Toccata in Fifths, composed by Kevin Costley, is a fast and flashy showcase solo for late beginners. This pattern-based piece is fun to play, easy to learn, and sure to dazzle audiences!
What a Crazy Day!, composed by Kevin Costley, is an upbeat showcase solo for late beginners. This piece serves as a great opportunity for students to work on playing different articulations in each hand at the same time.
Staccatissimo, composed by Kevin Costley, is a fast and flashy showcase solo for late beginners. This piece serves as a great exercise for students to work on playing fast staccato and easy position shifts.
Got tech-obsessed students in your studio? Scrolling is a tantalizing easy showcase solo for late beginners composed by Sarah Reaser O’Brien. This piece is part of the Smart Tones songbook.
Hoedown Showdown, composed by Rick Robertson, features changing hand positions, and has a brief passage of open fifths to suggest the fiddle. This showcase solo is well-suited for late-beginners of all ages.
A Mystery Story, by Rick Robertson, is an easy minor-key solo that is part of the Spectrum Volume 1 songbook. This showcase solo, is well-suited for late beginners of all ages and also makes for a great recital pick around Halloween.
Lucky Shamrock, part of Lisa Donovan Lukas’s Dynamic Duos songbook, is a delightful evenly-leveled duet for two late-beginners. Enjoy this piece as a St. Patrick’s Day favorite or at any time of the year! This piece has been selected for the NFMC Festivals Bulletin, 2020-2024.
The Guardian is an epic super-hero themed trio composed by Lisa Donovan Lukas. This selection is ideal for late beginners and includes a set of separate parts and a full conductor’s score. This piece has been selected for the NFMC Festivals Bulletin, 2020-2024.
Hall of Mirrors is an upbeat showcase trio by Lisa Donovan Lukas. This selection is ideal for late beginners and includes a set of parts and a full conductor’s score.
The Ringmaster is an upbeat showcase trio by Lisa Donovan Lukas. This selection is ideal for late beginners and includes a set of parts and a full conductor’s score.
Highland Dance is a spirited, Celtic-style solo from Chrissy Ricker’s Perfect Patterns songbook. This jovial romp is a fun, patter-based showcase solo for late beginners of all ages.
Goblin Dance is a spooky minor-key one-handed solo by Chrissy Ricker ideal for late beginners of all ages. This piece can be played with either the right or left hand.
No Second Chances is a fast & flashy one-handed showcase solo by Chrissy Ricker ideal for late beginners of all ages. This piece can be played with either the right or left hand.
Perpetual is a fast and flashy one-handed showcase solo by Chrissy Ricker ideal for late beginners of all ages. This piece can be played with either the right or left hand.
Agent 001 is a spy-themed one-handed showcase solo by Chrissy Ricker ideal for late beginners of all ages. This piece can be played with either the right or left hand. This piece has been selected for the NFMC Festivals Bulletin, 2020-2024.
Hop & Bop is a fast and flashy easy solo composed by Chrissy Ricker. This showcase piece, part of the Easy Perfect Patterns songbook, and is suitable for late beginners of all ages.
Fifth Gear, composed by Chrissy Ricker, is a showcase solo for late beginners. This piece is part of the Let’s Quest songbook and selected for the NFMC Festivals Bulletin, 2020-2024.
Nemesis is an easy minor-key showcase solo composed by Chrissy Ricker. This piece is part of the Perfect Patterns songbook.
Snap to It! is a jazzy, finger-snapping showcase solo composed by Jennifer Eklund. This piece is ideal for late beginners of all ages and serves as a great way to introduce swing style eighth notes and syncopation.
Mind the Gap! is an easy showcase solo for late-beginners that is part of Jennifer Eklund’s Pronto Pizazz Volume 2 collection. This short study focuses on shifting positions in parallel fifths with various articulations, and includes a funky teacher accompaniment.
Home Run is an evenly-leveled duet for late beginners composed by Jennifer Eklund. This light and energetic piece is great for the summer season and provides student with ample opportunity to work on syncopation.
Super Spy Guy is a fun, minor-key piano solo for late beginners of all ages. Composed by Jennifer Eklund and part of the Spotlight Solos Volume 1 songbook.
Whirlwind is a fast and flashy showcase solo by Jennifer Eklund that introduces the concept of hemiola to late beginning students. Part of the Spotlight Solos Volume 2 songbook.
Make Your Move is a fast showcase solo in A minor for late beginners of all ages. Ideal piece for reinforcing staccato and legato phrasing and easy hand shifts. Part of the Easy Spotlight Solos songbook.