The System Handbook

THE IDEAL RESOURCE FOR:
Marching Band Directors.
Drum Majors.
Marching Band section leaders.
College Marching Band course textbook.

PARTIAL LISTING OF CONTENTS:
Designing and charting drill.
Rehearsal procedures for marching and music.
Teaching marching fundamentals.
Organization and administration of the marching band.
Basic conducting skills.
Leadership and motivational concepts.
Field measurements and grid systems.

Author:
Gary E. Smith
Associate Director of Bands, Emeritus
University of Illinois,
Urbana - Champaign

Basic Conducting

A beginning conducting text for choral and instrumental student conductors. This is like a self-contained method book for learning to conduct with exercises, quizzes, and eighteen 2, 3, and 4 part choral arrangements. Whether you are teaching a class of 1, 20, or 100, this book will help students learn to conduct in a practical and systematic way by enhancing conducting technique and musicianship simultaneously.

Author:
David A. Waybright
Professor/Director of Bands/Conducting Area Head
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL