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Choir (Secular) Email Archive
January 9, 2012 Over 13 Reasons to Open This Alfred Email
December 12, 2011 Meet a GRAMMY winner-Christopher Tin, Plus Ideas for Winter/Spring Concerts
November 7, 2011 Top-Sellers, Plus Last Minute Holiday Ideas!
October 10, 2011 Composing as a Team, plus Holiday Choral Spotlight!
September 12, 2011 Teaching an Idol, New Releases, and Wintertime Favorites!
August 8, 2011 Hot New Pop Titles Plus Behind the Scenes of Alfred Pop Arrangements
July 11, 2011 New Additions to the Lawson-Gould Catalog
June 8, 2011 Peace, Patriotism, and Remembrance
May 2, 2011 Sneak Peek of the 2011-2012 School Choral New Releases!
April 11, 2011 Collaborating with Your Instrumental Department
March 14, 2011 Folk Songs, Spirituals, Spring, & Graduation Choices
February 14, 2011 Choral Medleys and More!
January 10, 2011 Music and Movement for Winter and Spring Concerts
December 13, 2010 New Jazz Chorals
November 8, 2010 Around the World with Multicultural Chorals
October 13, 2010 Alfred Composer Spotlight: Jay Althouse
September 13, 2010 Favorite Holiday Concert Themes from Alfred
August 9, 2010 Broadway Milestones from Porgy and Bess and The Fantasticks and Other Hot Pops!
July 12, 2010 Alfred Chorals: Words That Speak
June 14, 2010 Build Your Choir's Vocal Technique with these Marvelous Masterworks
May 10, 2010 View the New Choral Catalog
April 12, 2010 Favorites for 2010: Our Top-Selling General Choral Designs Titles
March 8, 2010 Remember My Song: Chorals Appropriate for the End of the Year
February 8, 2010 Marvelous New Choral Medleys!
January 11, 2010 New Alfred Chorals from the TV hit Glee!
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Classroom Email Archive
January 9, 2012 Kick Off a Musical New Year
December 8, 2011 New Recorder Express On-line Game
October 26, 2011 Artie Almeida Uses SmartMusic, Elementary Classroom Fun, & More
August 22, 2011 It's a Wrap! A Perfect Package of New Holiday Chorals
June 13, 2011 Looking Ahead to the Holidays with Alfred
May 23, 2011 Sneak Peek of the 2011-12 Elementary New Releases!
April 4, 2011 Reproducible Resources for the Elementary Classroom
March 7, 2011 Round and Round We Go!
February 7, 2011 Going Green! Celebrating Earth Day on April 22, 2011
January 5, 2011 Going Cuckoo! Teaching Morals Through Music
December 6, 2010 Favorite 2-Part Chorals and Movement Ideas for Winter and Spring Concerts
November 1, 2010 Let Alfred help you plan your Winter and Spring programs!
October 4, 2010 Alfred’s Favorite 2-Part Holiday Chorals and Props
September 6, 2010 Curtain Up! The Alfred Guide to Producing a Successful Children's Musical
August 2, 2010 2-Part Chorals with that Special Touch
July 7, 2010 Watch the Mail for Alfred's 2010 Classroom Promo
May 3, 2010 Grab a Partner and Sing! Terrific Partner Song Collections
April 5, 2010 Our Favorite Reproducible Classroom Resources
March 1, 2010 Top-Selling 2-Part Alfred General Chorals
February 1, 2010 Alfred's Curriculum-Based Musicals & Programs
January 4, 2010 Develop Creativity in Your Elementary Classroom!
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Concert Band Email Archive
January 17, 2012 Ideas for Beginning Composition Projects
December 19, 2011 Midwest & Festival Concert Band Pieces
November 17, 2011 Alfred Band & Orchestra on Facebook
November 8, 2011 Last Minute Holiday Treats!
October 13, 2011 Picks for Your Concert Band Holiday Concert
September 8, 2011 Suggestions for Your Upcoming Holiday Band Concerts
August 7, 2011 New Harry Potter and Instrumental Solo Collections for Concert Band
August 5, 2011 Check for Alfred's 2011 Instrumental Promotions in Your Mailbox
June 11, 2011 Advantages of Model Recordings & Suggestions for Commemorating 9/11
June 6, 2011 It's Time to Celebrate American Heritage!
