Cool Off with Alfred's Hot Summer Workshops!

Attend motivational keynote sessions as well as reading sessions and practical workshops on topics such as pedagogy, conducting, composing, arranging, and advocacy. Workshops by Peter Boonshaft, Bob Phillips, Robert Sheldon, and more.

Click HERE for more information on these events!

Sound Innovations for String Orchestra Book 2 Now Available!

Book 2 continues your student's musical journey with segmented presentation of new concepts and introducing ensemble playing. The book contains four levels, each of which are divided into several sections that introduce concepts separately and provide plenty of practice and performance opportunities to reinforce each lesson...more.

Click HERE to download your free Preview copy!

Student Book, CD & DVD...$8.99
Conductor's Score...$44.99

New Orchestra Music for Your 2011-2012 School Year!

Don't miss the awesome new music in our 2011-2012 String Promotional Catalogs! Click HERE to view the 2011-2012 Belwin String Catalog and click HERE to view the 2011-2012 Highland/Etling String Catalog.

Summertime and the Practicin' is...
William Dick
Alfred Author

All of us teachers wish our students would practice during the summer, and indeed many students start the vacation with plans for major practice and technical advancement. Often however, the work only lasts a few weeks, if started at all. Here is a description of a practice project that a colleague and I are doing with his high school string players this summer. Perhaps it will spur ideas for you and your students.

James Edwards is the director at Westlake High School in Austin, Texas. His orchestra has been chosen as the Honor Orchestra for Texas, performed at the Midwest Clinic in 2009, and is one of the student groups featured on the Live from Lincoln Center website...

Mastery for Strings
By William Dick and Laurie Scott

Learning Together
By Laurie Scott, Winifred Crock, and William Dick

Mastery for Strings develops high levels of proficiency in string players in both classroom and private studio settings.

Level 1 Book (00-28062)...$15.95
Level 2 Book (00-28931)...$15.95

Use the repertoire in Learning Together to establish solo technique, introduce ensemble skills, develop aural skills, and serve as a foundation for learning to read music.
Student Book & CD...$12.99