Grant Writing/Promotion:

Liberatori, Ellen.  Guide to Getting Arts Grants.  New York:  Allworth Press, 2006.

        (This book is a "must have".  It covers bios, artist statements, fellowships, grant writing and organizations.)

 

Practice and Performance:

Dunker, Amy.  Music Scholarship Money!  The Winning Music Scholarship Audition—An Insider’s Guide.  Sinsinawa, WI:  Alliance Publications, Inc., 2007.

Gordon, Stewart.  Mastering the Art of Performance:  A Primer for Musicians.  New York:  Oxford University Press, 2006.

Green, Barry, and Timothy Gallwey.  The Inner Game of Music.  New York:  Doubleday Books, 1986.

Green, Barry.  The Mastery of Music:  Ten Pathways to True Artistry.  Chicago, IL:  GIA Publications, 2005.

Greene, Don.  Audition Success.  Abingdon, UK:  Theatre Arts Book, 2001.

Greene, Don.  Performance Success:  Performing Your Best Under Pressure.  Abingdon,    UK:  Theatre Arts Books,     2001.

Johnston, Philip.  The Practice Revolution:  Getting Great Results from the Six Days Between Lessons.  PracticeSpot Press, 2004.

 

Theory:

Kostka, Stefan, and Dorothy Payne.  Tonal Harmony.  Sixth Edition. Dubuque, IA:  McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2004.

Kostka, Stefan.  Materials and Techniques of Twentieth Century Music.  Third Edition.  Upper Saddle Back, NJ:  Prentice Hall, Inc., 2005.

Miller, Michael.  The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Music Theory.  New York:  Penguin Group, 2005.

 

Composition:

Cacavas, John.  The Art of Writing Music:  A Practical Book for Composers and Arrangers Of Instrumental Music as Applied to Publication.  Van Nuys, CA:  Alfred Music Publishing, 1993.

Damian, Jon.  The Guitarists Guide to Composing and Improvising.  Boston, MA:  Berklee Press Publications, 2001.

Miller, Michael.  The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Arranging and Orchestration.  New York:  Penguin Group, 2007.

Miller, Michael.  The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Music Composition.  New York:  Penguin Group, 2005.

 

Jazz:

Levine, Mark.  The Jazz Piano Book.  Petaluma, CA:  Sher Music Co., 1989.

Levine, Mark.  The Jazz Theory Book.  Petaluma, CA:  Sher Music. Co., 1995.

Miller, Michael.  The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Solos and Improvisation.  New York:  Penguin Group, 2004.

 

Music History:

Grout, Donald J., Claude V. Palisca, and J. Peter Burkholder.  A History of Western Music. Seventh Edition.  New York:  W.W. Norton, 2005.

Pogue, David, Scott Speck, and Glen Dicterow.  Classical Music for Dummies.    Hoboken, NJ:  Wiley Publishing, Inc., 1997.

Schwartz, Elliott and Daniel Godfrey.  Music Since 1945:  Issues, Materials and Literature.  New York:  Schirmer Books, 1993.

 

Music Education:

O'Toole, Patricia.  Shaping Sound Musicians.  Chicago, Il:  GIA Publications, Inc., 2003.

 

Self-Help:

Canfield, Jack.  The Power of Focus:  What the World's Greatest Achievers Know about The Secret of Financial Freedom and Success.  HCI, 20002.