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Super Soundtrack for the First Halloween Solos songbook by Jennifer Eklund. Includes orchestrated backing tracks with and without the student part. Mp3 and MIDI files included.
Roadtrip! To the Farm Teacher Guidebook is an essential item for instructors using the companion lesson book. Includes multiple teacher duet versions for all eighteen songs, off-bench activity suggestions, comprehensive lesson plans, and much more so you can be the best tour guide possible!
Super Soundtrack for the Dog Days songbook by Jennifer Eklund. Includes orchestrated backing tracks with and without the student part as well as recordings of the student solos. Mp3 and MIDI files included.
Under the ‘C’ is an engaging collection of bass clef rote pieces that are approachable for all learners, with titles and lyrics inspired by the deep sea and its creatures. These pattern-based pieces are well-suited for developing technique, establishing an inner pulse, and supporting on-staff reading while building skill and confidence. Music and lesson plans by Kris Skaletski with teacher duets composed by Jennifer Eklund. Super Soundtrack includes orchestrated backing tracks and teacher duet parts with and without the student part.
Easy Perfect Patterns is a collection of twelve fun and engaging pieces composed by Chrissy Ricker. Graded for late beginners, these pattern-based pieces will delight students of all ages!
Roadtrip Outdoor Adventure Teacher Guidebook is an essential item for instructors using the companion lesson book. Includes multiple teacher duet versions for all eighteen songs, off-bench activity suggestions, comprehensive lesson plans, and much more so you can be the best tour guide possible!
Interlude features thirty familiar solos from Keyboard Kickoff, Prelude, and Pronto Pizazz Volume 1, transposed to the keys of G and F major, and adjusted to include more independent work between the hands. The pieces, which include teacher duets, can be used to challenge early beginners, as a lateral move for students who need reading reinforcement, or for transfer students who need a refresher of basic concepts before starting Movement 1.
Are you fired up and ready for more fun at the piano? Fired Up! Level Two is designed for teen and adult beginners who have completed the first level of the series or for students transitioning from another late-beginner book.
This volume features twenty-two memorable melodies in various styles and continues to cover music fundamentals with an increased focus on musicality and developing efficient practice strategies. Start making beautiful music today with a method that focuses on technique, artistry, and interpretation. Add on the Super Soundtrack which includes orchestrated play-along tracks and piano duet tracks to make practicing fun and effective!
Piano Pronto Encore book is an intermediate level piano lesson book featuring fun, familiar, motivating music that will keep students progressing-Pronto!
Piano Pronto Movement 1 is a beginning level piano lesson book for beginners of all ages who have completed the Piano Pronto Prelude book.
Ready to blast off on an intergalactic piano voyage? Roadtrip Space Odyssey features eighteen space-themed showcase solos for late beginners of all ages. Lush, contemporary teacher duet parts are included in the book for every song. Play-along tracks are available to amp up the fun factor! Music and lyrics by Jennifer Eklund and Kris Skaletski.
Are You Game? features ten easy solos, duets, and trios composed by Kris Skaletski. These flexible and fun showcase pieces include a variety of performance options and are great for private, partner, and group lessons. Super Soundtrack includes orchestrated backing track and full trio recordings.
Piano Pronto Movement 4 is a piano lesson book for early intermediates of all ages featuring fun and motivating pieces that keep students progressing-Pronto!
NOTE: New edition (digital and hardcopy) in circulation as of January 10, 2022, with small layout and engraving changes only. Some page numbers have changed compared to previous edition.
Easy Spooktacular Solos features ten easy spooky solos for late beginners and up composed by Jennifer Eklund. These minor-key showcase solos will delight students of all ages during and beyond the Halloween seasons.
Note: If you are interested in multi-level versions of these ten pieces consider the Level Up! Spooktacular Halloween Edition multi-level songbook.
