should be bundling into our ukulele sales,” said Gayle Beacock, co-owner of Beacock Music and Education Center in her “Best in Show” nomination. The Complete Ukulele Method: Complete Edition joins an impressive number of best-selling ukulele products already available from Alfred Music, including It’s Ukulele Time, The Ukulele Chord Encyclopedia, Alfred’s Ukulele Chord Chart, Alfred’s Basic Ukulele Method, Alfred’s Kid’s Ukulele Course, Alfred’s Mini Music Guides: Ukulele Chord Dictionary, Alfred’s Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele Starter Pack, and the Daniel Ho ‘Ukulele Complete Starter Pack. The Complete Ukulele Method: Complete Edition is now available at music retail stores and at alfred.com.
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Mailing address: P.O. Box 10003 • Van Nuys, CA 91410-0003 • Street address: 16320 Roscoe Blvd., Suite 100 • Van Nuys, CA 91406 • Phone: 818.891.5999 • Fax: 818.891.2639 • Web: alfred.com
CONTACT: Danielle Braus - Manager, Public Relations & Social MediaP: 818-891-5999 ext. 241 / F: 818-895-5301 / [email protected] / alfred.com
CONTACT: Danielle Braus - Manager, Public Relations & Social MediaP: 818-891-5999 ext. 241 / F: 818-895-5301 / [email protected] / alfred.com
Alfred Music Announces
The Release of Women’s Road to Rock Guitar
Los Angeles, CA—July 2014Alfred Music encourages women to express themselves by learning how to play lead and rhythm guitar with the new method Women’s Road to Rock Guitar. Written by successful rock guitar performer and educator Nikki O’Neill, Women’s Road to Rock Guitar is a groundbreaking, thorough method for women who want to rock. For beginning to intermediate guitarists, Women’s Road to Rock Guitar covers song structure, how to write a chord chart, guitar care, using pedal effects, and playing songs by ear. This method teaches power chords, open chords, barre chords, rock chord progressions, and how to strum them in chord progressions and songs—all with written examples in TAB notation. Topics for rock lead guitar playing include hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends, slides, tapping, the whammy bar, and harmonics. O’Neill provides in-depth and easy-to-understand explanations, as well as an accompanying audio CD with examples of key concepts that allow users to play along with jam tracks.
A unique feature of this method is the numerous interviews with famous female rock guitarists. They keep readers inspired as they learn to master the guitar. Tips on how to practice and work with other musicians will help readers prepare for the lifetime of guitar playing.
Women’s Road to Rock Guitar is now available for $19.99 at music retail stores and at alfred.com.
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Mailing address: P.O. Box 10003 • Van Nuys, CA 91410-0003 • Street address: 16320 Roscoe Blvd., Suite 100 • Van Nuys, CA 91406 • Phone: 818.891.5999 • Fax: 818.891.2639 • Web: alfred.com
CONTACT: Danielle Braus - Manager, Public Relations & Social MediaP: 818-891-5999 ext. 241 / F: 818-895-5301 / [email protected] / alfred.com
Alfred Music Adds
Three New Titles to the Successful Teach Yourself Series
Los Angeles, CA—July 2014 Alfred Music, the worldwide leader in educational music publishing, proudly announces three new additions to their widely successful Teach Yourself series. All three titles feature a book, CD, and DVD so users can be their own teacher. Teach Yourself series is designed to open up a new world of musical knowledge to beginners of all ages, even those with no prior experience.
Alfred’s Teach Yourself to Play Classical Guitar begins with the fundamentals of the classical guitar. Users start by learning the parts of the guitar, how to hold, tune, and care for their instrument, and reading standard music notation and TAB. Then, users will move on to playing new notes, scales, and essential classical guitar pieces. Important techniques covered include free and rest strokes, right- and left-hand position, proper sitting position, efficient finger movement, and more. Upon completion of the book, users will be able to read music and play famous guitar repertoire pieces by some of the greatest classical masters, including J. S. Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, and Scott Joplin. The accompanying DVD and CD feature internationally renowned classical guitarist and educator Martha Masters.
