500+ Non-jazz Games for Performers, Educators, and Everyone Else by Jeffrey Agrell, who teachers horn, coaches chamber music, and performs in the Iowa Brass Quintet.
Improvisation Games for Classical Musicians by Jeffrey Agrell is an amazing contribution to both the education and enjoyment of all who are interested in musical performances of any kind. The design, the content, and especially the manner in which Jeffrey has presented his wildly creative materials is brilliant. Add to that the fact that what this book addresses is the most neglected and perhaps the most important aspect of classical musical growth.
Doublas Hill, Prof. of Music, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Open the door to improvisation with these non-threatening games and have fun with this challenge. This amazing and totally usable book of games could serve as classroom exercises and improve listening, dialogue, higher thinking skills, as well as basic musicianship, technical skills, and stylistic understanding.. Though targeted to the classical musician, they are much broader in scope. Agrill has also included suggestions for a semester course and has given specific use information for different genres, i.e. instrumentalist teachers, professional musicians, music students, general Music teachers, band and orchestra, choirs and singers, chamber music ensembles, therapists, pianists, percussionist, theory and composition, jazz musicians, and everybody else!
Organized in 4 main sections: Introduction; the Who, Why & How of Improvisation; Improvisation Games; Resources; Game Indices.
A massive master resource, 354 pp. Spiral Paperback
