The Art of the Piano - Performance CD

Piano Adventures?-The Piano Adventures?: Gold Star Performance Level 1 is an adventurous collection for the late-elementary pianist featuring changing moods keys and hand positions. The series offers performance pieces ???with a challenge.??? This collection may also be used as a graduation book to improve artistic technical and rhythmic skills before advancing to the next level.As the title Gold Star suggests these pieces are especially appropriate for recitals and other musical events. A broad range of styles are presented to enhance the young musician???s awareness of classical jazz folk and impressionistic sounds. Pieces need not necessarily be taught in theorder presented.The Gold Star Performance CD is a discovery in sound for both listening and play-along. Repeated listening with and without the score will familiarize students with diverse musical textures and sonorities an ancient Chinese folk song ???bullfrog??? blues or a sonatina accompanied with orchestra.The educational recordings provide more than student demonstration they provide settings in harmony style and rhythm which explore the expressive and dramatic qualities of the piano. Solo piano performances superlatively performed by Randall and Nancy Faber are included at the end of the CD.Gold Star characteristics of each piece are listed in the table of contents and a Gold Star music dictionary and certificate conclude the book.G-O-L-D Star Performance: a Guide Offering Lyricism and Drama at the Keyboard!

50 Witty and 50 Wise Ways to Inspire Aspiring Musicians-In this delightful book of reflections Suzanne Guy shares witty sayings and wise truths gathered over 45 years of teaching piano. From daily chuckles to profound thoughts the rich imagery and concepts presented here sparkle like musical gems offering the perfect dose of inspiration. About the Author: Suzanne Guy has presented workshops and master classes at colleges conventions and professional organizations throughout the United States. Guy holds the MTNA Master Teacher Certificate and was also selected to be a Mobil Ambassador teacher at the ninth Van Cliburn Competition. Guy holds a degree in piano performance from Agnes Scott College and taught piano pedagogy at bothPeabody Conservatory and George Mason University.

Music Minus One Piano-Perform timeless piano works with various orchestras! Perfect for practice rehearsal auditions contest solos performances and more! Volume Two of Jim Odrich's two-part series of piano arrangements for a great collection of standards for piano with ensemble backgrounds. Includes a complete high-quality printed music score with performance suggestions and a compact disc containing the complete version of each piece with soloist and accompaniment then a second performance with accompaniments minus you the soloist.

The two accompaniment Cd's are correlated with Primer Level Piano Primer Level Performance and Primer Level Technic of 'Bastien Piano Basics' by James and Jane Smisor Bastien. Disc One includes orchestrations for piano andperformance; Disk Two includes orchestrations for Technic.

The Exploring Piano Classics series pairs motivating performance repertoire with thoughtful technical studies. Each level contains a Repertoire book with recordings and a Technique book both with convenient page-by-page correlation. When used together the books give students a deep understanding of the art of music performance practices and the necessary skills to play the piano with technical ease. The Repertoire books include pieces from the major style periods selected and graded based on festival competition and examination lists from the United States Canada and the United Kingdom. Background information on each style period its instruments composers andthemusic itself is included.Level 6 includes online recordings of the repertoire performed by internationally known clinician and teacher Nancy Bachus. These provide an indispensable tool for appropriate musical interpretation. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music with an M.M. in Piano Performance and Literature Nancy Bachus has performed solo recitals across the United States Canada and Italy and appeared in the original 'Monster Concerts' in venues such as Lincoln Center and the White House. Titles: Allegro in C Major (Pescetti) - Aria (Reichardt) - Arietta Op. 12 No. 1 (Grieg) - Bagatelle No. 1 Op. 5 No. 1 (Tcherepnin) - Bourr?e in A Minor TWV 32:12 (Telemann) - German Dance in B-flat Major K. 600 No. 3 (W. A. Mozart) - Lustig--Traurig WoO 54 (Beethoven) - Menuet in G Minor (St?lzel) - Menuet Trio di J. S. Bach (Prelude in G Minor) BWV 929 (J. S. Bach) - Opening of the Children???s Ball Op. 81 No. 4 (Kullak) - Prelude in C Minor Op. 8 No. 1 (Pachulski) - Sarabande HWV 437 (Handel) - Sommerabend Op. 71 No. 2 (Grieg) - Sonata in G Major (Cimarosa) - Sonatina in A Minor (Benda) - Souvenir Op. 10 No. 1 (Karganov) - Vals poetico No. 3 (Granados) - Valse miniature Op. 10 No. 10 (Rebikov) - Vision fugitive No. 10 Op. 22 No. 10 (Prokofiev) - Waltz in A Minor Op. posthumous (Chopin).