May 2, 2011 Popular Music for Sight Reading
April 4, 2011 Improve Your Students’ Musicality for Festival and Spring Concerts
March 7, 2011 Tips and Techniques for Festival Preparation
February 7, 2011 Get to Know Your Composers
November 2, 2010 Last-Minute Music For Your Band's Benefit
October 4, 2010 Do You Know Your Copyright Dos and Donts?
September 6, 2010 How To Select Music for Your Concert Band
August 9, 2010 From the Marching Field to the Concert Band Stage: Alfred's Teaching Tips
June 7, 2010 Alfred Presents Patriotic and American Tunes for Your Summer Performances
May 3, 2010 Pop Titles for Your Concert Band Program!
April 5, 2010 Best-Selling Favorites from Belwin Concert Band!
March 1, 2010 Get Ready for Festival Season with Alfred and Belwin Band!
February 1, 2010 Meet New Alfred Concert Band Composers!
January 4, 2010 Introducing Sound Innovations, A Revolutionary New Method from Alfred
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Guitar & Bass Archive
January 24, 2012 Introducing A Revolutionary New Guitar Method
November 28, 2011 Super Mario Series, Record Deal in a Box, and More
October 25, 2011 Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, and The Big Gig
September 29, 2011 Ultimate Guitar Tone, Guitar World Expressway, and More
August 31, 2011 Ultimate Guitar Play-Alongs, Free Jimi Hendrix Lesson, and More
August 10, 2011 Guitar Teacher Newsletter - How to Create Good Habits, Free Lesson, and More
July 28, 2011 Best of Guitar World, Foo Fighters, Plus a Complimentary Download
June 28, 2011 Guitar World: Ultimate Guitar Giants of Rock - Led Zeppelin
May 23, 2011 Dimebag Darrell's Riffer Madness Plus New Releases
May 2, 2011 Green Day's New Live Album, Recording & Mixing Guitars, and More
March 31, 2011 Easy Play-Alongs, Radiohead, Kid's Ukulele, and More!
February 23, 2011 Guitar Teachers - New Technique Books For Students
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Jazz Email Archive
December 19, 2011 Celebrate 90 Years of Music at JEN and TI:ME with Alfred
October 18, 2011 Big Band Drumming, New Vocal Jazz Charts, & Sight-reading Lesson
August 22, 2011 The Real Story on Fake Books, Plus Holiday Hits with Audio Samples
August 5, 2011 Check for Alfred's 2011 Instrumental Promotions in Your Mailbox
June 20, 2011 Making Your Small Group Sound Their Best
April 30, 2011 The Art and Craft of Jazz Arranging and Composition
February 22, 2011 5 Tips and Tunes for Your Best Spring Concert Yet
December 20, 2010 Etudes: It's All About the Attitude
November 17, 2010 Learn to Improvise the Right Way
September 21, 2010 The Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker Suite Available for the First Time!
August 16, 2010 Tips and Music to Get Students Back in the "Swing" of Things
June 21, 2010 Focus On... Jazz Band Rhythm Section
May 20, 2010 Spice Up Your Jazz Ensemble with Latin Tunes!
April 19, 2010 Join Gordon Goodwin and the Big Phat Band at their Summer Camp
March 15, 2010 Free "Take The 'A' Train" Sample Play-Along and Improvisation Resources
February 15, 2010 Jazz at Lincoln Center Provides Resources for Every Jazz Program
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Marching Band Email Archive
October 24, 2011 Tips for Giving Your Attention to the Individual Student
September 20, 2011 Marching Band - Flexibility Is the Name of the Game
August 2, 2011 Strategies for Blocking Marching Band Drill & Some Show Suggestions
July 5, 2011 Gearing Up for Band Camp? Here Are Some Tips
June 13, 2011 Planning for Band Field Trips
May 9, 2011 7 Tips for Choosing Effective Arrangements
April 11, 2011 Plan for This Year's Marching Band Season — 2011-2012 New Releases Promotion Now Available!
