On Piano Teaching and Performing

Gustavo Beytelmann has taken some of the most beautiful tango music ever written and created his own arrangements for solo piano. His collection shows how varied the genre is, from the ragtime-like lilt of El esquinazo to the romantic waltz La loca de amor by Pablo José Vázquez and the energetic El entrerriano by Rosendo Menizabal, as well as a new arrangement of Carlos Gardel's immortal El dia que me quieras. Beytelmann shows too how technically varied these works can be. Each of the pieces features specific performance techniques such as accents, tempo changes, balance and attack and he advises "Spend some time concentrating on these elements and you will find the works even more enjoyable." These immensely rewarding pieces are equally suited to the concert stage as to the piano lesson. Gustavo Beytelmann has made a significant contribution to the evolution of the Tango, through his numerous recordings, performances and through his teaching. Born in Argentina, he began his professional career writing music for the cinema, working as pianist and arranger for the record industry and performing with various jazz ensembles. After moving to Paris, Astor Piazzolla invited him to participate in his European tour. He has continued to perform and compose across Europe and the Americas. From 1993 onwards he intensified his work as a composer.

This second volume of Professional Piano Teaching is designed to serve as a basic text for a second-semester or upper-division piano pedagogy course. It provides an overview of learning principles and a thorough approach to essential aspects of teaching intermediate to advanced students. Special features include discussions on how to teach, not just what to teach- numerous musical examples- chapter summaries- and suggested projects for new and experienced teachers. Topics: teaching students beyond the elementary levels * an overview of learning processes and learning theories * teaching transfer students * preparing students for college piano major auditions * teaching rhythm, reading, technique, and musicality * researching, evaluating, selecting, and presenting intermediate and advanced repertoire * developing stylistic interpretation of repertoire from each musical period * developing expressive and artistic interpretation and performance * motivating students and providing instruction in effective practice * teaching memorization and performance skills. 452 pages. Index. / Piano

The Grade By Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey and Hawkes catalogue of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall, Vera Gray and others.Carefully selected by Iain Farrington, this practical anthology provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 4 pianist and creates the perfect package for teaching, exam preparation and performance.Each volume contains:a diverse collection of pieces, each complemented by a useful practice and performance tipgrade-appropriate scales and arpeggios linked to the repertoire through bespoke text and exercisesbrand new sight-reading and improvisation activitiesnewly-commissioned aural awareness tasksPackaged with a CD of full performance demonstrations and grade-appropriate aural awareness resources.Iain Farrington has an exceptionally busy and diverse career as a pianist, organist, composer and arranger. He has performed across the world, notably at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, and has worked with many leading musicians, including Bryn Terfel and Sir Paul McCartney. As a composer, Iain's music has been performed, recorded and broadcast worldwide, and his wide-ranging catalogue of arrangements receives regular international performances. / Piano

Urtext edition with new variant readingsFor the first time Gnossienne No. 7 presented in its authentic form Easy to moderate difficultyTranslations of all Satie?s performance instructions (Ger/Eng)With practical suggestions for performance (Ger/Eng) by Steffen SchleiermacherWith a detailed foreword (Ger/Eng) and critical commentary (Eng)Between 1889 and 1897 Satie composed a series of piano pieces. He gave these the eccentric title Gnossiennes and provided consciously ironic performance instructions in which he satirized the excessive gestures of Romantic piano playing.This Bärenreiter Urtext edition offers new variant readings and presents Gnossienne No. 7 in its authenticform for the first time. Like the Gymnopédies (BA 10804) the Gnossiennes are particularly suitable for piano teaching because of their easy to medium difficulty level. Suggestions for performance are given by the Satie specialist Steffen Schleiermacher. In addition a detailed foreword by the distinguished musicologist Jens Rosteck provides valuable information on the background to the composition its significance and interpretation.