Roadtrip! Outdoor Adventure is a primer level method book for very early beginners ages 4 and up. This multi-key approach offers eighteen original songs that can easily be taught by note, rote, or number. Students master basic music fundamentals while creating a musical memory book that becomes a keepsake item to commemorate piano lesson journey.
Brand New Day is a collection of twelve elegant intermediate and late-intermediate contemporary solos by Ryan Chesser. This go-to songbook will appeal to both amateur and professional pianists with works that will suit a variety of occasions and settings.
Piano Pronto: Coda offers a delightful mix of twenty-five well-known classical melodies with music history included. This book can be used as a transition out of traditional method books or as a supplemental resource for intermediates of all ages. Arrangements by Jennifer Eklund with historical notes covering the major periods of music history and anecdotes about each work by Meagan Mason.
Piano Pronto Finale book is an intermediate level piano lesson book featuring fun, familiar, motivating music that will keep students progressing -Pronto!
An essential item to amp up the full-time fun! This soundtrack includes: all of the lesson verses, vocal versions recorded by jazz vocalist Jenny Thiel, piano duet versions, and instrumental play-along tracks for all 18 Roadtrip! Country Carnival songs. These recordings are great for at-home listening during the week when students are in between lessons or just a fun soundtrack for in the car! Available as a physical CD or digital download. Digital purchase includes Mp3 and MIDI files.
An essential item to amp up the full-time fun for Piano Pronto Movement 2 students! This all-new super soundtrack includes: fun instrumental backing tracks and play-along tracks of the teacher duet parts for all 25 Movement 2 songs. Each song includes a version with the student part for reference, and a version without the student part. Ditch the metronome and assign these tracks to students of all ages for effective at-home practice! Available as a physical CD or digital download. Digital purchase includes Mp3 and MIDI files.
Super Soundtrack for the Jazzy Jingles holiday songbook by Jennifer Eklund. Includes orchestrated backing tracks with and without the students parts as well as recordings of the student solos. Mp3 and MIDI files included with purchase.
An essential item to amp up the full-time fun for students using the Fired Up! Level Two method book for older beginners. This double-album includes orchestrated play-along tracks and duet play-along tracks with and without the student parts. Available as a physical CD or digital download. Digital purchase includes Mp3 and MIDI files.
Under the C Super Soundtrack offers orchestrated backing tracks and teacher duet play-along tracks for all 18 songs, with and without the student parts.
Super Soundtrack for the Easy Christmas Solos holiday songbook by Jennifer Eklund. Includes orchestrated backing tracks with and without the students parts as well as recordings of the student solos. Mp3 and MIDI files included with purchase.
Super Soundtrack for the Rising Starz Volume 2 songbook by Jennifer Eklund. Includes orchestrated backing tracks with and without the student part as well as recordings of the student solos with the teacher duet parts. Mp3 and MIDI files included with purchase.
An essential item to amp up the full-time fun with Roadtrip Christmas Vacation. This Super Soundtrack includes orchestrated play-along tracks for all 18 songs with and without the student part. Digital purchase includes Mp3 and MIDI files.
Super Soundtrack for the Christmas Solos for Late Beginners holiday songbook by Jennifer Eklund. Includes orchestrated backing tracks with and without the students parts as well as recordings of the student solos. Mp3 and MIDI files included with purchase.
An essential item to amp up the full-time fun! This soundtrack includes: all of the lesson verses, vocal versions recorded by jazz vocalist Jenny Thiel, piano duet versions, and instrumental play-along tracks for all 18 Roadtrip Outdoor Adventure songs. These recordings are great for at-home listening during the week when students are in between lessons or just a fun soundtrack for in the car! Available as a physical CD or digital download. Digital purchase includes Mp3 and MIDI files.
Super Soundtrack for the Holiday Classics songbook by Jennifer Eklund. Includes orchestrated backing tracks with and without the student parts as well as recordings with the teacher duet part. Mp3 and MIDI files included with purchase.