Proficiency in Theory and Performance. Group Piano ? Proficiency in Theory and Performance is a comprehensive group Piano course for adult beginners. Each of the 28 chapters begins with a chart of clearly outlined objectives so students have a snapshot of what skills they will learn and how the skills will be achieved. In addition to traditional note-reading and piano performance skills, students will learn in-depth music theory by learning and applying all the major and minor scales, arpeggios, chord progressions with analysis, improvisation, ear-training, harmonization, score-reading, ensemble playing and more. The price of this book includes access to orchestrated accompaniments to select titles in the book. These accompaniments are available for download or streaming using the unique code printed inside the book. Spiral-comb bound for ease of use.

'Bastien Piano Basics: Theory' is the theory workbook portion of the Bastien Piano Basics course. Each book contains written work and some short pieces to reinforce the concepts presented in'Bastien Piano Basics: Piano'. Games puzzles and colorful illustrations make learning fun! Your students will gain a better understanding of the music they are playing and they will learn more easily whentheory instruction is a regular part of their Piano studies. Each page is carefully correlated with Piano Performance and Technique. The Primer Level includes drills games and short pieces to reinforce the conceptspresented in 'Bastien Piano Basics: Piano'. Level 3 further discusses the concepts presented in 'Bastien Piano Basics: Piano'.

'Bastien Piano Basics: Theory' is the theory workbook portion of the Bastien Piano Basics course. Each book contains written work and some short pieces to reinforce the concepts presented in'Bastien Piano Basics: Piano'. Games puzzles and colorful illustrations make learning fun! Your students will gain a better understanding of the music they are playing and they will learn more easily whentheory instruction is a regular part of their Piano studies. Each page is carefully correlated with Piano Performance and Technique. The Primer Level includes drills games and short pieces to reinforce the conceptspresented in 'Bastien Piano Basics: Piano'.

A showy crowd-pleaser for Piano performers. Written in a quasi-ragtime style Dizzy Fingers utilizes fun syncopations and lots of fun right-hand runs anchored by a solid quarter-note pulse in the left hand. Occasional key changes and transitions make for a fun challenging performance.

This exciting collection includes six of Glenda Austin's favorite pieces through the years as well as two brand new solos composed especially for this series.Glenda Austin is a compsoser arranger and pianist from Joplin Missouri. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri at Columbia where she earned degrees in music education and piano performance. Glenda has taught general music in both public and private schools in Joplin for over 30 years and is involved in numerous theater and community activities. As an adjunct faculty memebr of Missouri Southern State University Glenda serves for chamber and concert choirs.

Level 2-Each pack contains 3 matching disks for Piano Performance and Technic books at each level. Play and hear each piece with an orchestral accompaniment.

Rumores De La Caleta (???Murmurs from the Small Courtyard???) Op. 71 No. 6 is written by Spanish pianist and composer Isaac Alb?niz for the solo Piano. The piece reflects traditional Andalusian flamenco style and is thus subtitled 'Malague?a'. It is a sensual and emotional courting dance from Malaga although the piece was actually named after La Caleta beach in Cadiz.As many of Alb?niz???s pieces Rumores de la Caleta has been transcribed for Guitar and now forms a cornerstone of the classical Guitar repertoire even though Alb?niz never composed for the Guitar. This edition features the piece in its originalform for solo Piano. Performance time approximately 4 minutes.

CD contenant des enregistrements de toutes les pièces de 2013 et 2014 Piano ABRSM année programme d'examen 3. Des ressources innovantes et utiles pour les candidats qui préparent pour les élèves de 3 examen ABRSM Piano. Performances inspirantes par des pianistes de renommée internationale. / Piano

CD contenant des enregistrements de toutes les pièces de 2013 et 2014 Piano ABRSM année programme d'examen 5. Des ressources innovantes et utiles pour les candidats qui préparent pour les élèves de 5 examen ABRSM Piano. Performances inspirantes par des pianistes de renommée internationale. / Piano