Growing Your Musician: A Practical Guide for Band and Orchestra Parents [Paperback]

Parents will find [Growing Your Musician] comprehensive, informative, and reassuring in supporting their child's instrumental music endeavors.A helpful guide for parents who want to be hands-on in their support of the young music student.A practical and down-to-earth guide to the challenges and pitfalls of shepherding your child through selecting and practicing an instrument.Real self-help music book for parentsa true blueprint of how to engage your child in a lifetime of music.This how-to guide is the perfect embodiment of a primer for parents at the beginning of their child's instrumental career.This is a terrific, much-needed book packed with valuable advice and helpful anecdotes benefiting parents and their music-learning children....this manual provides advice of great practicality within a comprehensive approach for nurturing young musicians of all ages.This user-friendly guide covers a variety of issues such as choosing the right instrument, how to set practice guidelines, how parents can talk about music with their children, and ways to inspire children and enhance their creativity and confidence. Includes a list of frequently asked questions, a handy guide to musical terms, and lots of tables and charts throughout for easy reference.All teachers need this book on their desks to help parents develop their budding musicians! This user-friendly guide covers a variety of issues such as choosing the right instrument, how to set practice guidelines, how parents can talk about music with their children, and ways to inspire children and enhance their creativity and confidence. Includes a list of frequently asked questions, a handy guide to musical terms, and lots of tables and charts throughout for easy reference. See new edition: Growing Your Musician: A Practical Guide for Band and Orchestra Parents, Second EditionTony Bancroft began his instrumental music career at age 11, playing tuba in middle school band. He continued to pursue his love of music into adull)