Instrumental Music Director's Guide to Comprehensive Program Development

Michael J. Pagliaro, ScD, retired professor, founder and CEO Emeritus in Counsel of a musical instrument company, and Director of Research and Development for a music research laboratory, is certified by the State of New York as Teacher of Music, Secondary School Principal, Supervisor of Secondary Education, and by the City of New York as Teacher of Orchestral Music. An authority in musical instrument technology, Dr. Pagliaro invented four musical instrument products which are sold worldwide, is author of Everything You Should Know about Musical Instruments (Columbia Pacific University Press, 1992); The Violin: How It Works (Ardsley Press, 2002), The Flute: How It Works (Ardsley Press, 2003); The Violin Workbook (Ardsley Press, 2004) The Musical Instrument Desk Reference (Scarecrow Press, 2012); and The String Instrument Owner's Handbook (Rowman and Littlefield, 2014).

As a former superintendent of schools who was responsible for overseeing all that occurs within the district, I found that Dr. Pagliaro's book provided an extraordinarily comprehensive reference to guide both the instrumental music director and myself, a non-music major, toward the process of ensuring that a music program succeeds. This book covers all phases of preparing and implementing a program. It includes recruiting and counseling new students, developing individualized curricula, acquiring and maintaining the inventory, and some real life advice on the business of running a music program. This book is a must for all instrumental music directors and their supervisors.

• i - Introduction 1 - The Defined Instrument Selection Process2 - A Brief Overview of Testing for Musical Instrument Learners3 - The Informed Approach4 - The Common Core and The Constructivist Approach 5 - Supplementary String Lesson Material6 - Supplementary Woodwind Lesson Material7 - Supplementary Brass Lesson Material8 - Supplementary Percussion Lesson Material10 - The Measuring Process and Modified Easy-Start Instruments11 - The Dealer/Teacher Relationship12 - Buying Instruments for School Use13 - Buying String Instruments14 - Buying a Bow15 - Buying Brass Instruments16 - Buying Woodwind Instruments17 - Buying Percussion Instruments18 - Renting Instruments19 - String Instrument Care20 - Woodwind Instrument Care21 - Brass Instrument Care22 - Percussion Instrument Care23 - Conclusion