Imagine

SKU: HL.362575

ISBN 9781705131022. UPC: 840126954432. 9.0x12.0x0.349 inches.

Play 25 uplifting and musically satisfying arrangements at an easy level. These simplified presentations include melody, original harmonies with chord labels, easy-to-read rhythms, and lyrics – everything you need to enjoy playing your favorite songs right away. Includes: Beautiful Day • Circle of Life • Don't Stop Believin' • Hallelujah • Hero • Imagine • One Moment in Time • Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) • True Colors • Walking on Sunshine • The Wind Beneath My Wings • You Raise Me Up • and more.

SKU: IG.PMS121

9 x 12 in inches.

Innocence is available for either piano solo or piano and chamber accompaniment (flute, clarinet, first and second violins, viola and cello). It is a good learning tool for aspiring musicians at or above a beginner's level.

Technically, the piece contains several tertian harmonies and simple flares of credenza-like complexities. The form is a through composed inspiration that later becomes more refined in terms of symmetry and balance. Less technically described, Innocence was written to demonstrate the differences and the compatibility between traditional and untraditional harmonic development. Students will or should recognize the two different approaches.

In the most traditional approach, the listener is typically able to predict how the melody will unfold. It is like a journey down a road where the passengers can see all the straight-aways and turns ahead. Innocence , however, while never discarding or disrespecting musical grammar, is occasionally innocently twisted to hijack the listener into gently surprising and unanticipated turns. It is a good learning tool to point out the different approaches to composition. It is also simply a fun and entertaining piece in and of itself.

SKU: IG.IMF1824

9 x 12 inches.

Written for my first doctoral recital, Celestial Harmonies was a fun exercise in experimentation. I approached another graduate student, Allen Morris, about taking high quality photographs of each of the constellations, which he did between Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve in 2013. Upon receiving these photographs, I had staff paper printed on transparency paper and placed the constellation photos beneath the transparency paper and traced out the constellations on the staff paper. These became the introductory sketches for this new string quartet. Like a solitary photographer gazing up at the night sky, the music is quiet and intimate, but reflects the drama and wonderment of this wonderous phenomenon.

SKU: IG.PFS201

9 x 12 inches.

My first piano sonata was started when I was in college, but was recently revised. The main key is B-flat Major, with the first theme of the first movement being a fanfare. The second theme is more lyrical in nature, in D-flat Major. After an exposition repeat, the development deals mostly with the fanfare material. The recapitulation is by-the-book, with a sudden, surprising coda. The slow movement, placed second, has the character of a chaconne, using two different major scales in the treble and bass clefs. The tempo quickens to a dance, and an explosive climax. From out of the ashes comes the beginning of the piece, modified from it's original state. The scherzo played rather fast, mostly in octaves. There is a short trio which was influenced by Prokofiev's Fifth symphony. After the dacapo, the movement disappears into thin air. The last movement is a Rondo. The material for the A section is taken from the opening measures of the piece. The B and C sections are developments of the other themes of the first movement. The sonata ends with much finality.

SKU: IG.CMF192

9 x 12 inches.

This composition is for students, amateurs and professional violinists.

SKU: IG.PMW142

9 x 12 in inches.

The pieces in this group comprising Notebook for Piano were composed over many years, and were selected from a collection of approximately fifty works at this level . They are accessible to most students who have studied piano diligently for at least three to four years. Contained in these pieces are challenging techniques in rhythm, harmony, articulation, dynamics, notation, and even a challenge to hear and understand music that is not exclusively key based. However, more so than any other compositional facet, melody is always a primary concern in these pieces.


Many of the pieces in Notebook for Piano have been performed by intermediate level students and by college music majors. I hope you find this collection satisfying.

SKU: IG.PFF201

9 x 12 inches.

I was introduced to Scott Joplin's ragtime by my piano instructor. I fell in love with Joplin’s rags and became steeped in his style of music. Although I learned many of his rags, I found them quite challenging to play. Later, when I started composing, I decided I'd write good ragtime pieces that were accessible to intermediate level players like myself. I hope I have achieved this goal and that you enjoy playing my ragtime piano pieces.

SKU: IG.GMF201

9 x 12 inches.