Super Soundtrack for the Holiday Classics Volume 2 multi-level songbook by Jennifer Eklund. Includes orchestrated backing tracks with and without the students parts as well as recordings of the student solos with and without the teacher duet parts. Mp3 and MIDI files included.
Hymns for Two Super Soundtrack features duet play-along tracks and reference tracks with both parts. Music by Kevin Costley.
Super Soundtrack for the Minor Marvels songbook by Jennifer Eklund. Includes orchestrated backing tracks with and without the student part as well as recordings of the student solos and duets. Mp3 and MIDI files included.
Viva Violin Rising Stars Super Soundtrack features duet play-along tracks and reference tracks with both parts.
Piano Playground Super Soundtrack offers orchestrated backing tracks at two different tempos for all 18 songs as well as recordings of the student solos with teacher duets.
Viva Violin Volume 1 Super Soundtrack features duet play-along tracks and reference tracks with both parts.
An essential item to amp up the full-time fun! This soundtrack includes: all of the lesson verses, vocal versions recorded by jazz vocalist Jenny Thiel, piano duet versions, and instrumental play-along tracks for all 18 Roadtrip! To the Lake songs. These recordings are great for at-home listening during the week when students are in between lessons or just a fun soundtrack for in the car! Available as a physical CD or digital download. Digital purchase includes Mp3 and MIDI files.
Mission: X Volume Three is a method-style songbook for early intermediates & up featuring three themed chapters: Westward, Interstellar, and Power Up. Each chapter begins with “Mission Training” blocks that contain a mix of written theory work and light music analysis to help prepare students to learn the pieces in the mission with a specific focus on intervals, chords, and inversions. These engaging pieces and materials by Chrissy Ricker will be a hit with students of all ages.
Creature Features Volume Three, is a scintillating collection of ten solos for early intermediates inspired by classic sci-fi and fantasy themes. These showcase solos by Chrissy Ricker will captivate students and audiences of all ages and make great selections during the Halloween season and beyond!
Consolation, composed by Rick Robertson, is an intermediate lyrical solo. This melodic piece will make an effective recital or festival selection. It will serve as excellent preparation for the Romantic literature such as Chopin or Mendelssohn. It can also be used in service playing.
Chit-Chat Boogie, composed by Rick Robertson, is an intermediate level showcase solo. This melodic piece will make an effective recital selection or a piece for those moments alone at the piano.
Nocturne in D Major is a late-intermediate level lyrical solo. The 9/8 time signature gives it a different feel, and there are interesting harmonies and irregular phrase structures to add interest. This would be an excellent recital or festival selection and is part of the Kaleidoscope: Volume 3 songbook.
How Can I Keep From Singing, a Robert Lowry sacred favorite, stylishly arranged for intermediate piano duet by Sandra Zylstra.
How Can I Keep From Singing, a Robert Lowry sacred favorite, stylishly arranged for intermediate piano by Sandra Zylstra.
How Can I Keep From Singing, a Robert Lowry sacred favorite, stylishly arranged for early intermediate piano by Sandra Zylstra.
Imagine sumptuous layers of ice cream in musical form! This delicately elegant solo composed by Ron Levy invites students to sink their teeth into intricate layers of voicings and modal harmonies. It also serves as a great opportunity to work on lyrical phrasing and rubato within a less common time signature.
Tango Rag is a spicy ragtime solo for early intermediates composed by Ron Levy. It serves as a great reinforcement of ragtime syncopation and articulations with dotted tango-style rhythms.
Passacaglia, by Rick Robertson is a late-intermediate level lyrical solo. The ostinato bass begins simply and quietly, and builds to a triumphant conclusion. Besides its technical value, it is a very effective recital and festival selection. This piece is part of the Kaleidoscope: Volume 3 songbook.
Surf’s Up, is a fast and flashy duet composed by Chrissy Ricker. This easy evenly-leveled duet is part of the Better Together: Volume Two songbook.
Bizzy Bizzness is a minor-key showcase solo for early intermediates composed by Ron Levy. This piece provides a great opportunity for students to work on articulations and a challenging tonal center.