March 14, 2011 Exciting New Halftime Shows and Student Evaluations
February 14, 2011 Get a Sneak Peak for What’s in Our 2011-2012 Catalog
October 11, 2010 Inside the Director's Mind: The Creation of a Field Show
September 13, 2010 Keep Your Marching Band on Top: From Pop to Classic Rock
July 12, 2010 Your Guide to Planning a Marching Band Field Trip
May 10, 2010 Inspire Your Marching Band With Music from Legends of Rock and Greek Mythology
March 8, 2010 Led Zeppelin Show Concepts for your Marching Band
January 11, 2010 Alfred Brings You Billboard Top 100 Hits for your Pep Band!
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Orchestra & Strings Email Archive
January 31, 2012 Selections Your Orchestra Will Love To Perform
January 2, 2012 Orchestra Selections & Sound Innovations: Sound Development
November 28, 2011 More New Festival Music, 2011 Midwest Clinic Titles and Bowing Tips
November 17, 2011 Alfred Band & Orchestra on Facebook
October 24, 2011 New Festival Music and Christmas Present Ideas
September 26, 2011 New Festival Music for Your Students, Plus Stock Up on Suzuki!
August 23, 2011 New Music for Your Holiday Concert
August 5, 2011 Check for Alfred's 2011 Instrumental Promotions in Your Mailbox
August 1, 2011 Harry Potter Tunes and New Instrumental Solo Collections
June 28, 2011 American Patriotic Tunes, Violins Go Vivaldi, and New Music for Your Upcoming School Year
May 25, 2011 Summer Workshops and Sound Innovations for String Orchestra Book 2 Just Released
March 30, 2011 Brand-New ASTA Curriculum, Plus 5 Tips to Teach Memorization
January 25, 2011 Preview Sound Innovations for String Orchestra Book 2
November 22, 2010 Great Festival Music, Plus an Invitation to Join the Eclectic Strings Festival
October 25, 2010 Teaching Students to Teach Themselves
September 27, 2010 Fundraising Tips, Plus New Pieces for Your Holiday Program
August 23, 2010 Back to School Favorites from Bob Phillips and Richard Meyer
June 28, 2010 Download a Free String Piece, Plus Versatile Collections from Alfred
May 24, 2010 Spotlight on Suzuki: New Releases Plus the Story Behind the Revised Editions
April 26, 2010 Patriotic Favorites for Orchestra, Just in Time for Summer
February 22, 2010 Download an Excerpt from 12 Etude-Caprices in the Styles of Great Composers, Courtesy of Alfred
January 25, 2010 Round Out Your String Library with Supplemental Resources from Alfred
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Percussion Email Archive
January 10, 2012 Drum-Up Awareness of World Hunger
December 13, 2011 Just in Time for the Holidays
November 22, 2011 It Was Big, It Was EpiK, It Was PASIC
October 27, 2011 Meet Billy Martin, Zoro, John Riley, Simon Phillips and More in Booth 113 at PASIC
September 22, 2011 Popular Drum Methods and Music Available on iPad and Kindle
August 18, 2011 New John JR Robinson DVD, Steve Fidyk Sample Lesson, and More
July 20, 2011 New Richie Gajate-Garcia DVD, Marko Djordjevic Sample Lesson, and More
June 15, 2011 New Terry Bozzio DVD and Zoro Sample Lesson
May 23, 2011 New Neil Peart DVD and Peter Erskine Sample Lesson
April 14, 2011 Billy Martin DVD, Pete Sweeney Sample Lesson, and More
March 14, 2011 New Danny Seraphine DVD, Rick Latham Sample Lesson, and More
February 14, 2011 Improve Your Improv with Elements Sample Lesson
January 21, 2011 Bozzio and Wackerman DVDs, The New Frontier for Drumset, Sample Lesson, and More
December 14, 2010 Drum Atlas: Volume 1, Colin Bailey DVD, New Sample Lesson, and More!
November 8, 2010 Join Alfred at PASIC 2010, Plus Try Out a Blues Drumming Lesson!
