Piano Adventures?-The Piano Adventures?: Gold Star Performance Primer Level is an adventurous collection for the elementary pianist featuring changing moods keys and hand positions. The series offers performance pieces ???with a challenge.??? This collection may also be used as a graduation book to improve artistic technical and rhythmic skills before advancing to the next level.As the title Gold Star suggests these pieces are especially appropriate for recitals and other musical events. A broad range of styles are presented to enhance the young musician???s awareness of classical jazz folk and impressionistic sounds. Pieces need not necessarily be taught in theorder presented.The Gold Star Performance CD is a discovery in sound for both listening and play-along. Repeated listening with and without the score will familiarize students with diverse musical textures and sonorities a lively marching band the bass sounds of roaming pterodactyls or ringing French cathedral bells.The educational recordings provide more than student demonstration they provide settings in harmony style and rhythm which explore the expressive and dramatic qualities of the piano. Solo piano performances superlatively performed by Randall and Nancy Faber are included at the end of the CD.Gold Star characteristics of each piece are listed in the table of contents and a Gold Star music dictionary and certificate conclude the book.G-O-L-D Star Performance: a Guide Offering Lyricism and Drama at the Keyboard!

The early elementary level of Expressive Etudes includes 15 etudes by 10 composers which can be introduced with the second level of any piano method. The etudes in this collection are arranged in an approximate order of difficulty. Each one is short and focuses on a single musical element of a specific technical challenge. A brief biography of each composer can be found at the end of the book for further exploration. Also makes a great musical resource for older beginners and adults who need additional reinforcement in technique.

Hal Leonard Student Piano Library Showcase Solos Pops Level 4-The blockbuster hit from ?The Polar Express? is arranged for early-intermediate level piano solo. The warm ballad was made famous by superstar Josh Groban rising to number one on the charts.

Ten Pieces. Par TCHEREPNINE IVAN. Chacune des pièces est composé dans une forme différente, certains stricte (À la foire) ou miniature (Silly Story of The White boeufs et Blind Man de chamois, les deux mini-rondos), utilisez developement (Barcarolle) ou sont par le biais de composé (Thief) dans la nuit. Les pièces utilisent une grande variété de dispositifs rythmiques : successives rythmiques (entrée), rythmiques contrepoint (sortie). Tous les titres sont musicalement significatives : brillant et enceintes (entrée), gay et excité (At the Fair), appels d'oiseaux (Silly Story of The White boeufs), conte de fée ressemblant à la lumière de tôt le matin (À l'aube). La musique des Expressions est, selon les termes du compositeur, ' subjective et dynamique, signifie donner une portée à l'expression de l'un interprète de son propre sentiment à l'égard du contenu musical des pièces './ Répertoire / Piano

Premier Piano Express is designed for students who need a fast-paced approach to piano study. Based on the concepts and music from Premier Piano Course, this All-in-One Accelerated Course integrates Lesson, Theory, Technique, and Performance pages. The book is organized into skills-based units that feature clear explanations of important musical concepts. Worksheets within each unit provide review and strengthen understanding. Included with the book is a CD-ROM that contains both audio performances on acoustic piano and orchestrated accompaniments for selected pieces. Accompaniments are also available for download. / Piano

This books contains familiar motivational pieces for the holiday season using the same concepts introduced in the corresponding Premier Piano Express Book. / Niveau : 5-6 / Etude / Piano

