Making Music and Having a Blast! : A Guide for All Music Students

In her follow-up to Making Music and Enriching Lives: A Guide for All Music Teachers, Bonnie Blanchard offers students a set of tools for their musical lives that will help them stay engaged, even during the challenging times in their musical development.

Blanchard discusses issues such as finding an instructor, selecting the right instrument, and choosing a college or conservatory.

The book includes lessons on music theory and history as well as a guide to finding additional materials in print and online.

Blanchard's strategies for making practice productive and preparing for auditions are useful tips students can return to again and again.