Spotlight Solos Volume 1: Super Soundtrack

Dynamic Duos is a collection of ten evenly-leveled showcase duets for late-beginners and beyond composed by Lisa Donovan Lukas. These selections span a variety of genres and will delight students and audiences of all ages! This book contains selections for the NFMC Festivals Bulletin, 2020-2024.

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.

Twelve elegant showcase solos for late beginners and early intermediates composed by Barbara Becker. These harmonically innovative character pieces will delight students of all ages!

Movement 2: Power Pages is an all-in-one supplement to be used in tandem with the Piano Pronto Movement 2 method book. This workbook provides written theory, sightreading/technique, ear training, lead-sheet playing, and composition exercises to reinforce all of the concepts introduced in the Movement 2 student book. This essential item will help build strong readers and confident students!

Movement 2 Power Pages Answer Guide will help save you and your students valuable time during lessons by allowing you to quickly check the answers on all of the written exercises. The page layout directly mirrors the student workbook with applicable sections that need checking marked in red.

Sugar Plum Jam, is a chilled-out Latin spin on Tchaikovsky’s “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” from The Nutcracker ballet arranged as an evenly-leveled duet for late beginners and early intermediates by Jennifer Eklund. This piece is part of The Nutcracker for Two songbook.

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!

This packet of reproducible worksheets is intended to use with a fourth grade classroom music class that has covered the material already presented in the previous Elementary reproducible packets. Answer booklet included!

Super Soundtrack for the Spotlight Solos PLUS 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.

O Canada, arranged as an evenly-leveled duet for late beginners and early intermediates. Music by Jennifer Eklund.

Hit the Ground Running is a minor-key trio for six hands, 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.

What could be nicer than a cat nap on a lazy afternoon? This laid-back jazz piece by Chrissy Ricker is sure to be a hit with early intermediates of all ages!

Chain Reaction is an easy pattern-based 12-bar blues solo in F minor for early intermediates. Music composed by Jennifer Eklund and part of the Spotlight Solos Plus songbook.

Epic is a driving, rock-style solo by Chrissy Ricker for late beginners to early intermediates. This high-energy piece introduces students to elements of harmony, rhythm, and form commonly found in rock music.

Chasing the Paints is an early intermediate showcase solo composed by Jane Tate. This fun and silly song is a showdown between horse and owner trying to catch her in the field.

Skipping Town is a fun and spooky solo perfect for late beginners and is part of Spotlight Solos Volume 1. Music by Jennifer Eklund.

Hatikvah, the Israeli national anthem, arranged for duet by Barbara Becker. This harmonically lush rendering of this iconic melody will delight students of all ages. The secondo is intermediate level and the primo part is graded for late beginners.

Sky’s the Limit is an easy, lyrical pop solo for late beginners through early intermediates of all ages. Music composed by Jennifer Eklund and part of the Spotlight Solos Volume 2 songbook.