The Nine Glens Of Antrim - Nine Easy Pieces For Piano is a songbook featuring nine distinctly Irish-themed original compositions by renowned composer and teacher June Armstrong for grades two to four standard, designed to teach and reinforce technique and stylistic interpretation.Composer June Armstrong has taken the glens of County Antrim in Ireland as the inspiration for nine new Piano pieces that attempt to capture the atmosphere of the varied landscape. From the astonishing monuments of caves and valleys to calmer, more tranquil waterfalls and rivers, Armstrong has successfully composed pieces to help a student imagine and evoke the natural beauty of a landscape through the musical medium. The concept that Armstrong has tried to incorporate is that the expressiveness of the Piano as an instrument is something that students should be familiar with, and so this book will teach you how to create atmosphere while using the musical theory you are familiar with.One of the most impressive things about The Nine Glens Of Antrim is the hard work that the composer has put into creating these pieces as well as incorporating Irish music and the Irish landscape. At the beginning of the songbook Armstrong goes into great detail about what each piece symbolises, as well as a small amount of Irish history and legend. She intertwines this with detailed playing instructions, making learning entertaining and informative as well as inspiring. In the notes for the piece titled ?Layd Church?, the student is told that?A small stream runs along the side of the church, the sound of which, together with birdsong, is the only music you will hear there now. If you wish to play this successfully, you will need to listen to birds singing!?It is this personality and friendly tone that makes learning from The Nine Glens Of Antrim a joy.The songs themselves are subtle, pretty and precisely composed, perfect for a student who already has a good grasp of playing in a variety of keys, at different tempos and in alternative time signatures. Armstrong also leaves certain expressive elements up to the performer, so the flexibility would suit a student who is keen to bring some character and feeling to the piece. Each song represents a different challenge, and attempts to introduce a novel style and technique, so the use of the natural beauty of a landscape provides an anchor for students to connect the theory with the practice. To hear a recording of each track free of charge, just head to the composer's own website, where you can also view photographs symbolising each song to inspire you to begin your learning of The Nine Glens of Antrim today. / Piano

The key of D minor sets the stage for this lyrical solo. The melody is written using mostly whole notes in the left hand and is accompanied by broken chords in the right hand. The quick tempo and syncopated pedal allow the melody to flow expressively. This is an excellent piece for working on balance between the hands. Practice steps that include the right hand while playing the left hand as written will help develop this skill. / Piano

Judith Weir's Day Break Shadows Flee for solo Piano.This 10 minute work was commissioned by BBC Radio 3. It was first performed by Benjamin Grosvenor on 1st September 2014 as part of the PromsChamber Music Series at Cadogan Hall.'Day Break Shadows Flee written for Benjamin Grosvenor is a Two-Part Invention a Piano solo composition in which the two hands work in close co-ordination butindependently. My intention was generally to avoid using thick chords (although octaves and other clear sonorities are included) while allowing both the right and left-hand lines to be free mobile and expressive. The treble andbass sectors of the keyboard are clearly contrasted and often widely separated. In atmosphere and expression the music is another kind of two-part invention contrasting bright upwards-arching phrases (heard at the opening andevoking the arrival of light at the beginning of the day) with veiled mysterious scurryings suggesting the stranger more nervous life lived at night and in the early morning.' - Judith Weir

Description Here in one volume, are two bodies of work that reveal the essence of Debussy's extraordinary expressiveness and his innovative gifts for musical imagery. Includes 'La Cathedrale engloutie', 'Ondine' and 'La fille aux cheveux de lin'. Songlist Brouillards Bruyeres Canope Ce Qu'a Vu Le Vent D'ouest Danseuses De Delphes De Pas Sur La Neige Feuilles Mortes Feux D'artifice General Lavine Hommage A S.Pickwick Esq La Cathedrale Engloutie La Danse De Puck La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin La Puerta Del Vinto La Serenade Interrompue La Terrasse Des Audiences Du Clair De Lune Le Vent Dans La Plaine Les Collines D'anacapri Les Fees Sont D'exquises Danseuses Les Sons Et Les Parfums Tournent Dans L'air Du Soir Les Tierces Alternees Minstrels Ondine Voiles

Rahbee’s Piano Sonata No. 2 is an appealing piece in the contemporary genre. Its wide-ranging expressive array is filled with fervor. The sonata’s untraditional tonalities allow the advanced student to experience a broader sense of musical expression. The first movement is rhapsodic in nature the second is a playful scherzando the third is warm and emotionally expressive and the last movement is exciting.