The best-selling Alfred’s Teach Yourself to Play Mandolin is now available with accompanying DVD and CD. This book, CD, and DVD package will teach users about the history of the mandolin, its unique parts, tuning the mandolin, how to play with a pick, and reading standard musical notation. Notes, scales, and songs are introduced lesson-by-lesson to gradually increase the users’ mastery of the instrument. The book teaches important mandolin techniques like tremolo, cross picking, and more. The book also features a chord dictionary and a library of accompaniment strums. When users finish the book, they will be able to play popular songs, read music, and play with a musical group in many different styles—including folk, blues, country, and pop. The DVD and CD features author and educator Greg Horne.
Alfred’s Teach Yourself to Play Banjo teaches users how to play 5-string banjo even if they’ve never held the instrument before. It starts with fundamentals, such as the history of the banjo, its components, how to hold tune and care for the instrument, and how to read standard musical notation. Users next learn how to play different chords, strums, and songs, plus important banjo techniques such as the hammer-on, pull-off, and more. Included are fingering charts and a dictionary of chords in G and C tunings. Upon completion, users will be able to play popular songs on the banjo, read music, play more than a dozen different strums, and perform with a musical group. This best-selling book is now available with a DVD and CD that features renowned educator Scott Linford.
All three books include both a DVD and CD at one low price. The DVDs feature video lessons and performances of the examples in each book, and include Alfred Music’s TNT 2 Custom Mix software that lets users adjust the tempo and isolate parts. The CDs feature audio performances of the exercises and songs from the book.
These Teach Yourself book, DVD, and CD packages are now available for $19.99 each at music retail stores and at alfred.com. To download high resolution images of these products, please click below: www.alfred.com/img/images/public%20relations/pr/primages/201405/00-14097_Teach_Yourself_Mandolin.tif www.alfred.com/img/images/public%20relations/pr/primages/201405/00-14884_Teach_Yourself_Banjo.tif
Mailing address: P.O. Box 10003 • Van Nuys, CA 91410-0003 • Street address: 16320 Roscoe Blvd., Suite 100 • Van Nuys, CA 91406 • Phone: 818.891.5999 • Fax: 818.891.2639 • Web: alfred.com
CONTACT: Danielle Braus - Manager, Public Relations & Social MediaP: 818-891-5999 ext. 241 / F: 818-895-5301 / [email protected] / alfred.com
CONTACT: Danielle Braus - Manager, Public Relations & Social MediaP: 818-891-5999 ext. 241 / F: 818-895-5301 / [email protected] / alfred.com
Alfred Music Expands
Premier Piano Course with All-New Supplemental Materials
Los Angeles, CA—July 2014 The world leader in educational music publishing releases additions to Premier Piano Course with new supplementary titles. Premier Piano Course Notespeller 1A and 1B, as well as Premier Piano Course Sight Reading 1A and 1B, are additional materials to be used in conjunction with the corresponding Premier Piano Course Lesson Books.
The Premier Piano Course Notespeller 1A and 1B reinforce note-reading concepts presented in their corresponding Lesson Books through written exercises. Note and interval identification exercises are presented to provide systematic reinforcement to help the student read and write notes on the staff. QR codes are included and link directly to Premier Online Assistant videos that further support and increase understanding of key concepts.
Sight reading skills are developed through activities that reinforce reading concepts and musicality in Premier Piano Course Sight Reading 1A and 1B. There are 14 units in each book to correlate with the corresponding lesson books. Each unit contains five activities that emphasize note reading, playing without stopping, and playing expressively. New Premier Piano Course titles are now available for $6.99 in music retail stores and at alfred.com.
