Alfred Music Blog
What Is Sight Singing? A Choral Director's Guide
Sight singing is the ability to look at a piece of written music for the first time and sing it accurately, without hearing it first. For a singer, it is the equivalent of reading a paragraph aloud...
An Interview with Tim Thompson
How to Choose a Band Method Book
An Interview with Timothy De Prey
How to Read Piano Sheet Music
How to Read Sheet Music: A Beginner’s Guide
Beyond the Voices: Enhancing Choral Repertoire with Instrumental Obbligatos
An Interview with Christopher Alexander
Keep Students Practicing with These Exciting New Upgrades for Alfred’s Basic Piano Library
How to Read Accordion Sheet Music: Bass and Treble Clef
The Best Piano Books for Beginners
An Interview with Mike Kamuf
Piano Method Books: How to Choose the Right One
An Interview with Chris Thomas
An Interview with Jacki Alexander
Back-to-School Editor's Picks: Band & Orchestra Favorites
The music educator’s back-to-school buying guide: what to order and when
An Interview with Chris Fox
Start the School Year Strong: Win a Free Class Set of Sound Innovations!
An Interview with Yukiko Nishimura
Choral Warm-Ups That Actually Work: A Director's Guide to the First Ten Minutes of Rehearsal
An Interview with Adrian B. Sims
A Method Book for Every Student: Your Guide to Getting Started with Alfred Piano Methods
Print Vs. Digital Music: What 4,000+ Music Educators Told Us About How They Buy
An Interview with Dennis Alexander
Orchestra Audition Excerpts - What Directors are Assigning this Fall
An Interview with Tim Hayden
Fall Choir Audition Songs: Best Pieces by Voice Type
An Interview with Scott Watson
Score & Sound: Why Music Educators Are Watching Before They Buy
Back to School Music — New Method Books & Fall Ensemble Starter Packs
An Interview with Soon Hee Newbold
Early-Season Jazz Ensemble Programming Guide: Summer Camp through the Fall