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.
Spooktacular is an upbeat, minor-key jazz solo with teacher duet that incorporates finger snaps throughout. This piece is ideal for beginners of all ages and can be taught by note or rote.
Tick Tock Trio is a piece for 1 piano, 6 hands by Canadian composer Lisa Frederick. Ideal for beginners of all ages, Tick Tock stays in 5 finger position and features foot stomps, piano taps, and finger snaps!
On the Run by Heather Nanney is an attention-grabbing beginner solo with lots of energy. Its fast moving lines will have students hooked! Play-along tracks in MIDI and Mp3 format included with purchase!
Glass Houses by Amanda W. Smith is a mysterious sounding, video-game style duet for two beginners in the key of C minor.
End Game is our most popular easy pop-style tune. This multi-pack includes all three versions of the “can’t miss” solo graded from late beginners through early intermediates. Music composed by Jennifer Eklund.
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.
Funeral March for a Jack-o’-Lantern is a jaunty late beginner Halloween solo arranged by Jennifer Eklund that mixes the Funeral March from Chopin’s Piano Sonata No. 2 and The Hearse Song. Two versions are included, one with a key signature and one without.
Funeral March for a Jack-o-Lantern is an easy, evenly-leveled duet for late beginners by Jennifer Eklund. Perfect for Halloween or any time of the year when a spooky mood strikes! Includes separated parts and a stacked score for convenience.
End Game, a perennial favorite, arranged as a trio for six hands, on one piano by Jennifer Eklund. This selection is ideal for late beginners of all ages and includes a full conductor’s score and the three separate student parts. This piece has been selected for the NFMC Festivals Bulletin, 2020-2024.
Funeral March for a Jack-o-Lantern is an easy, evenly-leveled trio for late beginners by Jennifer Eklund. Perfect for Halloween or any time of the year when a spooky mood strikes! Includes separated parts and a full conductor’s stacked score for convenience.
The Creaking Floor, composed by Kevin Costley, is an mysterious showcase solo for late beginners. This piece serves as a great opportunity for students to work on playing various articulations and shifting the melody between the hands.
Spooky Spooks, composed by Kevin Costley, is an easy mysterious solo for late beginners. This piece provides a great opportunity to work on articulations.
Eerie Evening is a late beginning level solo that explores the haunting sounds of harmonic overtones throughout the piano. Cleverly written, students will be amazed at the new sounds their acoustic piano can make! This piece might even inspire some new “ghost” compositions!
Midnight Bells Are Ringing, is a spooky spin on “Frere Jacques” arranged as an easy minor-key trio for late beginners by Jennifer Eklund. Perfect for Halloween or any time of the year when a spooky mood strikes! Includes separated parts and a full conductor’s stacked score for convenience.
Dark to Light is a fast and flashy solo for early intermediates composed by Jennifer Eklund. This showcase piece serves as a great introduction to 6/8 time and sixteenth notes.
Dark to Light is a fast and flashy evenly-leveled duet for two early intermediates. Music by Jennifer Eklund.
Terrifying Trilogy is an eerie and mysterious three-piece set with Hitchcock-inspired titles spanning late-elementary to early intermediate levels. All three pieces are in an expanded C minor five-finger hand position. With fast-slow-fast tempo indications, the three solos work well as movements of a modern sonatina or as stand-alone material.
Skeleton’s Waltz is a hauntingly delightful showcase solo for students composed by Chrisanne Nahum. You and your students will be humming this catchy tune all year round - not just at Halloween!
Hungry for a fast & flashy showcase solo? Stataco Tostada is a cheeky ode to the common mispronunciations we’ve all heard a million times. This early intermediate showcase solo, arranged by Jennifer Eklund, is loosely based on traditional Mexican folk melodies and provides a great opportunity for students to work on articulations and chord inversions.
12th Street Rag, composed by Euday L. Bowman, an infectious little ear-worm, arranged as an evenly-leveled early intermediate duet, by Jennifer Eklund. Separated parts and a full stacked-score are both included.
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.
A haunting melody and quirky harmonic scheme make this Halloween-flavored solo by Paul Sweet is perfect for your next recital. It’s full of teaching moments, too: pedal technique, phrasing, accidentals, and more!
No Turning Back by Heather Nanney is a mysterious piece that is a perfect choice for your next recital. Use it at Halloween or any time of year with your students looking for some adventure in their lessons. Orchestrated backing tracks (MIDI and Mp3 format) included with purchase!