Welcome!
Welcome to the companion website for Contemporary Orchestration: A Practical Guide to Instruments, Ensembles, and Musicians, by RJ Miller.
Contemporary Orchestration teaches students how to orchestrate for a wide variety of instruments, ensembles and genres, while preparing them for various real-world professional settings ranging from the concert hall to the recording studio. It integrates instrument characteristics, techniques and performativity with professional and practical considerations.
On this website, you will find a variety of resources to complement the book, including:
- Fingerings: Complete fingerings for all the standard orchestral instruments.
- Percussion rudiments: Videos introducing key elements of percussion.
- Additional instruments: Further information on less-common instruments.