Light ‘n’ Breezy is a whimsical easy-going swing solo for early intermediates composed by Ron Levy.
More Rhapsodies and Reveries, features nine showcase solos, for early intermediates, composed by Chrissy Ricker. Inspired by the sights and sounds of nature, these solos range in style from quiet and reflective to powerful and dramatic. This volume is ideal for pianists who have completed the Rhapsodies and Reveries songbook.
Wintermezzo, by Rick Robertson is an intermediate-level lyrical solo. Its mood changes, as well as changes from minor to major, suggest a quiet calm and reassurance, and will make a good repertoire choice for expressive pianists of all ages.
Quiet Evening, by Rick Robertson, is an intermediate-level lyrical solo for pianists of all ages. This melodic piece will make an effective recital selection or a piece for those moments alone at the piano. It can also be used in service playing.
Easy Backyard Bash is a collection of beginning-level piano solos with imaginative lyrics and engaging melodies for young students. Each piece is written “one note at a time,” encouraging confident reading while moving beyond fixed five-note positions and giving balanced practice to both hands. Students explore a variety of meters and rhythms, from simple to gently challenging, and optional teacher duets add rich harmonic textures and stylistic variety to make learning more musical and fun.
Teacher duets are included with purchase.
Simple Serenity Volume Two is a collection of sixteen easy lyrical solos composed by Jennifer Eklund. These calming pieces offer a great opportunity for late beginners and up to explore lyrical phrasing, rubato, and pedal work.
Do you have students who love to play fast and are always wondering just how high the metronome can go? This is the collection for them! Full Speed Ahead features fourteen fast and flashy showcase solos for late beginners and early intermediates. Music composed by Jennifer Eklund.
Simple Serenity is a collection of fifteen easy lyrical solos composed by Jennifer Eklund. These calming pieces offer a great opportunity for beginners and late beginners to explore lyrical playing, rubato, octave shifts, and pedal work.
Level Up! features ten easy showcase solos presented at three different levels to accommodate students using Piano Pronto beginning level method books like Keyboard Kickoff, Prelude, Movement 1, and the Fired Up! series. Play-along tracks are available to amp up the fun factor! Music composed by Jennifer Eklund.
Level Up! features ten easy showcase solos presented at three different levels to accommodate students using Piano Pronto beginning level method books like Keyboard Kickoff, Prelude, Movement 1, and the Fired Up! series. Teacher duet parts and play-along tracks are available to amp up the fun factor! Music composed by Jennifer Eklund.
Sounds of the Spirit features classic sacred melodies arranged in a contemporary lyrical style by Jennifer Eklund. In this collection you’ll find classical melodies intertwined with timeless hymns, and two original compositions, all of which are ideal for church services or casual enjoyment.
Broken arm? No problem! Stage Left Volume 2 features 18 engaging left-handed solos with contemporary teacher duets included. This volume is also great for beginners who need more practice with bass clef reading and independent left hand dexterity work. This book contains selections for the NFMC Festivals Bulletin, 2020-2024.
To feed students’ cravings for playing in minor keys, Minor Marvels features twelve showcase-style piano solos, four solos with optional teacher duet parts, and two duets. These selections are ideal for late beginners through early intermediates and will gloomily gleam at a Halloween recital or whenever a minor mood strikes!
Sacred Spotlight features fourteen classic sacred melodies arranged elegantly for early intermediates by Jennifer Eklund. These pieces are sure to bring comfort and joy to pianists of all ages. This book contains selections for the NFMC Festivals Bulletin, 2020-2024.
Ready for more pizazz for your beginning level students? Pronto Pizazz Volume 2 features 14 easy solos that explore a variety of genres and tonal centers and all include contemporary teacher duet parts. These engaging showcase style solos help to solidify reading skills, proper phrasing technique, and will surely be a hit at your next recital!
