Pathways to Artistry, A Method for Comprehensive Technical and Musical Development, Books 1 and 2.* Pathways to Artistry, A Method for Comprehensive Technical and Musical Development, Books 1 and 2, by Catherine Rollin. Alfred Publishing Alfred Publishing is a US sheet music publisher specializing in educational music. It is one of the largest US publishers, second only to Hal Leonard. It is the largest educational music publisher in the world. Co., Inc., 2009. www.alfred.com; (818) 899-5999; 24 and 32 pp. respectively. $6.95 and $7.95 respectively. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Pathways to Artistry Series is a conscientious and thorough effort to introduce young students to the rudiments of stylistic performance. The series consists of three levels of technique books and repertoire books of original compositions by Catherine Rollin. The new Masterworks books (currently for levels 1 and 2) feature "miniature master works" by classical composers including Bartok, Czerny, Diabelli, Gurlitt, Haydn, Kohler and Weber. These new books provide teachers and students repertoire that relates to and reinforces technical skills introduced in the Technique and Repertoire books of the same level. The Level I Pathways Series, Technique, Repertoire & Masterworks, introduces students to "the 12 Basic Technical Skills." Rollins efforts provide a template for any student to acquire a set of basic physical skills necessary for musically stylistic performance. Masterworks Book I includes pieces, primarily in five-finger positions, focusing on one or two clearly marked technical elements to polish, a music history timeline and a brief note about the composer. All this information is presented on an uncluttered page that invites the teacher and student to provide further personalized details of technique, form, harmony. Masterworks 2 features the same format as book I and includes works that reinforce the Technique Book 2 scale skills of thumb rolls, thumb and finger pivots, thumb-unders, and legato (Legato Systems, Inc., Mountain View, CA, www.legato.com) A leading provider of storage management and high-availability software founded in 1988 and acquired by EMC Corporation in 2003. Legato software, including Celestra data management (data mining, data migration, etc. arm; and technical skills of overlapping pedal, under-over wrist rolls, portato, wrist staccato, trill trill, in music, ornament consisting of the more or less rapid alternation of two adjacent notes. Indicated by any of several conventional symbols, it varies in speed and duration and in the manner of its beginning and ending according to context. and voicing. The Masterworks books fill a need for artistic information readily accessible to elementary pianists or older transfer students. I am not aware of another published series that codifies and reinforces a technical/physical vocabulary for young pianists so succinctly. The Pathways to Artistry Series would be a great asset to any college pedagogy class and for young teachers, providing a tremendous "starting point Noun 1. starting point - earliest limiting point terminus a quo commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, start, kickoff, first - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the " for discussion and personal style. It is an outstanding compendium of technical skills that allows more time for demonstration and aural aural /au·ral/ (aw´r'l) 1. auditory (1). 2. pertaining to an aura. au·ral 1 adj. Relating to or perceived by the ear. work in the lesson and requires less of the teacher's time in organizing.--Reviewed by Marjorie Lee, NCTM NCTM National Council of Teachers of Mathematics NCTM Nationally Certified Teacher of Music NCTM North Carolina Transportation Museum NCTM National Capital Trolley Museum NCTM Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage , Vienna, Virginia Vienna is a town in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 14,453 at the 2000 census and it has grown by about 3% since[1]. In July of 2005, CNN/Money and Money * The items marked with this symbol can be ordered via the MTNA MTNA Music Teachers National Association MTNA Middle Tennessee Nursery Association (McMinnville, Tennessee) website through our affiliation with Amazon.com. Go to www.mma.org and choose Member Services from the Membership option in the main menu bar for more information. |
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