NEW MUSIC – & – MATERIALS
Autumn 2024; Vol 16, No. 3
NEW MUSIC – & – MATERIALS EASY PIANO LEAD SHEETS AND CHORD CHARTS LEVEL 1: WORLD FOLK SONGS Playing from lead sheets is an essential skill every musician should have in their toolkit. Incorporating lead sheets and chord charts into a student’s education is an...
Unveiling the New Season of Peer Connections Gatherings
Discovery homeSign up for email updatessubmit a question We would like to thank Yeeseon Kwon for this exciting message about the new season of Peer Connections events. Interested in participating? Our first event is Peer Connections: Advancing Your Opportunities and Professionalism, which occurs on Friday,...
Summer 2024: New Music and Materials
Piano teachers often find themselves deeply engaged in imparting musical concepts and guiding students through the content found in method books. However, equally crucial is nurturing a keen sense of feeling and listening right from the start. Addressing this need, these books emerge as a...
Spring 2024: New Music and Materials
Spring 2024; Vol. 16, No. 1
Playing with good technique gives us control and intentionality, and it minimizes our risk of injury. Beyond that, though, it just feels good! It’s an experience that we all want our students to enjoy. So, how does a teacher connect a student to these healthy...
Winter 2024: New Music and Materials
Winter 2024; Vol. 15, No. 4
Ten different birds highlight this collection of fun pieces for the early- to mid-beginner pianist. Each title begins with “When a . . .” and inserts one of the names of the birds presented: Kingfisher, Mockingbird, Blue Jay, Blackbird, Parakeet, Canary, Woodpecker, Swallow, Finch, and...
Autumn 2023: New Music and Materials
Animals are the inspiration for Randall Hartsell’s latest piano solo collection for early- to mid-elementary level students. In the composer’s notes, Hartsell shares some people traits that we might have in common with the animals he has featured. He encourages students to sing as they...
Summer 2023: New Music and Materials
Summer 2023; Vol. 15, No. 2
Are your students ready to explore the great outdoors? This collection offers young pianists an excursion into the mountains packed with awesome outdoor experiences. The ten pieces are written for the elementary to later elementary student. In her preface, Hench states that she loves to...
Spring 2023: Recording Reviews
Spring 2023; Vol. 15, No. 1
Dutilleux: Complete Music for Solo Piano Vittoria Quartararo, pianoPiano Classics PCL10167[Total Time 59:14]piano-classics.com Though she states that “…Dutilleux’s works cannot be consumed without concentration,” Vittoria Quartararo makes the listener’s job an easy and enjoyable one in her recent album featuring the composer’s complete works. Her...
Spring 2023: New Music and Materials
Spring 2023; Vol. 15, No. 1
The South African Folk Songs Collection is a marvelous body of solo piano music that ought to be in the library of all piano studios. These melodies vary in style and level which allows great accessibility for many students. These selections are truly for the...
Winter 2023: New Music & Materials
Winter 2023; Vol. 14, No. 4
The collection of seven pieces is written for the intermediate to late-intermediate pianist. Except for the first and last, each bagatelle is short, usually two pages, and evokes a mood, emotion, suggests a character, or even an event. Snell cites historical information and othercomments that...
Autumn 2022: Recording Reviews
Autumn 2022; Vol. 14. No. 3
The latest addition to the formidable Polish composer’s discography is an authoritative offering by a world-class pianist. It features the popular second sonata and 10 Concert Etudes for Piano, two of Bacewicz’s most enduring works for piano. The self-proclaimed “progressive” composer adopts the major influences...
Autumn 2022: New Music & Materials
Autumn 2022; Vol. 14. No. 3
Catherine Rollin’s newest collection of piano solos, Museum Masterpieces, Books A and B, was inspired by great works of art. Beautiful glossy paper in the center of each book depicts the images in full color, with information about the artist, style period, painting technique, and...
Summer 2022: New Music and Materials, Recordings
New Music & Materials: Grade Level Descriptions DREAMS AND IMAGINATION: 10 ORIGINAL PIANO SOLOSarranged by Carolyn Miller, S 1-2 “It is my hope that students will mentally paint a picture in their minds of what the title describes before performing the pieces.” Student’s imaginations will...
Spring 2022: Discover: First Looks: Recordings
Spring 2022; Vol. 14, No. 1
PIANO FANTASIES Pavel Gintov, piano Navona NV6379. Total Time [71:05]. navonarecords.com Though fantasies may not share compositional or stylistic similarities from one piece to the next, one common theme emerges: the fantasy represents a journey. Pavel Gintov takes us on a spectacular one in his latest album, which includes beloved favorites by...
The Legacy of Frances Larimer
Winter 2022; Vol. 13, No. 4
The piano pedagogy world mourns the October 21, 2021 passing of Frances Larimer, a trailblazer in the field of piano pedagogy, group piano, and piano teacher training. Her legacy lives on through her numerous students who are today’s leaders in the field. Since their graduation from Northwestern University, former students have shared her influence...