Collection-Christopher Norton is well-known throughout the world for his compositions for piano particularly the Microjazz series published by Boosey and Hawkes and Connections for Piano published by 80 Days Publishing. His music is popular with piano students as well as professional performers because he writes well for the piano has a subtle blend of jazz pop and classical influences and has a distinctive style of writing that appeals to a wide range of audiences. 'The nine pieces in this book are from my Jazz and Latin Preludes for solo piano beautifully transcribed and arranged for the pedal harp by Savourna Stevenson. Iâ''m so pleased that these pieces are available to acompletely new group of instrumentalists. Enjoy!'
SKU: FH.VLR01
ISBN 9781554409020.
C arefully selected and curated to support teachers and students in their artistic and technical development, the Violi n Series, 2021 Edition includes pieces from a diverse range of eras and styles that represent stepping stones to major violin repertoire. Each level is constructed to link repertoire selections to necessary techniques and corresponding etudes, while illustrating step-by-step connections for developing core skills. Each Reper toire book includes access to quality video and audio recordings by some of North America's finest violinists and accompanists; both performance and accompaniment-only tracks for each Reper toire selection offer students a model for performance practice and the convenience of accompanied rehearsal at home.
Violi n Repertoire 1 offers selections at various tempos that explore familiar D major/minor and A major/minor tonalities in first position, while encouraging further development of hand-frame knowledge in the keys of G major and C major across the fingerboard. Through a broad cross-section of pieces in simple and compound time, enriched piano accompaniments enhance lyricism and tone production. The pieces explore bow development and division using a variety of lengths, while also introducing hooked bows and slurs. New experiences include artificial harmonics, gliss ando, and double stops; duets are included to provide opportunities for in-class and recital collaboration. Featured composers include Harold Birston, Christine Donkin, Robert Fleming, Christine Gale, Terence Greaves, Ricky Hyslop, Michael Joncas, Dmitri Kabalevsky, Christopher Norton, Mary Alice Rich, Alec Rowley, and Robert Schumann.
SKU: HL.48025152
UPC: 196288096863.
The Grade By Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey & Hawkes catalogue of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall, Vera Gray and others. Carefully selected by Iain Farrington, this practical anthology provides the complete repertoire resource for the aspiring Grade 3 pianist and creates the perfect package for teaching, exam preparation and performance. Each volume contains: -a diverse collection of pieces, each complemented by a useful practice and performance tip-grade-appropriate scales and arpeggios linked to the repertoire through bespoke text and exercises-brand new sight-reading and improvisation activities-newly-commissi oned aural awareness tasks Full performance demonstrations and grade-appropriate aural awareness resources available to stream or download. Iain Farrington has an exceptionally busy and diverse career as a pianist, organist, composer and arranger. He has performed across the world, notably at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, and has worked with many leading musicians, including Bryn Terfel and Sir Paul McCartney. As a composer, Iains music has been performed, recorded and broadcast worldwide, and his.