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Mailing address: P.O. Box 10003 • Van Nuys, CA 91410-0003 • Street address: 16320 Roscoe Blvd., Suite 100 • Van Nuys, CA 91406 • Phone: 818.891.5999 • Fax: 818.891.2639 • Web: alfred.com
CONTACT: Danielle Braus - Manager, Public Relations & Social MediaP: 818-891-5999 ext. 241 / F: 818-895-5301 / [email protected] / alfred.com
Alfred Music Releases
New Titles from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug for Piano
Los Angeles, CA — July 2014With The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, audiences worldwide were transported back to Middle-earth for more thrills and adventures. Alfred Music is proud to release companion folios to the iconic film franchise The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. These songbooks, arranged for Piano/Vocal/Guitar, Easy Piano, and Big Note, are the officially licensed sheet music collection with each souvenir folio featuring an array of colorful photos from the film. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug for Piano/Vocal/Guitar features 19 piano arrangements of Howard Shore’s masterful score. Pianists will have both classic and new themes from the epic journey at their fingertips as they play. Songs include “The Quest for Erebor,” “Erebor,” “Bree,” “Beorn,” “A Necromancer,” “Woodland Realm,” “Feast of Starlight,” “Bard,” “A Man of Lake-town,” “Thrice Welcome,” “Bard and Family,” “Lake-town,” “Girion,” “Lord of Dale,” “Girion and Bard,” “Lake-town Bard,” “House of Durin,” “Smaug,” “I See Fire,” “Tauriel and Kili,” and “Beyond the Forest.”
Alfred Music has additional editions that contain simplified versions of favorite pieces. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug for Big Note Piano includes 14 arrangements perfect for late elementary piano players. For intermediate to late intermediate pianists, Alfred Music has created The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug for Easy Piano, which includes 12 song arrangements from the film.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug for Vocal/Piano/Guitar, Easy Piano, and Big Note Piano are now available at music retail stores and at alfred.com.
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Alfred Music Releases New Titles from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug for Piano
Los Angeles, CA — July 2014With The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, audiences worldwide were transported back to Middle-earth for more thrills and adventures. Alfred Music is proud to release companion folios to the iconic film franchise The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. These songbooks, arranged for Piano/Vocal/Guitar, Easy Piano, and Big Note, are the officially licensed sheet music collection with each souvenir folio featuring an array of colorful photos from the film. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug for Piano/Vocal/Guitar features 19 piano arrangements of Howard Shore’s masterful score. Pianists will have both classic and new themes from the epic journey at their fingertips as they play. Songs include “The Quest for Erebor,” “Erebor,” “Bree,” “Beorn,” “A Necromancer,” “Woodland Realm,” “Feast of Starlight,” “Bard,” “A Man of Lake-town,” “Thrice Welcome,” “Bard and Family,” “Lake-town,” “Girion,” “Lord of Dale,” “Girion and Bard,” “Lake-town Bard,” “House of Durin,” “Smaug,” “I See Fire,” “Tauriel and Kili,” and “Beyond the Forest.”
Alfred Music has additional editions that contain simplified versions of favorite pieces. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug for Big Note Piano includes 14 arrangements perfect for late elementary piano players. For intermediate to late intermediate pianists, Alfred Music has created The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug for Easy Piano, which includes 12 song arrangements from the film.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug for Vocal/Piano/Guitar, Easy Piano, and Big Note Piano are now available at music retail stores and at alfred.com.
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ABOUT ALFRED MUSIC Alfred Music is the world’s largest educational music publisher. Alfred Music produces educational, reference, pop, and performance materials for teachers, students, professionals, and hobbyists spanning every musical instrument, style, and difficulty level. Alfred Music’s home office is located in Los Angeles, with domestic offices in Miami, Nashville, and New York, as well as offices around the world, including Australia, Germany, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.
