Grade By Grade Vol.4

Pédagogie

Contenu

Brahms: Sunday
Bernstein: Maria (from 'West Side Story')
Benjamin: Jamaican rumba
Purcell: Trumpet tune (from 'The Indian Queen')
Evans: Fifth gear
Keller: Air (from 'Sonata #2 for trumpet, strings and continuo')
Charpentier: Fanfare
Pogson: Molten rock
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto (1st movement)
Haydn: Canzonet
Lawrence: The Tarantella of the Toreador
Norton: Bright spark
Aural Awareness - Improvise!
Scale Spot: - F major
C major
Chromatic
Sight-Reading

Description :

The Grade By Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey and Hawkes catalogue of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall, Vera Gray and others.

Carefully selected by Janet Way, this practical anthology provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 3 saxophonist and creates the perfect package for teaching, exam preparation and performance.

Each volume contains:
19 pieces and short studies, each complemented by a useful practice and performance tip
grade-appropriate scales and arpeggios linked to the repertoire through bespoke text and exercises
brand new sight-reading activities
newly-commissioned aural awareness tasks
a piano accompaniment booklet
Packaged with a CD of full performance demonstrations, piano backing tracks, and grade-appropriate aural awareness resources.

Janet Way is an experienced performer and teacher. She is a tutor for the LRAM woodwind teaching course at the Royal Academy of Music, and has worked as a mentor and diploma examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. She is founder and director of the internationally-acclaimed Oxford Flute Summer School.