Easy Spotlight Solos features 10 showcase solos in varying styles and tonal centers. These solos are ideal for late beginners of all ages and make great performance pieces for recitals and other events! This book contains selections for the NFMC Festivals Bulletin, 2020-2024.
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.
Don’t Get it Twisted is a fun and lively minor-key showcase solo for late beginners of all ages. Great piece for working on phrasing and proper articulation techniques. Part of the Easy Spotlight Solos songbook.
Believe It or Not is an easy contemporary lyrical solo ideal for late beginners of all ages. This uplifting solo is a great introduction to syncopation and appropriate for many performance occasions. Part of the Easy Spotlight Solos songbook.
Nightscape is an easy, minor-key, lyrical solo for late beginners of all ages. This showcase piece serves as a great introduction to legato and expressive phrasing techniques. Part of the Easy Spotlight Solos songbook. This piece has been selected for the NFMC Festivals Bulletin, 2020-2024.
Keep Rising is a simple, uplifting lyrical solo for beginners of all ages. Composed by Jennifer Eklund and part of the Easy Spotlight Solos songbook.
Smooth Sailing is an easy lyrical solo for beginners and late beginners. A great opportunity for students of all ages to work on legato playing, pedaling, left-hand dominant melody, and much more! Part of the Easy Spotlight Solos songbook.
Cut & Run is a lyrical pop-style ballad in F major ideal for late beginners of all ages. Great piece to work on lyrical phrasing and expressive playing. Part of the Easy Spotlight Solos songbook.
Summertime Swingin’ is a fun swing style tune for late beginners that introduces the concepts of swing-style eighth notes and easy position shifts. Part of the Easy Spotlight Solos songbook.
Minor Details is an easy, swing-style solo, designed to reinforce proper phrasing, staccato, legato, and accenting techniques. It’s the “details” that make this showcase solo both fun and functional! Part of the Easy Spotlight Solos songbook.
Chillaxin’ is an easy, lazy-swing tune for late beginners of all ages by Jennifer Eklund. Great piece to work on left-hand independence and swing-style eighth notes. Part of the Easy Spotlight Solos songbook.
Super Soundtrack for the Easy Spotlight Solos songbook by Jennifer Eklund. Includes orchestrated backing tracks with and without the student part as well as recordings of the student solos. Mp3 and MIDI files included with purchase.