Kick-start your creativity with eight elegant solos for intermediates of all ages composed by Jennifer Eklund. Each solo includes an accompanying illustration created by Susan Hong. The soothing coloring activities allow the player to set a color palette for each piece to aid in interpreting the music.
Pronto Pizazz: Rising Starz Volume 2 features twelve multi-key solos for early primer level students. Flexible songs can be taught by note, rote, or number. All twelve selections include lush, contemporary teacher duet parts that will be a hit at your next recital!
Stage Left is a book of 17 beginning level, multi-key solos written for left-hand only featuring familiar melodies that have been refreshed with modern rhythms and free backing tracks. Great exercises for strengthening bass clef reading, left-hand dexterity, and exploring transposition. This new second edition now contains teacher duet parts for each piece.
Need music for a wedding, a party, church offertory, or any occasion where beautiful background music is a necessity? This is your new go-to gig book! Let There be Music features 45 performance-ready pieces by Jennifer Eklund that will suit any occasion. Selections include classical favorites, contemporary lyrical pieces, and sacred works. Available as a convenient eBook so you can stop lugging music books around.
Easy Spotlight Solos features 10 showcase solos in varying styles and tonal centers. These solos are ideal for late beginners of all ages and make great performance pieces for recitals and other events! This book contains selections for the NFMC Festivals Bulletin, 2020-2024.
Spotlight Solos PLUS features 10 showcase solos in varying styles and tonal centers. These solos are ideal for late beginners through early intermediates of all ages. This book contains selections for the NFMC Festivals Bulletin, 2020-2024.
Pronto Pizazz: Rising Starz features 10 multi-key solos for early primer level students. Flexible songs can be taught by note, rote, or number. All ten selections include lush, contemporary teacher duet parts.
Impressions is a suite of contemporary lyrical solos by Jennifer Eklund that will be a hit with intermediates of all ages.
O Canada easy piano solo arranged by Jennifer Eklund. This patriotic solo is ideal for beginners and includes a lush teacher duet part!
Yankee Doodle, a patriotic favorite, arranged by Jennifer Eklund as an easy trio for beginners. This ensemble piece serves as a great introduction to easy collaborative playing and will also be effective in group piano settings with multiple keyboards. Purchase includes separated parts and a full conductors score.
Multi-level solo pack with four showcase style versions of O Canada arranged by Jennifer Eklund. Spanning beginning through intermediate levels this value pack will suit the needs of students of all ages and levels!
O Canada with two easy piano versions arranged by Jennifer Eklund. Ideal for late beginners through early intermediates of all ages.
Let Freedom Ring is an inspirational pop-style solo for early intermediates composed by Jennifer Eklund.
Lift Every Voice and Sing, arranged by Jennifer Eklund, in a lyrical style for late beginners and early intermediates.
O Canada arranged as an intermediate lyrical solo by Jennifer Eklund. Ideal for intermediate level students of all ages.
The Star-Spangled Banner, arranged by Jennifer Eklund, for late beginners of all ages. This version is from the Songs I Love to Play songbook.
The Star-Spangled Banner, arranged by Jennifer Eklund, for late beginners of all ages. This version is from the Piano Pronto: Movement 1 method book and includes an optional teacher duet part.
Written as a commemorative piece for the centenary of the battle of Beaumont-Hamel, July 1, 1916. Of the nearly 800 men who took part in the Allied offensive only 68 were to answer roll call the following day. Opening with the toll of bells this solo piano piece has a simple, yet haunting, Celtic-inspired melody played over a military drum-like drone.
Yankee Doodle with teacher accompaniment part arranged by Jennifer Eklund for beginners of all ages. This patriotic favorite is part of the Piano Pronto: Movement 1 method book.
John Philip Sousa’s iconic patriotic theme The Stars & Stripes Forever, arranged for early intermediates by Jennifer Eklund. This piece is part of Piano Pronto: Movement 2 and includes a teacher duet part.
