Music Books
Here are some recommendations from our membership of books that could be given to adult students wanting to read more about music study.
-The Art of Practicing: A Guide to Making Music from the Heart by Madeline Bruser
-The Performer Prepares by Robert Caldwell
-The Young Person's Guide to Playing the Piano by Sidney Harrison
-The Inner Game of Music by Barry Green and Timothy Gallwey
-A Soprano on Her Head: Right-Side-Up Reflections on Life and Other Performances by Eloise Ristad
-The Great Pianists by Harold Schonberg
-Just Being at the Piano by Mildred Portney Chase
-Effortless Mastery by Kenny Werner
-Indirect Procedures: A Musician's Guide to the Alexander Technique by Pedro de Alcantara
-What Every Musician Needs to Know About the Body: The Practical Application of Body Mapping to Making Music by Barbara Conable
-The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theory by Michael Miller. Comes with a CD, too.
Karen White
IMTF Chair
