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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!

Spooky Spooks, composed by Kevin Costley, is an easy mysterious solo for late beginners. This piece provides a great opportunity to work on articulations.

Creature Features, is a scintillating collection of fourteen solos for beginners inspired by classic sci-fi and fantasy themes. These easy solos by Chrissy Ricker will mesmerize students and audiences of all ages and make great selections during the Halloween season and beyond!

Black Cat Boogie, composed by Rick Robertson, is an early-intermediate jazzy showcase solo in a Boogie-Woogie style. It is very effective in performance, and should be a hit on any recital program. It is purposefully written in G-flat major, and uses black-key pentatonic melodies.

Carousel, composed by Rick Robertson, is a showcase solo for late beginners. Its rhythm suggests the up and down motion of a horse on a carousel, with a tune that is suggestive of a calliope.

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!

Spin My Web is a vexing and spooky, evenly-leveled duet for two late beginners. Composed by Chrisanne Nahum, this student-favorite, remains primarily in 5-finger position as the two parts weave together to spin an intricate web of sound! This piece has been selected for the NFMC Festivals Bulletin, 2020-2024.

Renegade is a pattern-based minor-key solo for late beginners composed by Chrissy Ricker. This is a fun introduction to syncopated rhythms and is part of the Easy Perfect Patterns songbook.

Mission: X Haunted Hill is a short-form method-style songbook for late beginners with a focus on minor scales. Each block begins with “Mission Training” that contains a mix of written theory work and light music analysis to help prepare students to learn the pieces. These engaging pieces and materials by Chrissy Ricker will be a hit with students of all ages.

Easy Cool Cats, is a collection of twelve easy showcase solos composed by Chrissy Ricker. These jazzy solos represent a variety of genres and will appeal to late beginners and early intermediates of all ages!

End Game trilogy is a mini-suite of minor-key, flashy solos for late beginners composed by Jennifer Eklund. This pack includes, Game On!, End Game (from Spotlight Solos Volume 1), and Game Over! Students of all ages will love these hand-friendly, showcase solos!

An absolute student-saver showcase solo for late beginners who want music that sounds cool and looks impressive. This is the easiest version of End Game found from the ever-popular Spotlight Solos Volume 1 collection by Jennifer Eklund. This is the version of End Game that is on the NFMC Bulletin list.

What could be nicer than a cat nap on a lazy afternoon? This laid-back jazz piece by Chrissy Ricker is sure to be a hit with early intermediates of all ages!

Chasing the Paints is an early intermediate showcase solo composed by Jane Tate. This fun and silly song is a showdown between horse and owner trying to catch her in the field.

Skipping Town is a fun and spooky solo perfect for late beginners and is part of Spotlight Solos Volume 1. Music by Jennifer Eklund.

Halloween Fun is a mini-songbook of easy showcase style solos composed by Barbara Becker. Featuring favorites from Becker’s Just Fun! songbook volumes, these engaging solos, for beginners and late beginners, will delight students of all ages!

Composer Stacy Fahrion transforms Three Blind Mice, Itsy Bitsy Spider, and a snippet of Rain, Rain, Go Away into a mystical minor showpiece.

Top Cat Boogie, composed by Chrissy Ricker, is a fast 1950s rock-style solo for late beginners. This piece is part of the Easy Cool Cats songbook.