Teaching Music with Passion : Conducting, Rehearsing and Inspiring

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Summary: Wonderful/Helpful Teaching Tool
Review: I am lucky enough to have Dr. Boonshaft as a professor. He is an amazing man, teacher, and role model. I believe his stories to be true, only because I get to experience new ones during every class with him. This book is wonderful for any music teacher/music education major. It's not meant to be "Classical Music for Dummies." It is meant to help future teachers through the personal experience of one of the most talented teachers in America. It is definitely worth the read.

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Summary: If you can do what this man teachs--wow!
Review: I just returned from a concert conducted by Peter Boonshaft. It was an all-county band concert (high-school aged musicians chosen for participation through an audition process) where roughly 125 students meet and work with a guest conductor for three days then present four or five pieces in-concert. (Henrico County, VA)

Wow. I have seen plenty of student concerts in the years my son has participated in our county's first-class music program, but, from the moment Boonshaft raised his baton, I knew I was witnessing something extraordinary.

If this book helps you communicate ten percent as effectively as Dr. Boonshaft communicated with these students and this audience, it is well worth twice the price. The students were truly, truly inspired and the audience was simply spellbound. Three standing ovations later, I realized I had witnessed a rare professional who is so confident about what he does that he transends self and is able to help those around him to experience his passion themselves--amazing.

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Summary: Every Music Teacher NEEDS to read this
Review: Teaching music with passion was the just the pick-me up I needed. If you're even considering this book, chances are you're a music educator that is spread a bit to thin but loves their "kids" (even when you don't always like them..)After reading this book I have vowed to read it every March, when june seems oh so far away and april vacation is but a distant memory. Teaching music with passion is filled with awesome practical information some of which served as a great refresher course and some that inspired me to try new things with my high school band. It's also filled with countless anticdotes that entertain but most importantly tell a story that is likely to remind you how much you love teaching and why you chose this profession in the first place.

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Summary: Every Music Teacher NEEDS to read this
Review: Teaching music with passion was the just the pick-me up I needed. If you're even considering this book, chances are you're a music educator that is spread a bit to thin but loves their "kids" (even when you don't always like them..)After reading this book I have vowed to read it every March, when june seems oh so far away and april vacation is but a distant memory. Teaching music with passion is filled with awesome practical information some of which served as a great refresher course and some that inspired me to try new things with my high school band. It's also filled with countless anticdotes that entertain but most importantly tell a story that is likely to remind you how much you love teaching and why you chose this profession in the first place.

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Summary: The Book I Always Wanted.
Review: This is a great book! I was told to buy it by three friends who are choir directors. They said it was a really great book. They were right!! It is so well written, and the ideas presented worked so well when I tried them in rehearsals. My students saw a difference almost immediately. The best thing about the book is that it is positive. I feel better about teaching, and am a better teacher every time I read a part of the book. My friends were right, this is a great book. Every music teacher should read it!

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Summary: Great Book!
Review: This is a great book! I was told to buy it by three friends who are choir directors. They said it was a really great book. They were right!! It is so well written, and the ideas presented worked so well when I tried them in rehearsals. My students saw a difference almost immediately. The best thing about the book is that it is positive. I feel better about teaching, and am a better teacher every time I read a part of the book. My friends were right, this is a great book. Every music teacher should read it!

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Summary: Excellent Text!
Review: This is an excellent book. It is wisely and engagingly written by a master musician and has the advantage of the author's years of experience as a director of bands. I highly recommend TEACHING MUSIC WITH PASSION. This is an excellent, engaging, often humorous, text and should be in EVERY serious band director's library.

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Summary: The Book I Always Wanted.
Review: This is the book I always wanted to find. I have taught music for years and this is a book that blends inspiration with ideas to try. I love this book. I wish I had it when I first started teaching, but I am so glad I have it now. Read it and you will never forget it! It is simply a perfect book.