October 11, 2010 Play Like Your Favorite Drummers with NEW Videos, Lessons, and More from Alfred!
September 13, 2010 NEW from Alfred: Portnoy and Bozzio DVDs, Led Zeppelin Transcriptions, Sample Drumset Lesson, and More!
August 9, 2010 Alfred Presents Drum Lessons, Trailers, DVDs, and the New Steel Drum Ensemble Series!
July 12, 2010 Alfred Drums Brings You New Lessons, Trailers, and More!
June 14, 2010 Alfred Percussion Brings You New Lessons and Samples in Latin, African, and Rhythm & Blues Styles!
May 10, 2010 Alfred's Exciting New Drum DVDs and Percussion Titles
April 12, 2010 New Led Zeppelin Drum Transcriptions and Sample Lesson from Alfred Percussion!
March 8, 2010 NEW Drum DVDs, Podcasts, Trailers, and Sample Lesson from Alfred!
February 8, 2010 Check Out Alfred's New Drum DVDs PLUS Vote in the Reader’s Poll and Enter to Win a Free Subscription to Modern Drummer!
January 11, 2010 Rock the New Year with New Drum Transcriptions from Alfred!
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Sacred & Handbell Email Archive
January 16, 2011 A Time for Quiet Thought and Deep Growth
November 21, 2011 Giving Thanks Through Song
November 8, 2011 Alleluia! Christ is Risen!
October 24, 2011 God Is With Us
October 17, 2011 Bad Shepherds!
September 19, 2011 Shut Up and Sing!
August 15, 2011 Here is the Church; here is the steeple
July 19, 2011 An Anniversary - Remembering 9/11
July 6, 2011 Anybody Seen the Choir?
June 2, 2011 Shout for Joy to the LORD, for God Is With Us
April 29, 2011 Worshiping in Awe and Dancing
March 7, 2011 A voice crying in the wilderness...
January 18, 2011 Celebrating the Lamb
November 24, 2010 Fresh, New Lent and Easter Anthems
October 21, 2010 Looking Down the Road Past Christmas to Epiphany
September 20, 2010 Looking for Something Out of the Ordinary?
August 17, 2010 Anthems for Christmas, & Advent
July 26, 2010 Alfred's New Releases Catalog & Suggestions for Thanksgiving, Christmas, & Advent
June 23, 2010 Alfred Sacred Choral Music's 20th Anniversary
April 26, 2010 Making Ressurection an Everyday Miracle
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Theory, Reference & Technology Email Archive
April 29, 2010 NEW Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory, Software Version 3
January 21, 2010 Build Up Your Music Theory and Resources Library for 2010!
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Vocal Email Archive
January 30, 2012 Focus On the Beginning Vocalist
November 28, 2011 Alfred Presents... Our Interactive Vocal Catalog
September 30, 2011 Broadway Presents plus The Skill of Auditioning from Lisa DeSpain
July 26, 2011 Building the Essential Vocal Library plus New Collections
May 31, 2011 Lynn Ahrens on Lyrics
March 28, 2011 Vocal Duets for All Occasions plus an Introduction to NATS
January 31, 2011 Getting the Meanings Right
December 27, 2010 How to Make Your Audition Stand Out from the Rest
November 30, 2010 Editing and Arranging Vocal Classics, Featuring Vocal Anthologies by Dr. Patrick M. Liebergen
October 24, 2010 Vocal Solos, Duets, and Small Groups Performing for the Holidays
September 27, 2010 Preserving Our Heritage of Song
August 23, 2010 Jay Althouse on Folk Songs
July 26, 2010 Words That Speak: Alfred Vocal Collections
July 2, 2010 Focus On... Sacred Vocal Solos
May 24, 2010 Improve Vocal Production with These Alfred Resources
April 26, 2010 Concert Programming Advice from Mark Hayes and New Alfred Vocal Solo Collections
March 23, 2010 Stunning Solos and Dazzling Duets for Spring Concerts and Summer Recitals
February 22, 2010 Alfred's Vocal Solo Arrangements and Collections from the Great American Songbook!
January 25, 2010 Must-Have Alfred Resources for Your Vocal Studio!
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