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Teaching Music through Performance in Band series, Vol. 1. (Eugene Corporon et al.) (GIA Publications.) (Focuses on "Piece of Mind")
Teaching Music through Performance in Band series, Vol. 2. (Eugene Corporon et al.) (GIA Publications.) (Focuses on "Dance of the New World")
Teaching Music through Performance in Band series, Vol. 2. (Eugene Corporon et al.) (GIA Publications.) (Focuses on "Shakata: Singing the World into Existence")
Teaching Music through Performance in Band series, Vol. 5. (Eugene Corporon et al.) (GIA Publications.) (Focuses on "Shortcut Home")
Teaching Music through Performance in Band series, Vol. 7. (Eugene Corporon et al.) (GIA Publications.) (Focuses on "Colorado Peaks")
Teaching Music through Performance in Band series, Upcoming Vol. (Eugene Corporon et al.)(GIA Publications.) (Focuses on "Day Dreams", including article by Stephen Peterson.)
Teaching Music through Performance in Band series, Upcoming Vol. (Eugene Corporon et al.) (GIA Publications.) (Focuses on "To set the darkness echoing....", including an article by Robert Taylor.)