Since 1922, Alfred Music has been dedicated to helping people learn, teach, and play music. Alfred Music currently has over 150,000 active titles. Alfred Music represents a wide range of well-known publications—from methods like Alfred’s Basic Guitar, Alfred’s Basic Piano Library, Premier Piano Course, Sound Innovations, and Suzuki, to artists like Bruce Springsteen, Bruno Mars, Cole Port, fun., George and Ira Gershwin, John Lennon, Katy Perry, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, and The Who, to brands like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, The Wizard of Oz, Rolling Stone magazine, and Billboard.
Alfred Music owns a wide range of imprints, including Belwin, Highland/Etling, Kalmus, and Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. In addition to its own titles, Alfred Music distributes products from over 50 companies, including Daisy Rock Girl Guitars, Dover Publications, Drum Channel, Faber Music, MakeMusic, Inc., Penguin, and WEA.
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CONTACT: Danielle BrausManager, Public Relations & Social Media P: 818-891-5999 ext. 241 F: 818-895-5301 [email protected]
Mailing address: P.O. Box 10003 • Van Nuys, CA 91410-0003 • Street address: 16320 Roscoe Blvd., Suite 100 • Van Nuys, CA 91406 • Phone: 818.891.5999 • Fax: 818.891.2639 • Web: alfred.com
CONTACT: Danielle Braus - Manager, Public Relations & Social MediaP: 818-891-5999 ext. 241 / F: 818-895-5301 / [email protected] / alfred.com
CONTACT: Danielle Braus - Manager, Public Relations & Social MediaP: 818-891-5999 ext. 241 / F: 818-895-5301 / [email protected] / alfred.com
Alfred Music Releases
New Percussion Classroom Resources
Los Angeles, CA—July 2014As the world leader in educational print music products, Alfred Music announces the release and distribution of new percussion classroom resources.
About Time! is the book and CD package offering energetic rhythmic routines that provide active learning for grades 1–6. 18 familiar classroom songs are presented with notated rhythmic patterns and kinesthetic stick routines: tap them on knees, click them together, cross with a neighbor, and more. The simple rhythms can be learned by rote or read off of the reproducible student pages. About Time! provides concise background information on the history and culture of each piece, making it easy for teachers to lead discussion.
The Bucket Book: A Junkyard Percussion Manual is the inventive program for teachers searching for a way to help students discover the joy of creating music and the fun of using homemade or found instruments to do so. With this book, students will gain rhythm skills and learn percussion techniques using easy-to-teach lessons that do not require teachers to have a percussion background. This reproducible book includes a data CD for projection and enhanced classroom learning. Detailed information, photos, and resources are provided to acquaint educators with percussion vocabulary and techniques. Engaging activities help students explore different timbres and search for the next great sound or rhythm they can produce with their instruments.
About Time and The Bucket Book: A Junkyard Percussion Manual are now available for $29.99 each at music retail stores and at alfred.com.
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Mailing address: P.O. Box 10003 • Van Nuys, CA 91410-0003 • Street address: 16320 Roscoe Blvd., Suite 100 • Van Nuys, CA 91406 • Phone: 818.891.5999 • Fax: 818.891.2639 • Web: alfred.com
CONTACT: Danielle Braus - Manager, Public Relations & Social MediaP: 818-891-5999 ext. 241 / F: 818-895-5301 / [email protected] / alfred.com
Alfred Music Expands
Popular Giant Book Series
Los Angeles, CA—July 2014Alfred Music announces seven new compilations arranged for easy piano with the release of The Giant Book of Christian Sheet Music, The Giant Book of Classic Rock Sheet Music, The Giant Book of Country Sheet Music, The Giant Book of Pop & Rock Sheet Music, The Giant Book of Movie & TV Sheet Music, The Giant Book of Broadway Sheet Music, and The Giant Book of Standards Sheet Music. Each arrangement features piano parts that accurately reflect each song’s original recording. Lyrics, vocal lines, and basic chord symbols are provided, along with helpful finger markings.
