My Composition Book

Heart on Fire is an easy and rewarding pop-style tune by Sarah Reaser O’Brien for late beginners. It’s loaded with impressive-sounding eighth notes in simple patterns and is supported by sophisticated harmony. It also serves as a fun sight-reading exercise for intermediates!

Up on the Housetop arranged as an easy trio for six hands, one piano by Jennifer Eklund. This selection is ideal for beginners and late beginners of all ages. Includes a full conductor’s score and the three student parts separately.

Center Stage Solos is a collection of ten easy showcase solos for beginners with upbeat teacher duet parts included. Music by Heather Nanney.

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!

Viva Violin Volume 1 is an exciting supplemental songbook for beginning violinists of all ages. Featuring twelve original compositions by Jennifer Eklund and Meagan Mason, this songbook includes contemporary piano accompaniments that will showcase violinists through a wide variety of genres. Separate violin book and piano accompaniment book included with purchase.

Hot Potato is a fast and flashy easy staccato study for composed by Jennifer Eklund and part of the Fired Up! Level Two method book. This version includes two student solos (with and without key signature) and a teacher duet part.

Fum, Fum, Fum, arranged as an easy trio for six hands, one piano by Jennifer Eklund. This selection is ideal for late beginners of all ages. Includes a full conductor’s score and the three student parts separately.

Petite Ballerina is an expressive lyrical piano solo in F major by Lisa Frederick that is ideal for late beginners of all ages. A perfect introduction to legato phrasing and maintaining a delicate left-hand accompaniment pattern.

Treble Clef Spaces Song is an engaging easy solo to help students strengthen their treble-clef reading skills. Music & lyrics by Sarah Reaser O’Brien.

Sync or Swim is an easy syncopated Latin-style solo for beginners that is part of Jennifer Eklund’s Pronto Pizazz Volume 2 collection. This short study focuses on easy syncopated patterns and finger independence in both hands and includes an upbeat teacher accompaniment.

This is a “Theory Fundamental” level workbook. Older beginners, older than age 8, should consider using the Bronze Medallion workbook (see the Medallion Series video on the home page). Many concepts are repeated and reviewed in each of the “Theory Fundamental” levels. This is to ensure that a firm foundation is set. Concepts include: Music alphabet, keyboard drill, staff, stem rule, steps, skips, repeated notes, dynamics, drawing the treble & bass clef, treble & bass clef lines and spaces, quarter note & rest, half note & rest, whole note & rest, dotted half note, introduction to two-8th notes (beamed), measures, bar lines, double bar line, time signatures, rhythm drill, sharps & flats, vocabulary, ear-training, review test (51 pages, 14 Lessons, 8 Fun Sheets).

Rockin’ Rocket Ship, is a minor-key beginning level solo with music and lyrics by Jennifer Eklund and Kris Skaletski. This easy showcase includes a teacher duet and is part of the Roadtrip: Space Odyssey.

Write that Down is a composition workbook by Jennifer Eklund intended for students of all ages and levels. Students will learn essential songwriting skills through scalable, template-based activities that take the “fear of the blank page” out of composition. Teachers are encouraged to use these exercises as a launching pad to creating other similar exercises for their students.

Canon in D easy piano solo arranged in the original key by Jennifer Eklund. This simplified version stays true to the original piece and will delight advancing beginners of all ages. Backing tracks, in MIDI and Mp3 format included with paid versions for a full-time fun experience!

Cool Morning is a laid-back easy bossa nova solo with teacher duet composed by Lisa Donovan Lukas.

I Need Thee Every Hour, a sacred classic, arranged as a beginning level solo with lush teacher duet part included. Music arranged by Jennifer Eklund.

Snaptastic is a swing-style showcase duet with finger snaps ideal for a beginner and intermediate student or teacher. Music by Jennifer Eklund. This piece is part of the Minor Marvels songbook.

This jazzy take on the holiday classic can be performed as a duet or as a trio! “Jingle Bell Jive” by Chrissy Ricker is a toe-tapping ensemble piece arranged for two or three beginners.