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.