Arranged by prolific Christian music arranger Carol Tornquist, The Giant Book of Christian Sheet Music features the most popular praise, worship, and gospel songs of today. This collection includes 33 songs, such as “10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord),” “Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone),” “I Will Rise,” “One Thing Remains,” and “Your Love Never Fails.”
The Giant Book of Classic Rock Sheet Music is a collection of the most memorable hits of the 1960s, ‘70s, and early ‘80s. Classic rock fans will enjoy more than 40 songs made famous by legendary artists like The Beatles, David Bowie, Journey, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Rush, The Who, and more.
The easy piano collection, The Giant Book of Country Sheet Music, features the most popular country songs of yesterday and today. It includes famous songs in a variety of styles, from ballads to up-tempo pieces. Forty-two songs are included in this collection, including “Amazed,” “Before He Cheats,” “Live Like You Were Dying,” “My Heart Can’t Tell You No,” and “White Horse.”
The Giant Book of Pop & Rock Sheet Music is a collection of easy piano sheet music arrangements of 40 famous songs that vary in style, including melodic ballads and up-tempo pop and rock songs. Users are able to play and sing the songs made popular by Adele, Josh Groban, Michael Jackson, Journey, Alicia Keys, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, Carrie Underwood, and many others. Titles include “Because of You,” “Bittersweet Symphony,” “Falling Slowly,” “Firework,” “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” “Just the Way You Are (Amazing),” “You Raise Me Up,” and more.
Mailing address: P.O. Box 10003 • Van Nuys, CA 91410-0003 • Street address: 16320 Roscoe Blvd., Suite 100 • Van Nuys, CA 91406 • Phone: 818.891.5999 • Fax: 818.891.2639 • Web: alfred.com
CONTACT: Danielle Braus - Manager, Public Relations & Social MediaP: 818-891-5999 ext. 241 / F: 818-895-5301 / [email protected] / alfred.com
CONTACT: Danielle Braus - Manager, Public Relations & Social MediaP: 818-891-5999 ext. 241 / F: 818-895-5301 / [email protected] / alfred.com
More than 75 years of entertainment history are celebrated in The Giant Book of Movie & TV Sheet Music. This volume, arranged by Dan Coates, contains dozens of movie and TV themes by some of Hollywood’s greatest composers and songwriters. Music from films such as Armageddon, Batman Begins, the Harry Potter series, and Lord of the Rings trilogy are included in this book. Music from the silver screen is also represented, with titles from television classics such as Anne of Green Gables, The Big Bang Theory, Downton Abbey, and Gilligan’s Island.
Fans of show tunes will enjoy hours of entertainment performing selections from the 1920s to today with The Giant Book of Broadway Sheet Music. Dan Coates’ arrangements of Broadway classics capture the essence of the original scores in easy piano renditions that are great for solo performances or sing-alongs. Songs from musicals such as Chicago, Rock of Ages, Hair, Mamma Mia!, Once, Catch Me If You Can, Singing’ in the Rain, Grease, Book of Mormon, and Pippin are included, plus many more!
