Sound Innovations Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band| Baritone Saxophone

Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band is a supplemental concert band method designed to help developing students build stronger ensemble skills. The book includes warmups, chorales, technical exercises, rhythm studies, scale builders, interval work, and harmony-based exercises that support tone, technique, rhythm, intonation, and musicianship.

This is a good choice for young concert band students, school band programs, and directors looking for structured ensemble-building material beyond a standard method book. Teachers appreciate that the series can be used alongside any band method or performance music, making it easy to reinforce the skills students need for stronger full-band playing. Alfred describes the series as a curriculum for beginning band students with 167 exercises, including more than 100 chorales.