An upbeat American patriotic favorite arranged for late beginners of all ages. This is a performance-ready solo that will delight students and audiences alike! Music arranged by Jennifer Eklund and part of the Songs I Love to Play Volume 2 songbook. This piece has been selected for the NFMC Festivals Bulletin, 2020-2024.
Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean, arranged in a contemporary lyrical style for late intermediate piano by Jennifer Eklund.
America the Beautiful, arranged in a contemporary lyrical style for advanced piano by Jennifer Eklund.
Johnny Comes Marching Home duet is a patriotic duet ideal for two early intermediate level level students. Arranged by Jennifer Eklund.
Salute to the Troops is a arrangement of popular military themes as a piano duet by Sandra Zylstra. This lively medley includes the Army, Navy, and Marine anthems and is ideal for two intermediates.
*NOTE: The Air Force anthem is still under copyright and requires additional licensing. This is the reason that melody is omitted from this piece. We appreciate your understanding and want you to know we are not ignoring this branch of our armed forces!
You’re a Grand Old Flag arranged as an upbeat trio by Lisa Donovan Lukas. This selection is ideal for early intermediates and includes a set of parts and a full conductor’s score.
Long-Legged Spinners is a whimsically macabre solo composed by Stacy Fahrion. This solo is ideal for intermediates of all ages and is part of the Lullabies for Arachnophobes songbook.
Morning Sounds is an easy lyrical solo for beginners composed by Sarah Reaser O’Brien that includes lyrics. This piece serves as a great introduction to playing in waltz-time, crossovers, and easy open-fifth position shifts with the left hand.
The Swan by Camille Saint-Saens is presented here in an early intermediate arrangement by Rick Robertson. This favorite will appeal to pianists of all ages.
Walkin’ the Dawg is a bright jazzy swing piece with a bluesy feel by Gary Johnston. Great introduction to learning walking bass lines for the intermediate pianist.
Whip-poor-will Dance is a slow ragtime-style solo written in 1921 by Joe Jordan and featured in Season 2 of the HBO® series “Boardwalk Empire.” This simplified elegant arrangement by Jennifer Eklund is ideal for intermediates of all ages.
On the Prowl is a easy minor-key showcase solo composed by Chrissy Ricker. This piece is part of the Easy Cool Cats songbook.
Get ready to boogie! Top Dog Boogie is a fast and flashy trio composed by Lisa Donovan Lukas. This selection is ideal for early intermediates and includes a set of separate parts and a full conductor’s score. Looking for a fun follow-up to this piece? Check out the sequel Puppy Dog Romp for more swinging fun for early intermediates!
Moose on the Loose is a jazzy showcase piano solo by Lisa Frederick. This delightful hard-romping swing solo is an ideal spotlight piece for late-intermediates of all ages.
Dog Days songbook is a set of intermediate showcase solos by Jennifer Eklund that chronicles a day in the life of her rescue dogs.
Spiders In My Bed is a showcase piano solo by Canadian composer Lisa Frederick that is ideal for late beginners and early intermediates. It’s a light-hearted homage to our arachnid friends with a dash of Johannes Brahms!
Creepy Crawlers is a minor-key waltz for beginning violinists that is great for introducing dotted rhythms. Includes a lush teacher accompaniment making this ideal for recitals and other performance opportunities.
Crocodile Tears, composed by Amanda W. Smith, is an upbeat bluesy solo for intermediates. This piece is part of the Set Sail songbook.
Sad Sasquatch, by Chrissy Ricker, is an easy lyrical solo for beginners. This piece is part of the “Creature Features” songbook.
Keep on Moo-ving is a jazzy, minor-key primer level solo from Roadtrip: Rockstar Rally Volume 2, and includes a teacher duet part. This piece serves as a great introduction to swing-stye eighth notes. Music and lyrics by Jennifer Eklund and Kris Skaletski.
Composer Stacy Fahrion transforms Three Blind Mice, Itsy Bitsy Spider, and a snippet of Rain, Rain, Go Away into a mystical minor showpiece.