The Giant Book of Standards Sheet Music provides easy arrangements of favorite songs from the golden years of 20th century pop and jazz. The traditional pieces in this collection belong in every musician’s repertoire. Eighty-three songs are included in this collection, such as “At Last,” “The Best Is Yet to Come,” “Dream a Little Dream of Me,” “Fly Me to the Moon,” “Misty,” “Over the Rainbow,” and “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me.” New releases in The Giant Book series are now available for $19.99 each at music retail stores and at alfred.com. To download high resolution images of these products, please click below: www.alfred.com/img/images/public%20relations/pr/primages/201405/00-42391_Giant_Book_Christian.tif www.alfred.com/img/images/public%20relations/pr/primages/201405/00-42369_Giant_Book_Classic_Rock.tif www.alfred.com/img/images/public%20relations/pr/primages/201405/00-42370_Giant_Book_Country.tif www.alfred.com/img/images/public%20relations/pr/primages/201405/00-42387_Giant_Book_Pop_&_Rock.tif www.alfred.com/img/images/public%20relations/pr/primages/201405/00-42371_Giant_Book_Movie_&_TV.tif www.alfred.com/img/images/public%20relations/pr/primages/201405/00-42388_Giant_Book_Standards.tif
Mailing address: P.O. Box 10003 • Van Nuys, CA 91410-0003 • Street address: 16320 Roscoe Blvd., Suite 100 • Van Nuys, CA 91406 • Phone: 818.891.5999 • Fax: 818.891.2639 • Web: alfred.com
CONTACT: Danielle Braus - Manager, Public Relations & Social MediaP: 818-891-5999 ext. 241 / F: 818-895-5301 / [email protected] / alfred.com
Alfred Music Announces
New Vocal Songbooks
Los Angeles, CA—May 2014Alfred Music adds to its extensive catalog of vocal music with the release of new songbooks for voice, including Contemporary Art Songs for Women and Folk Songs for Solo Singers, Vol. 2 for high voices.
Contemporary Art Songs for Women features texts by female poets and offers 10 exquisite settings for female voices of any age, including “I Am the Wind,” “What Do the Stars Do?,” “Will There Really Be a Morning?,” and seven additional songs for high and low voice. This collection of songs for the female voice is equally appropriate for the mature recital singer, as well as the developing voice. Folk Songs for Solo Singers, Vol. 2 is the newest edition of the popular vocal collection from Alfred Music. This volume of best-loved folk songs for solo voice and piano contains 14 memorable works arranged by three of Alfred Music’s top writers: Jay Althouse, Mark Hayes, and Ruth Elaine Schram. “He’s Gone Away,” “Shenandoah,” “Simple Gifts,” “The Water Is Wide,” plus 10 additional songs make up this collection for high voice. New vocal titles from Alfred Music are now available at music retail stores and at alfred.com. To download high resolution images of these products, please click below: www.alfred.com/img/images/public%20relations/pr/primages/201405/00-41749_Contemporary_Art_Songs_Women.tif www.alfred.com/img/images/public%20relations/pr/primages/201405/00-41547_Folk_Songs.tif
Mailing address: P.O. Box 10003 • Van Nuys, CA 91410-0003 • Street address: 16320 Roscoe Blvd., Suite 100 • Van Nuys, CA 91406 • Phone: 818.891.5999 • Fax: 818.891.2639 • Web: alfred.com
CONTACT: Danielle Braus - Manager, Public Relations & Social MediaP: 818-891-5999 ext. 241 / F: 818-895-5301 / [email protected] / alfred.com
CONTACT: Danielle Braus - Manager, Public Relations & Social MediaP: 818-891-5999 ext. 241 / F: 818-895-5301 / [email protected] / alfred.com
Alfred Music Announces
Play-Along Series Expansion
Los Angeles, CA—July 2014The world leader in educational music publishing adds Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band Play-Along Series, Volume 2 to the popular Play-Along series. Each product features a book and DVD, with actual charts from Gordon Goodwin’s recent CDs. Teaching the art of ensemble playing, Volume 2 provides information about style, phrasing, tone, dynamics, technique, articulation, playing in time, and improvisation. The charts include swing tempos from medium to very fast, and funk and Latin grooves. Each book in the series comes with an accompanying DVD-ROM with TNT 2 Custom Mix software that lets users listen to and play along with the exceptional musicians that make up the Big Phat Band.
There are five book and DVD packages available in Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band Play-Along Series, Volume 2. These include books for Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, and Drums. In addition to the interactive TNT 2 Custom Mix software DVD, each book contains solo sections, with chord changes for horns, and transcriptions of recorded solos by the Big Phat Band’s lead players.
Each Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band Play-Along Series, Volume 2 book and DVD package is available for $24.99 at music retail stores and at alfred.com.
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