Ma mre l'oye (Mother Goose Suite) is typical of Ravel's style with its modal melodies, use of dance forms and rhythmic precision. For this suite, Ravel selected favorite French fairy tales with references to fantasy, dreams and legends of childhood, and provided simple and delicate settings for piano duet (one piano, four hands). Although featuring childhood themes, Ma mre l'oye is at the late intermediate to early advanced level. This teaching/performance edition contains the suite in its entirety and is based on the first edition published by Durand in 1910. Editors Gayle Kowalchyk and E. L. Lancaster have included expert fingering suggestions and hand redistributions for technical ease, and have suggested ways to perform grace notes and glissandi in footnotes. The primo and secondo parts are on separate pages with measure numbers in both parts for easy reference. Late intermediate to early advanced.

This book is essentially a practical guide designed to stimulate and encourage the young performer and those embarking on a teaching career to give systematic and constructive thought to all the processes of learning from the preliminary stages through to the building-up of an imaginative and mature interpretation.

Par FAURE GABRIEL. The Dolly suite, a collection of six piano duets (for one piano, four hands), shows Faure's wittier side while portraying the many scenes and moods of childhood. This suite got its name from its dedicatee, a friend's little girl who was so tiny at birth that she was nicknamed Dolly. This teaching/performance edition contains the suite is in its entirety and is based on the first edition published by Hamelle in 1897. Editors Gayle Kowalchyk and E. L. Lancaster have included expert fingering suggestions and hand redistributions for technical ease, and have realized essential ornamentation in footnotes. The primo and secondo parts are on separate pages with measure numbers in both parts for easy reference. Although featuring childhood themes, the piece is at the late intermediate to early advanced level. / Ensemble Music, Miscellaneous, Piano Music, Scores / Répertoire / Piano 4 Mains

J.S. Bach - Eighteen Little Preludes-The Master Composer Library series consists of unique updated editions of the most popular piano teaching repertoire from Kjos. Each volume includes notes on performance and style and composer biography. Thisvolume contains eighteen little preludes by one the master of Piano studies and exercises. These short preludes help develop a clear clean touch in the fingetrs of both hands but are also pretty pieces which you will enjoyplaying in their own right.

This book contains twelve pieces from ABRSM's Grade 8 Piano syllabus for 2019 and 2020 three pieces chosen from each of Lists A and B and six pieces from List C. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer and attractive and varied range of styles creating a collection that provides an excellent source of repertoire to suite every performer. The book also contains helpful footnotes and for those preparing for exams useful syllabus information. Recordings of all 32 pieces on the grade 8 syllabus are available. These can be purchased as part of the Piano Exam Pieces with CD package. Those preparing for exams will also require the ABRSM Piano Grade 8 Scales and Arpeggios  book and may be interested in Specimen Sight-Reading Tests and Specimen Aural Tests to help with these practical tests in the exam. Piano Teachers will find ABRSM Teaching Notes a helpful resource with advice and ideas from ABRSM Examiners and experienced teachers covering repertoire from the whole syllabus.

Music Minus One Piano-Ever wonder what songs identified with Frank Sinatra would sound like in the same arrangements but with a piano substituted for the voice' Here are eleven such classics arranged and performed by master pianist Jim Odrich. Listen to his renditions then play them yourself with the exact transcriptions provided! Includes a complete high-quality printed music score with performance suggestions and a compact disc containing the complete version of each piece with soloist and accompaniment then a second performance with accompaniments minus you the soloist. Performed by Jim Odrich piano

Music through the Ages-Take a journey through time with More Time Pieces For Viola. These two volumes contain well-crafted arrangements presented in chronological order to take you from the seventeenth century right up to the present day.   Pieces that regularly feature on the ABRSM Viola syllabus. Invaluable source of recital repertoire. Contrasting styles from Schubert to Stravinsky and from Wagner to Weill. Arrangements that practise the note ranges and keys of the grades.   Maggy Lamb played the Viola with English National Opera and the Philharmonia Orchestra before taking up the post ofHead of Strings at St Peter’s School in York. She now divides her time between teaching performing and examining. Rachel Meredith is a Bristol University graduate. After a period performing both in the UK and abroad she now teaches upper strings in York. Rachel is also a syllabus selector and examiner for ABRSM.