Composition Corner

Joy to the World, from the First Christmas Solos songbook, is a primer level holiday solo with teacher duet ideal for beginners of all ages. Music can be taught by note, rote, or finger number.

Rainy Day Games is a minor-key primer level solo, from Roadtrip: Rockstar Rally, and includes a teacher duet part. This piece serves as a great introduction to finger independence and playing flats. Music and lyrics by Jennifer Eklund and Kris Skaletski.

Weekend Waltz is an easy lilting waltz for primers and beginners of all ages. While this solo stands alone it also includes a teacher duet part in the style of a jazz-waltz.

Your beginning level students will be begging for this playful, upbeat solo by Heather Nanney. The lyrics will have them giggling and dancing! Play-along tracks in MIDI and Mp3 format included with purchase!

Ode to a Dark Star is a minor-key version of “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” arranged as a trio for beginners by Jennifer Eklund. This is a fun spin on a familiar melody and 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.

Rock ’n’ Cha is an upbeat Latin-style solo with fun and easy harmonic intervals for primers and beginners of all ages. While this solo stands alone it also includes a Latin-style romping teacher duet part which makes for a great showcase piece for recitals.

Let’s Cha-Cha-Cha is an easy upbeat left-handed solo for beginners that includes a teacher duet. Music by Jennifer Eklund and part of the Stage Left! Volume 2 songbook.

Roadtrip! Country Carnival Student Travel Log is an essential item for instructors and students. All of the “at-home activities” from the Teacher Guidebook are pre-typed onto individual assignment sheets. Print out and send home with your students or annotate during the lesson on your iPad and email the assignments to the parents.

My First Composition book is a free resource from Piano Pronto Publishing full of user-friendly, landscape-oriented pages of blank staff paper. Twenty-one unique templates provide the flexibility for you to guide beginning level students through short composition and writing activities of your choice.

Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella, from the First Christmas Solos songbook, is an early primer level holiday solo with teacher duet ideal for beginners of all ages. Music can be taught by note, rote, or finger number.

An essential item to amp up the full-time fun for Keyboard Kickoff students! This all-new super soundtrack includes: fun instrumental backing tracks and play-along tracks of the teacher duet parts for all 35 Keyboard Kickoff 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.

O Christmas Tree, from the First Christmas Solos songbook, is a primer level holiday solo with teacher duet ideal for beginners of all ages. Music can be taught by note, rote, or finger number.

Roadtrip! To the Lake Student Travel Log is an essential item for instructors using the Roadtrip! lesson book. All of the “at-home activities” from the Teacher Guidebook are pre-typed onto individual assignment sheets. Print out and send home with your students or annotate during the lesson on your iPad and email the assignments to the parents.

Picnic Party is an upbeat 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.

Super Soundtrack for the Stage Left Volume 1 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.

Off to the Races is an upbeat left-handed solo for beginners that includes a teacher duet. Music by Jennifer Eklund and part of the Stage Left! Volume 2 songbook.

It’s Hallo-scream!, is an elegant minor-key showcase waltz for beginners. This piece is part of the First Halloween Solos songbook by Jennifer Eklund and includes an optional teacher duet part.

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.