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RESOURCES FOR MUSIC TEACHERS

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Music for young concert bands
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Improve rhythm and reading skills with your band.
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Worksheets correlated to popular band pieces by Larry Daehn and Pierre LaPlante.
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Handouts for your band classroom

WHAT'S NEW

​NEW BLOG - The Band Teacher's Bag of Tricks
Based on a highly successful presentation at the NJ State Conference, this blog will contain quick, practical tips for band teachers on everything from setup to teaching musical concepts.

SIGHT READING EXERCISES FOR BAND
Not enough time to sight read in band? Not any more! This book features hundreds of short, simple exercises to develop rhythm and reading skills. Each one takes less than 30 seconds! For beginner to intermediate students.

FAMILIAR TUNES FOR BAND
This method book features 25 well-known children's songs, each written in multiple keys. Use it to teach key signatures, compound meter, phrasing, reading skills, high and low registers, and more!

LEARNING GUIDES
A powerful teaching tool to improve your band's performance and enhance learning. Currently featuring A Song for Friends, and As Summer Was Just Beginning by Larry Daehn, and Pierre LaPlante's Prairie Songs and Minka's Sleigh Ride.

ABOUT DAN HALPERN

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Dan Halpern has been teaching music in New Jersey for over 18 years. He has taught students of all ages and grade levels. He received his BA and MA from Rutgers University and specializes in percussion. His articles on music education have been printed in journals throughout the United States. He has served as a guest lecturer at Rutgers University and presented numerous sessions at music education conferences along the east coast. Mr. Halpern has been awarded several grants for educational programs, three of which were to commission original works for band from world-renowned composer, Joseph Turrin. Two of those works have been featured in the series Teaching Music Through Performance in Band.
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