Campsite Critters is a lyrical primer level solo, from Roadtrip: Rockstar Rally, and includes a teacher duet part. This piece serves as a great introduction to playing eighth notes. Music and lyrics by Jennifer Eklund and Kris Skaletski.
The Gentle Giant, composed by Lisa Donovan Lukas, is an easy and elegant lyrical solo for late beginners. This piece is part of the Fantasies & Fairy Tales Volume Two songbook.
Blue Jay Blues is an easy bluesy solo for beginners composed by Sarah Reaser O’Brien that includes lyrics. This piece serves as a great introduction to 12-bar blues, easy position shifts, and swing-style eighth notes.
Chillaxin’ is an easy, lazy-swing tune for late beginners of all ages by Jennifer Eklund. Great piece to work on left-hand independence and swing-style eighth notes. Part of the Easy Spotlight Solos songbook.
Under the Sun is a lyrical solo and teacher duet perfect for very early beginners of all ages. This piece can be taught by note, rote, or finger number. Part of the Rising Starz Volume 1 songbook.
Boppin’ on the Boardwalk is a playful spin on “Minuet in G” from the The Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach. This fun and flashy arrangement by Chrissy Ricker will be sure to delight early intermediates of all ages!
Indian Summer, composed by Sara Tomlinson, is a reflective ambient solo for intermediates. This piece is part of the Creation Collage songbook.
Summer Dance is an MTAC Composers Today award winning composition by Lisa Donovan Lukas. A light, jazzy, energetic contemporary solo, it is a perfect showcase piece for the late intermediate student of any age!
Sunny Day is a delightful, lyrical solo written at three different levels by Robyn Fehrenbacher. Includes two beginner versions with optional teacher duet, as well as a solo version for late beginners of all ages.
Lazy Afternoon by Rick Robertson is an early-intermediate-level lyrical solo. The flowing style and ease will appeal to pianists of all ages.
March of the Red Ants, composed by Kevin Costley, is an showcase solo for late beginners. This piece serves as a great opportunity for students to work on playing a steady bass line, triplets, and shifting between major and minor modes.
Summer Sunset, composed by Sara Tomlinson, reflects an ending of something beautiful. The melody swirls throughout the piece as rich layers are added through arpeggios in the left hand. This lyrical solo is ideal for intermediates of all ages.
Dream Clouds by Rick Robertson is an early intermediate solo in a neo-Romantic lyrical style. It is very effective in performance, and its passagework lies easily under the hands, making it sound more difficult than it is.
Lemonade Stand is a minor-key sassy trio for beginners featuring music and lyrics by Jennifer Eklund & Kris Skaletski. This ensemble piece serves as a great introduction to easy collaborative playing and will also be effective in group piano settings with multiple keyboards. Purchase includes separated parts and a full conductors score.
First Day of Summer, composed by Gary Johnston, is a happy, bright jazzy pop tune for early intermediate solo piano to welcome back the sunny days of summer.
Festival, composed by Rick Robertson, is a jubilant showcase solo in five-finger C position for beginners. This piece is part of the Spectrum songbook.
Seaside, composed by Rick Robertson, is a late intermediate contemporary lyrical solo. With its gentle syncopation, it suggests a modern barcarolle.
Cruisin’ is a laid back jazz-waltz solo by Canadian composer, Lisa Frederick. Ready for a lazy ride in a cool car? This is your ticket to ride!
A Song for All Seasons is a celebratory collection that can be enjoyed year-round by late beginners. Each season includes an arrangement of one of Vivaldi’s concertos from “The Four Seasons,” followed by two original season-specific solos composed by Lisa Donovan Lukas.
Lollipop Polka is an easy solo for late beginners with lush teacher duet included. This duet by Barbara Becker is part of the Just Fun for Two songbook.
Midsummer Days, composed by Gary Johnston, is a light and airy lyrical solo for early intermediates and up. This piece offers a great opportunity to work on syncopated rhythms and lyrical phrasing.