Berklee Press, the publishing arm of the renowned Berklee College of Music, has announced a variety of new titles just in time for NAMM:
Jazz Is Elementary by Darla S. Hanley and Allison P. Kipp is an innovative new title for elementary educators that provides a collection of 60 jazz-based teaching strategies to foster music making, creative movement, and improvisation in K-5 classrooms. Designed with music teachers, parents/caregivers, traditional school, home-school, and arts-based community organizations in mind, the strategies in this book can be used to engage children and prompt their creative and original expressions. Strategies include singing, instrument play, body percussion, games, chants, and dances that support both individual and group assessment. Jazz Is Elementary includes online resources including video lessons and downloadable teaching materials and retails for $24.99.
Modern Jazz Theory and Practice: The Post-Bop Era is written by Steve Rochinski, professor emeritus of harmony and jazz composition at Berklee College of Music. This book will help musicians learn to use and understand advanced jazz harmony by revealing the post-bop jazz innovations established by such iconic jazz artists as John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Clare Fischer, Herbie Hancock, and Chick Corea, as taught at Berklee College of Music. The book includes access to online audio demonstrations to assist with the concepts presented. Modern Jazz Theory and Practice retails for $24.99.
35 Jazz Arrangements for Solo Piano is a collection from Dick Odgren designed to give jazz piano students or hobbyists a great collection of tunes to play. Songs include: Cry Me a River, Darn That Dream, It Could Happen to You, Take the “A” Train, Up Jumped Spring, You Go to My Head, and many others. 35 Jazz Arrangements for Solo Piano retails for $19.99.
Contemporary Etudes for Harp: For Pedal and Lever Harpists is written by Felice Pomeranz, a performer, recording artist, teacher, and author. She is the professor of harp at Berklee where she founded the harp program in 2002. The book provides 24 performance-ready harp etudes from a variety of composers which include contemporary techniques suitable for players with intermediate to advanced capacity. The book includes access to online audio tracks and video examples and retails for $24.99.
Retailers interested in these or any other Berklee Press titles can contact the Hal Leonard E-Z Order Line at 1-800-554-0626 or sales@halleonard.com
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